Let’s talk about UFOs, John Lydon leaning to the right, and going to prison for listening to Ed Sheeran

by The Georgia Straight Staff on March 29th, 2017 at 1:06 PM

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They really got him

Kinks guitarist Dave Davies recently told Vulture.com that he has had several experiences with UFOs and believes he received “psychic impressions from aliens”. Rock stars sure did a lot of interesting drugs in the 1960s.

The rotten truth

As if to prove that all rock ’n’ rollers lean to the right as they age, John Lydon has made headlines in recent weeks by criticizing Donald Trump opponents, defending Brexit, and announcing that he will miss Queen Elizabeth II when she dies. Say it ain’t so, Johnny!

Off with her ed

No one sensible listens to Ed Sheeran, but in the U.K. it could get you arrested. A woman in Willenhall was sentenced to eight weeks in prison after a neighbour complained she blasted “Shape of You” for 30 minutes straight.

Ghouls night out

Glenn Danzig has announced something called Blackest of the Black Festival, slated for May 26 and 27 in Silverado, California, and billed as an “experience of pain, pleasure, and metal”. Because the promise of pain is worth shelling out US$66.66 a ticket for.