Andrew Lloyd Webber's Redemption: Wine Auction for Music

0:00It's April 19, from red carpets to breaking stories. This is entertainment in celebrity news, powered by AI. Andrew Lloyd Webber, the 78-year-old theater powerhouse, opened up about being a recovering alcoholic. He hit a low-point drinking alone about a year and a half ago, leaving his family desperate. But he turned it around at an alcoholic's anonymous meeting in Switzerland, and now hits UK meetings every day. His eldest son Nicholas fought the same battle, got sober, but passed from gastric cancer three years back at just 43. Andrew wonders if all the meds played a role in that tragedy. To stay on track, he rocks leather bracelets. One etched with Nicholas's name, another linked from his four other kids. He even suspects his dad, that world college organist and frustrated composer, battled booze too, along with maybe an aunt. Now he's auctioning his huge wine stash to fund music programs for schools through his trust. Meanwhile, brother Julian Lloyd Webber, fresh off 75, dropped his own bombshell, prostate

1:04cancer diagnosis, kept quiet till after his big. Birthday Gala at Wigmore Hall. Julian's back performing after a 12-year injury layoff from a bad disc, sold his strata various thinking it was over, but built back up and nailed. The show, families laying it all out, pushing through with hope and music intact.