Wednesday 25 November 2020......news for this week...

Monday 23 November 2020. PIERS MORGAN and co-host Susanna Reid today celebrate 5 years on "Good Morning Britain" breakfast tv. Love him or loathe him, he is certainly always very entertaining. Go to my Facebook page to see a picture of Piers and myself. --------- John Lennon signed album is being sold at auction for mega bucks. A signed copy of John Lennon’s ‘Double Fantasy’, signed by Lennon for murderer Mark Chapman just hours before Chapman killed Lennon, is up for auction. Lennon signed the record hours before being murdered by Chapman outside The Dakota apartment building in New York City in December 1980. The historic copy of ‘Double Fantasy’, his collaboration album with Yoko Ono, was actually submitted as evidence in the New York Police Department’s investigation into Lennon’s murder. And according to Goldin Auctions, the police markings from the investigation still appear on the record. The auction house has confirmed that bidding on the record will open on Monday (23.11.20), with bids set to begin at $400,000. ---------------------- Tuesday 24 November 2020. Happy Birthday to Blondie drummer CLEM BURKE who is 66 today. Happy Birthday to cricket legend IAN BOTHAM who is 65 today. ---------------------- Wednesday 25 November 2020. Football legend GEORGE BEST sadly passed away 15 years ago today. Sad news that Argentinian football legend DIEGO MARADONA has passed away age 60. The same day as George Best , but exactly 15 years apart. Maradona was best known to British audiences for his handball goal, which he dubbed the “Hand of God”, against England at the 1986 World Cup....Argentina won that World Cup. Having said that,the second goal he scored against England in that game was incredible. He battled a series of health problems and earlier this month needed surgery for a blood clot on his brain. Maradona was then sent straight to a rehabilitation centre to be treated for alcohol dependency. His life after football mirrored the troubles that George Best also had. Diego had also dabbled with cocaine in the past. ---------- BBC Red Button all this week - Kylie Minogue live at The BBC Theatre, London. SKY ARTS 10am - the making of 80s American Hair Metal videos. SKY ARTS 10.30am - the making of Blondie videos. SKY ARTS 4.30pm - the making of R.E.M. videos. SKY ARTS 11pm - Queen live at The Rainbow. --------------------- Thursday 26 November 2020. Happy Birthday to TINA TURNER who is 81 today. I have seen Tina several times , with the first time back in 1974 when she was with Ike Turner. SKY ARTS 4.30pm - the making of Guns N Roses videos. SKY ARTS 12pm - Brian Johnson meets Nick Mason (repeat from Friday) --------------------- Friday 27 November 2020. SKY ARTS 4.30pm - the making of Metallica videos. SKY ARTS 9pm - Brian Johnson meets Sting. SKY ARTS 10pm - rock photographers - episode 4 - magazine covers --------------------- Saturday 28 November 2020. Happy Birthday to Motown Records founder BERRY GORDY who is 91 today. SKY ARTS 5.15pm - Joe Cocker "Mad Dog With Soul " documentary. I saw Joe Cocker live half a dozen times , with the first being in 1982. SKY ARTS 7pm - Dire Straits " Live July 1983". Filmed during their two-night gig at the Hammersmith Odeon. The climax of their Love Over Gold tour. I was at both these shows...I saw Dire Straits fourteen times into total. The first time I saw them was an early gig in 1978, when they supported Talking Heads. Phillips launched a brand new product invention here....it was called the CD player and compact disc. SKY ARTS 9pm - Eric Clapton " Crossroads Guitar Festival 2019". I have seen Eric Clapton around 30 times since 1976, with most of them at The Royal Albert Hall. SKY ARTS 11.15pm - Ronnie Wood "Somebody Up There Likes Me" documentary. SKY ARTS 12.30pm - Carl Perkins & Friends - live in London 1985. Great tv special featuring Carl and friends including George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Rosanne Cash, Dave Edmunds, Slim Jim Phantom, Earl Slick, Lee Rocker and others.

Posted 23rd November 2020