The Chinese government banned Justin Bieber from performing in China. The Bureau stated: "Justin Bieber is a gifted singer, but he is also a controversial young foreign singer", and "In order to maintain order in the Chinese market and purify the Chinese performance environment, it is not suitable to bring in badly behaved entertainers."
Guardians of the Galaxy is an American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same name, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is the tenth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The film became a critical and commercial success, grossing $773.3 million worldwide.
John William "Long John" Baldry was an English-Canadian blues singer and a voice actor. He sang with many British musicians, with Rod Stewart and Elton John appearing in bands led by Baldry in the 1960s. Baldry died in Vancouver General Hospital, of a severe chest infection.
The Wall – Live in Berlin was a live concert performance by Roger Waters and numerous guest artists, of the Pink Floyd studio album The Wall, itself largely written by Waters during his time with the band. The show was held in Berlin to commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall eight months earlier.
Appetite for Destruction is the debut studio album by American hard rock band Guns N' Roses. It topped the Billboard 200 and became the best-selling debut album as well as the 11th best-selling album in the United States. With about 30 million copies sold worldwide, it is also one of the best-selling records of all time.
The film tells the loosely constructed story of a band as they wrangle with the music industry and battle evil forces bent on stealing their instruments and corrupting their hometown of Heartland. The film's soundtrack, released as an accompanying double album, features new versions of songs originally written and performed by the Beatles.
Despite protests, The Sex Pistols made their first television appearance on the UK music show Top Of The Pops, where they lip-synched to their third single, 'Pretty Vacant'. The performance helped push the song up the charts to No.7.
"Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" is a song written by American folk-rock singer Jim Croce. Released as part of his album Life and Times, the song was a Number One pop hit for him, spending two weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100. Croce was nominated for two Grammy awards in the Pop Male Vocalist and Record of the Year categories for the song.
Robin McLaurin Williams was an American actor and comedian. Born in Chicago, Williams started as a stand-up comedian in San Francisco and Los Angeles in the mid-1970s. Williams established a career in both stand-up comedy and feature film acting. He was known for his improvisational skills.
Yusuf Islam is a British singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. His musical style consists of folk, pop, rock, and Islamic music. His debut album reached the top 10 in the UK, and the album's title song "Matthew and Son" charted at number 2 on the UK Singles Chart.