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A pensioner who received a love note from Jimi Hendrix after charming the rock icon at a 1967 gig is now selling the letter at auction for an estimated £3,000. Anthea Connell, 69, was handed a signed guitar strings packet after catching the eye of the American rock legend at a concert when she was a stunning 19-year-old. She was with her then boyfriend Eddie Cooke - whose Sons and Lovers band were supporting Jimi at the Boston Gilderdrome in...

It was soggy, then it was sweltering, then it was soggy again. On the weather front at least, August 2017 was as typical a British summer as you could get. Lucky for us, then, the release calendar was a proper scorcher. The last 31 days saw new releases from our favourite pranged-out rapping chef Action Bronson, hangdog pomp from John Lasseter's leathery squeeze Randy Newman and a vital-sounding new cut from Queens of the Stone Age. EMA is our new...

UK-based singer songwriter Sam Harrison has released a full version of the viral Jeremy Corbyn chant with new verses and musical backing. The artist, who claims to have played the 2012 Olympics, the Edinburgh Fringe and Glastonbury festival naked, released the song after crowds across the country embraced the White Stripes tune in support of the Labour Leader. Lyrics include, "the entire Tory party couldn't hold me back" and "the feeling coming from my bones says affordable homes".  Watch the video in...

The music of Game of Thrones, The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit will be celebrated in a one-off concert at the London Palladium this November. The show, which takes place on 12th November, will cover the most memorable moments from across the world’s of Middle Earth and the Seven Kingdoms, with the stunning musical accompaniments performed live by a huge orchestra. Game of Thrones composer Ramin Djawadi began creating the music for the show in 2011, with most...

Deerhoof today leaked an early digital download of their forthcoming new album Mountain Moves via their Bandcamp. The album is available on a pay-what-you-wish basis from August 28th - September 7th with 100% of the proceeds going to The Emergent Fund*. Download your copy of Mountain Moves here. The Emergent Fund supports grassroots organizations in communities that are facing injustice based on racial, ethnic, religious and other forms of discrimination. The Fund focuses on organizations addressing immediate threats to a...

Edinburgh Fringe is in on the brink of a revolt because it’s becoming too exclusive and MAINSTREAM.   A group of comedians have joined forces to speak out about the festival which they believe to be catering for “white boys in skinny jeans and posh voices”.   The so-called “Whitehallisation”of the arts festival - dubbed after renowned posh boy Jack Whitehall - has led to established acts dominating the scene and pushing up-and-coming talent out to the fringe of the...

By Dani Porter Half the fun of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival is in the pot-luck nature of finding shows - the joy, for example, at unexpectedly striking gold (I remain in awe of physical theatre show Giant, 12 months on). The alternative, wading through the thick wad of alphabetically-listed shows for an exhaustive search, is nigh on impossible anyway. So you keep an ear and an eye out for recommendations, or you head to a box office and pluck something at...

A partnership of leading theatres in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales are set to embark on an epic cycle of new play commissions which will explore Britain’s changing relationship with Europe. Royal & Derngate is collaborating with producing partners Lyric Theatre Belfast, Cardiff's Sherman Theatre and Edinburgh's The Lyceum to produce the shows, along with its theatre complex in Northampton. The venues will be partnering with The RSA on talks and debates. James Dacre, Artistic Director of Royal &...

A campaign to open London's first Vagina Museum has been launched by Shoreditch based Mothership Group. The museum will be focused on vaginas, vulvas and the people who have them and will look to rival a penis museum in Iceland as one of the World's only museums dedicated to genitalia. Mothership Group is this September launching a movement to actively encourage the growth of grass roots arts and culture in Shoreditch, in a bid to stem the tide of mass artist exodus...