Roky Erickson Plays London!

10:20 AM GMT 10/08/2009

Roky Erickson, psychedelic warrior and leader of The 13th Floor Elevators, will play a one-off show in London on August 20.

The gig, due to take place at the HMV Forum, will mark the first time Erickson has played live in Britain since his appearance at the Meltdown Festival in 2007. He will then go on to play the Green Man Festival in Wales on August 21.

For more information and ticket details head over to his official site HERE.

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Willy DeVille, founder of CBGB's punk legends Mink DeVille, has died in New York following a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 58.

Having formed Mink DeVille in San Francisco, DeVille became a regular at CBGB's throughout the mid-1970s splicing Latin and Cajun influences with New York's gritty punk sound to form a unique blend of tough R&B.

In 1977, the band teamed up with producer Jack Nitzsche to record Cabretta. The album would deliver two minor hits in the form of Spanish Stroll and Cadillac Walk.

His song, Storybook Love, became the theme for hit movie The Princess Bride, earning DeVille an Oscar nomination in 1987.

He is survived by his third wife Nina, his son Sean and his sister Mimi.

A full obituary will appear in a future issue of MOJO.

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Hundreds of Beatles fans gathered outside Abbey Road studios on Saturday to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the band's zebra crossing cover shoot.

Abbey Road, released on September 26, 1969, went on to become the band's most successful LP. The original cover photograph was taken by Iain Macmillan on August 8, 1969.

Head over to the BBC to watch all the action.

And what's happening at the crossing now? See for yourself via the Abbey Road webcam HERE.

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And finally...Happy Birthday Leo Fender! The inventor of the Telecaster and Stratocaster would have been 100 today. Here's a man that took the latter of those two guitars into uncharted territory during the late 1960s:

Photo courtesy of Piper Ferguson

Posted by Ross_Bennett at 10:20 AM GMT 10/08/2009

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