Posts Tagged ‘Frank Zappa’
Unreleased Michael Jackson film expected to fetch £4 million
Written by admin on November 15, 2011 – 10:04 am -| A previously unseen Michael Jackson documentary is expected to sell for at least £4 million at an auction in London on November 26.
The film was shot during three concerts at the Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, in Buenos Aires, Argentina during Jackson’s “Dangerous” tour in 1993. |
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Tags: Elvis Presley, Frank Zappa, John Lennon, Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson unseen documentary, Michael Jackson: The life of an icon, Paul McCartney
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Frank Zappa – 70th birthday
Written by admin on December 21, 2010 – 7:00 pm - |
American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Frank Zappa would have been 70-years-old today if he hadn’t died on December 4, 1993 aged just 52. |
Tags: Frank Zappa, Mothers of Invention
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Captain Beefheart dies aged 69
Written by admin on December 17, 2010 – 8:23 pm -American musician and artist Don Van Vliet, also known as Captain Beefheart, died today aged 69 after a long battle with multiple sclerosis. He was born in Glendale, California, on January 15, 1941.
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Some of Van Vliet’s earliest musical experiments were with Frank Zappa with whom he became friends as a teenager. His earliest success came with Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band. The band released their first single in 1966 and their first album, “Safe as Milk”, the following year. |
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Tribute to Frank Zappa in September
Written by admin on July 27, 2010 – 8:43 pm - |
A tribute to native son Frank Zappa is planned in Baltimore on September 19, which will include a performance by his son Dweezil’s band, Zappa Plays Zappa, and the unveiling of a bust of the late star. |
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