Hey, ho, kids- it's New
Year's Eve eve! So, truly- how has the year treated you? Here's
#WhatsHappening:
The big news in rock and
roll continues to be the death of Motorhead's Lemmy Kilmister on
Monday. He was 70.
The band's manager
confirmed Kilmister had been suffering from cancer and praised him
for mustering the energy to finish the Motörhead's recent European
tour. He said the cancer was diagnosed just days before Kilmister's
death, though health issues had caused Motörhead to cancel or cut
short several shows on the band's fall U.S. tour.
“There is no easy way to
say this…our mighty, noble friend Lemmy passed away today after a
short battle with an extremely aggressive cancer,” the band said in
a statement posted to Facebook. “He had learnt of the disease on
December 26th, and was at home, sitting in front of his favorite
video game from The Rainbow which had recently made its way down the
street, with his family.”
“We cannot begin to
express our shock and sadness, there aren’t words.... We will say
more in the coming days, but for now, please…play Motörhead loud,
play Hawkwind loud, play Lemmy’s music LOUD.”
Yesterday, drummer Mikkey
Dee told the Swedish publication Expressen that “Motörhead is
over, of course. Lemmy was Motörhead. But the band will live on in
the memories of many.”
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John Bradbury, drummer for
the Specials, died Monday as well. He was 62. No cause of death was
announced.
“It is with deep regret
that we say goodbye to our great friend, the world’s greatest
drummer,” the band said via Twitter.
Bradbury joined the
Specials in 1979, and co-wrote several of the songs on its
self-titled debut album, including “It’s Up to You” and “Nite
Klub.”
Sources close to the band
say Guns N’ Roses is getting back together- including original
members Axl Rose and Slash- to headline next year's Coachella Music &
Arts Festival.
Representatives for the
band, and Coachella producer Paul Tollett could not be reached for
comment on the rumor, according to Billboard.
The last show Rose and
Slash played together was in 1993 at River Plate Stadium in Buenos
Aires.
The same source also said
the band is also negotiating with promoters to play as many as 25
football stadiums in North America in the summer of 2016, and will be
one of the first acts to play the new Las Vegas Arena.
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| Not sure if he's rocking out or suffering from explosive diarrhea. |
Montgomery Country, PA
District Attorneys have confirmed that they have reopened a case
against Bill Cosby related to an alleged 2004 assault and have
charged Cosby with aggravated indecent assault for allegedly sexually
assaulting (via vaginal penetration) a former Temple University
basketball player.
The charge is a felony.
The accuser said she
considered Cosby a “mentor and friend” prior to alleged rape.
After rejecting two advances from Cosby prior to the incident, she
said Cosby “urged her to take pills and drink wine… the effect of
which made her unable to move and respond.”
The DA pointed out that
some of the case's basic facts have already been established,
including that the victim was given pills.
Cosby was arraigned this
afternoon in Elkins Park and released on $1 million bail.
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| I suggest you bring your own pudding. |
Birthdays today include:
Ellie Goulding; Tyrese; Jon Theodore of Queens of the Stone Age; Jay
Kay of Jamiroquai; Tracy Ullman; Jeff Lynne of ELO; Patti Smith;
Clive Bunker of Jethro Tull; Michael Nesmith of The Monkees; and PaulStookey of Peter, Paul & Mary. #MusicalBirthdays
