Bubbles the chimp and Ben the rat are two of Jackson’s most famous pets, but he also befriended a ram called Mr Tibbs, a python called Crusher and Louie the llama.
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What has orange ever done to her?
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Pete Doherty painted in his own blood! A selection of these gruesome artworks went on sale in 2006 via a London art gallery. They were daubed using a combination of Doherty’s own blood and that of his former James Mullord, who said: “He was very careful, he used a new needle.
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In 1984, a U.S. library accused Jackson of owing it over $1 million in overdue book fines. Officials said they would scrap the fines if he returned the books autographed.
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At 2:58 in Hey Jude Paul McCartney can be faintly heard saying “Hit the wrong chord!”, followed by, “Oh, fucking hell!” after he made a mistake during the recording of the song
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In 2008 a topiary tribute to The Beatles was unveiled on a traffic island in Liverpool. Unfortunately someone chopped Ringo’s head off after he admitted he misses nothing about his hometown.
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Elvis’s first public performance was at the Mississippi-Alabama competition Fair and Dairy Show. The young Elvis entered the singing dressed as a cowboy, and had to stand on a chair to reach the microphone. His performance of “Old Shep” by Red Foley earned him second prize.
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The Beastie Boys supported Madonna on her very first solo tour.
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Imagine playing guitar with such ferocity you impale your own hand on your guitar. Astonishingly, that’s exactly what happened to The Who’s Pete Townshend during a gig in 1990. He pierced his hand on the axe’s whammy bar while performing his trademark windmill move. The guitarist recalls: “I looked down and thought, ‘Shit!’” Which is understandable in the circumstances.
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In 1954, when Elvis was cutting some early records at Sun Studios, he auditioned for an amateur gospel quartet called the Songfellows. They turned him down…
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