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2/26/23-David Bowie Avatar Show?

Source: music-news.com David Bowie could be the focus of a new ABBA Voyage-style virtual reality show. The 'Starman' singer died of cancer in 2016 aged 69 but fans could get the chance to experience his iconic showmanship once again as discussions are underway to create a digital avatar of the legendary performer, following in the footsteps of the 'Super Trooper' hitmakers, whose virtual likenesses have been performing in London since […]

todayFebruary 26, 2023

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2/9/23-Burt Bacharach dead

Source: The New York Times By Stephen Holden Feb. 9, 2023, 9:57 a.m. ET Burt Bacharach, the debonair pop composer, arranger, conductor, record producer and occasional singer whose hit songs in the 1960s distilled that decade’s mood of romantic optimism, died on Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 94. His publicist Tina Brausam confirmed the death, The Associated Press reported on Thursday. No specific cause was given. […]

todayFebruary 9, 2023

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2/6/23-Fleetwood Mac Done?

Source: music-news.com Mick Fleetwood believes that Fleetwood Mac is "done" following the death of Christine McVie. The singer-and-keyboardist died in hospital in November, aged 79, following a brief illness, and the 75-year-old drummer admits he cannot even contemplate stepping foot on stage again under the Fleetwood Mac name in the wake of his friend's passing. Speaking to the LA Times at the Grammy Awards at the Crypto.com Arena in Los […]

todayFebruary 6, 2023

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2/4/23-Queen used to be mad at singing fans!

Source: music-news.com   Queen used to get "irritated" by crowds singing every lyric to their songs. Guitarist Brian May has admitted they were annoyed because they wanted their fans to listen to the amazing lyrics they had spent hours penning. Speaking to Total Guitar magazine, Brian explained: "Because we thought: 'People, just listen. We're working really hard, so bloody well listen!' But they were unstoppable. "And this particular night, they […]

todayFebruary 4, 2023

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2/3/23-Irene Cara’s cause of death

Source: music-news.com Irene Cara's cause of death has been revealed to be hypertension and high cholesterol. According to documents from the medical examiner in Florida's Pinellas County, the Fame star's cause of death has been confirmed as arteriosclerotic and hypertensive cardiovascular disease. The documents, obtained by TMZ, also stated that Cara was diabetic. The Flashdance... What a Feeling singer died on 25 November last year in her Largo, Florida home. […]

todayFebruary 3, 2023

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1/30/23-Barrett Strong dies

Source: NEW YORK (AP) Barrett Strong, one of Motown’s founding artists and most gifted songwriters who sang lead on the company’s breakthrough single “Money (That’s What I Want)” and later collaborated with Norman Whitfield on such classics as “I Heard It Through the Grapevine,” “War” and “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone,” has died. He was 81. His death was announced Sunday on social media by the Motown Museum, which did […]

todayJanuary 30, 2023

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1/29/23- Yes says yes to catalogue sale

Source: music-news.com Yes have sold the rights to their recorded music catalogue. The legendary prog rockers have agreed a deal with Warner Music Group (WMG) over the rights to their Atlantic Records albums, a total of 29 LPs including their first 12 studio efforts - from their self-titled debut to '1987's 'Big Generator'- and various live recordings and complications. The band said in a statement: “The entire Yes family came […]

todayJanuary 29, 2023

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1/28/23-Dean Daughtry/Atlanta Rhythm Section Dies

Source: USA Today Dean Daughtry, the keyboardist and co-founder of Atlanta Rhythm Section, has died. He was 76. Hear him say hello on "The Lost 45s" Interview Tab! The musician’s death was confirmed by the band's guitarist, Steve Stone, who said Daughtry – a native of Kinston, Alabama, died of natural causes Thursday in Huntsville. The soft-rock Southern band, a regular presence on radio in the late-‘70s with hits "So […]

todayJanuary 28, 2023

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1/19/23-David Crosby dead

Source: Variety at variety.com LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA Singer-songwriter-guitarist David Crosby, a founding member of two popular and enormously influential ’60s rock units, the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash (later Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young), has died. He was 81 years old. His wife released a statement to Variety, writing, “It is with great sadness after a long illness, that our beloved David (Croz) Crosby has passed away. He was […]

todayJanuary 19, 2023

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