A guitar from Prince's prime and some legendary Beatles lyrics sketched out by Paul McCartney are among the items going up for auction.
Julien's Auctions announced that the auction taking place June 19-20 in Beverly Hills and online will include a 1984 blue "cloud" guitar custom-made for Prince that he played just after "Purple Rain." The auctioneer calls the instrument, with the artist's "love" symbol on the neck and gold hardware, "one of the most important guitars from the early years of Prince's career ever to come to auction." It's projected to fetch between $100,000 and $200,000. A purple suit, a pendant and a pair of boots from Prince will be for sale too.
A page of McCartney's handwritten lyrics, featuring cross-outs, revisions and drafts for the song "Maxwell's Silver Hammer," from the Beatles' 1969 album "Abbey Road," will also be up for auction. The lyric sheet is expected to draw $200,000 to $300,000.
The auction will also have memorabilia from Madonna, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Johnny Cash, Jim Morrison, the Rolling Stones, Queen, and David Bowie.
Rage Against the Machine postponed
One of the hottest concert tickets of 2020 now won't be usable until 2021: Rage Against the Machine has rescheduled its two-night stand at Target Center with Run the Jewels until July 2 and 3 of next year. Minneapolis was supposed to be one of first cities to see the reunited rap-rock quartet on its first major tour in a decade. The band has now postponed all of its 2020 shows due to the coronavirus and doesn't have any confirmed dates until June 3, 2021, in El Paso, Texas. That may change if the postponed Coachella music fest goes on as planned this October. The band also addressed the issue of refunds, which so many other bands have avoided in their postponements: "During this difficult time we also respect the fans who want their ticket money back," the statement said. "Anyone who wants a refund can begin the process at your point of purchase."
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Directing: Taika Waititi, the New Zealand filmmaker of "Jojo Rabbit" and "Thor: Ragnarok," will direct a new "Star Wars" film. Waititi had for months been expected to take the reins, having directed the season finale of the "Star Wars" streaming spinoff "The Mandalorian." But the Walt Disney Co. waited until the franchise's unofficial holiday, May the Fourth, to make it official. Other shows in development include an Obi-Wan Kenobi spinoff starring Ewan McGregor and a spinoff from "Rogue One" based on the character Cassian Andor.
Married: Country star Dwight Yoakam married his longtime fiancée, Emily Joyce, in a wedding in March that had fewer than 10 attendees seated at least 6 feet from each other. Yoakam's publicist said the couple waited to announce the wedding out of respect to people affected by the pandemic.
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