MUSIC NEWS: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2016
OBIT- ORIGINAL JEFFERSON AIRPLANE SINGER - SIGNE ANDERSON
The same day Jefferson Airplane guitarist Paul Kantner died, so did the band's original lead singer. Rolling Stone reports Signe Anderson died Thursday at the age of 74. A cause of death was not given. Kantner also died Thursday at the age of 74. His cause of death was organ failure and septic shock. Their bandmate, Marty Balin, writes on Facebook Anderson and Kantner probably woke up in heaven and said, ``Hey what are you doing here?
Let's start a band,'' then they were joined by late drummer Spencer Dryden. Anderson appeared on Jefferson Airplane's debut album, then left after she gave birth to a child. She was replaced by Grace Slick.
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DAVID BOWIE - WILL
David Bowie's will calls for his body to be cremated and his ashes scattered on the Indonesian island of Bali.
Bowie's will, which was written in 2004, called for the ashes to be scattered in accordance with Buddhist rituals. The will was filed Friday in New York with his death certificate, which indicated Bowie was cremated in New Jersey two days after his death. The will states Bowie's estate was worth about 100-million dollars. His son, director Duncan Jones, gets 25 per cent, and his 15-year-old daughter, Alexandria, gets 25 per cent and a house. Bowie also left money to his personal assistant and to Alexandria's nanny. He left the rest to his supermodel wife, Iman.
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OZZY OSBOURNE - ILL
Even the Prince of Darkness gets sick every now and then. Black Sabbath postponed Saturday's show in Edmonton and tonight's show in Calgary because Ozzy Osborne has extreme sinusitis, according to his website. Black Sabbath are on a farewell tour and plan to make up those dates.
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HAYLEY WILLIAMS - CHAD GILBERT - MARRIAGE LICENSE
A wedding could be coming soon for Paramore singer Hayley Williams and New Found Glory singer Chad Gilbert. The Nashville Tennessean reports Williams and Gilbert have applied for a marriage license at the clerk's office in Williamson County, Tennessee. They have 30 days to use the license. They announced their engagement on New Year's Eve 2014.
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RACHEL PLATTEN - SECOND SINGLE
Rachel Platten is not worried if her follow-up single to ``Fight Song'' is not a hit. Platten says she might feel a little pressure for ``Stand By You'' to do well, but she's just grateful that years of hard work paid off with ``Fight Song.'' She says she feels she won already. She's still proud of ``Stand By You,'' which she describes as ``a love song at its core.'' Platten says it's about ``being strong enough to hold someone when they need to fall.''
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TONY BENNETT - GRAMMY
Tony Bennett thinks he's competing in the wrong category at the Grammys. He's up for best traditional pop vocal album for ``The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern.'' Bennett says it should be a jazz album because he's accompanied by a great jazz pianist, Bill Charlap. He says Charlap is the reason he made the album. Bennett shouldn't be too worried about his chances. In the 24 years that the best traditional pop vocal album Grammy has existed, he's won it 12 times.
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