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Gordon Lightfoot Dead at 84
Beloved Canadian
Singer-Songwriter
Dead at 84
obituary
May 2, 2023 3:00 AM CDT

Beloved Canadian Singer-Songwriter Dead at 84

Gordon Lightfoot had just last month canceled planned shows

(Newser) - Gordon Lightfoot, Canada's legendary folk singer-songwriter known for “If You Could Read My Mind" and "Sundown” and for songs that told tales of Canadian identity, died on Monday. He was 84. Representative Victoria Lord said the musician died at a Toronto hospital, the AP reports. His cause...

'Epitome of a Celebrity Activist': Harry Belafonte Dies at 96

Former President Obama once asked him to cut him 'some slack'

(Newser) - Harry Belafonte, the civil rights and entertainment giant who began as a groundbreaking actor and singer and became an activist, humanitarian, and conscience of the world, has died. He was 96, reports the AP . Belafonte died Tuesday of congestive heart failure at his New York home, his wife, Pamela, by...

UK Pop Group S Club 7 'Devastated' by Singer's Death

Paul Cattermole, 46, died of so-far unknown causes, right before band's reunion tour in October

(Newser) - Paul Cattermole, a member of early-2000s British pop group S Club 7, has died just weeks after the band announced a reunion tour. He was 46. The band and Cattermole's family said Friday that "it is with great sadness that we announce the unexpected passing of our beloved...

Robert Smith Prevails in Fight With Ticketmaster

Fans charged 'unduly high' fees will get refunds of up to $10 per ticket

(Newser) - When Robert Smith speaks, Ticketmaster apparently listens. The Cure frontman, who said in an all-caps series of tweets Wednesday that he was "SICKENED" by the high fees tacked onto tickets for the band's 2023 US and Canada dates, announced Thursday that fans would be getting some money back,...

Waiter to Jason Derulo: 'I Can't Say Thank You Enough'

Singer tipped Omaha server Jordan Schaffer $5K, which he says will cover whole semester of college

(Newser) - Servers in Nebraska—or anywhere, really—aren't accustomed to getting $5,000 tips from customers. But one waiter in Omaha received just that, and he's a got a big name to thank for it. People reports that Jordan Schaffer was working tables at Charleston's Restaurant last week...

Ed Sheeran on His 2022: 'I Felt Like I Was Drowning'

Singer notes his 'deepest, darkest thoughts' after wife's pregnancy tumor, death of best friend

(Newser) - In January, Ed Sheeran took to Instagram to explain he hadn't been on social media much for the "past couple of years" due to "turbulent things ... happening in my personal life." He didn't elaborate at the time, but now, ahead of the May release of...

Singer Zach Bryan Goes Hard After Ticketmaster

Country star names ticket behemoth in new album title, slams unfair ticket prices for concerts

(Newser) - The chorus against Ticketmaster's contentious concert pricing practices is growing, numbering among them Zach Bryan and friends. The country music artist dropped a live album, All My Homies Hate Ticketmaster, on Sunday. With it came a statement posted to social media in which he decried "a massive issue...

Country Singer, 37, Dies in His Sleep on Wedding Night

Oklahoma's Jake Flint looked happy and healthy hours earlier

(Newser) - Country music singer Jake Flint got married Saturday on what was arguably the greatest day of his life. It was also the last. The 37-year-old Oklahoma native simply didn't wake up Sunday. "I don't understand," his bride and widow Brenda Wilson wrote on Facebook, where she...

She Helped Put Sinatra on the Map, Then Fell Off It Herself
'All She Ever
Wanted to Do
Was Sing'
OBITUARY
Nov 28, 2022 10:49 AM CST

'All She Ever Wanted to Do Was Sing'

Louise Tobin, jazz vocalist who helped discover Sinatra and postponed own career, dies at 104

(Newser) - "All she ever wanted to do was sing." That's how the Denton Record-Chronicle recently described Texas' Mary Louise Tobin, a big-band jazz singer in the '30s and '40s who almost became a national superstar performing with Benny Goodman's band before shelving her career to...

Fame Star Irene Cara Dies at 63
Fame Star Irene Cara Dies at 63
OBITUARY
Nov 26, 2022 10:30 AM CST

Fame Star Irene Cara Dies at 63

She sang movie's title song, 'Flashdance' theme

(Newser) - Oscar, Golden Globe, and two-time Grammy winning singer-actor Irene Cara, who starred and sang the title cut from the 1980 hit movie Fame and then belted out the era-defining hit "Flashdance ... What a Feeling" from 1983's Flashdance, has died. She was 63. Her publicist, Judith A. Moose, announced...

At 95, She&#39;s Up for &#39;Best New Artist&#39;
At 95, She Won
for 'Best New
Artist'
UPDATED
Nov 21, 2022 7:54 AM CST

At 95, She Won for 'Best New Artist'

Angela Alvarez's debut album earns her a Latin Grammy

(Newser) - She won! A 95-year-old singer/songwriter named Angela Alvarez has won the Latin Grammy for best new artist, reports the Guardian . “To those who have yet to make their dreams come true, know that although life is hard, there’s always a way out and with faith and love everything...

Manager: Roberta Flack Now Finds It 'Impossible to Sing'

Grammy-winning singer has ALS

(Newser) - A representative for Roberta Flack announced Monday that the Grammy-winning musician has ALS, commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease, and can no longer sing. The progressive disease "has made it impossible to sing and not easy to speak," Flack's manager Suzanne Koga said in a release....

Sorry, Harry Styles— Taylor Swift Just Buried You

First day of sales for singer's 'Midnights' album saw 800K copies sold—and that's not all

(Newser) - Taylor Swift's new album, Midnights, is making headlines not only for its "darker" and "more experimental" sound—it's also smashing sales records. Billboard cites data from Luminate that finds the 32-year-old singer's 10th original studio album sold more than 800,000 copies in the US...

1962 Recordings Catch Rising Star Streisand, Then 20

Nightclub shows by the future star will be released

(Newser) - A series of 1962 performances by Barbra Streisand at a Manhattan nightclub before she became a superstar have been remastered and will be released this fall, per the AP . Barbra Streisand—Live at the Bon Soir features songs from a three-night stint at the Bon Soir nightclub in Greenwich Village....

Domestic Assault Case Against Michelle Branch Dismissed

Sheriff's report says Michelle Branch slapped her husband

(Newser) - Update: The domestic assault charge against singer Michelle Branch has been dropped. The state of Tennessee requested that the case against the 39-year-old be dismissed, People reports. TMZ reports prosecutors then did just that, but no other details were available as to why. Our original story from Aug. 14 follows:...

&#39;Georgy Girl&#39; Singer Found International Fame
'Georgy Girl' Singer Dies at 79
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Aug 6, 2022 4:25 PM CDT

'Georgy Girl' Singer Dies at 79

Australia mourns Judith Durham of the Seekers

(Newser) - Judith Durham, the lead singer of the Seekers who showed the way for other Australian artists to find success in the US and UK, has died. She was 79 and died Friday night of chronic lung disease, her record label said. Her home country, which had bestowed a series of...

Benatar Won't Sing This Song Anymore Due to Gun Violence

'80s star refuses to keep 'Hit Me With Your Best Shot' on concert tour lineup

(Newser) - If Pat Benatar is against war, she's chosen (so far) to keep "Love Is a Battlefield" on her concert tour playlist. Not so for one of her other famous hits, whose lyrics have now become problematic for the '80s star in the wake of America's proliferation...

Another Star Steps Away to Tend to Mental Health

Singer Shawn Mendes postpones 3 weeks' worth of concerts: 'I've hit a breaking point'

(Newser) - Shawn Mendes is a singer, but he's just joined the likes of such athletes as tennis phenom Naomi Osaka , gymnastics star Simone Biles , and Atlanta Falcons receiver Calvin Ridley in stepping away from his job to protect his mental health. "I've hit a breaking point," the...

Artists Being Paid Huge Sums to Perform for Almost No One

Inside the world of the uber-private concert

(Newser) - You've likely heard of big-time artists getting hired to perform at corporate events or huge private parties. As David Browne writes in a lengthy piece for Rolling Stone , that's been happening for more than two decades. But Browne shines a light on the "far more shadowy parallel...

Nick Cave&#39;s Eldest Son Dies at 31
Nick Cave
Has Lost
Another Son
May 9, 2022 1:45 PM CDT

Nick Cave Has Lost Another Son

Jethro Lazenby, 31, died days after he was released from jail in Melbourne

(Newser) - A devastating, but sadly not unprecedented, tragedy for Nick Cave: Jethro Lazenby, the Australian singer's eldest son, has died at age 31. Seven years ago, Cave's 15-year-old son Arthur fell to his death from a cliff on England's south coast after taking LSD for the first time...

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