Auction With Paul McCartney, U2, and Kravitz Guitars Breaks Records
U2's The Edge organized an epic guitar action to benefit "Music Rising," supporting self-employed musicians impacted by disasters, such as the pandemic. The action had some record-smashing sales, and raised over $2 million!
Paul McCartney's Yamaha BB-1200 "Wings" bass guitar, which he played both on tour and in the studio, brought in $496,100 and was the first record-breaking bid of the event. It's become the most expensive bass ever sold at auction, taking the title from Bill Wyman's 1969 Fender Mustang bass that went for $384,000 in 2020.
Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam's concert-smashed Lake Placid Blue Fender Telecaster broke the record for most expensive smashed six-string, going for $266,200.
Some other high-selling items:
- The Edge's "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" Custom Strat went for $496,100
- His Music Rising ONE guitar sold for $184,525.
- U2's Bono and Adam Clayton donated a tour-played Gibson ES-175 that went for $266,200 and a Fender Precision Bass that went for $78,650
- Coldplay's Chris Martin donated a tour-played custom-painted Fender Telecaster Deluxe that went for $81,070
- Noel Gallagher's Nash Telemaster went for $51,425
- Lou Reed’s “Goldie” Danny Gatton Fender Telecaster sold for $72,600
- Lenny Kravitz’s Gibson Custom Shop Flying V went for $42,350
- Bruce Springsteen's signed ‘50s Fender Telecaster sold for $72,600
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Noel Gallagher Says He's Been Approached About Oasis Musical
An Oasis musical? Yes, the idea has been pitched to Noel Gallagher before!
He explains, “The idea of a musical has been floated to me on more than one occasion. Somebody had an idea of like a Noel Gallagher one called 'Everybody Is On The Run' and then there was an idea for another Oasis one.”
This isn't even the first time a musical has been brought up to him. Back in 2019, Gallagher said something similar to "The Sun," “The musical! People have been on to me about that for the last 10 years. And funnily enough, Live Forever is always the title. I spoke to an English guy who works on Broadway who knows about these things and he was like saying, ‘Your journey from rags to riches.’ And I was like, ‘Do you have to make it so Dickensian? I never wore any rags’. People do love that shit, I know. It’s inevitable it will happen one day. I will go and see it once.”
Noel's brother, Liam Gallagher, even shared on Twitter what he thinks a musical should look like. He wrote, "Oasis the musical 5 lads from Manchester start a band and take on the world the little 1 who writes the songs turns into a massive cunt sacks everyone except his little brother as he ain’t got the arse splits up the band there’s a storyline for ya THE END LG x."
We mean, wouldn't you go see that?!
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CHRIS CORNELL's Daughter To Perform 'Special Song In Honor' Of Her Father On 'Jimmy Fallon'
Chris Cornell's daughter Toni Cornell will "perform a special song in honor of" her dad on this coming Thursday's (December 16) episode of "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon".
The 17-year-old singer shared the news on Instagram, writing: "Tune in Thursday!!! So excited to perform a special song in honor of my dad on @fallontonight @jimmyfallon".
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KORN announced 2022 tour dates with CHEVELLE and CODE ORANGE.
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GUNS N' ROSES will issue some kind of box set next summer to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the "Use Your Illusion" albums.
The anniversary was actually THIS year, but the pandemic is pushing it back.
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