Hendrix gets royal treatment

Rock guitar king Jimi Hendrix is the focal point of a new exhibition in London including unreleased music and unseen footage of his performances.

The show, which opens next month at the Marquee Club, is based on a collection of memorabilia put together by an American fan and features thousands of items worth nearly $30 million.

The collection was built up by Bob Terry, a fan from Hendrix’s home city, Seattle, who started on a tiny scale at age 17 and then sold it to another collector. Hendrix died in 1970.