2016 News Archives

December 2016

• George Michael dies at 53 (BBC, December 25)
• Pearl Jam, Yes, ELO, Tupac, Baez, Journey make Rock Hall (Rolling Stone, December 20)
• ELP's Greg Lake dies of cancer (New York Times, December 8)
• Beyoncé grabs 9 Grammy nominations (New York Times, December 6)

November 2016

• Punk rock items burn in London (Billboard, November 26)
• Kanye cancels tour, hospitalized (People, November 21)
• Dylan: too busy to attend Nobel Prize ceremony (Rolling Stone, November 17)
• Jazz, blues pianist Mose Allison passes away (New York Times, November 15)
• Leon Russell dies at 74 (Standard Time, November 14)
• Leonard Cohen dies at 82 (New York Times, November 10)

October 2016

• Two Prince releases coming (Standard Time, October 21)
• Bob Dylan wins Nobel Prize (New York Times, October 13)
• New music drops from Mars (Standard Time, October 6)
• Gaga starts dive bar tour in Nashville (Billboard, October 5)
• Gray plans short tour (Standard Time, October 5)

September 2016

• Buckwheat Zyedeco dies at 68 of cancer (New York Times, September 24)
• Gaga is coming with new CD (Standard Time, September 15)
• Jerry Heller, early NWA manager, dies at 75 (Los Angeles Times, September 3)

August 2016

• Chris Brown arrested, allegedly pointed gun at woman (http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-chris-, August 30)
• Mexican star Juan Gabriel dies (New York Times, August 28)
• Lou Pearlman, nurtured careers of Backstreet Boys, 'NSync, dies (New York Times, August 23)
• Jazz man Toots Thielemans dies (NPR, August 22)
• McCartney goes home (Standard Time, August 17)
• Kesha drops Cali lawsuit againstDr. Luke  (Billboard, August 1)

July 2016

• Sandy Pearlman, producer, lyricist and more, dies (New York Times, July 27)
• Alan Vega of Suicide dies at 78 (New York Times, July 17)
• Joe Perry collapses at Hollywood Vampires show (Page Six, July 10)
• AC/DC's Cliff Williams to retire (Billboard, July 8)

June 2016

• Clarkson changes labels (Standard Time, June 24)
• P-Funker Bernie Worrell dies (Standard Time, June 24)
• Led Zep wins "Stairway to Heaven" case (New York Times, June 23)
• Wayne Jackson of Memphis Horns dies at 74 (New York Times, June 22)
• Meat Loaf collapses on stage in Canada (CBC, June 16)
• Page testifies at "Stairway to Heaven" trial (New York Times, June 15)
• The Voice contestant Christina Grimmie killed after show (Entertainment Weekly, June 11)
• Prince died from opoid overdose (Star Tribune, June 2)
• Splitsville for Swift, Harris (People, June 1)

May 2016

• Original Beastie Boys member dies (Rolling Stone, May 19)
• Radiohead announces new album for Sunday release (Standard Time, May 6)
• Prince's addiction (New York Times, May 4)
• Super concert with McCartney, Dylan, Stones, The Who set for October (Billboard, May 3)

April 2016

• Billy Paul, Philly soul singer of "Me and Mrs. Jones," dies (New York Times, April 25)
• The Sonics, Woogles, Whitfield tour gets canceled (Standard Time, April 22)
• Prince dead at 57 (Fox 9, April 21)
• Flying V guitarist Lonnie Mack dies at 74 (Standard Time, April 21)
• AC/DC's Johnson still plans to record (Billboard, April 19)
• Axl Rose steps in to tour with AC/DC (Billboard, April 16)
• Jazz great Gato Barbieri dies at 83 (New York Times, April 2)

March 2016

• A Tribe Called Quest's Phife Dawg dies at 45 (Rolling Stone, March 23)
• Keith Emerson of ELP dies at 71 (Rolling Stone, March 11)
• McCartney goes One on One (Standard Time, March 9)
• Major Lazer plays Havana (New York Times, March 7)
• Bobbi Kristina Brown cause of death revealed (CBS, March 4)
• Kendrick Lamar drops new album (Billboard, March 3)
• Stones play Cuba (Standard Time, March 2)

February 2016

• Dr. Luke denies raping, having sex with Kesha (Rolling Stone, February 22)
• Taylor Swift donates $250K to help Kesha following court decision (Billboard, February 21)
• Kesha denied injunction against Dr. Luke, must record for Sony (Rolling Stone, February 19)
• Rihanna postpones Anti tour dates (Los Angeles Times, February 18)
• A recap of the Grammys (New York Times, February 16)
• Singer Vanity, of Vanity 6, dies at 57 (New York Times, February 15)
• The 2016 Grammys (Los Angeles Times, February 15)
• Disturbed, Breaking Benjamin tour together (Standard Time, February 9)
• Phish announce summer tour (Pollstar, February 7)
• Earth, Wind & Fire co-founder dies (Rolling Stone, February 4)
• Jefferson Airplane singer Signe Anderson dies at 74 (New York Times, February 2)

January 2016

• Coldplay announces stadium tour (Standard Time, January 28)
• Jefferson Airplane's Paul Kantner dies at 74 (SF Gate, January 28)
• Don McLean arrested for assault (WCSH, January 18)
• Glenn Frey of the Eagles dies at 67 (Standard Time, January 18)
• Husband of Celine Dion dies of cancer (Entertainment Weekly, January 14)
• Soul, R&B singer Otis Clay dies at 73 (New York Times, January 12)
• David Bowie dies of cancer (New York Times, January 11)
• Beyonce to perform with Coldplay at Super Bowl (AP, January 7)
• Nicholas Caldwell of The Whispers dies (New York Times, January 7)
• Natalie Cole dies at 65 (Rolling Stone, January 1)