Music Legends Eric Clapton, Van Morrison Team for Anti-Lockdown Single ‘Stand and Deliver’

Nicola Sturgeon’s Bute House residence in Edinburgh. The protest, which was organised by the Scotland Against Lockdown group, started at Holyrood before stopping at the building where the First Minister resides when working in the capital.

direct to your inboxJeremy Corbyn's brother led an anti-lockdown march in the city centre today.Piers Corbyn was one of around 500 people who marched through Manchester in another protest against lockdown regulations.The protesters marched through the city centre, starting in Piccadilly Gardens at around midday.

Bob Dylan just made more than $300m (£227m) doing it, Dolly Parton says she might do the same while singer-songwriter David Crosby says he is being forced to do it. Musicians are queuing up for big pay days by selling the publishing rights to their songs, as the streaming boom and industry upheaval wrought by the Covid-19 pandemic redefines the economics of music.

A teacher in Oregon was placed on administrative leave Monday after a viral video appeared to show her screaming and making an obscene gesture at a group of anti-lockdown protesters in downtown Bend, Ore. The video was recorded on Sunday and has been viewed more than 3 million times.The woman was identified in reports as a first-year teacher in the Jefferson County School District.

David Bowie coins have been released as part of the Royal Mint’s music collection – including one that was launched into space.The one ounce coin orbited the Earth’s atmosphere for 45 minutes after launch before its eventual return, and it is now being offered as a prize on the Royal Mint’s Facebook page.The coin celebrates the music icon’s career with a design inspired by his formative years spent living and recording in Berlin, as well as featuring the iconic lightning bolt design from

direct to your inboxHundreds of people gathered for an anti-lockdown protest in Piccadilly Gardens which spilled over into a march through the city centre.Holding placards and banners with a variety of messages - including ‘Your Voice Your Choice’ and ‘Boris Loves Satan’ - the group gathered for the ‘Rise Up Manchester’ event at around 1pm on Sunday afternoon (December 12).But Manchester City Councillor Pat Karney has slammed those who marched down Market Street as ‘totally dangerous and

Erika Jayne, 49, has seemingly responded to the latest news around her and estranged husband Tom Girardi, 81. The ultra-glam Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star stunned in a new red carpet-ready photo in an asymmetrical black gown as she posed with one hand on her hip. “High drama,” she wrote alongside the tweeted photo, shared on Wednesday, Dec. 2. The blonde kept her long hair straight and sleek in the snap, rocking her signature smokey eye, nude lip and perfect manicure.

Claudia Eller Co-Editor-in-ChiefDid Van Morrison and Eric Clapton not get the memo that there is a global health catastrophe that has so far claimed nearly 1.5 million lives worldwide? Do they not know that this pandemic is far from over?In what world are these two living?The fact that they would decide to collaborate on a song slamming COVID-19 lockdowns, discouraging people from taking extreme precautions and wearing masks to protect themselves and others, is beyond unconscionable.With

Love Island villa last summer but Molly-Mae Hague has revealed the second lockdown has taken its toll on her romance with Tommy Fury.The reality star and influencer opened up about her relationship woes in a candid YouTube video as she told fans that the Greater Manchester area, where she lives with her boxer boyfriend, will be in Tier 3 when lockdown is lifted.Molly, 21, admitted she’s found the restrictions “really hard” as she chatted to the camera while walking down the street.She said,

No good deed goes unpunished, as the saying goes. Eric Clapton and Van Morrison are finding that out today, as their effort to support musicians affected by the pandemic is drawing backlash.

To hear music legends Eric Clapton and Van Morrison tell it, live music may never be the same again even after we get past the coronavirus pandemic and get on with life.