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Michael Jackson in the 1980s has sold for £250,000 ($306,000) at an auction.The black and white jacket, which was worn by the late pop icon in a 1984 Pepsi advert was expected to fetch between £200,000 and £400,000 at the Propstore London auction on Friday (November 10).The garment was among more than 200 pieces of music memorabilia sold, alongside a George Michael jacket and a hairpiece that belonged to Amy Winehouse.The La Rocka! jacket worn by Wham!‘s late singer in the music video ‘I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)’, alongside Aretha Franklin, sold for £93,750 including the buyer’s premium.Winehouse’s beehive hairpiece worn in the 2007 music video for ‘You Know I’m No Good’ from ‘Back to Black’, sold for £18,750, including the buyer’s premium. It was expected to go for somewhere between £15,000 and £30,000.Other items that sold belonged to David Bowie, Queen, Oasis, Elvis Presley and Johnny Marr.Elsewhere in the auction, a Gibson guitar that belonged to AC/DC‘s Angus Young did not sell, nor did a limited edition Yellow Submarine Beatles jukebox.A separate high-profile auction will see Tupac’s prison memorabilia go on sale, including a never-before-seen mugshot and prison ID.

A black-and-white leather jacket that Michael Jackson wore in a 1984 Pepsi commercial sold for $306,000 at an auction in London on Friday. The jacket was listed by auctioneers Propstore among items connected to other music legends like Amy Winehouse, George Michael, the Beatles, David Bowie and Elvis, according to BBC News.

The leather jacket worn by Michael Jackson to film a Pepsi ad nearly 40 years ago has sold at a London auction for £250,000 ($306,000).

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music After the long life of Dua Lipa’s 2020 sophomore album “Future Nostalgia” — which was pandemic dance therapy for so many — there’s been a hot remix album, a year-long world tour, a global hit single with Elton John and her effervescent single from “Barbie,” so it really doesn’t seem like Variety‘s 2022 co-Hitmaker of the Year been absent. Yet it’s been almost three years since “Nostalgia” dropped, and today we get the first look at her next chapter with “Houdini,” the lead single and video from her still-untitled third full-length album.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music Neil Portnow, the former chairman and president of the Recording Academy, was sued on Wednesday by a woman who claimed he drugged and raped her in a New York hotel room in 2018, according to the New York Times. The allegation had previously surfaced in 2020 as part of a blockbuster legal claim filed by Portnow’s successor, Deborah Dugan, after she was abruptly placed on leave and ultimately terminated after just eight months on the job; at the time Portnow called the allegations “ludicrous, and untrue.” The new suit, filed in New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan, accuses Portnow, who stepped down in 2019, of sexual battery, and accuses the academy — the nonprofit group behind the Grammys — of negligence.

Taylor Swift performs two surprise songs for the acoustic set during every show of her Eras Tour and she has already performed a ton of incredible tracks during the first U.S. leg.

James Bond movie when he joined reality series 007: Road To A Million.The Succession actor hosts the upcoming competition series, which sees contestants take on Bond-inspired challenges around the world for a chance to win a £1million cash prize.Speaking on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday (November 7) about joining the series, Cox said (via THR): “I thought it was the new James Bond film.“So I said, ‘Oh, finally they’re getting me in a James Bond movie. I thought, ‘Yes, of course!'”Cox however quickly discovered that “there was no script and there was no James Bond movie”, with him instead playing the show’s game controller.He added: “For years, I thought, you know I would love to be in James Bond.

Willie Nelson has performed ‘I Never Cared for You’ on Colbert – watch the footage below.On November 2, Nelson paid a visit to Stephen Colbert to play ‘I Never Cared For You’, which was released in 1964. The performance comes ahead of his induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame this weekend.The country singer’s ‘Greatest Hits’ album was also released today – the record will take contributions from Nelson’s six-decade-long career.

Grant Gustin is heading to Broadway!

ENHYPEN have released a music video for their new song, ‘Keep Swimmin’ Through’, which will appear in the upcoming Baby Shark movie.ENHYPEN star in the new music video as a boyband of animated beluga whales. The clip features the K-pop group perform alongside their cartoon counterparts, as well as scenes from the upcoming film, Baby Shark’s Big Movie!.The K-pop boyband are also set to perform ‘Keep Swimmin’ Through’ live during the 97th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on November 23, as part of Nickelodeon and Pinkfong’s Baby Shark float.Aside from ENHYPEN, Baby Shark’s Big Movie! will also feature the voices of Cardi B, her husband Offset and their daughter Kulture, all three of whom will be reprising their roles from the TV show.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music With all the hoopla around “Now and Then” — which has been officially billed as “The Last Beatles Song” and erroneously described as the legendary group’s “first new song in 50 years” — some reality-checking is in order. Yes, it is a “new” Beatles song in that all four members, including the late John Lennon and George Harrison, play and sing on a previously unreleased composition.

Heidi Klum has once again outdid herself with her Halloween costume!

Bad Bunny shared a new TikTok looking very different. The clip, recorded from the night of his Saturday Night Live episode, shows him dressed as Shrek, revealing one of his favorite songs from his new record, “Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va A Pasar Manana.”Sofia Vergara reacts to Bad Bunny’s flirty compliment about her: Fans go crazyBad Bunny reinterprets one of Shakira’s viral quotes into his new track ‘Los Pits’tengo 22 temas favoritos en NSLQVAPM y este es uno de ellos... cual es el tuyo?? The video shows Bad Bunny in his full Shrek costume dancing along to “MR.

When it comes to trending products you can always count on TikTok to find the next big thing, and recently users have been going wild for the Too Faced Born This Way Super Coverage Concealer, £13 here (was £26).The full coverage concealer has become something of a viral sensation, racking up millions of views and countless videos of TikTokers trying out the product to see if it’s really worth the hype.The verdict? It is. It seems the concealer has managed to combine the holy grail of results, giving a natural looking ‘no makeup-makeup’ finish whilst still being full coverage enough to cover any blemishes and pigmentation, making it a makeup bag must-have.

Neil Young has announced details of a new album called ‘Before And After’.Set for release later this year, the forthcoming LP will see the rock and roll icon re-visit his back catalogue and re-record various tracks in a new light.“Picking from a vast array of his originals, Young chooses favourites from his playbook like a trip into his music history,” reads a press release. It also states that the majority of tracks on the new album are solo acoustic re-recordings.Set to arrive on December 8 via Reprise, the album will see Young structure the tracklist so that the songs blend together and create one continuous flow from beginning to end.“The feeling is captured, not in pieces, but as a whole piece — designed to be listened to that way,” said Young of the new album.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music DJ Mark the 45 King, who produced or co-produced such hip-hop classics as Eminem’s “Stan,” Jay-Z’s “Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)” and early Queen Latifah hits like “Wrath of My Madness” and “Ladies First,” has died, a rep confirms to Variety. No cause of death was cited; he was 62. “It is with great sadness that I announce the passing of my beloved Mentor DJ Mark the 45 King!,” Latifah said in a statement.

Drake and Michael Jackson have tied with the most Number One hits by a male solo artist in Billboard history.The rapper’s track ‘First Person Shooter’ which features J. Cole debuted at Number One on the Billboard Hot 100 charts making it his 13th chart-topping song in the US charts which is a record that had yet to be surpassed since Jackson achieved it back in 1995.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music Three major music publishers, Universal, Concord and ABKCO, filed a complaint against the new AI company Anthropic for copyright violations, according to legal documents obtained Wednesday by Variety. The legal issues stem from Anthropic’s series of AI models referred to as Claude, and is the latest move in the music industry’s efforts to stave off what it perceives as a massive copyright threat from AI developers. “Publishers bring this action to address the systematic and widespread infringement of their copyrighted song lyrics by the artificial intelligence (“AI”) company Anthropic,” the complaint reads.

Another Drake song has debuted at the top of the Billboard Hot 100. This time, it's his J. Cole-featuring “First Person Shooter” off of his latest album, For All The Dogs.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music Graham Nash — member of the Hollies and Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Grammy winner, two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, and two-time Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee — has entered into an agreement with Irving Azoff’s Iconic Artists Group that will see the company acquiring, developing, and expanding his musical legacy. The deal encompasses a range of assets from Nash’s career, including his solo work as well as of his work with the Hollies and the various incarnations and variations of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.