David Bowie tribute stamps launched towards space on helium balloons

Special stamps paying tribute to the late music legend David Bowie have been launched towards space.

The 10-stamp set featuring images from some of Bowie’s most admired album covers and of the star on stage, were created to honour the musician after he died from cancer in January 2016 aged 69.

Fifty-two sets of the stamps have now been propelled into the stratosphere on special helium balloons, as an homage to Bowie’s role in the 1976 film The Man Who Fell to Earth The number was chosen to represent the 52 years of Bowie’s professional recording career.

The flight reached 34,100 m at a vertical speed of about 12mph. After the balloons burst, the stamps will have started to descend at nearly 200 mph, slowing to approximately 8 mph by the time they reached the ground.

The Royal Mail stamps were all postmarked with a special edition red handstamp of the thunderbolt from the cover of Bowie’s 1973 record Aladdin Sane. Fans who correctly guess where “the stamps that fell to earth” landed can win one of the limited edition first day covers. The Bowie stamps are also on sale.

The set features images from album covers including Hunky Dory, Aladdin Sane, Heroes, Let’s Dance and Earthling. Others show Bowie performing live on tours across four decades.

Source The Guardian

Stolen Stradivarius violin returns to the stage

A rare and valuable Stradivarius violin has returned to the concert stage in New York more than 36 years after it was stolen.

The instrument was played at a private concert by Mira Wang, a student of its former owner, virtuoso violinist Roman Totenberg.

The violin was taken from Totenberg's dressing room in Massachusetts in 1980 but was recovered in 2015.

His three daughters were in the audience on Monday.

Roman Totenberg died in 2012 at the age of 101. He had been a child prodigy in his native Poland and
bought the 18th-Century instrument - known as the Ames Stradivarius - in 1943.

Violins created by Antonio Stradivari are considered amongst the world's finest and can be worth millions.

The violin vanished while Totenberg was greeting well-wishers after a concert

It only reappeared in 2015 when a woman had it appraised after inheriting it from her late husband. The man, a former pupil of Totenberg, had been suspected of taking it, but was never charged because of lack of evidence.

Ms Wang said the concert was tinged with sadness as Totenberg had not lived to hear the violin played again.

"It means a great deal to me that I can use the violin, to be the first one who would bring it to the public," she said.

In the audience were Totenberg's three daughters, Jill, Amy and Nina.
"We call Mira our fourth sister," Amy Totenberg told Reuters news agency.
"She was my father's protege. He has certainly had many beloved students but she was so close and to all of us, to him, and this is just the most wonderful extension of his playing that she would be here and could do it."

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Hans Theessink On Tour 2017

Hans Theessink On Tour 2017

Joanne Shaw Taylor, UK Tour, November, 2017.

Joanne Shaw Taylor, UK Tour, November, 2017.

Live Music at Old Nick's Tavern Horncastle April 2017

LIVE MUSIC @ OLD NICKS TAVERN  ‘APRIL 2017’

Old Nick's Tavern, 8 North Street Horncastle, LN9 5DX 01507 526862

DATE	BAND
Wed Evening	Jam & Open Mic Night.  Musicians come & join in –  ALL genres welcome –  backline provided which includes 1 x Drum kit, 1 x bass amp plus 1 x guitar amp, please bring own instruments. 8.30pm start.
Sat 1st	Dirty Olive (Kick Ass Rock’n’Roll)  A Rock Covers Band covering the likes of Thin Lizzy, UFO, Whitesnake, Bad Co, Free, Rolling Stones, Montrose, Audioslave, Nazareth, Gary Moore, Rory Gallagher etc. A Classic Guitar Driven 4 Piece Rock Band......Playing Kick Ass Rock n Roll like it should be.  9pm start.
Sat 8th	League of Mentalmen (What Rock is all About!)  A Grimsby Heavy Rock covers band that have been playing on the local circuit since 2003. Performing songs from bands older ‘classics’ such as: Guns n Roses, Metallica, Rage Against the Machine, Reef, Queens of the Stoneage to more modern aggressive tracks: System Of A Down, Godsmack, Drowning Pool, Papa Roach, Buckcherry and not to mention other ‘silly’ stuff like: Electric Six, The Darkness.  All said & done, it makes for an ear ringing evening of hard rock fun which these guys love to share.  9pm Start
Sat 15th	The Blues Company  (Rock Blues…Texas Style).   Covering blues rock  songs, British and USA based.  Well known ones as well as some not so well known including numbers from Garry Moore, Joe Bonamassa, Glenn Hughes and ZZ Top.  9pm start
Sat 22nd	Still Remains UK  (Metal/Rock/Alternative)  We look forward to this band’s return to play some of their originals mixed in with covers. Their style is very much a cross between the older style metal and newer, fantastic vocals and musicianship.   9pm start
Fri 28th	Holy Bones  An acoustic duo playing psychedelic folk in the style of Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan. Two very talented gentlemen playing acoustic guitar and double bass.  Definitely worth coming out on a Friday evening.   9pm start.
Sat 29th	Red Boot (Rockabilly / Rock’n’Roll / Blues) Playing songs from The Stray Cats to Ray Charles to Junior Wells plus many more………….DOUBLE BASS & ALL!!  A really rockin’ evening, we defy you to keep still whilst they are playing.  Not to be missed!!   9pm start.

www.oldnickstavern.co.uk.

Korn and Stone Sour’s Official 2017 USA Tour Schedule

Korn and Stone Sour’s Official 2017 USA Tour Schedule...

Korn and Stone Sour recently announced a summer tour but held back on the details-- until now.

two rock heavyweights have officially announced a summer trek, called The Serenity of Summer tour, and it will kick off June 16 in Salt Lake City and continue through an Aug. 2 show in Cleveland. For information, head to The Korn.com.

Opening on select dates of the tour will be a wide range of musical acts, bringing everything from metal to wrap. Island, rapper Yelawolf and pop-metal group Babymetal will appear on the first half of the trek, and Yelawolf, Skillet and Ded will open for the second half.

Korn are on the road to support their latest studio album, The Serenity of Suffering. Meanwhile, Stone Sour are touring behind their upcoming album, Hydrograd, which is slated to arrive sometime in June.

Korn and Stone Sour The Serenity of Summer 2017 Tour Dates:
6/16 -- Salt Lake City, UT, USANA Amphitheatre
6/18 -- Albuquerque, NM, Isleta Amphitheater
6/20 -- Chula Vista, CA, Mattress Firm Amphitheatre
6/21 -- Inglewood, CA, The Forum
6/22 -- Mountain View, CA, Shoreline Amphitheatre
6/25 -- Nampa, ID, Ford Idaho Center
6/26 -- Pocatello, ID, Portneuf Wellness Complex Amphitheatre
7/19 -- Syracuse, NY, Lakeview Amphitheater
7/20 -- Mansfield, MA, Xfinity Center
7/23 -- Hartford, CT, XFINITY Theatre
7/25 -- Toronto, ON, Budweiser Stage
7/26 -- Camden, NJ, BB&T Pavilion
7/27 -- Holmdel, NJ, PNC Bank Arts Center
7/29 -- Noblesville, IN, Klipsch Music Center
7/30 -- Clarkston, MI, DTE Energy Music Theatre
8/1 -- Cincinnati, OH, Riverbend Music Center
8/2 -- Cleveland, OH, Blossom Music Center

Photo by Anne Erickson

Source  www.gibson.com

Steve Walkers Big Swing Band, The Terry O'Toole Theatre, 11 March, 2017.

YSteve Walkers Big Swing Band

Saturday 11 March, 2017

The Terry O'Toole Theatre, North Hykeham LN6 9AX

Box Office: 01522 883311

Still a few tickets left, call the Box Office today!

Steve Walkers Big Swing Band, The Terry O'Toole Theatre, 

North Hykeham,Lincoln, Saturday 11 March, 2017.

Rock Night at Boston Gliderdrome with Band From County Hell 8 April 2017

Rock Night at Boston Gliderdrome with the Band From County Hell, Autumn Storm and Crossfire,
8 April 2017. Tickets from 01205 367919

www.bfch.co.uk

Pokey LaFarge, Manic Revelations, Tour, 2017

Pokey LaFarge, Manic Revelations, Tour, 2017

Cafe-Manouche - Stamford Arts Centre Friday 14 April 2017

Cafe-Manouche-Tales-Of-The-Swing-Age 

Stamford Arts Centre Friday 14 April 2017

Formed by three brothers from Lincolnshire, the Cafe Manouche Quintet play Gypsy Jazz and  from the 1920s-50s that will transport you back in time.

www.cafemanouche.co.uk

Tickets £12 (£10 concessions)

www.stamfordartscentre.com