Tina Turner, the pioneering rock’n’roll star who became a pop behemoth in the 1980s, has died aged 83 after a long illness. She had suffered ill health in recent years, being diagnosed with intestinal cancer […]
Chas Newby, a bassist for The Beatles in their early days, has died aged 81. The musician played a key role in the iconic band’s early success in the 1960s while the group’s original bassist, […]
Photo Credit: Nick Fewings Former “fill-in” Beatles bass player Chas Newby — who was also a member of John Lennon’s first band, The Quarrymen, has died at age 81. Chas Newby, a British musician who […]
SONGWRITER and poet Pete Brown has died aged 82. The Londoner co-wrote Sunshine of Your Love and White Room for the short-lived rock supergroup Cream in the 1960s. 1 Pete Brown has died aged 82Credit: […]
Photo Credit: Andy Rourke (left) with The Smiths. Paul Cox for Sire Records. Andy Rourke, bassist for The Smiths, has passed away aged 59 after a lengthy battle with pancreatic cancer. Best known as The […]
The most impressive thing about Robert De Niro is how prolific he is. The man is 79 years old, and simply cannot stop. In the last 10 years alone he has made 19 films, with […]
Rita Lee, the legendary Brazilian musician, composer and founder of the trailblazing band Os Mutantes, has died at 75, prompting emotional tributes to Brazil’s undisputed “Queen of Rock”. Rita Lee was diagnosed with lung cancer […]
Photo Credit: David Tomaseti British singer-songwriter and famed backing vocalist Linda Lewis, whose career spanned more than 40 years, has died aged 72. Linda Lewis, the British singer-songwriter best known for her five-octave vocal range […]
The Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot, best known for folk-pop hits such as If You Could Read My Mind and The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, has died at the age of 84, his family has […]
Harry Belafonte, the singer, actor and civil rights activist who broke down racial barriers, has died aged 96. As well as performing global hits such as Day-O (The Banana Boat Song), winning a Tony award […]
A SPANISH influencer has died of skin cancer at the young age of 30, after spreading awareness on social media about the horrors of the disease. Patricia Rite shared with her hundreds and thousands of […]
Lasse Wellander has died at the age of 70. The musician was most known for having played the guitar on 24 classic tracks performed by Swedish pop supergroup ABBA but passed away on Good Friday […]
Photo Credit: Vivien Killilea Seymour Stein, Co-Founder of Sire Records, has passed away after a battle with cancer. He was 80. Stein had a unique passion for music, developing a vast knowledge of songs after […]
Keith Reid, the lyricist for Procol Harum whose poetic vision on Whiter Shade of Pale made it a defining song of the 1960s, has died aged 76. He died in a London hospital, after receiving […]
Original Hawkwind guitarist Mick Slattery has died at the age of 77. The co-founding member of the legendary space rock band passed away “peacefully at home” on March 17 following a short illness. His 81-year-old […]
Bobby Caldwell has died aged 71. The singer passed away at his home, after dealing with health issues for some time. Mary Caldwell, his wife, said in a statement on Twitter: “Bobby passed away here […]
Singer Bobby Caldwell has died at the age of 71. The crooner, best known for his song What You Won’t Do for Love, died in his sleep at home in New Jersey on Tuesday night, […]
Costa Titch has died at the age of 27. The rap star – whose real name was Constantinos Tsobanoglou – was performing at the Ultra music festival Ultra music festival in Florida on Saturday (11.03.23) […]
Photo Credit: Steve and Sara Emry / CC by 2.0 Pulp bassist Steve Mackey has passed away, aged 56, after several months in hospital. Steve Mackey, best known as the bassist of the Sheffield indie […]
Photo Credit: Jose Nieto / CC by 2.0 Wayne Shorter, one of the greatest American jazz saxophonists, has died in Los Angeles, aged 89. A central force in the 20th-century jazz scene, Wayne Shorter’s career […]