Category Archives: Band

Kinks bassist Pete Quaife dead at 66

By doris | Published: June 26, 2010

Full Story at Marquee.Blog.CNN.com Pete Quaife, the original bassist of the Kinks, has died, according to bandmate Ray Davies. Quaife was 66. Quaife died of kidney failure Wednesday in Herlev, Denmark. He moved to Denmark in 2005 after many years in Canada. He had recently gotten engaged to his partner, Elisabeth. “I am overwhelmed with [...]

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Marvin Isley dies at age 56

By doris | Published: June 8, 2010

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com CHICAGO — Marvin Isley, the bass player who helped give R&B powerhouse the Isley Brothers their distinctive sound, has died at a Chicago hospital. He was 56. Weiss Memorial Hospital spokeswoman Catherine Gianaro says Isley died Sunday morning at a hospice at the facility. She could not confirm a cause of [...]

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Bret Michaels diagnosed with heart problem

By doris | Published: May 24, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Rock singer Bret Michaels had another health setback this week when doctors found a hole in his heart that they think caused him to suffer a warning stroke, his publicist said. Michaels, 47, may still be able to appear on the season finale of the reality show “Celebrity Apprentice” [...]

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Adam Lambert: The kids understand

By doris | Published: March 2, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Los Angeles, California (CNN) — At any given time, it’s hard to hide a 6-foot-1-inch man wearing eyeliner. It’s even more difficult when that man is Adam Lambert and you’re trying to prevent 2,400 middle school students from discovering that he’s set foot on their campus. And so, the 2009 “American [...]

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Aerosmith cancels rest of tour

By doris | Published: August 16, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com “Due to injuries Steven Tyler sustained last week when he fell from the stage during a concert in Sturgis, South Dakota, doctors have advised the lead singer to take the time to properly recuperate from the accident that resulted in a broken shoulder and stitches to his head,” the band said [...]

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Ventures guitarist Bob Bogle dies at 75

By doris | Published: June 17, 2009

Full Story At CNN.com He was 75. The cause was non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, according to Don Wilson, who co-founded the Ventures with Bogle in the 1950s. “He had a special sound that nobody could ever re-create. He was totally unique as a guitar player,” Wilson told CNNRadio. Wilson and Bogle learned how to play guitar while [...]

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Bret Michaels Injured at the Tony Awards

By doris | Published: June 8, 2009

Full Story At  People.com Broadway did what Broadway does best to open Sunday night’s 63rd annual Tony Awards – delivering an electrifying musical number that starred Dolly Parton, Elton John, Liza Minnelli, the casts of West Side Story, Guys and Dolls, Pal Joey, Shrek, 9 to 5: The Musical, Next to Normal, Rock of Ages [...]

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McCartney show is pop Olympus on Coachella’s indie plain

By doris | Published: April 19, 2009

Full Story At  CNN.com At one end, a T-shirt proudly exclaimed: “I’m here for the opening bands.” At the other end, a collection of merchandise was printed with a single name, “Macca.” Most of the 43 acts in Friday night’s lineup were buzzworthy indie artists. But topping it off was one of the most commercially [...]

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Spinal Tap takes off the wigs

By doris | Published: April 18, 2009

Full Story At  CNN.com It was all parody — DiBergi was director Rob Reiner, and cohorts Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer played the heavy-metal musicians in Spinal Tap — but for a fictional band, Spinal Tap has had a long afterlife. The film gave birth to several catchphrases, including one — “up to [...]

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Billy Bob Thornton’s band cancels Canadian tour

By doris | Published: April 13, 2009

Full Story At news.yahoo.com TORONTO – Billy Bob Thornton’s band has canceled the rest of its Canadian tour after the actor compared the country’s fans to mashed potatoes with no gravy in a testy interview that caused a sensation online. The Boxmasters opened for Willie Nelson on Thursday in Toronto, where they reportedly were booed [...]

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