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Nice pick up: Guitars owned by Clapton, Cobain hit auction block
AFP, Published on 11/10/2023
» GARDENA (UNITED STATES) - Guitars played by music legends Eric Clapton and Kurt Cobain are going under the hammer in the United States next month with an estimated price tag of up to $2 million each.
Rock'n'roll showman Mick Jagger turns 80
AFP, Published on 24/07/2023
» LONDON: Mick Jagger once sang "what a drag it is getting old" but the most senior swinger in town shows little sign of slowing down as he turns 80 on Wednesday.
Beyonce, Adele duel for top honors at Grammys
AFP, Published on 06/02/2023
» LOS ANGELES - As music's elite gather in Los Angeles for the Grammy awards on Sunday, one question is playing on loop: Will Beyonce finally win the coveted Album of the Year prize?
Judge again dismisses Nirvana baby album cover lawsuit
AFP, Published on 05/09/2022
» NEW YORK: A US federal judge has again dismissed the child pornography lawsuit filed by the man who as a baby was photographed naked for the cover of Nirvana's "Nevermind" album.
Pattinson suits up for macabre new 'Batman'
AFP, Published on 27/02/2022
» LOS ANGELES - Robert Pattinson had never been interested in playing a superhero -- until Ben Affleck quit his role as Batman, leaving the famous cape unexpectedly up for grabs.
Clapton guitar, Cobain setlist, Whitney jacket under hammer
AFP, Published on 16/11/2021
» NEW YORK: Eric Clapton's guitar, Kurt Cobain's handwritten setlists and Whitney Houston's multi-print Versace jacket are among the star-powered music memorabilia hitting the auction block this weekend.
Addiction in paradise: Seychelles battles heroin crisis
AFP, Published on 20/02/2020
» LES MAMELLES (SEYCHELLES) - On a plain suburban street in Seychelles, far from the idyllic coastline and luxury resorts pampering honeymooners and paradise-seekers, heroin addicts queue anxiously for their daily dose of methadone.
Billie Eilish: the edgy pop radical rewriting stardom's rules
AFP, Published on 28/01/2020
» LOS ANGELES - The embodiment of cool with haunting, gravelly vocals and original punk-rock style, Billie Eilish has redefined the contemporary pop star on her blistering path to stardom.
Kurt Cobain's cigarette-burned sweater sells for B10m
AFP, Published on 27/10/2019
» NEW YORK: A quarter century after grunge's enigmatic rhapsodist took his own life, Kurt Cobain's iconic cigarette-singed cardigan worn during Nirvana's 1993 "Unplugged" performance has sold for $334,000 (10 million baht).
Myanmar Buddhist temple now a nirvana for snakes
AFP, Published on 18/10/2018
» YANGON - Crossing a bridge to the middle of a lake in Myanmar's Rangoon region, pilgrims arrive at a temple to pin their hopes on the pythons slinking across the temple's floors and draped across windows.