Mark Linkous, the singer/songwriter from the band Sparklehorse committed suicide this past Saturday. The musician was only in his early 40s. He released and produced a number of highly acclaimed albums over his career, including Sparklehorse’s 2001 album ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’. Mark’s family released a statement on Saturday, saying “It is with great sadness that we share the news that our dear friend and family member, Mark Linkous, took his own life today. We are thankful for his time with us and will hold him forever in our hearts. May his journey be peaceful, happy and free. There’s a heaven and there’s a star for you.” RIP.
After reports surfaced that Aerosmith would be performing with Steven Tyler at the UK’s Download Festival this summer, the band has officially announced that they’re back together and going on tour. The Cocked, Locked and Ready to Rock tour in the UK and Europe will begin in Sweden at the Rock Festival on June 10 and move around the rest of the continent. The tour schedule is as follows: Sweden on June 10th, UK on June 13th, UK on June 15th, Romania on June 18th, Greece on June 20th, Holland, on June 23rd, Belgium on June 25th, Spain on June 27th, France on June 29th, Czech Republic on July 1st and Italy on July 3rd.
Singer and former ‘Terminator’ robot Shirley Manson has taken to her Facebook account to reveal that she is currently recording some new music with her band Garbage. She wrote “Anyway…….on a final note, Guess who I just spent a week in the studio with? Would you be pleased if I said one of them was called Steve and one of them was called Duke and another was a grammy winning producer?” It has been five years since the band released an album. Being such a big fan of theirs, of course I am pleased! I can’t wait until that album comes out!
While Steven Tyler recovers from his stint in rehab, Aerosmith has continued talks to find a replacement for their lead singer. However, talks of Lenny Kravitz or Billy Idol taking over have come to a stop, and soon, so will all the auditions for a replacement singer. Steven is going to do everything in his power to prevent getting replaced so his attorney wrote to the band’s manager stating to “immediately cease and desist from engaging in acts and conduct to the harm and detriment of your own client, Aerosmith, and our client who is one of its members.” His lawyer claims that Steven doesn’t want to take legal action and just wants to hold his place in the group. He pretty much just wants the rest of the band to put a tour and a possible new album on hold until he recovers even if that takes up to a year.
Legendary R&B singer Teddy Pendergrass passed away this past Wednesday at the age of 59 years old. He began his music career as a drummer but became well known in the 70s as the lead singer for Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes. Teddy left the band for a solo career sometime later and had several hits. In 1982, a devastating car accident left him paralyzed from the waist down but that wasn’t enough to stop him from continuing his music career and performing from his wheelchair. Around 8 months ago, Teddy had undergone surgery for colon cancer and it was the difficult recovery that led to his death. RIP.
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