The words “David Bowie dead” came as a shock. His Facebook noted he “died peacefully today after a courageous 18 month battle with cancer”
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Compare some of your worst days with Natalie Cole on crack… and then marvel at some of the deceased artist’s best days that followed
Is Led Zeppelin headlining the second edition of the Desert Trip festival? Is the singer releasing a new album? Or is it nothing at all? Hmmm.
The Motörhead frontman died at his Los Angeles apartment just 2 days after being diagnosed with cancer. His son, Paul, and other rockers delivered elegant eulogies
Though the ska revival band never scored a US hit, they began their career with a slew of Top 10 UK singles. On this day, some members were fined for inciting a concert riot
He was the principal force behind the legendary festival, that for generations past, present and future became known simply as Woodstock
The legend also wrote the screenplay to the groundbreaking film, The Graduate, and hosted Saturday Night Live an astounding 10 times in its first 5 seasons
During his career, many songs that Bruce wrote and recorded were more successful when re-recorded by others, including Waylon and Willie who reached #1
Slowhand performed for an intimate crowd of 1,700 in Guildford, U.K. at the annual Paul Jones and Friends concert, organized by the former Manfred Mann vocalist
A fatal combination of alcohol along with legal and illegal drugs took the guitarist’s life while he was on a leave of absence from the band