Mobile UPI  |   About UPI  |   UPI en Español  |   UPI Arabic  |   UPIU  |   My Account
Search:
Go

Bee Gees stage musical is in the works

|
|
 
  
British singer Robin Gibb attends the "Ivor Novello Awards" at Grosvenor House in London on May 24, 2007. (UPI Photo/Rune Hellestad) 
License photo
Published: May 13, 2008 at 9:56 AM

LONDON, May 13 (UPI) -- Singer-songwriter Robin Gibb said a musical based on the Bee Gees's songbook is in the works and could be on stages in London and New York in a year or so.

Gibb told the BBC the show is being written and could be ready in the next 12 to16 months.

He made the announcement as a plaque honoring the Grammy Award-winning 1970s pop group's achievements was unveiled in London.

"It's very special and more so because of losing Maurice in 2003, my twin brother," Gibb said at the unveiling Saturday. "It's an honor to him because he is no longer with us and because it is bringing up memories."

He said the former home of the band's manager and producer Robert Stigwood, upon which the plaque was installed, "used to be a hub for meeting up and writing."

Topics: Robin Gibb
© 2008 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints
  
Join the conversation
Most Popular Collections
Protesters, police clash at NATO summit Notable deaths of 2012 2012 Billboard Music Awards
The 137th Preakness Stakes Annual Solar eclipse occurs in U.S. Chen Guangcheng arrives in the U.S.
Additional Entertainment News Stories
1 of 29
Members of the Army's Old Guard place flags at Arlington National Ceremtery
View Caption
U.S. flags are seen in the rucksack of a soldier with the Army's 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment, The Old Guard, as he places flags at gravesites in Arlington National Cemetery as part of the Flags-In Memorial Day ceremony on May 24, 2012 in Arlington, Virginia. American flags were placed at each of the more than 220,000 grave markers in honor of those who served and Memorial Day. UPI/Kevin Dietshc
fark
Delta Airlines begins testing flights with even crappier service
Only in Miami: Police shoot, kill naked man who was EATING A MAN'S FACE
You can get just about anything you want at Afghan markets, including lots of stolen American military...
Chicago Fark Party - 9 June - New bat time, new bat channel
Apparently one of the 11 secret herbs and spices KFC uses is wood harvested from Indonesia's endangered...
New York Times jumps on goofy trend piece bandwagon, explores hot trend of 16-year-old "young cougars"...