MUSIC NEWS: MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 2016
NATALIE COLE - REMEMBERED
Funeral arrangements are still being worked out for Natalie Cole. She died Thursday in Los Angeles at the age of 65 from ongoing health issues. She had suffered from drug problems and hepatitis, and she had a kidney transplant in 2009. Aretha Franklin calls Cole one of the greatest singers of our time and ``she represented the Cole legend of excellence and class quite well.''
Tony Bennett says Cole was ``a lovely and generous person who will be greatly missed.'' Jordin Sparks says she was lucky enough to share a stage with Cole a few years ago but doesn't remember too much of her own performance because she was in awe of Cole.
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CHRIS BROWN - INVESTIGATION
Las Vegas police are looking into an incident in which Chris Brown is accused of getting in a fight with a woman who tried to take his picture. Authorities got a call Sunday morning about an altercation at the Palms Casino Resort. The woman told police Brown hit her and took her cellphone. Brown left before detectives could speak to him. Brown publicist Nicole Perna says the woman's charges are ``unequivocally untrue.'' She says the woman was escorted out of the private party for being ``disruptive and out of control'' and hotel security cameras caught the woman's ``wild behaviour.''
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TOMMY LEE - STUCK
Wouldn't you know it: Motley Crue performs for the last time ever and Tommy Lee's roller coaster drum kit malfunctions. Motley Crue performed their farewell concert in Los Angeles on New Year's Eve. Lee's drum kit nearly made the complete circuit when it got stuck with Lee upside down. Roadies had to climb up the track to let him out. To his credit, he kept playing to the end of the song. He shouted out an expletive and said, ``I guess we broke it.'' Motley Crue filmed the show for a D-V-D release later this year.
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MOTORHEAD - LEMMY - TRIBUTE
One of the favourite hangouts of Motorhead frontman Lemmy will pay tribute to him this weekend. The Rainbow Bar and Grill in Los Angeles will host a memorial to Lemmy from 2 P-M to 2 A-M on Saturday. Lemmy was such a fan of the place that the management brought his favourite video game from the bar to his house in his last days.
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KRIS ALLEN - EXPECTING
Former ``American Idol'' Kris Allen is going to be a dad again. He posted a photo of his two-year-old son, Oliver, on Instagram wearing a ``Big Brother'' shirt. Allen confirmed in a Twitter chat on Saturday his wife is due in June. Allen plans to put out a new record in the coming year, and he will make an appearance on ``American Idol'' in its final season. ``American Idol'' begins Wednesday.
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GLEN CAMPBELL - DAUGHTER
Glen Campbell's daughter, Ashley, has released her first single, and it's about her relationship with him as he succumbs to Alzheimer's disease. Ashley Campbell says she's played the song ``Remembering'' for him, but he doesn't understand it's about him. The last public concert her father attended was one given by Ashley Campbell and her brother. They played ``Remembering'' and the place was quiet after it was over. She says her father stood up and said, ``That's a good song!''
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