BBC News - What happened to Rod Stewart the songwriter?

BBC News - What happened to Rod Stewart the songwriter?

"The last original song the man behind global smash Maggie May released was the title track of 1998 album When We Were the New Boys. It was the only original on an album full of tracks written by other artists."

The BBC wonders why Rod's creative juices seem to have dried up.

Marilyn's Affair With Gavin Rossdale

"Bush singer Gavin Rossdale has said he had a gay relationship with 80s star Marilyn. Both had denied the claims in 1995, when Boy George said the pair were former lovers. Marilyn, real name Peter Robinson, said last year that they had been together for five years before Bush became famous. He said he had reluctantly agreed to lie about the relationship to avoid damaging Rossdale's career and added that the singer had been "love" of his life."

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Back To The Future Without Michael J Fox

According to CNN, it was originally going to be made with Eric Stoltz playing Marty McFly. They did five whole weeks of filming before deciding to change the casting!

Video - Back To The Future as It Might Have Been!

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Heaven 17 Interviews and Tour

H17 are interviewed “live” on the Funk & Soul Show from 8-8:30pm on BBC 6 Music. Martyn Ware and Glenn Gregory will do a face to face in-studio interview with Craig Charles in London. H17 are mentioned on the BBC 6 Music web page here – http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0072ky7. Listen Online.

The band’s interview on BBC Radio 2’s Radcliffe & Maconie Show will now air on Wednesday October 6th at approximately 9:10pm. H17 and mentioned on the Radio 2 web page here - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006wr8d/episodes/upcoming. Listen Online.

Both interviews will discuss Heaven 17’s forthcoming “Penthouse And Pavement” UK Tour which starts on November 22nd, and the release of “Penthouse And Pavement: The Collector’s Edition” a 3-disc set that will released on November 22nd by EMI Records.

From Borat To Queen

Sacha Baron Cohen is to play Freddie Mercury in a film about Queen. The actor who is best known for his comic characters, Ali G, Borat and Brüno, will begin work on the film next year, according to the BBC.

Which is the perfect excuse for us to play this Queen video...

Stranglers' Cornwell on tour

Former Stranglers front-man Hugh Cornwell hits the road for a series of UK dates from April 6th 2011, performing his critically acclaimed solo album Guilty, plus the following Stranglers epics The Raven, Schoolmaam, Down in the Sewer, Toiler on the Sea, Walk on By all performed by Cornwell in their entirety.

"The idea for this tour came from my fans,” says Cornwell. “The requests for Guilty haven't stopped since it was first released. Now the fans have heard my interpretation of Rattus, they're demanding to hear the other Stranglers epics ‘a la Hugh’. I can’t wait to perform them.”

Tickets go on sale from Friday September 17th at 9am by calling the National Ticket Hotline: 0871 230 1101, or book online from www.thegigcartel.com or www.seetickets.com. A 24 hour ticket pre-sale will be launched via Planet Rock Radio on Thursday September 16th at 9am - http://tinyurl.com/322whuo.

Tour dates include: Portsmouth South Parade Pier (April 6), Gasteshead Sage (April 7), Manchester Academy (April 8), Glasgow Academy (April 9), Sheffield Academy (April 10), Clitheroe The Grand (April 12), Leamington Assembly (April 13), Bath Komedia (April 14), Wolverhampton Slade Rooms (April 15), Islington Academy (April 16), Brighton Komedia (April 17).