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Veteran Rockers To Compete For Echo Awards

30th January 2013

Veteran rockers Bruce Springsteen, Joe Cocker and Mark Knopfler will battle it out for a top honour at this year's...

Joe Cocker Hoped George Bush Would Wipe His Drug Convictions

4th January 2013

Veteran rocker Joe Cocker agreed to perform at the inauguration of former U.S. President George Bush, Snr. because he hoped...

Joshua Ledet Emerges As Judge's Favorite On American Idol

3rd May 2012

Joshua Ledet is starting to emerge as one of the judge's favorites on this season of American Idol. Along with...

Cher Lloyd Announces UK Tour, 'Can't Wait' To Perform

22nd November 2011

Cher Lloyd has announced a 12 date UK tour following the success of her debut album Sticks and Stones and...

Cocker Cancels Australia Concert

10th February 2011

Rocker JOE COCKER has called off a concert in Australia.The British blues singer was due to play Townsville in Queensland...

Cocker Swaps Boozing For Gardening

10th October 2010

Rocker JOE COCKER has substituted his heavy drinking ways for gardening after discovering he has green fingers.The gravel-voiced Unchain My...

Stars Join Santana For Classic Rock Covers Album

28th May 2010

Rapper NAS, JOE COCKER, CHRIS CORNELL and THE DOORS keyboard player RAY MANZAREK have teamed up with guitar great CARLOS...

Woodstock Founder Planning Anniversary Sequel

24th March 2009

The founder of the legendary Woodstock music festival is said to be looking for sponsors to fund a 40th anniversary...

Fascinating Fact 5617

11th July 2008

JOE COCKER is to headline Israel's new rock music event the Gilboa Co-existence Festival, which begins on 26 August (08)...

Honours For Cocker, Humphries, Rushdie And Sallis

16th June 2007

Rocker JOE COCKER, comedian BARRY HUMPHRIES, author SALMAN RUSHDIE and WALLACE AND GROMITT star PETER SALLIS have all been named...

Cocker 'Physically Damaged' By Drug And Alcohol Addiction

18th May 2007

Singer JOE COCKER was "physically damaged" after his performances in the 1970s because of his drug and alcohol addiction. The...

Trumpet Player Driscoll In Prison For Tax Evasion

15th March 2007

Grammy Award-winning trumpeter PHIL DRISCOLL has started serving a one-year tax evasion sentence in a federal prison after a judge...

Trumpeter Driscoll Sentenced To A Year And A Day In Jail

26th January 2007

Grammy Award winning trumpeter PHIL DRISCOLL was sentenced to serve a year and a day behind bars yesterday (25JAN06) on...

Wood Amazed By 'Unreal' Bono

19th October 2006

EVAN RACHEL WOOD was blown away when BONO made his cameo appearance in new movie ACROSS THE UNIVERSE, because the...

Stars Pay Tribute To Billy Preston

21st June 2006

A host of stars including SIR PAUL MCCARTNEY, THE ROLLING STONES and ERIC CLAPTON have paid tribute to legendary keyboard...

Trumpeter Driscoll Convicted Of Tax Evasion

9th June 2006

Grammy Award-winning trumpeter PHIL DRISCOLL was convicted yesterday (08JUN06) of using his Tennessee Christian music ministry to dodge paying income...

Bolton Keen For Houston To Sing One Of His Songs

3rd June 2006

Crooner MICHAEL BOLTON is keen for ailing WHITNEY HOUSTON to return to glory - because he'd like her to sing...

Evan Rachel Wood Terrified Of Lennon Song

13th May 2006

THIRTEEN star EVAN RACHEL WOOD was terrified of singing a JOHN LENNON tune in her untitled new "BEATLES musical" because...

Muscle Shoals Gets The Film Treatment

8th April 2006

Legendary recording studio Muscle Shoals is set to become the focus of a new documentary from the director of critically-acclaimed...

Rockers Pay Tribute To Donegan

22nd June 2004

The cream of British rock including BILL WYMAN and ROGER DALTREY turned out to pay tribute to late singer LONNIE...

Joe Cocker: Robbie Williams Won't Crack America

15th December 2003

Veteran singer JOE COCKER has dismissed ROBBIE WILLIAMS's attempts to crack the coveted American market as a waste of time....

Ozzy Osbourne Has Parliamentary Approval

28th July 2003

Ageing rock legend OZZY OSBOURNE has a surprising fan - British Prime Minister TONY BLAIR. Blair has been outed...

Prince Charles Calls On Famous Friends

22nd July 2003

ROBBIE WILLIAMS and VICTORIA BECKHAM are among glittering names being enlisted by PRINCE CHARLES to liven up his charity THE...

Paul Young Gig Walkout

27th June 2003

Faded star PAUL YOUNG was humiliated on Wednesday night (25JUN03) after fans staged a mass exodus from one his concerts....