Latest Chuck Berry News
Paul Mccartney Reveals How The Beach Boys And Chuck Berry Inspired The Beatles Song 'Back In The U.s.s.r'
Sir Paul McCartney says The Beatles song 'Back in the U.S.S.R' was a nod to The Beach Boys and Chuck Berry. The song, which is a parody of Berry's 1959 hit 'Back in the USA',...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 06 October 2023
George Benson Announces 2024 UK Tour And Teases New Music
George Benson is set to play two nights at London's legendary Royal Albert Hall as part of a string of dates in the UK next summer.The 80-year-old soul legend will kick off the run at...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 14 August 2023
Steven Van Zandt: Me And Bruce Springsteen Were Misfits Obsessed With Rock And Roll
Steven Van Zandt and Bruce Springsteen bonded as they were both "misfits" who saw "rock and roll as a religion".The 70-year-old guitarist has served as Springsteen's right-hand man in the E Street Band since 1975...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 26 April 2021
Foo Fighters Headlining Amazon Music's Holiday Plays Gig Series
Foo Fighters will close out Amazon Music's 'Holiday Plays' concert series on Wednesday (16.12.20).Dave Grohl and co will play "a career-spanning set of classics from the band’s 25-year career", including 'Learn to Fly', 'Times Like...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 14 December 2020
Iconic Back To The Future Guitar Scene Heaped Pressure Onto Michael J. Fox
Michael J. Fox ''put pressure'' on himself during the iconic guitar scene in 'Back to the Future'.The 59-year-old actor famously plays the Chuck Berry song 'Johnny B. Goode' as Marty McFly in the 1985 film...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 11 June 2020
'Big Boys' Is The Latest Song From Chuck Berry's Forthcoming Final Album
A new single from Chuck Berry's forthcoming posthumous album 'Chuck' was unveiled this week entitled 'Big Boys'. It comes just three days after the rock 'n' roll pioneer was found dead of natural causes at...
By Holly Williams in Music / Festivals on 22 March 2017
The Ultimate Chuck Berry Playlist
The sad passing of Chuck Berry last week has the whole world reflecting on the birth of rock 'n' roll. To wave goodbye to one of the most important faces in the whole evolution of...
By Holly Williams in Music / Festivals on 21 March 2017
Rest In Peace Chuck Berry: Tributes Roll In For The Grandfather Of Rock And Roll
It's a sad week for rock 'n' roll fans everywhere as the news circulates that the musical pioneer Chuck Berry was found deceased in his home over the weekend. The legendary Missouri guitarist was 90-years-old,...
By Holly Williams in Music / Festivals on 20 March 2017
Chuck Berry To Drop His Twentieth Album 'Chuck' At 90
Chuck Berry is set to launch his first album in nearly four decades with 'Chuck', dedicated to his wife Themetta. The announcement coincided with the rock 'n' roll legend's 90th birthday, which took place yesterday...
By Holly Williams in Music / Festivals on 19 October 2016
Singing St. Louis' Praises: Budweiser Made In America Hit Missouri In Their Music Documentary Expose
The ever overlooked St. Louis, Missouri is our next stop for the Budweiser Made in America documentary series, and an appropriate point ahead of Jay Z's music festival.Almost every major city in the United States...
By Holly Williams in Music / Festivals on 12 August 2014
Keith Richards Has The Blues Inside Him
Keith Richards has the blues ''in his bones''.The Rolling Stones guitarist has a long-held love of the genre - which influences a lot of his music - and believes that is because he heard it...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 27 June 2014
Chuck Berry And Peter Sellars To Receive Polar Music Prize
Chuck Berry and Peter Sellars will receive the 2014 Polar Music Prize.Rock 'n' roll legend Berry, 87, and American opera and theatre director Sellars, 56, will both be presented with the prestigious accolade by King...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 08 May 2014
Chuck Berry Rules Out Retirement
Rock 'n' roll legend Chuck Berry has vowed to continue performing for as long as he can after bouncing back from ill health.In 2012, the Johnny B. Goode hitmaker sparked fears he would be retiring...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 16 January 2014
Chuck Berry Laments Deteriorating Health
Rock icon Chuck Berry fears his days in the spotlight are numbered due to his deteriorated health, insisting his "voice is gone" and his lungs are "going fast".The Johnny B. Goode hitmaker, 86, admits he...
By WENN on 30 October 2012
Leonard Cohen & Chuck Berry Honoured For Songwriting Skills
Leonard Cohen and Chuck Berry were honoured as the first two recipients of the Pen New England's Song Lyrics of Literary Excellence Award on Sunday (26Feb12) at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston, Massachusetts.Berry...
By WENN on 27 February 2012
Mick Jagger Wants Rolling Stones Anniversary Without Keith
Sir Mick Jagger wants to celebrate The Rolling Stones' 50th anniversary next year without Keith Richards.The frontman fell out with the band's guitarist when Keith ridiculed him in his autobiography 'Life' ruining plans for an...
By Bang Showbiz on 12 September 2011
Berry Collapses On Stage At Chicago Concert
CHUCK BERRY was forced to cut his Chicago, Illinois concert short on Saturday night (01Jan11), after he collapsed on stage mid-show.The 84 year old startled fans an hour into his gig at the Concert Theater...
By WENN on 02 January 2011
Jerry Lee Lewis Gives Uncomfortable Birthday Interview
JERRY LEE LEWIS is celebrating his 75th birthday today (29th September 2010), despite giving an uncomfortable Q&A session at Los Angeles' Grammy Museum on Tuesday. CNN report that the legendary singer-songwriter "sat at a piano...
By World Entertainment News Network on 29 September 2010
Best Guitarist Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix has been named the greatest electric guitarist of all time.The 'All Along The Watchtower' star topped a list compiled by Time magazine, beating renowned musicians including Slash, BB King, Keith Richards of the...
By Bang Showbiz on 21 August 2009
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