After his sensitive soul-boy debut and a major label follow-up that flirted with ELO-style cleverness, Michigan auteur Hawthorne has synthesised his influences into perfect power pop, with the help of producers including Pharrell Williams.
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Beatles tribute show Let It Be opens on Broadway amid copyright infringement lawsuit
Wednesday 24 July 2013
The Beatles musical Let It Be opens on Broadway tonight, despite an on-going copyright dispute filed against the show by a rival production.
Judge ready to go to law with ENRC
Sunday 21 July 2013
City grandee Sir Paul Judge has warned that he will countersue the scandal-ridden mining concern Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation after the Kazakhstan-based group lodged a High Court writ against him.
Don't Let It Be: Beatles musical sued by rival over who came up with the idea of impersonating The Fab Four
Tuesday 16 July 2013
Rival tribute acts will battle it out in court for the right to recreate the band’s music on stage
Earls Court Exhibition Centre - used for 1948 Olympic Games - to be razed
Thursday 04 July 2013
London Mayor Boris Johnson has approved plans to demolish the art deco Earls Court Exhibition Centre.
Glastonbury 2013: The party's over, now it's time to tidy up the mess
Monday 01 July 2013
For the past five days, Glastonbury has been home to some 135,000 ticket holders.
Sir Paul McCartney's son James gives 'excruciating' television interview on BBC Breakfast
Wednesday 26 June 2013
The musician, 35, replied to answers in mono-syllables and appeared confused by the word 'prerequisite'
The great Beatles Vs The Rolling Stones rivalry reignited at Glastonbury 2013
Monday 17 June 2013
Tribute band The Bootleg Beatles will go head-to-head with Sir Mick Jagger and co during the Somerset festival in two weeks' time
Literature: Once upon a time a Beatle wrote a book about an Octopus’s outdoor area
Thursday 13 June 2013
Ringo Starr reveals 'Octopus’s Garden' is to be turned into a children’s book
Album: Beady Eye, BE (Columbia)
Saturday 08 June 2013
BE has already been touted in some quarters as Liam Gallagher's art-rock album.
Sir Mick Jagger 'over the moon' to hear debut single on the radio 50 years after its release
Friday 07 June 2013
Sir Mick Jagger has recalled how he was "over the moon" to hear his first ever single on the radio - 50 years to the day after the track's release.
Steve Hyams: Guitarist with Mott the Hoople
Monday 03 June 2013
Although he was a widely respected singer, songwriter and guitarist in his own right, Steve Hyams was best known in the rock community, often to his frustration, for his association with the band Mott the Hoople.
The Beatles' lyrics manuscripts and other Fab Four rarities donated to British Library under new scheme
Wednesday 22 May 2013
The British Library has become the first institution to benefit from the Government’s new “lifetime giving” scheme after receiving manuscripts of the lyrics to The Beatles’ hit songs “Strawberry Fields Forever”, “She Said She Said” and “In My Life”, handwritten by John Lennon.
Film review: Beware of Mr Baker (15)
Thursday 16 May 2013
Drummers are axiomatically the madmen of rock, but there's never been a mad drummer quite like Ginger Baker, subject of this hugely enjoyable documentary profile. It gets off to a magnificent start, with a scene of the 73-year-old Baker attacking the film's director, Jay Bulger, with his walking stick – and just gets better.
Keep counting: Rolling Stones facing empty seats at Staples Center gig as $600 tickets fail to sell
Friday 03 May 2013
Wild horses couldn't drag many of the most die-hard of Rolling Stones fans to the kick-off of the band's North American tour - at least not at prices of up to a whopping $600 (£385) a ticket.
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