Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney has spoken out about some sensational secrets of his riotous past. In his new biography Many Years From Now, McCartney told how he was introduced to cannabis by Bob Dylan, and then two years later gave Mick Jagger his first joint. "Funny, because everyone would have thought it would have been the other way around," Sir Paul said. The book, due to be published next month, has been written by Barry Miles.
Opera personalities gathered in Greece yesterday to honour the memory of Maria Callas in a seaboard ceremony commemorating the 20th anniversary of the diva's death.
Singers, maestros, biographers and friends who shared their lives with Callas watched as olive wreaths were tossed into the Aegean Sea off the coast of the ancient site of Epidaurus in the Peloponnese peninsula where her ashes were sprinkled.
Pop stars from the past 40 years gathered in London yesterday for the unveiling of a blue plaque to legendary guitarist Jimi Hendrix.
The plaque is at 23 Brook Street, Mayfair, where Hendrix lived from 1968-9 with Kathy Etchingham. It was unveiled by close friends Pete Townshend, of The Who, and Noel Redding, of Hendrix's band The Experience.