illness

Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong Hospitalised In Italy

by Andrew Tijs

Green Day has had to cancel their Italian show and return to the US after frontman Billie Joe Armstrong fell ill.

Tagged as: cancel, Green Day, illness, punk, rock

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Elton John Hospitalised With Serious Respiratory Illness

by Andrew Tijs

Elton John has spent a day in a Los Angeles hospital with a “serious respiratory illness” and cancels shows.

Tagged as: cancel, Colosseum, Elton John, hospital, illness, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, respiratory, serious, shows, The Miion Dollar Piano

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Bobby Womack Hospitalised And Diagnosed With Colon Cancer

by Andrew Tijs

Funk legend Bootsy Collins reveals that soul man Bobby Womack has colon cancer.

Tagged as: Bobby Womack, Bootsy Collins, cancer, colon, funk, illness, legend, pneumonia, soul, US

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Ministry Return With Blood-Puking Twelfth Album ‘Relapse’

by Andrew Tijs

After recovering from bloody stomach surgery, Al Jourgensen brings back industrial metal monolith Ministry.

Tagged as: 99%, Al Jourgensen, album, illness, industrial, metal, Ministry, new, Relapse, single, US

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New AC/DC Album Delayed By Sickness

by Andrew Tijs

Brian Johnson reveals that a new AC/DC album is on hold because “one of the boys” is getting over an illness.

Tagged as: AC/DC, album, Brian Johnson, delay, hard, illness, new, rock, sickness

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George Michael, photo by Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, photo

George Michael Reveals He Nearly Died Last Month

by Paul Cashmere

George Michael has left the Austrian hospital he had been in since November and headed home to London where he revealed he nearly died from his recent bout of pneumonia.

Tagged as: 80s, George Michael, hospital, illness, pop, tour, UK

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Reports About George Michael Condition Vary Greatly In The Press

by Music-News.com

Reports on the health of George Michael from Britain are all over the place as to his current condition and prognosis.

Tagged as: 80s, George Michael, hospital, illness, pop, tour, UK

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George Clinton, Parliament: Photo Ros O'Gorman

George Clinton Is Bringing Parliament-Funkadelic Back To Australia

Funk legend George Clinton is bring Parliament-Funkadelic back to Australia in September 2025 with dates in Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney and Gold Coast.

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Paul Hester from the Peter Green archives

Paul Hester Mini-Doco ‘Hessie’ Goes Live To Mark 20th Anniversary of Paul’s Passing

26 March 2025 marks the 20th anniversary of the death of Crowded House/Split Enz drummer Paul Hester.

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Guns N’ Roses New Drummer Is Isaac Carpenter of AWOLNATION

Guns N’ Roses have announced the new drummer for the band is Isaac Carpenter of AWOLNATION.

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UK Subs Denied Entry Into the USA

UK punk band UK Subs have been denied entry into the United States.

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UK Radio Legend Andy Peebles Dies Aged 76

Former BBC Radio One DJ Andy Peebles has died at the age of 76.

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Hoodoo Gurus To Headline Party At The Point

Hoodoo Gurus will headline Party At The Point, an event to mark the 10th anniversary of Sandstone Point Hotel as an entertainment venue.

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How a 30 Rock Christopher Cross Joke Turned Into A Song

Christopher Cross has been name-checked in The Simpson, Family Guy and Seinfeld but his favourite is when Tina Fey once made a Christopher Cross reference and Christopher turned it into a song and became the topic of a future show story.

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