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Slash Tops Guitar Solo Poll

NME editors have called the rocker's solo "a masterclass in build-up" in naming it number one in their 50 Greatest Guitar Solos countdown. Page's Stairway to Heaven solo for Led Zeppelin and...

Jimi Hendrix Memorial Park Finally Given Green Light

Plans to build a permanant memorial to the rock legend were announced in 2011, and it had been hoped that the Jimi Hendrix Park would open the following year (12). The project...

Jimi Hendrix Gets Animated For Last Interview

One of Jimi Hendrix's final interviews has been animated for a new web series.The audio clip of journalist Keith Altham's chat, which he recorded a week before Hendrix's death in 1970, has been given the...

Early Jimi Hendrix Recordings To Feature On New Compilation

Jimi Hendrix's early recordings with Curtis Knight & the Squires are to feature on a new compilation to be released next month (Mar15).You Can't Use My Name: Curtis Knight & the Squires - The Rsvp/PPX...

Kathy Etchingham 'Shocked' By Hendrix Film Inaccuracies

Jimi Hendrix's former girlfriend Kathy Etchingham has lashed out at director John Ridley and the filmmakers behind 2014 biopic Jimi: All Is By My Side for the inaccuracies about her romance with the guitar great...

Kirsten Dunst Defends Lars Von Trier

Kirsten Dunst has defended Lars Von Trier. The 32-year-old actress - who worked alongside Lars, 58, in the 2011 drama 'Melancholia' - insists she would be more than happy to work with the filmmaker again...

Sheldon Reynolds In Ownership Dispute Over Jimi Hendrix Guitar

Former Earth, Wind & Fire and The Commodores star Sheldon Reynolds is facing a lawsuit over the ownership of a Jimi Hendrix guitar he obtained following his marriage split from the late rocker's stepsister.Officials at...

Andre 3000 Was Scared To Play Jimi Hendrix

Andre 3000 found it ''scary'' playing Jimi Hendrix.The 'Hey Ya!' hitmaker - who is part of chart-topping duo Outkast - admitted he was nervous portraying the legendary musician in the biopic 'Jimi: All Is By...

Andre Benjamin: 'I Had To Play The Guitar Left Handed Just Like Jimi'

Outkast star Andre Benjamin had to perfect playing the guitar left-handed in just days after learning it would be too expensive to let camera trickery make him look like Jimi Hendrix on film.The singer, aka...

Andre 3000: 'Hendrix Role Saved Me From Deep Depression'

Rapper/actor Andre 3000 has credited his role as tragic rocker Jimi Hendrix in an upcoming biopic with saving him from a deep depression following the death of his mother last year (May13).The Outkast star was...

City Of Seattle Breaks Ground On Jimi Hendrix Memorial Park

Two-and-a-half acres of land in his hometown has been officially marked out for a long-awaited park in honour of guitar legend Jimi Hendrix.The City Of Seattle officially broke ground on the Jimi Hendrix Park -...

Here's How The Late Manny Roth Helped Create The Face Of Modern Music

Manny Roth, club owner and New York legend, has died at age 94. He was the owner of the Greenwich Village establishment Café Wha?, heavily frequented by the likes of Bob Dylan, Jimmy Hendrix, Bruce...

Andre Benjamin Is Effortlessly Cool As Jimi Hendrix In 'Jimi: All Is By My Side' [Trailer + Pictures]

Andre Benjamin, better known by his Outkast pseudonym, Andre 3000, bleeds cool in the new trailer for ‘Jimi: All Is By My Side’ in which he plays the legendary musician before worldwide fame caught up...

Photo Rights Dispute Threatening Release Of Jimi Hendrix Biopic

A new dispute over the rights to family photos used in Andre 3000's highly-anticipated Jimi Hendrix biopic is reportedly threatening to delay the film's September (14) release.The rock icon's brother, Leon, is said to be...

The Sound Of Seattle: Budweiser Made In America See How Music Has Changed In The Noisy City

Nirvana remains to be one of the best things to come out of SeattleSeattle has one of the most legendary music scenes in America so it's only right that we delve into their record collection...

Jimi Hendrix's Early Session Recordings To Get Long-awaited Release

Rock icon Jimi Hendrix's early recordings as a member of Curtis Knight and the Squires is set for a proper release after years of legal roadblocks.The 88 studio recordings Hendrix made as a session guitarist...

See Andre 3000 As Jimi Hendrix In 'All Is By My Side' [Trailer]

The movie trailer for the upcoming biopic of Jimi Hendrix has been released. The film, entitled Jimi: All Is By My Side, stars Outkast's Andre 3000 AKA Andre Benjamin as the late rock icon.Jimi Hendrix...

Producer Alan Douglas Dies

Music producer Alan Douglas, who worked with the likes of Jimi Hendrix and Duke Ellington, has died at the age of 82.He passed away at his home in Paris, France on 7 June (14) following...

Anthony Mackie Cast In Jimi Hendrix Biopic

Anthony Mackie will star as Jimi Hendrix in a new biopic.The 'Pain & Gain' actor is set to portray the legend who died on September 18, 1970, in 'Jimi', which will focus on his last...

Music Fans Crown Ozzy Osbourne And Lady Gaga "Hardest Artists To Understand"

Music fans have named Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus and Rihanna in their top ten hardest artists to understand lyrically. 2000 people took part in the poll, which was created by Blinkbox music, a music streaming...

African American Music Museum To Be Built In Tennessee

A museum honouring the careers and popular culture contributions of musicians Jimi Hendrix and Marvin Gaye is set to be built in Nashville, Tennessee.Construction on the National Museum of African American Music is scheduled to...

Oscar Winner John Ridley: 'I Was Blessed To Land Andre 3000 As Hendrix'

Oscar-winning screenwriter John Ridley has heaped praise on Outkast star Andre 3000 for the lengths he went to to perfect his portrayal of rock legend Jimi Hendrix in new biopic Jimi: All Is By My...

Jimi Hendrix Gets Stamp Of Approval From U.s. Postal Service

Rock icon Jimi Hendrix has been celebrated with a commemorative stamp in the U.S.Officials at the U.S. Postal Service have commissioned the Jimi Hendrix Forever Stamp in honour of the Purple Haze rocker and his...

Andre 3000 Dedicated To Hendrix Role

Andre 3000 played guitar for six hours a day to prepare for his role as Jimi Hendrix in a new biopic. The Outkast singer, who takes on the lead role of the 'Purple Haze' musician...

Andre 3000 Is Jimi Hendrix In New Biopic Premiering At Sxsw Next Week

Outkast’s Andre 3000 got the chance of a lifetime – to play one of his idols, Jimi Hendrix, in an upcoming biopic. The first promotional images for All By My Side have been released, and...

Jimi Hendrix Home To Become Permanent Museum

The Georgian townhouse Jimi Hendrix once called home is to be turned into a museum highlighting the guitar great's life and career.Officials and fans have won a $1.8 million (£1.2 million) grant to revamp the...

Lady Gaga Smokes Cannabis To Feel Young

Lady Gaga used to smoke cannabis to feel young again. The 27-year-old singer has openly admitted to being addicted to the drug in the past, but she insists she became reliant on it because it...

Lemmy: 'Jimi Hendrix Was A Terrible Joker'

Jimi Hendrix was a wannabe comedian but his drug use interfered with his joking skills, according to roadie Lemmy.The Motorhead star learned all about rock 'n' roll from the tragic guitar great - but he...

Lady Gaga Won't Join 27 Club

Lady Gaga is adamant she won't join the 27 Club.The 'Do What You Want With My Body' singer says she was dependent on smoking marijuana earlier this year, but has vowed to curb her drug...

Hologram Museum To Open In London

Rock fans will get the chance to perform 'live' with dead heroes including John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix, Freddie Mercury and Kurt Cobain when a hologram museum opens in London.Bosses of the Music Hall of Fame...

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