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Extra Glastonbury Tickets Snapped Up
An additional 20,000 tickets for this year's Glastonbury festival sold out quickly on Sunday morning, to the delight of successful music fans who missed out in the main sale three weeks ago.Today's tickets constituted those...
By Contributor on 22 April 2007
Daltrey 'Moon Did Drive Car Into Swimming Pool'
THE WHO rocker ROGER DALTREY has slammed biographers who claim the story of his bandmate KEITH MOON driving a car into a swimming pool is a myth - insisting it really happened. The incident, reported...
By WENN on 22 March 2007
Moon Missed Plane To Throw Hotel Tv Into The Pool
Rock legend KEITH MOON was so dedicated to his reputation as a wild man, he once missed a flight just so he could return to his hotel room and hurl a TV into the pool....
By WENN on 27 November 2006
Gallagher: 'My Debut Was Better Than The Beatles'
OASIS songwriter NOEL GALLAGHER believes his band's first album was better than the first put out by music legends THE BEATLES, THE WHO and THE ROLLING STONES. The cocky rocker is proud of 1994 debut...
By WENN on 14 November 2006
Mcqueen Clashed With Moon
Late actor STEVE MCQUEEN frequently clashed with his neighbour KEITH MOON, and once fired a shot into THE WHO drummer's bathroom to settle a feud. Screen legend MCQueen lived in a Malibu, California beach home...
By WENN on 29 October 2006
Woodstock Boss Was Snubbed By Cowboy Roy Rogers
MICHAEL LANG, the brains behind iconic 1969 music festival Woodstock, has revealed TV and film cowboy ROY ROGERS turned down the chance to end the three-day event Last night (24OCT06) in Hollywood, Lang told...
By WENN on 25 October 2006
Townshend Declares Doris Day Is Dead
THE WHO rocker PETE TOWNSHEND was left red-faced when he mistakenly included DORIS DAY in a song about dead celebrities. The reclusive actress/singer is alive and well aged 82, but it is too late for...
By WENN on 15 September 2006
Townshend: 'I Will Never Smash A Guitar Up Again'
THE WHO rocker PETE TOWNSHEND has vowed never to smash another guitar onstage again. The WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN star is well-known for his decades-old love of destroying the instruments mid-performance. But the 61-year-old has...
By WENN on 19 June 2006
Clapton Headlines Pro-hunt Concert
PUBLISHED IN 2006 ERIC CLAPTON has agreed to headline a controversial seven-hour concert supporting the Countryside Alliance in its fight to lift the ban on fox hunting in the UK. The TEARS IN HEAVEN hitmaker,...
By WENN in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 30 April 2006
Who Filmmaker Appeals To Fans For Footage
The sensational career of THE WHO is to be charted in a brand new documentary - and the director is relying on fans to dig out intimate footage of the British rockers. Filmmaker MURRAY...
By WENN on 27 May 2005
Skinner Dating Beatle's Stripper Granddaughter
THE STREETS rapper MIKE SKINNER is dating BEATLES legend RINGO STARR's teenage granddaughter - who is a member of British erotic dancing troupe the NARNI SHAKERS. The DRY YOUR EYES star is besotted with...
By WENN on 28 April 2005
Daltrey Becomes Commander Of The British Empire
Rock legend ROGER DALTREY was made a Commander Of The British Empire (CBE) by British royal QUEEN ELIZABETH II yesterday (30DEC04) for his services to music, the entertainment industry and charity. The 60-year-old star...
By WENN on 31 December 2004
Ringo: My Son And Oasis Have A Lot In Common
Rock legend RINGO STARR is delighted his son ZAK STARKEY has temporarily joined OASIS because they have one important thing in common - they are both influenced by THE BEATLES. The OCTOPUS'S GARDEN...
By WENN on 25 May 2004
John Entwistle's Son Wins Customs Battle
The son of late THE WHO rocker JOHN ENTWISTLE has won a court battle against British customs, after they refused to believe the alcohol and cigarettes filling his car were for his dad. CHRIS...
By WENN on 08 December 2003
Plastercaster Hated Zeppelin, But Was Inspired By Keith Moon
The groupie who cast moulds of the rock great's penises admits the time she spend with LED ZEPPELIN was "horrible". CYNTHIA PLASTERCASTER, who famously created bronze sculptures of JIMI HENDRIX and FRANK ZAPPA's impressive...
By WENN on 17 October 2003
Moon Replacement Tops Absurd Moments List
A teenager's one night stand as THE WHO's drummer in 1973 has topped a new poll of rock's most absurd moments. Teenage drummer THOMAS HALPIN took over KEITH MOON's drum stool when the drugged-up...
By WENN on 13 October 2003
Daltrey Jokes About Hotel Ban
ROGER DALTREY returned to the New York hotel he was banned from for life at the weekend (04OCT03) - for a movie screening. The WALDORF ASTORIA HOTEL management barred Daltrey and his group THE...
By WENN on 09 October 2003
Roger Daltrey's Huge Brood
THE WHO rocker ROGER DALTREY is surprised his wife HEATHER is still with him - because he fathered four illegitimate children during their 32-year marriage. The KIDS ARE ALRIGHT rocker, 59, is the father...
By WENN on 29 June 2003
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