Andy Johnson

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NEIL YOUNG IN THEATRES THURSDAY

1 week ago | zoomerradio.ca | Neil Young |Andy Johnson

Share on This week, fans of Canadian music legend Neil Young have an opportunity to see the singer-songwriter’s softer side. A new film shot and produced by Neil’s wife, actress Daryl Hannah, is coming out this week. Hannah says there is no “persona” attached to Neil, he treats everyone, including the audience, the same. She also says he’s not drawn by financial interests, or anything else, he’s just a creative force. “Neil Young: Coastal” hits theatres Thursday, (April 17th).
"TITANIC" MOVIE VIOLIN GOES TO AUCTION

1 week ago | zoomerradio.ca | Andy Johnson

Share on The violin that gained fame in Canadian film maker James Cameron’s 1997 blockbuster Titanic is going to auction. Actor and violinist Jonathan Evans-Jones played it on screen. The British auction house Henry Aldridge & Son is going to sell the violin which has been in a private collection since Evans-Jones sold it in 2013.
NEW LENNON DOC ON THE WAY

1 week ago | zoomerradio.ca | Andy Johnson

Share on A documentary, which explores the last decade of John Lennon’s legendary life, is scheduled to premier in London next month. The documentary is titled “Borrowed Time.”It tracks Lennon as he evolves beyond The Beatles, promises to tell the full story of how John and Yoko Ono met and looks at a 1981 comeback tour that never was. Lennon was murdered in New York City in 1980. “Borrowed Time” premiers May 9th as part of London’s Cine International Film Festival
STAR WARS, THE ORIGINAL, TO FLY AGAIN

1 week ago | zoomerradio.ca | Andy Johnson

Movie purists take note. The original cut of a 1977 blockbuster is going to screen again for the first time in decades. The only problem, you’ll have to go England to see it. The British Film Institute plans to screen the original cinema cut as part of this year’s “Film On Film Festival.”Star Wars will open the London Festival June 12th.
LIVE FROM LONDON IT'S SNL

1 week ago | zoomerradio.ca | Andy Johnson

Share on It’s been on the air for 50-years and is a staple of Saturday night television in North AmericaNow comes word that “Saturday Night Live” is heading to the UK. Like the New York-based original, the UK version will be produced by the show’s Toronto-born creator Lorne Michaels.
SIR ELTON TO BE IMORTALIZED

1 week ago | zoomerradio.ca | Andy Johnson

Share on The National Recording Registry at the U.S. Library of Congress has released the list of this year’s 25 inductees and among them is British music legend Sir Elton John. “Good Bye Yellow Road” joins albums by the likes of Tracy Chapman and the cast of “Hamilton” on the list. Also included are the original 2011 music from the “Minecraft” video game and the reboot sound of the Windows 95 operating system.
ORIGINAL BEATLES DRUMMER RETIRES

1 week ago | zoomerradio.ca | Andy Johnson

Share on He’s the musician sometimes called the 5th Beatle. He was their drummer before Ringo was their drummer. Pete Best, who is now 83, has announced his retirement from performing with “The Pete Best Band” which he started in 1988. Best was with what became the Fab Four when they were known as The Quarrymen. His family owned the Casbah Coffee Club in Liverpool, where the Beatles performed some of their very first shows.
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY CHARLES AND CAMILLA

1 week ago | zoomerradio.ca | Andy Johnson

King Charles III and Queen Camilla are celebrating their 20th wedding anniversary today. Charles and Camilla met more than 50-years ago but had to endure meddling families, marriages to other people and no small amount of public ridicule. They married twenty years ago today at the town hall in Windsor, near Windsor Castle. The King and Queen are currently on a visit to Italy.
LOVERBOY TO HEADLINE THE EX

2 weeks ago | zoomerradio.ca | Andy Johnson

Share on One of Canada’s classic bands is leading the list of acts confirmed for this summer’s CNE. Loverboy will no doubt be playing their 1981 hit “Working for the Weekend.”Organizers of the annual end-of-summer event at Toronto’s Exhibition Place have confirmed it will all start August 15th with pop singer Shawn Desmond. Loverboy is up next August 16th.
BLONDIE DRUMMER DIES AT 70

2 weeks ago | zoomerradio.ca | Andy Johnson

He was considered the ‘heartbeat’ of the 1980’s punk band Blondie. Clem Burke, the versatile drummer who helped propel the iconic rock group through the decades has died. The band says he passed away yesterday after a battle with cancer, but no additional details were released. Burke, along with Debbie Harry and the other original members of Blondie, was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2006,Clem Burke was 70.