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5/27/22-Andy Fletcher/Depeche Mode Dies

Source: CNN Andy Fletcher, a keyboardist and founding member of Depeche Mode, has died, the band announced on their official social media channels. He was 60 years old. “We are shocked and filled with overwhelming sadness with the untimely passing of our dear friend, family member, and bandmate Andy ‘Fletch’ Fletcher,” the band said in a statement posted to Instagram and Twitter Thursday. “Fletch had a true heart of gold […]

todayMay 27, 2022

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5/27/22-ABBA make public appearance

Source: music-news.com The Swedish pop group - made up of Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad - walked the red carpet at the new ABBA Arena in London's Olympic Park for the premiere of their virtual concert series Voyage. ABBA are bringing their biggest hits to the digital stage and performing as "ABBA-tars", Billboard reports. These ABBA-tars, or avatars, depict the group as they looked in 1979. […]

todayMay 27, 2022

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5/25/22-No More new ABBA music

Source: music-news.com Björn Ulvaeus insists ABBA are done releasing new music. The 'Dancing Queen' hitmakers - also comprising Agnetha Faltskog, Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Benny Andersson - reunited for their first album containing new music in four decades last year, 'Voyage', and despite its record-breaking success, Björn believes it will be the Eurovision-winning band's final record. Speaking to The Sun newspaper's Bizarre column, the songwriter said when asked if ABBA will […]

todayMay 25, 2022

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5/19/22-Vangelis dies

Source: NPR Composer Vangelis, who gave the movie Chariots of Fire its signature synth-driven sound, has died. He was 79 years old. According to his assistant Lefteris Zermas, Vangelis died on the May 17 in a hospital in Paris, due to heart failure. Vangelis was born Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou in the Greek town of Agria. He was a self-taught musician who became a young piano prodigy. Then he moved to […]

todayMay 19, 2022

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5/19/22-Elton John & Disney Doc

Sir Elton John's extraordinary life and career will be documented in an upcoming Disney+ documentary. 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road: The Final Elton John Performances and the Years that Made His Legend' will feature never-before-seen archival footage and new interviews. It will be released as the 75-year-old music legend wraps the North American leg of his 'Farewell Yellow Brick Road' tour at the Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on November 20. […]

todayMay 19, 2022

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5/11/22-Brian May on Freddie Mercury

Source: music-news.com Brian May was left traumatized hearing the late Freddie Mercury's vocals after the Queen frontman's death. The iconic rock group's guitarist has recalled how painful it was listening to Freddie - who died from bronchial pneumonia resulting from AIDS in November 1991 aged 45 - singing on the recordings he worked on for the 'We Will Rock You' hitmakers' first and only LP released following the music icon's […]

todayMay 11, 2022

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5/10/22-Duran Duran Rock Hall Reunion

Source: music-news.com Duran Duran will reunite with former guitarist Andy Taylor at their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction. The 'Wild Boys' hitmakers are set to be honoured alongside the likes of Dolly Parton, Eminem, Lionel Richie, Judas Priest and Carly Simon at the induction ceremony at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on November 5. And frontman Simon Le Bon - who is joined by Roger Taylor, Nick […]

todayMay 10, 2022

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5/9/22-New Rick Astley record?

Source: music-news.com Rick Astley has hinted at releasing a new record. The 56-year-old singer is best-known for his successes in the 80s, including his 1987 hit 'Never Gonna Give You Up' - but Rick loves seeing fans embrace his new material and he's hinted that more could be in the pipeline. He told Retro Pop magazine: "I've loved this last couple of years of making some new records and getting […]

todayMay 8, 2022

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5/7/22-Mickey Gilley dies

NEW YORK (AP) — Country star Mickey Gilley, whose namesake Texas honky-tonk inspired the 1980 film “Urban Cowboy” and a nationwide wave of Western-themed nightspots, has died. He was 86. Gilley died Saturday in Branson, Missouri, where he helped run the Mickey Gilley Grand Shanghai Theatre. He had been performing as recently as last month, but was in failing health over the past week. “He passed peacefully with his family […]

todayMay 7, 2022

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