Rolling Stone Australia — July 2017

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BLOND

AMBITION

Debbie Harry

made a

political

statement at

a London

show that

included

songs from

Blondie’s new

LP,Pollinator.

Blondie are

touring the

U.S. with

Garbage all

summer.

Jimmy Page and Noel Gallagher

hungoutataLondonexhibition

celebrating the art and music of

Pink Floyd. The meeting went

better than a run-in at Zeppelin’s

2007 reunion, in which Robert

Plant snubbed the Gallaghers.

“One of them said, ‘You’re the real

fucking thing’,” recalled Plant.

“I said, ‘I’ve known that all down

the line’...and left quickly.”

Whole

Lotta

Love

SEND IN THE CLINTONS

Bill and Hillary Clinton were in

thecrowdataBarbra

Streisand show in Brooklyn;

thesingerintroducedHillary

as “winner of the country’s

popular vote”.

CLASSICS

ROCKER

Patti Smith

received an

honorary

degree from

Italy’s Parma

University.

“More than

ever, I am

inspired to

keep working,”

she said.

SWEET CHARITY

Neil Finn and Megan

Washington performed at

the Art of Music Live event.