Alan Rickman discusses his music taste in relation to CBGB

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October 24, 2013

British actor Alan Rickman is considered one of the best actors in the industry and has appeared in some great roles in some fantastic movies over the years. Alan can now be seen in the movie CBGB and he has opened up about the music her grew up listening to in relation to the film.

He added, "But of course I was also very much around the height of The Beatles and The Stones, so it was like that was the lone star and everything spun off from there. And [Bob] Dylan, very much so. ... England in the ‘60s and the ‘70s was everything that history has said; it was phenomenally exciting, musically. One was very shaped by that."

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Flashback: George Harrison Pays Tribute to Bob Dylan The 1992 performance was one of Harrison's final times onstage (ROLLING STONE VIDEOS)

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By ANDY GREENE OCTOBER 9, 2012 4:25 PM

In the early 1990s, George Harrison seemed like he was gearing up for a return to the spotlight. His 1987 LP Cloud Nine was a huge surprise hit, and his subsequent work with the Traveling Wilburys pushed the shy Beatle even further into the public eye. The obvious next step was a tour, but Harrison's disastrous 1974 tour was still a fresh memory, and he seemed to have no interest. But in May of 1990, Harrison joined Eric Clapton onstage in Los Angeles for a couple of Cream songs, and the next year the longtime friends announced a joint tour of Japan.

Twelve concerts were staged across Japan in December of 1991, and it seemed like the jumping off point for a long comeback tour. Sadly, that wasn't the case. It wasn't a repeat of his 1974 debacle, but Harrison just didn't feel any desire to stay on the road. He proved he could still deliver, and nothing beyond that seemed necessary. He did agree to a single show at the Royal Albert Hall in April of 1992 to raise money for the Natural Law Party, but it was an isolated event.



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Colin Firth project for Canongate 22.08.12 | Benedicte Page (THE BOOKSELLER)

Canongate is working with a group of actors and musicians including Academy Award-winner Colin Firth on a multimedia project called The People Speak.

Alongside a book, the project will include a stage show which will bring to life the voices of British campaigners, dissidents and visionaries from the 12th century to the present day.

The idea began life in America, where performers such as Matt Damon and Bob Dylan supported the scheme. Author and editor Anthony Arnove has now brought the idea to the UK, where a cast including Ian McKellen and Rupert Everett will perform at the Tabernacle in Notting Hill, west London, on 16th September.

Canongate will publish an accompanying book, The People Speak, on 13th September priced at £17.99, compiled by Firth, Arnove and historian David Horspool, collecting a range of speeches, songs and letters from British history by writers including Emmeline Pankhurst and Oscar Wilde

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George Harrison, Ringo Starr and I Saw Her Standing There

I really have to get some sleep.  But then you start poking around Youtube and you come up with the impossible.  George, Ringo, Mick, Bruce, Billy Joel and Dylan walk into a bar...

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