Monty Python

John Cleese To Tour Australia July/August

by Paul Cashmere

Monty Python comedy legend John Cleese will return to Australia in July.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australian Tour, comedy, John Cleese, Monty Python, UK

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Monty Python And Now For Something Completely Different

Monty Python’s ‘And Now For Something Completely Different’ Turns 50

by Paul Cashmere

The first Monty Python and the Flying Circus album ‘And Now For Something Completely Different’ was released 50 years ago on 22 August 1972.

Tagged as: 70s, And Now For Something Completely Different, Carol Cleveland, comedy, Connie Booth, Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Monty Python, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, UK

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Monty Python’s Terry Jones Has Passed Away At Age 77

by Paul Cashmere

Terry Jones, one of Monty Python’s creators, has passed away at age 77. Jones was diagnosed with FTD, a form of dementia four years ago.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, 80s, comedy, Eric Idle, John Cleese, Monty Python, Terry Jones, UK

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Monty Python Music Man Neil Innes Dies At Age 75

by Paul Cashmere

Neil Innes, the man behind the music of Monty Python and before that a member of Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, has died suddenly from a heart attack at age 75.

Tagged as: 60s, Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, Monty Python, Neil Innes, pop, The Beatles, The Rutles, UK

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John Cleese and Eric Idle To Tour Australia

by Paul Cashmere

Australia is to be treated to a Half Monty (if that is the correct term for half of the full Monty Python.

Tagged as: Eric Idle, John Cleese, John Cleese and Eric Idle To Tour Australia, Monty Python, music news

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Monty Python Play First London Show SETLIST

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Monty Python, with John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones and Michael Palin, took to the stage of the O2 Arena in London on Tuesday night for the first of ten shows billed as Monty Python Live (Mostly).

Tagged as: Eric Idle, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Monty Python, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones

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Mick Jagger Calls Monty Python Wrinkly Old Men Making A Load of Money

by Paul Cashmere

The Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger and Charlie Watts have made a funny video for the Monty Python tour taking the piss out of the Stones current tour by calling the Pythons “wrinkly old men making a load of money”.

Tagged as: Charlie Watts, Mick Jagger, Monty Python, Rolling Stones

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John Cleese Gives Australia Another Monty Python Solo

by Paul Cashmere

John Cleese is heading back to Australia for some encore shows in 2014.

Tagged as: John Cleese, Monty Python

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Monty Python Shows Sell Out In 45 Seconds

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

The Monty Python reunion show is looking to be the biggest ticket that London has seen since Michael Jackson’s scheduled This is It stand.

Tagged as: Monty Python

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George Harrison The Youngest Beatle Would Have Turned 70 Today

by Karen Freedman

George Harrison, ‘The Quiet Beatle’, would have turned 70 today, the 25th February (although it is said he was actually born 10 minutes to midnight on the 24th, something he discovered much later).

Tagged as: Frank Sinatra, George Harrison, John Lennon, Monty Python, Paul McCartney, pop, rock, The Beatles, U.K.

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