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Cancellations and Postponements

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CNN wrote that concerts cancellations and postponements will be commonplace due to COVID-19 as Adele fights back tears when she announced her Las Vegas residency shows had been postponed.

According to On Gametime, the leading app/site for last minute tickets, two tickets to Adele’s show at Caesars Palace were going for over $96,950 (each seat is $48,475) including service fees.

Adele at the Theatre De La Jeune Lune (02 Jun 2008)

We are happy to brag that we saw Adele, front row seat, for $17.50 in June 2008. No one knew who she was at the time, having only just released her debut album 19. She actually didn’t have enough songs to fill out a full headliner show, so she threw in four cover songs, including Bob Dylan’s “Make You Feel My Love” and Sam Cooke’s “That’s It I Quit I’m Movin’ On”.

Anyway, it’s sad to see the Adele cancellations, but this isn’t anything new to us, as we have experienced many last-minute cancellations since venues re-opened in July 2021 (Horsegirl at 7th Street Entry).

If you have a show booked this or next month, I suggest you check with the venue or the band’s social media accounts.

Recently, The Black Angels had to announce their show cancellation/postponement. Here is the message:

We're very sad to announce that we have to postpone our upcoming tour due to ongoing concerns and uncertainty about the spread of Covid-19. We will be announcing the rescheduled dates very soon, so please hold on to your tickets and they will be honored for the rescheduled shows. Can't wait to see you all when we get back out on the road soon!!!

Cancellations and Postponements.

Cancelled - Jan 19 Lomelda at 7th St Entry

Cancelled - Jan 20 OKnice at 7th St Entry

Cancelled - Jan 20 Dawn Richard at Turf Club

Cancelled - Jan 20 Wolves In The Throne Room at Fine Line

Cancelled - Jan 21 Early Eyes and Dante Elephante at 7th St Entry

Cancelled - Jan 21 Happy Birthday Janis at First Avenue

Cancelled – Jan 23 The Kernal at 7th St Entry

Cancelled – Jan 24 Diet Cig at 7th St Entry

Postponed – Jan 25 Jeff Rosenstock at First Avenue

Cancelled – Jan 27 Reptaliens and Yot Club at 7th St Entry

Postponed – Jan 28 Tall Heights at 7th St Entry

Cancelled - Jan 29 The Current's 17th Anniversary Party at First Avenue

Cancelled – Jan 29 Asaf Avidan at Fine Line

Postponed – Jan 30 STRFKR at First Avenue

Cancelled - Jan 30 Tim Lopez Birthday Show at 7th St Entry

Cancelled – Feb 3 Becky Kapell at Turf Club

Postponed - Feb 5 The Black Angels at First Avenue

Postponed - Feb 7 Pinegrove at First Avenue

Cancelled - Feb 11 Willie Wisely and The Scarlet Goodbye at Turf Club

Cancelled - Mar 2 The Staves at First Avenue

Cancelled - Mar 4 Jonathan Richman at The Fitzgerald Theater

Cancelled - Mar 5 Nothing But Thieves at First Avenue

Postponed - Mar 16 Vundabar at The Cedar Cultural Center

Cancelled - Mar 28 GASHI at Fine Line

Cancelled - Mar 31 FUR at 7th St Entry

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Vertigo Comics TV: The Sandman, Y the Last Man, and Doom Patrol

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Read More Neil Gaiman I didn't see Neil Gaiman on his last-ever book tour, but my sister did. She got my Sandman: Absolute book signed. Gaiman was last seen recording music with his wife Amanda Palmer, you can read my review of An Evening With Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer here. …

THE SANDMAN
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As you know I used to collect a lot of comic books, particularly DC Comics and Vertigo Comics (an imprint of DC). So I’m glad to see that Vertigo Comics-based shows are on the rise.

We’ve already got Constantine (based on Alan Moore’s Hellblazer), Swamp Thing (mostly based on Alan Moore’s reinvention of the character), V For Vendetta (based on the comic that started in the UK, but finished under the Vertigo banner), iZombie (based on the comic by Chris Roberson), Lucifer (based on Neil Gaiman’s character from The Sandman), The Losers (film based on Andy Diggle’s Vertigo comic), The Kitchen (film based on Ollie Masters and Ming Doyle’s Vertigo title), Sweet Tooth (based on Jeff Lemire’s comic ), and, of course, who could forget the extremely violent and over-the-top Preacher (based on Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon’s work).

So why are Vertigo titles so popular ? There’s a lot of reasons, comic book properties are hot, as Hollywood are looking for the next big thing. Also, since most titles on the Vertigo line were creator-owned, it’s much easier to sign a deal with the creators and take a chance to option for their works to be adapted for the silver screen.

The next big title to be given the Netflix treatment will be Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman… it’s currently in development. Everyone is excited about the adaption, and hopefully it will bring the story to a bigger audience.

They haven’t announce a date that the show will air, but based on the “First Look” at the Sandman via YouTube … I feel that the production may be in its final stages. The video looks great, and seemed really faithful to the original comic book.

Read More Constantine The Constantine finale is partly an adaptation of Hellblazer #4. It's not a great finale, especially because it doesn't wrap up all the setup from the pilot. This is probably because of two things: they lost the lead actress …

Y: THE LAST MAN
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My sister collected Y: The Last Man, when it originally printed in 2002, so I read the whole series from start to finish.

The story is about a mysterious event that killed everything on earth with a Y chromosome, leaving only Yorick and his pet monkey, Ampersand, the only male survivors on the planet. I’ve always thought it would make a good television show, so I was ecstatic to find out it was adapted in 2007, with Shia LaBeouf attached. It was around this time that DC started to collect Y: The Last Man in a slightly oversized Deluxe Collection, which I bought, to support the comic creators, Brian K Vaughan and Pia Guerra.

Y: The Last Man resurfaced again 2013 with director Dan Trachtenberg attached. That went nowhere, and eventually, it was up to FX to finally make the adaption happen in 2018. The original show runners, Michael Green and Aida Mashaka Croal, both left the show due to “creative differences”.

Filming and production for FX’s Y: The Last Man was further delayed, due to the COVID-19 pandemic… so, let’s just say it’s been a rather long road to get the show to finally air.

From the five episodes I’ve seen of Y: The Last Man, I’ll have to say that it’s pretty faithful to the comic book. There are some new changes and additions (particularly with the trans men), but I feel they were necessary for the television audiences.

A lot of critics, who never read the comic book, complains that the least interesting thing is Yorick, who is not a likeable character. While they aren’t wrong, I’m glad they made Yorick, closely based on the loser in the comic book. I would probably be more upset if they changed the character in the TV show.

His sister, Hero, gets more development in the show, which I also like… however, they should stick to the comic book and make her aggressive and anti-men.

Read More Doom Patrol I bought Doom Patrol on Bluray when I saw it was on sale for $10. It’s a great show, and I am a fan of the original source material (owning a complete run of Grant Morrison’s Doom Patrol). …

DOOM PATROL
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Now in its third season, Doom Patrol is now exclusively on HBO Max (after it originally debut on the failed DC Universe). The TV show, from the start, is based on Grant Morrison and Richard Case’s Doom Patrol … starting with “Crawling from the Wreckage” storyline. You have to understand that prior to #19, Doom Patrol was the standard DC Super group. When Morrison took over, he brought such an imagination and strangeness to the group that it really didn’t fit in the regular DC Universe. After a few years, the title was moved under the Vertigo Comics banner.

The third season starts off by wrapping up all that Candlestick Maker story from last season… quite quickly! In fact, it all just ended with the pilot of Season 3… which made me think that perhaps the pilot should have actually been the final episode of Season 2. When I see something like this, it just makes me think that the showrunners and creators just have no idea what they are doing.

So far, Season 3, isn’t as crazy as previous seasons. Pacing is really slow on the “vacation” episode, but it does introduce the new threat of the series: The Brotherhood of Evil.

In case you were a punk music fan, Robot Man can be seen with a Toadies and Rancid T-Shirt in Episode 2.

Doom Patrol Season 3, Episode 2 (23 Sep 2021)

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How COVID-19 changed the comic book industry (or DC vs Diamond)

Read More Comic Books I really hate the title Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. I can understand it, it tells us that Batman will be fighting Superman... and somehow it involves the Justice …

You guys know I am a longtime comic book collector and fan. You know that the Coronavirus / COVID-19 situation has changed the comic book industry literally overnight.

I’ll try and break down the story, at least how I perceive and understand it.

It started with some states shutting down “non-essential businesses”, which comic book stores fell under this category. That’s fine, some comic shops started offering curb-side pickups and mail order.

A few days after the shutdown, Diamond Comics, the country’s only comic book distributor, announced that they’re no longer shipping comics. Comics affected were meant to arrive April 1st and onward. They indicated that they don’t know how long they’re going to do this.

Diamond is a monopoly, so the entire comic publishers couldn’t turn to anyone else.

It’s interesting how we got here in the first place. It used to be that there was no direct market. You used to buy your comics on the newsstand. Comics were meant to be disposables, like newspaper, you read it and you throw it out. By 1983, Diamond Comics started distributing comics to book stores, that also specialized in carrying comic books.

Diamond wasn’t the only game in town, there was also Capital City, Heroes World Distribution, and Bud Plant, all competing in the same comic book space. Marvel Comics bought out Heroes World, Diamond bought out Bud Plant, and eventually buying out Capital, as well. Marvel’s Heroes World endeavor failed, and by 1997, Diamond emerged as the only distributor in the comic book market.

I used to work at a comic book store, back in the heyday, and the comic book store owner hated having to order comics from three distributors. For example, some indie titles were only available on Capital, while Marvel Comics had to be ordered through Heroes World. The owner hated having to deal with three companies, but it was good for business… as companies were bending backward trying to offer better deals (free shipping or other perks) than their competitors.

With only Diamond remaining as the sole distributor, they can change their pricing, they can change their terms, and, taking advantage of the Coronavirus pandemic, decided it wasn’t going to ship any new comics.

For stores that are still opened, there are no new products for them to sell. For comic book publishers, like DC and Marvel, they can’t ship their books to the store. It’s a bad situation for everyone involved, all because Diamond stopped working.

DC Comics decided to break their exclusive contract with Diamond and quickly reached an agreement with Discount Comic Book Service and Midtown Comics to distribute DC’s books. One would hand the East Coast, while the other would handle the West Coast. DC also rushed to get their Walmart 100-Page new original content to the digital market, calling the effect “Digital First” books. DC was moving fast, trying new things to see what works.

Anyway, when Diamond saw that DC was going ahead without them, they quickly announced that they were resuming service late May 2020. I personally did not think Diamond would resume shipping if DC hadn’t gone this new shipping route without Diamond. I also think that Diamond saw the backlash how Diamond stopped the comic industry and decided to go on an apology tour with owner Steve Geppi going on various interviews, trying to defend their decision to stop shipping comics.

There are some positive changes, in my opinion, out of all this. DC Comics using alternative shipping companies, DC comics are now available on Tuesday (instead of Wednesday), and they’ve also eliminated the artificial 6-day comic store exclusive release of their books.

If the comic industry wants to survive in the future, it must break out of the direct market. I’m not saying get rid of the direct market, but the industry has got to get comics in gas stations, grocery, general stores, etc. Maybe even print it on newsprint paper, making it cheap and affordable. I remember when comics were going on to $1.50 (for Baxter Format), and Eclipse Comics were trying to get new readers by offering their comics at an affordable $0.50 (for New Wave), and I bought them to try them out.

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Fountains

Read More Fountains of Wayne Fountains of Wayne writes songs about two very important things in life: drinking and women. Although I'm over simplifying it, that was my first impression of them when I first put on their ....

FOUNTAIN OF WAYNE
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We mentioned the sudden passing of Adam Schlesinger from Fountains of Wayne on April 1, 2020 to the Coronavirus.

The remaining band members of Fountains of Wayne (Chris Collingwood, Jody Porter, and Brian Young), have reformed to try and fight the COVID-19 pandemic. They’ve asked New Jerseyan Sharon Van Etten to join them, and together, the band live recorded FoW’s “Hackensack”… in typical stay-at-home zoom-style.

The song is available for purchase via Bandcamp and proceeds will benefit New Jersey Pandemic Relief Fund’s Jersey 4 Jersey to fight the impact of COVID-19.

Note: The song is available to download for one month only, so buy it while you can.

New Jersey’s Governor Phil Murphy said, “I’m touched to mention that the surviving members of Fountains of Wayne, will be performing with Sharon Van Etten…in a special tribute to band co-founder and Montclarion Adam Schlesinger, who we lost to COVID-19.”

REB FOUNTAIN
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When Reb Fountain released her Hopeful & Hopeless album, it won the New Zealand Music Award for Best Country Album, Best Country Artist, and Best Folk Album in 2018. Now the New Zealand singer/songwriter is releasing her self-titled album on digital via Flying Nun Records. A physical release is slated for June 26 on Secretly Distribution.

Reb Fountain track listing:

1. Hawks & Doves
2. Samson
3. It’s a Bird (It’s a Plane)
4. When Gods Lie
5. Faster
6. Don’t You Know Who I Am
7. Strangers
8. Quiet Like The Rain
9. The Last Word
10. Lighthouse

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Why I'm leaving Amazon for Best Buy

Read More Best Buy Check out the exclusive Best Buy Edition, which is a double-disc digipak with six extra tracks. The new tracks are: Scandinavia One of Our Own …

Look, we all know that Amazon has sucked lately, thanks to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, they’ve taken weeks, if not months, to deliver products that they deemed non-essential.

I am a Prime Member, by accident, and it used to be that I would get everything I ordered within two days, sometime next day! It was awesome, and I would order things from Amazon all the time. Then, it started taking things four, five, and now weeks later (this all started since December 2019 when they ended their contract with FedEx). I finally got an item that I ordered over a month ago, and it was the final straw. I’ve decided to shift all my electronic purchases to Best Buy.

With Best Buy, you can choose to have curb-side pickup (and I’ve done this to test it out) or you can get things shipped to you (usually for free). If you look over their My Best Buy Benefits section, at the free level, you can get free shipping if you spend over $35. I’m an Elite Plus member, meaning that I get free two-day shipping… which is above and beyond whatever Amazon is offering (at the moment).

In addition, I’ve also started buying directly from the manufacturer… the first time that I’ve started dabbing in this. Overall, it’s not bad buying direct. Sure, it can be more expensive or you’ll have to pay for shipping, but if it means I can get things sent to me in a timely manner, then I don’t mind.

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Finding the Sun

See also Here Comes The Sun, The Moon and Stars, Stars Forever, Howling at the Moon, Over the Moon, Blue Moon, Moon River, The Moon and the Stars.

Read More Deradoorian Ex-Dirty Projectors' Angel Deradoorian opened up the show. We previously saw Deradoorian with another Russian/American artist Olga Bell and noted that she had more modern …

DERADOORIAN
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Los Angeles-based art pop artist Angel Deradoorian, otherwise known as Deradoorian, will be postponing the release of Find The Sun to September 18, 2020 (originally set for May 2020), due to the complications from COVID-19. All upcoming tour dates are also indefinitely postponed.

Deradoorian at Cedar Cultural Center (15 Jan 2015)

We saw Deradoorian a few times, including Jan 2015 and the earliest in Feb 2014, when we said, “[Olga] Bell, and cohort Angel Deradoorian (formerly of Dirty Projectors) and a ten-piece ensemble presented two sets of avant-garde music, keeping in theme with the mission statement of the Liquid Music Series, “to expand the world of classical music through innovative new projects, boundary-defying artists, and unique presentation formats.””

Find The Sun tracklist:

1. Red Den
2. Corsican Shores
3. Saturnine Night
4. Monk’s Robes
5. The Illuminator
6. Waterlily
7. It Was Me
8. Devil’s Market
9. Mask of Yesterday
10. Sun

Read More Bad Suns Another Southern California band, Bad Suns, played next, in support of their Vagrant Records EP, Transpose, with full-length, Language & Perspective, due out in late June. ...

BAD SUNS
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Los Angeles-based Bad Suns recently shared new song called “I’m Not Having Any Fun,” a B-side from the band’s latest release Mystic Truth.

According to the vocalist Christo Bowman, “’I’m Not Having Any Fun’ came to life in the spring of 2018, during one of our afternoon jam sessions in the living room of the house we all lived in together while writing the Mystic Truth album. I wanted to inject humor into the lyrics, as the song weaves through the story of a relationship gone awry in the internet age. We ultimately decided to hang onto this one for later, as it didn’t quite match the tone of the rest of the album, and I’m glad we did because now feels like the right time for it to have its day in the sun, even if that sunlight’s just coming through the window.”

Bad Suns at First Avenue (16 Oct 2015)

Before the Coronavirus pandemic, we caught Bad Suns live in May 2014 and Oct 2015 and noted, “Another Southern California band, Bad Suns, played next, in support of their Vagrant Records EP, Transpose, with full-length, Language & Perspective, due out in late June. The quartet’s anthemic sound on songs like ‘Cardiac Arrest’ and EP closer, ‘20 Years’ seemed to connect with the younger audience, who will have another chance to see these up-and-comers, as they return to headline the 7th Street Entry on July 9th, as part of a larger showcasing tour.””

Bad Suns is Christo Bowman (vocals/guitar), Gavin Bennett (bass), Miles Morris (drums) and Ray Libby (guitar).

Read More Dizzy Dizzy is signed on the same label, Royal Mountain Records, that handles Alvvays and Hollerado, but looking over their catalog, the label has not release any music from Dizzy. Still, they’re in good company. ...

DIZZY
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The Sun and Her Scorch is the title to the forthcoming album from Canadian band Dizzy (set for release on July 31 via Royal Mountain Records). The new record is the follow-up to their 2018 Juno Awarding-winning debut Baby Teeth.

The album’s lead single, “Sunflower,” was released earlier, and critics like, Stereogum, proclaimed it as, “a pleasingly vibrant sound reminiscent of Maggie Rogers and Soccer Mommy.”

Dizzy at 7th Street Entry (03 Oct 2017)

We saw Dizzy in Oct 2017 and noted that their name is too common: “Ontario’s Dizzy (with dreamy vocals from Katie M) opened up the show. The group suffers from a common band name, so not to be confused with Dizzy (Donald Eley), Dizzy (Daniel Ellis), Canadian hip-hop artist Dizzy, Dizzy Fae, Dizzy Rascals, and, of course Dizzy Gillespie, the famous Jazz trumpeter.”

The Sun and Her Scorch track listing

1. Worms
2. Sunflower
3. Good and Right
4. The Magician
5. Beatrice
6. Roman Candles
7. Lefty
8. Primrose Hill
9. Daylight Savings Time
10. Ten
11. Worms II

ORION SUN orionsun.space Philly-based New Jersey bred band Orion Sun just released their debut album Hold Space For Me on Mom + Pop Records. The 11-track album features soothing lo-fi, intricate melodies influenced by jazz, hip-hop, and R&B production… and the band was going on tour to promote the record - unfortunately, because of the Coronavirus crisis, the band is putting touring on hiatus at the moment. “Due to circumstances outside of our control and for the safety and health of people, I regret to inform you that the Orion Sun shows during the time frame of April 22-May 13th have been postponed. When a new date is announced, there is nothing you need to do: your tickets are valid for the new date and you will be notified. If you are unable to attend the rescheduled date, you will be able to request a refund at the point of purchase. Thank you for your understanding, thank you for being patient and be safe out there.”

JOESEF joesefjoesefjoesef.com Scotland’s Joesef recently shared his new single, “The Sun is Up Forever”. Joesef talked about his jangling indie-pop song, “I wrote this song about a month ago after talking to my mum about how relationships affect you in every corner of your life, right down to the way you carry yourself. My dad was a bit of a bastard to her and us, and she said it’s something that never really leaves her, but after 20 years she’s learned to let go of the grief a little. It’s from her perspective, and mine. It’s about leaving a dark part of your life behind you. This tune is for her.” He has some upcoming concert dates, however, given the COVID-19 situation, I’m not entirely sure if those dates may happen. All that can change when we find a cure or vaccine for this virus.

BJORN RYDHOG bjornrydhog.se Swedish musician and singer-songwriter Bjorn Rydhog (from Malmö), released a new single called “Give Me Sunshine”. The indie pop track was inspired by Nick Drake, The Beach Boys and Bon Iver. Rydhog said, “After five inspiring months in India a productive period of songwriting began for me back home in Malmö. The new songs were built in the style of my previous release, but with a more refined and varied sound. The process to create this EP has been an emotional awakening and also a summary of this challenging decade, where I have been looking for my “grown-up” voice.”

ACADEMY OF THE SUN facebook.com Brighton’s The Academy of the Sun released “The Parts That Need Replacing”, which they are calling “a refreshing dynamic power pop-infused track... is clever, beautiful, ambitious and expansive. Brilliance from the first to final second, leaving you wanting more”. They are also recommending the band if you like Britpop bands like Suede, Pulp, Edwyn Collins, The Stranglers, Kayo Dot, Coil and Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds.

SUNSHINE BOYS sunshineboys.net Chicago band Sunshine Boys’ single, “Summertime Kids” came out earlier this month via their soundcloud Work and Love will come out May 1st via Room F/Pravda Records (CD and digital) and Cheap Kiss Records (vinyl).

ALLURE twitter.com French electronic artist Allure (aka Lorris Piasco) has just released “Moon and Sun”, which is said to be a blend of “American Trap and RNB.” The song comes from a forthcoming yet-to-be-titled album, set for release this Summer.

OCEANS oceansofficial.com Austria’s post death metal Oceans just released The Sun And The Cold in January 2020, but unfortunately due to the COVID-19 crisis, they’re stuck at home and not able to tour and promote the new record. Instead, the band is asking fans to sing along to their upcoming single, “Against All Odds”, so they can use it for “something creative”.

THE SUN HARMONIC thesunharmonic.com Canadian trio The Sun Harmonic (Kaleb Hikele, Dave Skrtich, and Ian McLennan) released a new EP, out April 17, 2020, called It’s All Okay Thanks to You. Singer/songwriter Kaleb Hikele talked about how the EP was, “optimistic, uplifting and hopeful”, despite watching the US Election unfolding.

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R.I.P. Adam Schlesinger (Fountains of Wayne)

Read More Fountains of Wayne Fountains of Wayne writes songs about two very important things in life: drinking and women. Although I'm over simplifying it, that was my first impression of them when I first put on their ....

I couldn’t believe the news when I read that Fountains of Wayne’s singer/songwriter Adam Schlesinger had passed away from Coronavirus / COVID-19.

According to Variety: “Adam Schlesinger, a musician and songwriter highly regarded for his work as a member of Fountains of Wayne and an Emmy-winning songwriter for TV’s “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” has died as a result of coronavirus complications, Variety has confirmed. He was 52.”

I never saw Fountains of Wayne live, however, I did, like many of you, own a copy of their break-out album Welcome Interstate Managers, featuring that stupid catchy song, “Stacy’s Mom”.

The closest thing to seeing them live was watching their show, via DVD called No Better Place: Live in Chicago. Although in my review, I noted that the show was censored - the word “S****” removed from “Bright Future in Sales”. It was probably done as the show was intended for broadcast on national television…

Like I said, I never saw FoW live, but I have seen Adam before - he is actually in a band called Ivy. I have this photo of Ivy, and you can see Adam with Andy Chase behind him.

Photo of Ivy from 2005.

Ivy at 400 Bar, Minneapolis (08 June 2005)

Musicians who died in 2020

January 2020 (72)

February (67)

Musicians and singers who died because of Coronavirus / COVID-19.

[01 Apr 2020] Adam Schlesinger (American musician for Fountains of Wayne), 52, Coronavirus Adam Schlesinger, a musician and songwriter highly regarded for his work as a member of Fountains of Wayne and an Emmy-winning songwriter for TV’s “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” has died as a result of coronavirus complications, Variety has confirmed. ... via variety.com

[01 Apr 2020] Cristina (American singer), 61, Coronavirus The new-wave pop singer Cristina has reportedly died at age 61 after being diagnosed with coronavirus. The singer, whose full name was Cristina Monet-Zilkha, is believed to have died of complications from Covid-19 ... via theguardian.com

[31 Mar 2020] Wallace Roney (American jazz trumpeter), 59, Coronavirus Wallace Roney, the legendary jazz trumpeter and protege of Miles Davis, has died at the age of 59. Roney’s cause of death was as a result of coronavirus complications. ... via heavy.com

[29 Mar 2020] Joe Diffie (American country music singer-songwriter), 61, Coronavirus Grammy-winning Country artist Joe Diffie passed away today (3/29) from complications of Coronavirus (COVID-19) at the age of 61. Diffie is best known for his string of #1 hits that include “Home,” “If The Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets)," “Third Rock From The Sun,” “Pickup Man,” and “Bigger Than The Beatles.” ... via allaccess.com

[29 Mar 2020] Alan Merrill (American musician for Arrows), 69, Coronavirus Alan Merrill, the lead singer of Arrows, and co-writer of the first recorded version of “I Love Rock ‘N Roll” in 1975, died today (March 29), a victim of the Covid-19 virus. In 1982, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts scored a #1 single with their version ... via bestclassicbands.com

[28 Mar 2020] Lou "L.A." Kouvaris (Greek-born American guitarist for Riot), 66, Coronavirus Original Riot guitarist Lou "L.A." Kouvaris had died at the age of 66, according to the band. No cause of death has been revealed, but Riot's manager Giles Lavery said Lou developed symptoms of COVID-19 ... via antimusic.com

[28 Mar 2020] Kerstin Behrendtz (Swedish music programmer and editor for Sveriges Radio), 69, Coronavirus Former Sveriges Radio (Sweden's Radio) music programmer and editor, Kerstin Behrendtz, had died on Saturday after falling victim to Covid-19. ... via expressen.se

[27 Mar 2020] Wayman Henry (American musician), 66, Coronavirus Wayman Henry died after a week-long battle with COVID-19, the first victim in Mobile County. ... via fox10tv.com

[26 Mar 2020] Naomi Munakata (Japanese-Brazilian conductor), 64, Coronavirus The main conductor of the Paulistano Choir, Naomi Munakata, died at the age of 64 on Thursday (26) in São Paulo. According to the German Hospital Oswaldo Cruz, she died as a result of complications from infection caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19). ... via globo.com

[26 Mar 2020] Freddy Rodriguez Sr. (American saxophone player), 89, Coronavirus A saxophone player who was a well-known figure in Denver’s live jazz scene has passed away from what his family says were complications from coronavirus. Freddy Rodriguez Sr. frequently performed at the El Chapultepec nightclub. ... via cbslocal.com

[26 Mar 2020] Olle Holmquist (Swedish trombonist for James Last Orchestra), 83, Coronavirus Olle Holmquist worked as a musician all his life and traveled around the world for his performances. He played the trombone behind Frank Sinatra, Quincy Jones and ABBA, among others. When Olle Holmquist was infected by the corona virus at the nursing home he lived in, he was ill with Alzheimer's disease ... via expressen.se

[25 Mar 2020] Cy Tucker (English musician), 76, Coronavirus Musician Cy Tucker, who previously played with The Beatles, has passed from coronavirus. The Liverpool Echo reports that the rocker fell ill with COVID-1 symptoms a week ago before dying at the Royal Liverpool Hospital ... via khaleejtimes.com

[25 Mar 2020] Landon Spradlin (American musician), 66, Coronavirus Landon Spradlin, 66, was on his way back to Virginia following a trip to New Orleans with his wife, Jean, when he began feeling ill. ... via wbtv.com

[25 Mar 2020] Detto Mariano (Italian musician for I Ribelli), 82, Coronavirus Detto Mariano was hospitalized fifteen days ago for the consequences of the coronavirus ... via repubblica.it

[24 Mar 2020] Manu Dibango (Cameroonian saxophonist), 86, Coronavirus Manu Dibango - best known for his 1972 hit Soul Makossa - is one of the first global stars to die from Covid-19. ... via bbc.com

[22 Mar 2020] Mike Longo (American jazz pianist), 83, Coronavirus Mike Longo, who led a distinguished jazz career as a pianist, composer and educator, notably as longtime musical director for Dizzy Gillespie, died on Sunday at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. ... via wbgo.org

[21 Mar 2020] Rod Powell (American musician), Coronavirus Rod Powell, who delighted apres-ski crowds for decades in Vail with his musical talents, has died from COVID-19 ... via denverpost.com

[20 Mar 2020] Enrique del Portal (Spanish operatic tenor), 87, gastroenteritis / coronavirus The tenor and actor Enrique del Portal has died this Friday at his home in Madrid at the age of 87 due to gastroenteritis... caused by the coronavirus. ... via abc.es

[19 Mar 2020] Black N Mild (American bounce music deejay), 44, Coronavirus Go DJ Black N Mild aka Oliver Stokes Jr. has died at the age of 44 following his coronavirus diagnosis. ... via heavy.com

[19 Mar 2020] Joey Bautista (Filipino singer for Mulatto), Coronavirus Joey Bautista, lead singer of classic pop-rock band Mulatto, has died due to COVID-19, according to his wife. ... via inquirer.net

[19 Mar 2020] Aurlus Mabélé (Congolese singer and composer), 66, Coronavirus Congolese music star Aurlus Mabele has died. He checked into a hospital in Paris, France, and died later that night. ... via newtimes.co.rw

[16 Mar 2020] Sergio Bassi (Italian folk singer-songwriter), 69, Coronavirus Fans "digitally cry" on social networks when they learned that Italian folk singer/songwriter Sergio Bassi, aka Bassi, has died on Monday due to the Coronavirus ... via ilgiornale.it

[10 Mar 2020] Marcelo Peralta (Argentine saxophonist), 59, Coronavirus Argentine saxophonist Marcelo Peralta died Tuesday in Madrid because of the coronavirus. Last Thursday, just on his birthday, he had been hospitalized for pneumonia and then they detected that he was infected with Covid-19 ... via cienradios.com

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Manu Dibango is the latest musician that died from Coronavirus

Read More Coronavirus As you are aware, the world is under a lockdown and practicing social distancing, because of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). In all my years of covering music ....

Guys, this Coronavirus / COVID-19 pandemic is no joke. W♥M will be documenting all the names of musician that the virus had claimed. While many of these names below may not be known to many of you, but they are important to us.

The first global music star, Manu Dibango had died in Paris, after catching coronavirus. The African saxophonist had a huge hit with “Soul Makossa” in 1972. The song was borrowed by Michael Jackson, and resulted in a lawsuit years later.

Over the years, Dibango had collaborated with pianist Herbie Hancock and Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti, among others.

With the world in shutdown, it’s understandable that his funeral is private… like many coronavirus funerals.

Let’s hope the world returns to normal soon.

See more details below.

Musicians who died in 2020

January 2020 (72)

February (67)

Musicians and singers who died because of Coronavirus / COVID-19

[25 Mar 2020] Detto Mariano (Italian musician for I Ribelli), 82, Coronavirus Detto Mariano was hospitalized fifteen days ago for the consequences of the coronavirus ... via repubblica.it

[24 Mar 2020] Manu Dibango (Cameroonian saxophonist), 86, Coronavirus Manu Dibango - best known for his 1972 hit Soul Makossa - is one of the first global stars to die from Covid-19. ... via bbc.com

[22 Mar 2020] Mike Longo (American jazz pianist), 83, Coronavirus Mike Longo, who led a distinguished jazz career as a pianist, composer and educator, notably as longtime musical director for Dizzy Gillespie, died on Sunday at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. ... via wbgo.org

[20 Mar 2020] Enrique del Portal (Spanish operatic tenor), 87, gastroenteritis / coronavirus The tenor and actor Enrique del Portal has died this Friday at his home in Madrid at the age of 87 due to gastroenteritis... caused by the coronavirus. ... via abc.es

[19 Mar 2020] Aurlus Mabélé (Congolese singer and composer), 66, Coronavirus Congolese music star Aurlus Mabele has died. He checked into a hospital in Paris, France, and died later that night. ... via newtimes.co.rw

[16 Mar 2020] Sergio Bassi (Italian folk singer-songwriter), 69, Coronavirus Fans "digitally cry" on social networks when they learned that Italian folk singer/songwriter Sergio Bassi, aka Bassi, has died on Monday due to the Coronavirus ... via ilgiornale.it

[10 Mar 2020] Marcelo Peralta (Argentine saxophonist), 59, Coronavirus Argentine saxophonist Marcelo Peralta died Tuesday in Madrid because of the coronavirus. Last Thursday, just on his birthday, he had been hospitalized for pneumonia and then they detected that he was infected with Covid-19 ... via cienradios.com

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