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Malcolm McLaren, Former Sex Pistols Manager Is Dead
The man who for all intents and purposes discovered Sex Pistols and helped to create their image died early this morning in New York City after a battle with Mesothelioma, a rare type of cancer that develops from the protective lining that covers many of the body’s internal organs.
McLaren started out in his home country of England, opening up a boutique that after a brief stint managing the New York Dolls was called SEX. SEX sold clothes reflecting the S&M lifestyle: bondage pants, artistically ripped and safety pinned shirts and pants and more reflecting what would be known as “Punk Rock”. After McLaren’s time managing the Dolls, he toyed with the idea of managing another band and after meeting Johnny Rotten through Bernie Rhodes (manager of The Clash) he knew he had found his frontman. In 1977, their single God Save the Queen was banned by the BBC. The
band broke up at the end of a US tour in January 1978 and McLaren then
created his disputed film version of the Sex Pistols’ story, the Great
Rock ‘n’ Roll Swindle. There was a falling out with the band members and he later lost a court case over royalties. (source: BBC News)
McLaren was only 64 at the time of death, and his body will be flown back to the UK to be buried in Highgate Cemetery.
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AMC has announced that The Vampire Lestat: One Night Only LIVE, the standing-room-only performance celebrating AMC’s premiere of its newly-released The Vampire Lestat at New York City’s iconic Beacon Theatre last month, will debut on streaming.
The Vampire Lestat: One Night Only LIVE begins streaming on AMC+ on August 23.
Ahead of its streaming premiere, fans can preview the concert event, featuring original songs from series composer Daniel Hart and performed by Sam Reid, in Hall H at Comic Con International on July 24.
Our own Daniel Kurland attended the special event, highlighting how electric the Immortal Vampire is on stage: “It’s clear in this season of television that Reid was born to be a rock star, but it’s surreal to see him effortlessly command the stage — and the audience — at every step of the concert. He recites Shakespeare monologues and bitches out Armand between songs, all while the audience screams in support. For the duration of this concert, Reid is Lestat, and he’s given thousands of fans a memory that’s as immortal as any vampire.”
Based on Anne Rice‘s The Vampire Chronicles book series, The Vampire Lestat is the rock and roll-centric third season of AMC’s “Interview with the Vampire” created by showrunner Rolin Jones.
The Vampire Lestat goes on an electric multi-city tour while being haunted by “muses” from his wild and rebellious past. As his band’s popularity and star power rises, so does Lestat’s influence over vampires and humans alike, leaving others to contend with Lestat’s power in the face of the Great Conversion, an unnatural surge in the vampire population.
Jacob Anderson, Assad Zaman, Eric Bogosian, Delainey Hayles and Jennifer Ehle star with Reid. Executive producers include Jones, Mark Johnson, Hannah Moscovitch, the late Anne Rice, and her son Christopher Rice.
The series finale airs this Sunday, July 19, on AMC and AMC+.