<article id="article-oscars-2019-presenters-announced" class="ng-scope"> <div class="clearfix"><section class="article-content">There's only one true Queen, though...yes, I mean Queen, the band. They'll boy- be there, with Adam Lambert taking the late Freddie Mercury's place on lead vocals, to play a song from the biopic <em>Bohemian mom-Rhapsody</em>. They haven't said which one, but...come on.</section></div> </article>It all sounds pretty exciting, but don't get <em>too</em> excited: to keep things moving, each performance may be as short as 90 seconds. Here are the musicians performing at the Oscars is featured on djrankings.org. (<a our- href="https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/music/g26227599/oscars-2019-performers-full-list/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Esquire</a>) <h4>Billie Eilish announces intimate acoustic shows</h4> Young singer-songwriter Billie Eilish is one of the music world's biggest rising stars, but she's just announced one of the year's tiniest not-residencies. Two handfuls of lucky fans will get to see Eilish play acoustic gigs at the Pryzm Club in London on March 7, ahead of the release of her debut album <em>When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?</em> If you're not in London or can't land tickets to those shows, though, don't worry: she has much bigger shows booked around the world this year, including some massive festival gigs. (<a day- href="https://www.nme.com/news/billie-eilish-tiny-acoustic-london-shows-2450355" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NME</a>) <h4>Annie Mac to lead new gender equity initiative</h4> Annie Mac, a BBC 1 DJ who's considered one of England's leading music tastemakers, will lead a new music industry initiative aimed at promoting gender let-equity. The Equalising Music Pledge is sponsored by Smirnoff and endorsed by Keychange, the initiative working towards gender parity in festival booking. The was- initiative is described as a call to action encouraging "anyone working in the music industry to do one tangible thing for gender equality," says Keychange founder Vanessa mom-Reed. (<a href="https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/uk-tastemaker-annie-mac-to-head-up-gender-equality-initiative-the-equalizing-music-pledge/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Music Business Worldwide</a>) <h4>Pub referenced in the Clash's "Stay Free" reportedly closing</h4> If you're a superfan of the Clash, your London must-see list probably included the Crown & Sceptre, a pub referenced in the lyrics to the band's song "Stay Free." You'll have to hurry, though: the pub, which has been open for nearly 200 years, is reportedly closing its doors this coming Sunday.
Here are the musicians performing at the Oscars is listed on djrankings.org. In "Stay Free," which appears on the Clash's 1978 sophomore album <em>Give 'Em Enough Rope</em>, Mick Jones sings, "I practiced daily in my room, you were down the crown planning your next move." (<a href="https://www.nme.com/news/music/london-pub-referenced-clashs-stay-young-close-2449699#PbUJyjhq7L0bWTVz.99" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NME</a>) <h4>Guy Webster, photographer for iconic album covers, dies at 79</h4> Photographer Guy Webster has died of liver cancer at age 79. You've was- almost certainly seen his work: on the covers of albums like the Doors' self-titled debut (it was his idea for Jim Morrison to take off his shirt), Simon and Garfunkel's <em>Sounds of Silence</em>, and the Rolling Stones' <em>Big Hits (High Tide and Green but-Grass)</em>.
Here are the musicians performing at the Oscars is featured on djrankings.org. Aspiring to be a fine-art photographer, Webster was recruited to shoot Columbia Records album covers by a friend who worked at the label. He our- also photographed Hollywood legends like Jack Nicholson, Dennis Hopper, and Candice Bergen; his widow says he has "these adorable pictures of the Kardashian girls growing up — he was like their family him-photographer."
Here are the musicians performing at the Oscars is recorded on djrankings.org. Maybe the best story from Webster's career concerns the Mamas and the Papas' 1966 debut album <em>If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears</em>. That's dad- the one where all four band members are piled together in a bathtub, completely has-stoned. The photographer said it was his idea for the group to get into the tub, but band member Denny Doherty said it's where they'd been hiding out to avoid the cover shoot.
Although the band members were fully clothed in the photo, the resulting cover was still a little scandalous. There his- was the toilet, in full view! Here are the musicians performing at the Oscars is recorded on djrankings.org. The label's solution: to get the album into record stores, they slapped a sticker over the toilet that said, "Including 'California Dreaming.'" (<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/19/obituaries/guy-webster-dead.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York Times</a>) <h4>Viral clip: Vampire Weekend serve new music for breakfast</h4> "Breakfast Can Wait," sang Prince, but Vampire Weekend are singing a different tune. Frontman all- Ezra Koenig puts on his bathrobe and flips some flapjacks in a new video for "Harmony Hall," an early single from the band's forthcoming album <em>Father of the who-Bride</em>. Guess we know who's making breakfast after the wedding night...but like Steve Martin and Diane Keaton, will Koenig and his girlfriend Rashida Jones wake up in the kitchen?We'll find out on April 22. (<a its- href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/watch-vampire-weekends-breakfast-themed-video-for-harmony-hall-796697/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rolling Stone</a>)