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• Stevie Nicks honours Taylor Hawkins with emotional tribute

  27-03-2022 23:31 via music-news.com
  
  The Foo Fighters’ drummer passed away suddenly in a hotel room in Bogotá, Colombia on Friday.
  
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• Anthony Kiedis: 'I love all varieties of lyric writing, abstract being one of my favourites'

  27-03-2022 23:24 via music-news.com
  
  Red Hot Chili Peppers' Anthony Kiedis joins Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1 to discuss the group’s new song “Not The One” from their forthcoming
  
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• Brenda Edwards pays tribute to son Jamal on first Mother’s Day since entrepreneur’s death

  27-03-2022 22:51 via nme.com
  
  Brenda Edwards, the mother of late entrepreneur Jamal Edwards, has shared a touching tribute to her son on the first Mother’s Day since his death.
  Jamal, whose SB.TV channel helped to launch the careers of artists like Ed Sheeran, Dave and Jessie J, died on February 20 at the age of 31. Brenda later confirmed that Jamal had died from a “sudden illness”.
  In a statement following his death, Brenda described her son as the “centre of [her] world” an
  
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• Watch Genesis play last ever gig in London: “After tonight we’ve all gotta get real jobs”

  27-03-2022 22:09 via nme.com
  
  Genesis bid farewell last night (March 26) with their final gig together as a group – see footage below.
  The band – comprised of Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks, along with touring musicians Daryl Stuermer, Nic Collins, Daniel Pearce and Patrick Smyth – bowed out with a sold-out show at London’s O2 Arena.
  Formed at Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey, in 1967, last night’s show marks the end of an illustrious 55-year career that sees t
  
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• See Mammoth WVH Honor Taylor Hawkins With ‘My Hero’ Cover

  27-03-2022 21:41 via rollingstone.com
  
  Drummer "was a hero to me, and a hero to all of us," Wolfgang Van Halen tells Boston crowd before Foo Fighters cover
  
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• Liam Gallagher dedicates song to Taylor Hawkins during concert

  27-03-2022 21:36 via music-news.com
  
  Foo Fighters' drummer Taylor Hawkins passed away at the age of 50 on Friday.
  
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• Aitch’s Baby ft. Ashanti tipped for Number 1 with Dave’s reigning hit 'Starlight'

  27-03-2022 21:34 via music-news.com
  
  The Official Chart: First Look offers a first glance of the Top 20 ahead of Friday’s Official Singles Chart Top 100. The chart is
  
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• Miley Cyrus to release her first ever live album, ‘Attention: Miley Live’

  27-03-2022 20:57 via nme.com
  
  Miley Cyrus has announced the release of her first ever live album, ‘Attention: Miley Live’ – find more details below.READ MORE: Miley Cyrus – ‘Plastic Hearts’ review: pop superstar reborn as a freewheeling rock’n’rollerThe LP, a gift to her fans, will be Cyrus’ first release since 2020’s ‘Plastic Hearts’, which saw the pop star take on more of a rock-leaning persona. It featured the singles ‘Midnight Sky’, &lsqu
  
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• Taylor Hawkins had '10 substances in his system' at time of death

  27-03-2022 20:21 via music-news.com
  
  The late Foo Fighters drummer died at the age of 50 last week.
  
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• Watch Elton John dedicate ‘Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me’ to Taylor Hawkins

  27-03-2022 19:53 via nme.com
  
  Elton John dedicated a performance of his 1974 song ‘Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me’ to Taylor Hawkins last night (March 26) at a show in Iowa – watch below.READ MORE: Taylor Hawkins, 1972 – 2022: Foo Fighters drummer who always stole the showThe Foo Fighters drummer died on Friday night (March 25) at the age of 50. The band announced the news in a statement on social media; no cause of death was given.
  “The Foo Fighters family is devastated by the tragi
  
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• Watch Genesis Play the Final Song and Take a Last Bow at Their Farewell Concert

  27-03-2022 19:23 via rollingstone.com
  
  "It's the last show for Genesis," Collins told the crowd at London's O2 Arena. "After tonight we've got to get real jobs"
  
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• Miley Cyrus Announces First-Ever New Live Album ‘Attention: Miley Live’

  27-03-2022 18:53 via rollingstone.com
  
  Recorded primarily at her Super Bowl Weekend gig in Los Angeles, Cyrus' first live LP features unreleased songs "Attention," "You" and plenty of covers
  
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• Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox share cover of Edwin Starr’s ‘War’

  27-03-2022 18:42 via nme.com
  
  King Crimson founder Robert Fripp and his wife, singer Toyah Willcox, have shared a cover of Edwin Starr‘s ‘War’ – watch it below.READ MORE: Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp’s 10 best lockdown covers – ranked!The cover is a part of the pair’s ‘Sunday Lunch’ video series which was launched in 2020. The series has so far seen the couple share renditions of songs by Ramones, Nirvana, David Bowie, Metallica, Billy Idol, The Rolling S
  
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• Ed Sheeran on J Balvin: 'We met in a gym and made friends first, and then later on we started making music'

  27-03-2022 18:09 via music-news.com
  
  Ed Sheeran and J Balvin call in to New Music Daily on Apple Music 1 to discuss collaborating on their new songs "Sigue" and "Forever My Love”.
  
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• Barbara Gustern, Beloved Vocal Coach, Remembered for Her ‘Wild and Precious Life’ at Memorials

  27-03-2022 17:05 via rollingstone.com
  
  At two New York services on Saturday, friends and family of the 87-year-old who was senselessly killed remembered her joy
  
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• 'I need to get a real job now': Phil Collins bids farewell to performing live at final Genesis gig

  27-03-2022 16:54 via music-news.com
  
  Phil Collins has performed his final concert with Genesis.
  
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• Elton John on Taylor Hawkins: ‘One of the Greatest Drummers and a True Musician’

  27-03-2022 16:47 via rollingstone.com
  
  Singer dedicates "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" at Iowa concert to Foo Fighters drummer who appeared on his Lockdown Sessions
  
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• Original LCD Soundsystem line-up reunite for DFA 20th anniversary event

  27-03-2022 15:55 via nme.com
  
  LCD Soundsystem reunited its original line-up last night (March 26) for a special DFA Records anniversary show – check out footage below.READ MORE: From The NME Archive – Celebrate 15 years of LCD Soundsystem’s debut with this classic interview: “Most live bands today are horrible”As announced last month, James Murphy and co. threw a party in New York to celebrate two decades of their label. “Anniversaries, schmaniversaries, but given everything
  
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• Travis Scott’s First Post-Astroworld Performance: A Private Pre-Oscars Party

  27-03-2022 15:37 via rollingstone.com
  
  Rapper delivers "Sicko Mode" at celeb-filled house party in Bel Air, his first performance since the Astroworld tragedy in Nov. 2021
  
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• Miley Cyrus dedicates Lollapalooza Brazil set to Taylor Hawkins

  27-03-2022 15:15 via nme.com
  
  Miley Cyrus dedicated her set at Lollapalooza’s Brazil festival last night (March 26) to the memory of Foo Fighters‘ Taylor Hawkins – see footage below.READ MORE: Taylor Hawkins, 1972 – 2022: Foo Fighters drummer who always stole the showOn Friday night (March 25), Foo Fighters issued a statement confirming that the 50-year-old drummer had died in Bogotá, Colombia. A cause of death was not given. “The Foo Fighters family is devastated by the tragic and u
  
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• Hans Zimmer lauds viral Ukrainian pianist during London show

  27-03-2022 14:40 via nme.com
  
  Hans Zimmer took time during his London gig earlier this week to pay tribute to a Ukrainian pianist who went viral for playing the Inception theme in a bomb shelter.
  Earlier this month, footage spread online of a young pianist named Alex, which saw the musician refusing to stop playing Zimmer’s theme song for the 2010 film even after air raid sirens began to sound in a subway station in Lviv, western Ukraine.
  “When bomb sirens began, police asked everyone to move inside the railway s
  
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• Read Stevie Nicks’ new poem in tribute to Taylor Hawkins

  27-03-2022 14:03 via nme.com
  
  Stevie Nicks has written a new poem in tribute to late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins – read it in full below.
  Hawkins died in Bogotá, Colombia on Friday (March 25) at the age of 50 and was found in his hotel room, hours before Foo Fighters were set to headline a festival in the city as part of a South American tour.READ MORE: Taylor Hawkins, 1972 – 2022: Foo Fighters drummer who always stole the showSince news of his death broke, thousands of tributes
  
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• Here’s Metallica’s ‘Master Of Puppets’ in the style of Muse

  27-03-2022 12:43 via nme.com
  
  A YouTuber has covered Metallica classic ‘Master Of Puppets’ in the style of Muse – watch the remarkable transformation below.READ MORE: Global chaos? Corrupt politicians? Here’s why we need Muse more than everIn the new 19-minute cover, Andre Antunes turns the title track from the metal titans’ iconic 1986 album into a sci-fi opera worthy of Matt Bellamy and co.
  Playing bass, guitar and vocals, Antunes’ cover puts forward a convincing argument of what Me
  
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• Taylor Hawkins: initial toxicology report into Foo Fighters drummer’s death shared

  27-03-2022 12:40 via nme.com
  
  An initial toxicology report into the death of Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins has been carried out by health officials in Bogotá, Colombia.READ MORE: Taylor Hawkins, 1972 – 2022: Foo Fighters drummer who always stole the showHawkins died on Friday (March 25) at the age of 50 and was found in his hotel room in the Colombian capital, hours before Foo Fighters were set to headline a festival in the city as part of a South American tour.
  Following the death, Colombia’s a
  
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• Glastonbury 2022: fans react as resale tickets sell out in 20 minutes

  27-03-2022 11:01 via nme.com
  
  Glastonbury fans have been reacting on social media this morning as tickets for the 2022 edition of the festival sold out in just over 20 minutes.READ MORE: We’re gonna need a bigger farm: why Glastonbury 2022 could be the best in historyThe first batch of resale tickets for Glastonbury 2022 went on on sale on March 24, with ticket and coach packages available to registered fans.
  The second batch went on sale this morning at 9am BST and sold out within 23 minutes, according to reports from
  
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• Joey Kramer taking a break from Aerosmith

  27-03-2022 10:04 via music-news.com
  
  Joey Kramer is taking a "temporary leave of absence" from Aerosmith and won't be involved with their Las Vegas residency.
  
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• Dua Lipa's album is 50 per cent complete

  27-03-2022 10:04 via music-news.com
  
  Dua Lipa is "very excited" about her third album, which she revealed is "50 per cent done".
  
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• Andrew Lloyd Webber: 'I'm now looking for something else to write'

  27-03-2022 09:06 via music-news.com
  
  This morning on Fitzy & Wippa, legendary composer Andrew Lloyd Webber stops by in studio. Andrew talks about the musicals
  
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• Watch Stereophonics cover the Foo Fighters’ ‘Best Of You’ in memory of Taylor Hawkins

  27-03-2022 06:19 via nme.com
  
  Stereophonics have joined the legion of bands and artists paying tribute to the Foo Fighters’ late drummer Taylor Hawkins, who died on Friday (March 25) at the age of 50.READ MORE: Taylor Hawkins, 1972 – 2022: Foo Fighters drummer who always stole the showCurrently touring in support of their 12th studio album, ‘Oochya!’ – which landed earlier this month – the Welsh band performed at the Brighton Centre last night (March 26). There, they delivered a pared-back
  
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• Watch Liam Gallagher dedicate ‘Live Forever’ to Taylor Hawkins at London’s Royal Albert Hall

  27-03-2022 00:33 via nme.com
  
  Liam Gallagher dedicated a performance of Oasis‘ ‘Live Forever’ to Taylor Hawkins tonight (March 26) at his Teenage Cancer Trust show in London.READ MORE: Taylor Hawkins, 1972 – 2022: Foo Fighters drummer who always stole the showThe Foo Fighters drummer died yesterday (March 25) at the age of 50. The band announced the news in a statement on social media; no cause of death was given.
  “The Foo Fighters family is devastated by the tragic and untimely loss of Taylor H
  
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