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Indianapolis Star
29-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Indianapolis Star
The Jim Irsay Collection in all its glory
Jim Irsay holds the Fender Stratocaster guitar that Bob Dylan played at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965. Photo taken on June 10, 2014. Michelle Pemberton, IndyStar/USA TODAY NETWORK Ringo Star's 1963 Ludwig Oyster Black Pearl Downbeat Drum Kit is on display during the The Jim Irsay Collection exhibition, featuring a performance by The Jim Irsay Band, on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar Colts owner Jim Irsay displayed four of his historic guitars at Fountain Square Theatre. Seen in the case are instruments once owned by Bob Dylan, George Harrison, John Lennon and Elvis Presley. Melodie Yvonne Ramey/For IndyStar Guitars from the who's who of music are on display during the The Jim Irsay Collection exhibition, featuring a performance by The Jim Irsay Band, on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Here, a guest photographs Bob Dylan's 1964 Fender Stratocaster known as the "Dylan Goes Electric" guitar, from the 1965 Newport Folk Festival where he controversially "went electric" for the first time Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar Jerry Garcia's 1979 Doug Irwin "Tiger" commissioned in 1963 and used on their hit "Touch of Gray" is on display during The Jim Irsay Collection exhibition, featuring a performance by The Jim Irsay Band, on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. The guitar took 6yrs to build. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar Guitars from the who's who of music are on display during the The Jim Irsay Collection exhibition, featuring a performance by The Jim Irsay Band, on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar Jim Irsay plays the Jerry Garcia "Tiger" guitar at the Indiana State Museum in December 2011. The Colts CEO owns 175 historic guitars. Frank Espich /The Star Christopher McKinney, caretaker of Jim Irsay's guitars, plays a 1939 Martin D-45 guitar at Colts headquarters in November 2013. Frank Espich/The Star The Vox "Kensington" prototype boasts buttons labeled "treble," "bass," "top boost," 'mid boost," "fuzz" and "repeat." Jim Irsay owns the guitar built for the Beatles in 1966. Frank Espich / The Star John Lennon gave the Vox "Kensington" guitar to electronics engineer Alex Mardas in 1967. An engraved plate on the back of the guitar reads "To Magic Alex. Alexi thank you for been a friend." Jim Irsay owns the guitar built for the Beatles in 1966. Frank Espich / The Star A "J. Garcia" nameplate is seen on the "Tiger" guitar owned by Jim Irsay. Frank Espich / The Star Jim Irsay owns this elaborately decorated Martin D-100 guitar, displayed during summer 2013 at the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art. Frank Espich / The Star Frank Espich / The Star Elton John's Steinway Model D Grand Piano is on display during the The Jim Irsay Collection exhibition, featuring a performance by The Jim Irsay Band, on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar An autographed car which once belonged to Edgerrin James is on display during the The Jim Irsay Collection exhibition, featuring a performance by The Jim Irsay Band, on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar The Jim Irsay Collection has one of the greatest guitar collections on the planet, according to Guitar Magazine. Courtesy Of The Jim Irsay Collection Kurt Cobain's 1969 Fender Mustang used on "Smells Like Teen Sprit" in 1991, is on display during the The Jim Irsay Collection exhibition, featuring a performance by The Jim Irsay Band, on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar John Lennon's 1964 Rickenbacker, AKA "the Beatle Backer" after it appeared in a Rose Morris advertising campaign, is on display during the The Jim Irsay Collection exhibition, featuring a performance by The Jim Irsay Band, on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar James Brown's 1970's custom made boots are on display during the The Jim Irsay Collection exhibition, featuring a performance by The Jim Irsay Band, on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar The Jim Irsay Collection exhibition, featuring a performance by The Jim Irsay Band, on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar Pictured here, Jim Irsay playing the Martin guitar that was a gift from freind, Singer songwrighter Stephen Stills. For a Cathy Kightlinger story on The Irsay Collection exhibit at the Indiana State Museum (Winter 2011-2012). Frank Espich/The Star Frank Espich Indianapolis Star David Gilmour's 1969 C.F. Martin & Co. D-35, best known from the opening of "Wish You Were Here" is on display during the The Jim Irsay Collection exhibition, featuring a performance by The Jim Irsay Band, on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar The Super Bowl XLI Trophy is on display during the The Jim Irsay Collection exhibition, featuring a performance by The Jim Irsay Band, on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar Muhammad Ali's WBC Heavyweight Championship Belt from the 1970s on display with the Jim Irsay Collection. Courtesy Of The Jim Irsay Collection The Jim Irsay Collection exhibition, featuring a performance by The Jim Irsay Band, on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar George Harrison's 1963 Maton Mastersound MS-500 guitar guitar used during Aug. 3, 1963 Cavern Club appearance is on display during the The Jim Irsay Collection exhibition, featuring a performance by The Jim Irsay Band, on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar Jim Morrison's 1968 gold microphone on display during The Jim Irsay Collection exhibition, featuring a performance by The Jim Irsay Band, on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar The original first draft 1951 typescript scroll of "On the Road" by Jack Kerouac, on display during the The Jim Irsay Collection exhibition, featuring a performance by The Jim Irsay Band, on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar Bob Dylan's 1964 Fender Stratocaster, known as the "Dylan Goes Electric" guitar from the 1965 Newport Folk Festival where he controversially "went electric" for the first time, on display during the The Jim Irsay Collection exhibition, featuring a performance by The Jim Irsay Band, on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar Muhammad Ali's robe and 1975 boxing shoes are on display during the The Jim Irsay Collection exhibition, featuring a performance by The Jim Irsay Band, on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. The robe was worn the for the fighters first appearance under the name Muhammad Ali'. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar Guitars from the who's who of music are on display during the The Jim Irsay Collection exhibition, featuring a performance by The Jim Irsay Band, on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar Jerry Garcia's 1979 Doug Irwin "Tiger" commissioned in 1963 and used on their hit "Touch of Gray" is on display during The Jim Irsay Collection exhibition, featuring a performance by The Jim Irsay Band, on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. The guitar took 6yrs to build. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar Gonzo Journalist Hunter S. Thompson's "Red Shark" 1973 Chevrolet Caprice Convertible is on display during the The Jim Irsay Collection exhibition, featuring a performance by The Jim Irsay Band, on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar John Lennon's Sunglasses by Oliver Goldsmith, 1966, are on display during the The Jim Irsay Collection exhibition, featuring a performance by The Jim Irsay Band, on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar When he's not busy with his 'day job' as the owner and CEO of the NFL's Indianapolis Colts, Jim Irsay is pursuing his passion for rock music history, American history, and pop culture by adding to the Jim Irsay Collection. Courtesy Of The Jim Irsay Collection
Irish Times
27-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Times
Denis Desmond's Rory Gallagher guitar deal came with a tax break to the tune of €930k
There was much fretting in Government circles when it was announced that Rory Gallagher 's signature Fender Stratocaster guitar would be auctioned by Bonham's in London last year. Taoiseach Micheál Martin , who hosted a civic reception for Gallagher when he was lord mayor of Cork in the early 1990s, said the State would do its best to ensure Gallagher's axe would not fall into foreign hands. Denis Desmond's Live Nation Gaiety Productions duly rocked up and bought the guitar at auction for a little over €1 million, saying it would donate it to the National Museum of Ireland (NMI). Figures released by the Department of Arts show it was a harmonious deal for everyone involved. The guitar and some other Gallagher memorabilia were gifted to the NMI under a scheme called Section 1003, whereby a donor receives an 80 per cent tax break on the value of the 'heritage item' they donate. READ MORE With the Gallagher gift valued at €1,161,483 by the department, the company will benefit from a €929,186 tax break in return for its generosity. If there's one bum note for the MCD founder, it's that the guitar looks like staying in Dublin for the foreseeable future. After purchasing it, Cork native Desmond said he hoped the guitar, which Gallagher bought for IR£100 in 1963 from Crowley's music store in Cork, would end up Leeside. Instead, the NMI is planning to use it as the centrepiece of a new exhibition in Collins Barracks in Dublin called Changing Ireland, opening this September. Sadly, visitors won't get to try a few licks on Gallagher's Strat. Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary. Photograph: Sam Boal/Collins Michael O'Leary's down-to-earth side Ryanair 's Michael O'Leary recently said he didn't want to become the Magnier of Mullingar when asked about his purchase of just over 250 acres of tillage land in Delvin and Collinstown in Co Westmeath last summer. The airline chief executive has said he owns about 2,000 acres in his native Westmeath, most of it around his Gigginstown estate. He recently added another 58 acres, paying €1.45 million for the privilege – a hefty €25,000 an acre. A representative of O'Leary bought a residential farm at Crowenstown, near Delvin, at auction just before Christmas, outbidding several other parties. We know because last week Bradley Investments, his property investment vehicle, applied for permission to upgrade and extend a house on the farm. The high flyer may have made his fortune from running Ryanair but he obviously feels the strong pull of the land. Retrospective planning: Def Leppard frontman Joe Elliott. Photograph: Juan Pablo Pino/AFP/Getty Rocker seeks to keep gazebo Last year Def Leppard's Joe Elliott got tangled up in a bizarre planning row with Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council over a treehouse, of all things. After the council initiated enforcement proceedings against Elliott and his wife, Kristine, for building the 'unauthorised' treehouse in the grounds of their Stepaside home in south Co Dublin, the couple eventually received retrospective planning permission for it, with the council ruling that the 7sq m structure could remain as long as it was 'used for the purposes of children's play only' (maybe they had images of Joe rocking out on the branches). The heavy metal icon is taking nothing for granted with yet another addition to his garden in the foothills of Treerock Mountain. Last week he applied for retention permission for a turreted gazebo measuring about 9sq m which Elliott's planning consultant has assured the council is 'purely ornamental'. David Duffy banking on Skib expansion David Duffy, the banker who helped drag AIB out of its government bailout and back to profitability a decade ago, told The Irish Times in an interview in 2023 that he often worked from his west Cork home when he was chief executive of Virgin Money UK , Britain's sixth-biggest lender. It looks like he's set to make his office a bit more comfortable in Roaring Water House, a Victorian pile near Skibberreen he and his wife Carolyn bought for €1.25 million three years ago. Earlier this month Duffy, who is now chief executive of Clydesdale Bank, applied for planning permission to demolish an outbuilding and build a new 45sq m home office and gym at his west Cork base. A decision is due next month. He can well afford the construction project. When Virgin Money sold to Nationwide last year, Duffy reportedly trousered about €18 million from shares he owned in the bank. RTÉ's Marty Morrissey. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins Marty's firm makes a tasty profit We recently reported how Marty Morrissey is the most eager moonlighter in RTÉ , requesting permission from the broadcaster for the most external gigs in the second and third quarters of last year. Accounts filed last week by Mutton Island Productions, his personal company, show the RTÉ staffer is starting to accrue the benefits of his additional toil. The company, which was established in 2021, made a profit of €34,866 last year, bringing its retained profits to €77,686. Conclave: Ralph Fiennes as Cardinal Lawrence, fictional dean of the College of Cardinals. Photo: PA Divine intervention Timing is everything. Streaming numbers for the 2024 film Conclave, starring Ralph Fiennes and Stanley Tucci, spiked 283 per cent last week after the death of Pope Fracis. But the timing of the pontiff's passing was less serendipitous for Prime Time Investigates. RTÉ's investigative strand had an exposé into the wealth and assets of the Christian Brothers in the can and ready to broadcast last Wednesday when fate intervened. RTÉ Investigates: Christian Brothers, The Assets, The Abusers will now be broadcast a week later in peak viewing time, a spokeswoman for RTÉ said, barring any other divine intervention. Sheddy characters In the run-up to the last general election in November, lobby groups were elbowing their way to the table for meetings with political party leaders. Who would have thought that among the select few to secure meetings with both Micheál Martin and Tanáiste Simon Harris was the Irish Men's Sheds Association? A lobbying register return filed last week showed that during the meetings the registered charity put the squeeze on the Taoiseach and Tánaiste to reinstate a €3,000 grant for each shed that had previously been available. Could they be a burgeoning political force?
Yahoo
08-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
How Much Will Kurt Cobain's Smashed Nirvana Guitar Be Auctioned For?
Kurt Cobain's iconic smashed Fender Stratocaster, a piece of Nirvana history, is about to hit the auction block, and it's expected to fetch a hefty price. Starting on Wednesday, April 8 at 9 AM, the white guitar, which Cobain famously used and destroyed during Nirvana's 1992 European tour, will be available to the highest bidder starting at a cool $30,000. More from Spin: Kurt Cobain's Hair Returns to Auction After Previously Being Sold for $14K Charles R. Cross, Kurt Cobain And Jimi Hendrix Biographer, Dies At 67 RADIO FREE SEATTLE The Stratocaster had been heavily modified and repaired during the band's meteoric rise following the success of their 1991 album Nevermind. The particular guitar was owned and played by Cobain himself and was acquired by a former crew member who worked with Nirvana during their prime years from 1991 to 1993. It has since been authenticated and inspected by renowned Nirvana guitar tech Big John Duncan and is confirmed to be the real deal. While the starting price is $30K, a similar smashed Stratocaster of Cobain's sold for over $500,000 in 2023, and his blue 1969 Fender Mustang, featured in the 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' video, went for a jaw-dropping $4.5 million. The auction will be hosted online at GottaHaveRockAndRoll and comes just days after the 31st anniversary of Cobain's tragic death in 1994. Read More:How Hailie Jade Mathers Honored Dad Eminem With Her Newborn's NameVal Kilmer's Cause of Death Revealed by Family After Actor Dies at 65How Cher Paid Tribute to Ex-Boyfriend Val Kilmer After His Death To see our running list of the top 100 greatest rock stars of all time, click here.
Express Tribune
08-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Express Tribune
Kurt Cobain's smashed guitar up for auction with $30K starting bid
Fans of Nirvana and late frontman Kurt Cobain have the rare opportunity to own a piece of rock history, as one of his smashed guitars is being auctioned off. The white Fender Stratocaster, which Cobain famously used and damaged during Nirvana's 1992 European tour, will be available for bidding starting at $30,000. The auction opens on Wednesday morning at 9 AM ET. The guitar, a left-handed Stratocaster personally owned and played by Cobain, was heavily modified and repaired throughout the band's rise to fame following the release of their groundbreaking 1991 album Nevermind. It was obtained by a former crew member who worked with Nirvana between 1991 and 1993 and has been authenticated by renowned Nirvana guitar technician Big John Duncan, ensuring its legitimacy. This Stratocaster is just one of many iconic instruments associated with Cobain, with another of his smashed guitars fetching over $500,000 at auction in 2023. Additionally, his 1969 Fender Mustang, featured in the "Smells Like Teen Spirit" music video, was sold for an astounding $4.5 million. The timing of this auction coincides with the 31st anniversary of Cobain's tragic death on April 5, 1994, when he died from a gunshot wound to the head at the age of 27. Despite speculation about his death being a murder, a leaked autopsy report from last year suggested it was a suicide, citing a suicide note and a heroin kit found at the scene. Cobain's passing left behind his wife, Courtney Love, and his daughter, Frances Bean. Now, a lucky fan has the chance to own an authentic piece of Cobain's musical legacy. The auction will take place on the GottaHaveRockAndRoll platform.
Washington Post
31-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Washington Post
Cheeseburgers and used guitars: The gospel of Hard Rock Cafe
LONDON — Beneath the gift shop of the original Hard Rock Cafe, staff members lead daily tours of the Vault, a space the size of a walk-in closet that guards some of the chain's most vaunted treasures. Inside, there's the harpsichord played by the Beatles, Bo Diddley's cigar box guitar, a bustier from Madonna's era of traffic cone tops. At the restaurant across the street, diners eat cheeseburgers alongside Jimi Hendrix's maracas, Keith Richards's pink Fender Stratocaster, and a pair of glittery sunglasses immortalized on the cover of Elton John's chart-topping album 'Caribou.'
