‘Halfway To Paradise: The Birth Of British Rock’, an exhibition featuring photographs by Harry Hammond, is currently on display at the British Music Experience in London’s O2 Arena. Hammond was given unique access to many of the major stars in the Sixties, including the Beatles, Cliff Richard, Dusty Springfield and Shirley Bassey, and his pictures [...]
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Sixties Happenings - Beatles To Bowie
7 September, 2009 – 9:16 am
London’s National Portrait Gallery is celebrating the 50th anniversary since the start of the Sixties with ‘Beatles To Bowie: The 60s Exposed’, an exhibition of 150 photographs of the personalities and groups who made the Sixties swing.
The exhibition, which runs from 15th October 2009 to 24th January 2010 and features over 100 images that [...]
Sixties Happenings - Beatles For Sale
21 June, 2009 – 1:32 pm
Memorabilia company The Imagine Corporation is offering one lucky music fan the chance to win manager Brian Epstein’s original signed contract with the Beatles.
Currently insured for £500,000, the document has only changed hands a couple of times over the years and was acquired for The Imagine Corporation at Christie’s auction house.
The competition is open [...]
Sixties Happenings - Philip Townsend Signing This Weekend!
12 June, 2009 – 9:34 am
Legendary photographer Philip Townsend is holding an exhibition of his Archive of Sixties’ photographs at a pop-up gallery in the Newburgh Quarter, just off Carnaby Street, from 13th June to 5th July, 11am till 7pm daily.
The exhibition of limited edition silver gelatin prints celebrates the publication of Townsend’s first book, ‘Sorry You Missed The [...]