
British Music Experience This Day in Music: 1970 - George Harrison released All Things Must Pass. The triple album included a number of songs that were left over from Beatle sessions, the set would go on to be certified 6x Platinum by the RIAA, making it the best selling album by a solo Beatle.

British Music Experience This Day in Music: 1964 - Mick Jagger was fined £16 for driving offences by a court in Tettenhall, Staffs. His solicitor told the court: "The Duke of Marlborough had longer hair than my client and he won some famous battles. His hair was powdered, I think because of fleas. My client has no fleas."

British Music Experience
Purse strings maybe a little tighter this year so why not send your friend a
(virtual) personal Christmas music gift from Facebook of their favourite British artist?
From Chris Martin's handwritten lyrics, David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust outfit,
Geri Haliwell's Union Jack dress and loads more amazing personal memorabilia....
Is easy, fun, festive and free. How many things can you say that about?
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British Music Experience This Day in Music: 1968 - 70s Supergroup Cream played their farewell concert at the Royal Albert Hall, London. Also on the bill were Yes and Taste.

British Music Experience RIP Nick Drake. The 1974, UK singer, songwriter Nick Drake died in his sleep aged only 26 on this day in 1974. Drake signed to Island Records when he was 20 , recorded the classic 1972 album Pink Moon. In 2000, Volkswagen featured the title track from Pink Moon in a television advertisement, and within a month Drake h...ad sold more records than he had in the previous 30 years.

British Music Experience TDIM: 1969 - John Lennon returned his MBE to The Queen on the grounds of the UK's involvement in the Nigeria Biafra war, America in Vietnam, and against his latest single 'Cold Turkey' slipping down the charts

British Music Experience This Day in Music: 1958, Lord Rockinghams XI were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Hoot's Mon', (based on the traditional Scottish folk song 'One Hundred Pipers'). Lord Rockingham's XI were the house band on the UK Jack Good TV show 'Oh Boy.'

British Music Experience This Day in Music: 1961 - Blues legend Howlin Wolf arrived in London for his first UK tour.

British Music Experience Happy birthday John Squire! Born on this day in 1962 - Guitarist and songwriter with The Stone Roses, (1989 UK No.8 single 'Fool's Gold', 1989 album 'The Stone Roses') and The Seahorses, (1997 UK No.3 single 'Love Is The Law') and now contemporary artist

British Music Experience Very excited to hear that U2 will be playing Glasto! Sure it'll be great, with our without you...sorry, that's the best pun I could think of. http://tinyurl.com/ycskuhw
U2 to headline Glastonbury festival 2010 - Festival News - Festivals Guide 2009 - NME.COM - News, Re
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are set to headline Glastonbury in 2010, it has been confirmed.The band will top the bill on the Friday night (June 27) of the three-day event for the first time in their 32-year career.Festival organiser ...

British Music Experience This Day in Music: 1975 - Queen started a nine-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Bohemian Rhapsody.' The promotional video that accompanied the song is generally acknowledged as being the first pop video and only cost £5,000 to produce.

British Music Experience This Day in Music: 1970, Two months after his death Jimi Hendrix was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Voodoo Chile' the guitarist's only UK No.1 single.

British Music Experience This is a wonderful promo video by Bucks New University filmed for a Sennheiser education day but shows off very nicely people having a whole lotta fun around the British Music Experience.

British Music Experience This Day in Music: 2007, Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke admitted he was among the thousands of people who paid nothing to download the band's latest album In Rainbows. Speaking to BBC 6 Music's Steve Lamacq, Yorke said: "There wasn't any point. I just move some money from one pocket to the other."












