NEWS DIGEST: Wednesday, July 16

2:35 PM GMT 16/07/2008

The Fender Stratocaster that Jimi Hendrix famously burned at London’s Astoria in 1967 is set to go under the hammer at an auction on September 4.

The guitar, which is thought to be the first that Hendrix burned live and was found last year at bass player Noel Redding’s house, is expected to fetch £500,000 ($1 million).

Hendrix incinerated his guitar on two other occasions: at Monterey in June, 1967 and again at Miami Pop in May of the following year, but the Astoria Fender is the only one to have survived.

The auction is scheduled to take place at the Idea Generation Gallery with several other rock rarities up for grabs. A book of Jim Morrison’s poetry and lyrical musings from 1971 is expected to go for £100,000, while late Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham's five-piece Ludwig kit is expected to fly out the door for £20,000.

Kings Of Leon Announce arena Tour

Kings Of Leon have announced plans for a UK arena tour this December.

Touring off the back of their forthcoming album, Only By The Night, the recent Glastonbury headliners will kick off their 11 gig jaunt in Brighton on December 1 before wrapping things up on December 17 at Cardiff’s International Arena.

Those dates in full:

Brighton Centre – Dec 1
Nottingham Trent FM Arena – Dec 2
Newcastle Metro Arena – Dec 4
Sheffield Arena – Dec 5
Glasgow SECC -– Dec 7
Liverpool Echo Arena – Dec 8
Birmingham NIA – Dec 10
London O2 Arena – Dec 11
Bournemouth BIC – Dec 14
Manchester Evening News Arena – Dec 16
Cardiff International Arena – Dec 17

Tickets go on sale on July 18 and are available from www.kingsofleon.com.

Strange But True: Tales from the bottom of MOJO's mailbag...

This week we quote directly from the press release for Perry Mann’s Exotic Erotic Strippers & Hustlers Ball...

"What do you get when you combine America’s hottest DJ’s spinning incredible House music on opening night, smoking-hot live rock and metal performances on the second night, a massive nationwide stripper competition where strippers from Hustler, Déjà vu, and other top chains compete for over $20,000 in cash and prizes both nights, plus a few of America’s hottest burlesque artists, the world’s sexiest emcee, the planet’s most downloaded supermodel, and the world’s largest ever girl-on-girl pillow fight? You get Perry Mann’s Exotic Erotic Strippers & Hustlers Ball, which takes over The Orleans Hotel in Las Vegas over Labor Day Weekend (August 30 and 31, 2008)."

“This sounded like such a great gig the moment I heard about it. No way I was turning this down,” says Gilby Clarke, a former member of Guns N’ Roses, and star of CBS’ Rockstar:Supernova.

And finally...Happy Birthday Desmond Dekker! The ska/reggie legend would have been 67 today. Here he is with Jools Holland:

James Costelloe

Posted by Ross_Bennett at 2:35 PM GMT 16/07/2008

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The only "burnt" Hendrix guitar to have survivved? The guitar Hendrix burned at the Monterey Pop festival in 1967 is on display at the Experience Music Project in Seattle. I visited there from Vancouver 2 years ago and it's a must-see for Hendrix fans.

Posted by John Byers at 5:12 PM GMT 20/07/2008 Report Abuse

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the guitar sold at auction on sept 4th is a a fake!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by ssdf at 3:44 PM GMT 08/09/2008 Report Abuse

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