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10/12/19-Why Rick Astley quit

Source: music-news.com Rick Astley quit music after suffering an emotional breakdown in 1993 One year after welcoming his daughter Emilie with wife Lene, Rick was on his way to Heathrow to fly to New York, when he had a breakdown on the M4. He told the Daily Mail's Weekend magazine: "Having Emilie in 1992 changed what I wanted in life. The music business is littered with people losing the plot. […]

todayOctober 12, 2019

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10/6/19-Sir Elton John's close call

Sir Elton John was '24 hours from death' when he contracted an infection. The hit maker got seriously ill after surgery for prostate cancer back in 2017, where fluid was leaking from his lymph nodes. He said: "I was incredibly lucky - although, I have to say, I didn't feel terribly lucky at the time. I lay awake all night, wondering if I was going to die. In the hospital, […]

todayOctober 6, 2019

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10/3/19-Wham's Andrew Ridgeley

Andrew Ridgeley thinks a biopic about Wham! would be 'marvelous.' The 56-year-old singer has written about his rise to stardom alongside his late school friend George Michael - who died in December 2016 - in new book 'Wham! George and Me' and has his "fingers crossed" that it will be picked up and adapted for the big screen. Speaking on BBC Radio 2, he said: "It would make a fantastic […]

todayOctober 3, 2019

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9/24/19-McCartney at 77

Paul McCartney didn't think he'd live past his 20s. The music icon made the shock confession in an interview with Britain's Radio Times magazine, in honor of the 50th anniversary of The Beatles' seminal Abbey Road album. When the 77-year-old was asked what a younger McCartney would think of how his life panned out, the musician responded: "He would be loving the fact that he was still here. "Like a […]

todaySeptember 24, 2019

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9/16/19-Rod Stewart's cancer scare

Source: music-news.com Sir Rod Stewart has beaten prostate cancer after a secret three-year battle. The 74-year-old music legend was diagnosed with the potentially-deadly disease in February 2016 after a routine check-up, but has beaten prostate cancer because he "caught it early". Speaking at a Prostate Project fundraising event with his with former Faces bandmates Kenney Jones and Ronnie Wood in Surrey, south east England, he is quoted by the Daily […]

todaySeptember 16, 2019

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9/15/19-Ric Ocasek Dead

Ric Ocasek the frontman and lead singer of the rock band The Cars -- has died. Police say Ocasek was discovered unresponsive Sunday at his townhouse in NYC, and was pronounced dead at the scene -- according to an NYPD spokesperson. It's unclear for now how he might've died. He was reportedly found in his bed by his estranged wife, Paulina Porizkova. Ocasek started The Cars back in the '70s […]

todaySeptember 16, 2019

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09/15/19-Beatles news

Source: music-news.com Former Beatles bandmates Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney have reunited to record a John Lennon song. "Grow Old With Me" will feature on Ringo's upcoming album, "What's My Name" released on 25 October (19). "I really wanted Paul to play on it, and he said yes," Starr explains, revealing the inspiration to record the tune came from Jack Douglas, who produced Lennon and Yoko Ono’s "Double Fantasy" album. […]

todaySeptember 15, 2019

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9/13/19-Eddie Money dies at 70

Eddie Money, the prolific singer and songwriter whose songs “Baby Hold On,” “Two Tickets to Paradise,” and “Take Me Home Tonight” soundtracked popular music in the 1980s, died Friday (Sept. 13). He was 70. A statement provided by his family reads: “The Money Family regrets to announce that Eddie passed away peacefully early this morning. It is with heavy hearts that we say goodbye to our loving husband and father. […]

todaySeptember 13, 2019

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9/9/19-Marie Osmond's pain

Marie Osmond doesn't think she'll 'ever' get through the pain of her son's death. The 59-year-old singer tragically lost her son Michael - whom she had with second husband Brian Blosil - almost 10 years ago in February 2010, when he jumped from the eighth-floor balcony of his downtown Los Angeles apartment at the age of 18. And she has now said she's still reminded of what her son "left […]

todaySeptember 9, 2019

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