Pharoah Sanders to Livestream 80th Birthday Concert From L.A.’s Zebulon

Universal Music has announced that it will mark what would have been John Lennon’s 80th birthday by launching a TV channel dedicated to him. The pop-up station will be available to UK television owners for one week, starting on the big day, 9 Oct.In a first for the major label, the Lennon80 TV channel will pull together all sorts of archive interviews, documentaries and performances, as well as new programmes knocked together just for this.

John Lennon‘s 80th birthday this week.Sky, Virgin and Freeview will broadcast LENNON80 in honour of the late Beatle‘s birthday this Friday (October 9), which will include a mix of old footage and new content.Among the programmes airing on the channel will be the famous documentary Bed Peace, which follows Lennon and Yoko Ono‘s famous “Bed-In for Peace” protest in 1969, as well as appearances on Parkinson in 1971 and The Dick Cavett Show in 1971 and 1972.The channel will also show three

X Factor star Jake Quickenden, and Love Island's Chris Hughes. Others include Diversity dancer and Dancing On Ice champ Perri Kiely, Hollyoaks star Jamie Lomas and Welsh rugby legend Gareth Thomas.A number of the reported stars have had a close personal experience with cancer.

Kate McKinnon honored late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg with a powerfully silent tribute on Saturday Night Live‘s season 46 premiere.The brief moment took place after Michael Che and Colin Jost finished their “Weekend Update” segment on the Saturday, October 3 episode.

straight to your inboxManchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has explained that the arrival of Bruno Fernandes has led to Andreas Pereira's departure to Lazio.The Serie A side have confirmed the signing of Pereira as he joins on an initial season-long loan, with an option to make the move a permanent one next summer.The Brazilian arrived in Rome on Thursday and posed with a club scarf in the airport, ahead of his medical and completing his departure from Old Trafford on Friday.Pereira

Prue Leith shocked fans when she previously revealed that she didn't live with her husband John Playfair after more than two years of marriage.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- A teenage singer from Lebanon this week became the latest to join a global pop band formed by Simon Fuller, the man behind the Spice Girls and “American Idol,” which aims to transform young unknowns into internet superstars.That may seem a grandiose ambition during a global pandemic.

BBC Radio 2 are marking what would have been John Lennon’s 80th birthday with a two-part special dedicated to the star hosted by his youngest son Sean.The programme will see Sean, 44, sit down alongside Lennon’s bandmate in The Beatles, Sir Paul McCartney – who will provide some insight into the band’s early days.“I look back on it now like a fan, how lucky was I to meet this strange Teddy Boy off the bus, who played music like I did and we get together and boy, we complemented each other!” he

Pink Siifu and rapper Fly Anakin shared their latest collaboration "Richard Pryor" on Thursday. On the track, the pair spit over jazz-inspired, Playa Haze-helmed production.

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterBeatport and Twitch have announced a partnership that will enable Beatport to bring more exclusive music and programming to its Twitch channel.With over 140,000 followers, Beatport has seen 33 million views on marathon livestream events like ReConnect (to benefit COVID-19 Relief) and a fundraiser for the Beirut explosion, as well as festival partnerships including Glastonbury, Movement Detroit, Junction 2 and Creamfields.Outside of the bigger festival

Emily Ratajkowski writes in a new essay in New York magazine.While we all may assume that any photo taken of us may, in some sense, belong to us, that's not true legally, and especially not for models.

Brooklyn Vegan, however a cause of death has not yet revealed.The guitarist, who was also known for being a big influence on fellow Texas band Power Trip, had also been a member of the bands Mammoth Grinder and Eternal Champion.“Rest In Peace to our brother Wade Allison of Iron Age,” Power Trip tweeted. “Thank you for your friendship, brilliant music, and endless inspiration.”Rest In Peace to our brother Wade Allison of Iron Age.

“A belated (because it took me two days to work out how to screen record) Happy 60th Birthday to the glorious Hugh Grant,” Elizabeth Hurley wrote on Sept. 11, two days after Hugh turned the big 6-0.