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1/13/22-Rod Stewart Cancels Tour

Source: music-news.com Sir Rod Stewart’s Australian tour has been cancelled due to the surge in COVID-19 cases. The singer was due to play nine concerts Down Under in March and April 2022, but the “ongoing surge of COVID in Australia and the reimposition of entertainment venue capacity limits in several states", has forced the concerts to be axed. In a statement issued by Live Nation, Rod said: “My dear friends, […]

todayJanuary 13, 2022

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1/12/22-Ronnie Spector dies

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ronnie Spector, the cat-eyed, bee-hived rock ‘n’ roll siren who sang such 1960s hits as “Be My Baby,” “Baby I Love You” and “Walking in the Rain” as the leader of the girl group the Ronettes, has died. She was 78. Spector died Wednesday after a brief battle with cancer, her family said. “Ronnie lived her life with a twinkle in her eye, a spunky attitude, […]

todayJanuary 12, 2022

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1/10/22-R. Dean Taylor Dies

Hear my pal R. Dean Taylor on "The Lost 45s." Source: U.S. Day News Canadian singer R Dean Taylor is dead. Dean Taylor has been reportedly died at the age of 82. Sadly, nothing has been reported clarifying R. Dean Taylor’s cause of death. R. Dean Taylor was a Canadian vocalist best known for his work with Motown in the 1960s and 1970s as a recording artist, composer, and record […]

todayJanuary 10, 2022

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1/9/22-James Mtume dies

Source: USA Today James Mtume, a musician and activist who formed the R&B group Mtume, has died. He was 76. His representative Angelo Ellerbee confirmed to USA TODAY on Monday that Mtume died Sunday, six days after his birthday. His cause of death is not yet known. Mtume was born on Jan. 3, 1946, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to an illustrious family of musicians — his father was the saxophonist Jimmy […]

todayJanuary 9, 2022

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1/8/22-Marilyn Bergman, The Way We Were songwriter, dies

Source: Rolling Stone Marilyn Bergman, the songwriting giant and music industry fixture who, with her husband Alan, wrote the lyrics to Oscar-winning songs like Barbra Streisand’s “The Way We Were” and Michel Legrand’s “The Windmills of Your Mind,” has died at the age of 93. Bergman’s representative Ken Sunshine confirmed Marilyn’s death from non-Covid-related respiratory failure to the Hollywood Reporter Saturday. She is survived by her husband and collaborator Alan, […]

todayJanuary 8, 2022

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1/7/22-Dolly Parton’s streaming milestone

Source: music-news.com Dolly Parton's music catalogue has hit three billion streams. The country music legend has kick started the year with a number of career achievements. On top of the major streaming figure, the 75-year-old icon has been awarded 47 new sales certifications from around the globe. And the '9 to 5' hitmaker has quipped that the money she makes from her music is more than enough to "support" her. […]

todayJanuary 7, 2022

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1/4/22-David Bowie’s Music Sold

Source: music-news.com David Bowie's "entire body of work" has been sold to Warner Chappell Music for a deal worth a reported $250 million (£185 million). The deal, which includes the rights to hundreds of beloved songs by the late Bowie, such as Space Oddity, Life on Mars?, Changes, Starman, and Let's Dance, was announced via press release on Monday. Revealing his firm had acquired the music icon's back catalogue, WCM […]

todayJanuary 4, 2022

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12/20/21-Sir Cliff Richard & burps!

Source: music-news.com Cliff Richard doesn’t eat before gigs to avoid on-stage wind. The 81-year-old music legend admitted that he avoids eating before a concert after discovering that the need to burp made things "uncomfortable" during his performances. He said: "I don’t eat anything before I go on stage because I discovered years ago that if I ate before a show I spent a lot of time burping. It’s uncomfortable waiting […]

todayDecember 20, 2021

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12/19/21-Rod Stewart incident

(CNN) Singer Sir Rod Stewart and his son, Sean, each pleaded guilty Friday to one count of simple battery in relation to a 2019 incident outside a south Florida hotel. Police at the time said Stewart punched a security guard at the Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach on New Year's Eve in 2019 after his son "got about 'nose to nose' distance" from the guard's face and later shoved him. […]

todayDecember 19, 2021

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