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June 14th - June 27th 2023
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Rocking chair rockers By Dilip Kuner
CHUCK BERRY may have been dubbed the Father of Rock, but Spain is about to welcome a slew of stars who could be called the ‘Grandads of Rock’. Leading the way (in terms of age) is Welsh superstar Sir Tom Jones. He will be taking to the stage at the Starlite Festival in Marbella (hopefully without the need of a zimmer frame) on July 10. While some might think it is a bit odd to still be performing at the age of 83, Sir Tom probably thinks It’s Not Unusual. And he
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would be right. Fellow octogenarian Bob Dylan, 82, is certainly not leaving his fans Blowing in the Wind, and will treat them to some of his most famous tunes in Barcelona on June 23 and 24. The ever sprightly Rod Stewart will be bringing his
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TOM JONES 78-year-old Hot Legs to Starlite on July 21 while Yusuf Cat Stevens still thinks it is a pretty Wild World when such a glitzy festival shoves wads of cash into his 74-year-old hands for his June 21 show. Meanwhile, 76-year old Iggy Pop brings his 20-date world tour to Marbella on August 2. He will have been flying round the globe from Europe
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HER ancestor the Duke of Wellington made his name stomping round Spain in his famous wellies, and now Eleanor Wellesley is looking to the same country for footwear inspiration. But the 27-year-old niece to the current duke who is also the 10th Duque de Ciudad Rodrigo and has a 2,400 acre estate in Granada gifted by the Spanish government - has set her sights lower on the social scale than her illustrious forebear. She has launched her own brand of shoes inspired by espadrilles - the traditional canvas and woven grass footwear worn by farmers in Spain in the past. But her high-wedge espadrilles are perhaps not suited to peasants, especially with a price tag of €530.
to Canada and the USA, giving him plenty of time as The Passenger. Moving onto something a bit heavier, 77-year-old Ian Gillan will be taking to the stage with Deep Purple (no, we are not talking about the colour of his veins) at the Rock Imperium Festival in Cartagena on July 24. The next day, Gene Simmons, 73, will Kiss goodbye to Spain at the same venue with one of the colourful band’s last dates ever. No doubt he and his infamous bandmates will be growing old disgracefully as they Rock and Roll All Nite. And just in case you aren’t already feeling ancient as your childhood heroes strut their stuff, the surprisingly old (to some of us) Michael Bolton (70) and Sting (71) are also heading to Marbella on June 30 and Pamplona on December 16, respectively. But at least we can take refuge in the far more youthful Seal, who will be performing at Starlite on July 7. At a mere 60-years-old he gives the younger generation something to look forward to…
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hunters (and no doubt some men too) will have their hearts set a flutter when estate agent Tony Company shows them round. The chiseled 27-year-old has been officially voted as the most handsome man in Spain at the Mister International Spain competition in Tenerife. Company, from Palma (Mallorca) is 189 cm (6’2”) tall and has already been turning heads as Mister Balearics for a year. He is not just a pretty face. He got a degree in International Hotel Management and a Master’s in Management before settling into life as an estate agent specialising in luxury rentals. THE UK’s oldest known Red Kite has died 29 years after he was hatched in Spain. ‘Aragon’ was part of a programme to reintroduce the species to England and arrived in the Thames Valley in 1994. He was recently found injured outside a school in Oxfordshire and later died at a bird sanctuary. His ring identified him as one of the second batch of chicks reintroduced. His survival to the ripe old age of 29 surprised experts who did not know how long the first chicks had survived. The reintroduction of the species has been a huge success, with an estimated 6,000 breeding pairs in the UK. But now it is the once robust Spanish population which is in trouble. There are only 11 breeding pairs in Caceres province and just four within Badajoz. British birds are now being reintroduced into the homeland of their Spanish ancestors.
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