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A 10kg bejewelled jumpsuit and $2000 wig: what it takes to become Elvis

Newcastle Elvis tribute artist's jumpsuit is worth $5000.

Newcastle Herald

AI Elvis not the first hologram star to shake his moves on stage

From Abba to Tupac Shakur, more and more deceased or ageing stars are being brought back to their former glory thanks to AI

The Guardian - UK

The 5 George Harrison post-Beatles songs you need to hear: “I write lyrics and I make up songs, but I'm not a great lyricist or songwriter or producer. It's when you put all these things together — that makes me"

Best of 2023: Freed from the creative confines of The Beatles, George Harrison set out to realise his true creative potential. Here are five of his finest works…

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The making of Tom Petty's Full Moon Fever: "George Harrison went to the store and bought a ginger root, boiled it and had me stick my head in the pot to get the ginger steam to open up my sinuses. Then I ran in and did the take"

More than 33 years after its release, Tom Petty's solo debut is still making headlines thanks to Grand Theft Autio 6. We dig into the creation of a classic album

MusicRadar

Stephen Sanchez: ‘I felt infinite’ performing with Elton John at Glastonbury

This Rocket Man-approved songwriter is bringing back the vintage sounds of the Sixties, one velvety croon at a time

Evening Standard

Freed from the creative confines of The Beatles, George Harrison set out to realise his true creative potential. Here are five of his finest works…

MusicRadar

In Dreams review – Roy Orbison jukebox musical is smart and sweet

The songs of the big O are used in crafty ways in David West Read’s moving, celebratory story about getting a band back together

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In Dreams review – margaritas and mortality in Roy Orbison musical

David West Read’s jukebox show brings Orbison’s hits together around an earnest but charmingly performed story of grief and loss

The Guardian - UK

Roy Cropper star's life away from Cobbles from rarely seen wife, kids and secret Spanish home

Roy first appeared on the Cobbles in 1995, before becoming a permanent character in 1997.

Daily Record

Roy Cropper star's life off-screen - rarely seen wife, kids and secret life in Spain

David Neilson has played Coronation Street legend Roy Cropper for nearly 30 years - here's what his life looks life off-screen from his wife and kids to secret life in Spain

Daily Mirror

Holograms and AI can bring performers back from the dead – but will the fans keep buying it?

Fans can mourn the passing of music legends for years, the hits echoing long after the original voice is silenced. Little wonder, then, that recent advances in holographic technology and artificial intelligence have found a ready market for performances from beyond the grave.

The Conversation

‘Roy Orbison playing in my local is my cue to order a taxi’: Scarlett Moffatt’s honest playlist

The presenter was inspired to dance by Calamity Jane and puts on Earth, Wind & Fire to get the party started. But which tune does she murder at karaoke?

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: relive Fatboy Slim’s infamous Brighton rave that made music history

John Sim and Carl Cox were just some of the famous attendees. Plus, new Irish thriller North Sea Connection. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Stadium starstruck by Kidman and Urban glamour couple

THE hallowed turf of McDonald Jones Stadium isn't foreign ground when it comes to star power. It's played host to football icon David Beckham, turned green and gold for the Socceroos and Matildas and been the playground of rugby league Immortal Andrew Johns. But Newcastle isn't LA, or even Sydney,…

Newcastle Herald

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Roy Orbison musical from & Juliet creators to open at Leeds Playhouse

In Dreams, a jukebox show written by David West Read, will use back catalogue of ‘the Big O’ to tell fictional story of female singer

Tribune News Service

Review: Bob Dylan's new book about songwriting is fascinating, amusing and not what was expected

The Minnesota icon riffs about 66 songs and his philosophies on war, marriage and money.

Tribune News Service

Bob Dylan's 'The Philosophy of Modern Song' book is a love letter to music — and, um, polygamy

Bob Dylan doesn't think much of the current state of songwriting or of contemporary pop music, two points underscored in his sometimes dizzying, sometimes confounding, but rarely less than absorbing new book, "The Philosophy of Modern Song." But he does think polygamist marriages are greatly underrated, about which more in…

Manchester Evening News

Real life of ITV Corrie's Roy Cropper actor David Neilson including rarely seen wife and personal story behind iconic shopping bag

The actor has spent 27 years playing the ITV's soap's much-loved Roy Cropper

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'Jimi Hendrix, the Beatles, Cilla Black, and Tommy Cooper - Fascinating posters made in Manchester show the iconic musicians who played in UK venues in the 1960s

"The designs are as eye-catching today as they would have been then and are incredible examples of both the craft of printing and of the colours and vivacity of the late 1960s."

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