Necker Island (British Virgin Islands) world, the challenge begins at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas with the top 10 new innovations progressing to the finals at Necker Island where Branson joins the judging panel along with technology figures and investors from Silicon Valley. The Necker Cup, an exhibition tennis tournament held at the end of the tennis season, has been held on the island annually since 2012. In February 2017, former U.S. President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle visited Necker as guests of Sir Richard Branson. On August 22, 2011, The Great House burned down in a blaze believed to be
Common Burn / Lay Myself Down to stream in its entirety on Pitchfork in promotion for the release of the single. Common Burn / Lay Myself Down "Common Burn"/"Lay Myself Down" is a double a-sided single from alternative rock/dream pop duo Mazzy Star. Their first new material in over fifteen years, the single was released by the band's own independent label Rhymes of An Hour Records digitally on October 31, 2011 and on limited edition coloured vinyl on January 24, 2012. The name of their record label is taken from the title of a song found on their last studio album, 1996's "Among My Swan". Recorded