In February 15th 2010, Everybody Hurts, recorded to help Haiti’s earthquake victims went to No.1 on the UK singles chart. The REM cover featured Leona Lewis, Kylie Minogue, Robbie Williams and Take That sold over 453,000 copies in its first week.
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Duran Duran record a new album with Andy Taylor
Andy Taylor reuniting with Duran Duran for new album. The 62 year old guitarist who left the band in 2006 revealed last November when the group were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame that he had been battling stage 4 prostate cancer for five years. Now, bassist John Taylor has revealed their former bandmate has agreed to part of a “meaningful” new record they are working on. The musician also hinted at the possibility the sessions could feature in a documentary because he suggested they will be filmed.
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Greatest hits of all time : The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys are an American rock band that formed in Hawthorne, California, in 1961. The group’s original lineup consisted of brothers Brian, Dennis, and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine. Distinguished by their vocal harmonies, adolescent-themed lyrics, and musical ingenuity, they are one of the most influential acts of the rock era. They drew on the music of older pop vocal groups, 1950s rock and roll, and black R&B to create their unique sound. The Beach Boys began as a garage band. In 1963, they enjoyed their first national hit with “Surfin’ U.S.A.”
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Harry Potter’ actress Dame Maggie Smith dies at 89
Legendary British actress Dame Maggie Smith, who won new fans in the 21st century as Professor Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter films and the dowager Countess of Grantham in the hit ITV series Downton Abbey, has died aged 89.
