Whilst never being the biggest fan of Staus Quo, they were an enormous group when I was in my teens. Sad to see Rick Parfiitt has passed away today. 2016 takes another leading musician to heaven. It'll be rocking up there this year.

Very sad news about Rick. I saw Quo a couple of times. A great band live. I remember Quo announcing in late 1983 or early 1984 that they retiring and there would be a final tour. Remember queuing for hours to see them at the Hammersmith Odeon. It wasn't that longer after their supposed farewell tour that they were touring again and producing albums.

Such sad news. Is there any 50+ musician left after 2016?

Very sad news regarding Rick Parfitt.

16 hours ago, Valerie said:

Such sad news. Is there any 50+ musician left after 2016?

Ozzy Osbourne and Keith Richards. Those two defied the odds!

Edited December 25, 20169 yr by Jezz

1 hour ago, Jezz said:

Ozzy Osbourne and Keith Richards. Those two defied the odds!

Goodness, they do indeed 

Now George Michael ffs...I hate 2016 with a passion 

George Michael???  Good Lord, he was just a youngster!  The sooner this year is dead and buried the better.

I'm still clinging on to the idea that you could pick any year from the last twenty and identify a crop of similarly big stars to have died, but 2016 is starting to get brutal.

3 hours ago, Charles Ryder said:

I'm still clinging on to the idea that you could pick any year from the last twenty and identify a crop of similarly big stars to have died, but 2016 is starting to get brutal.

No - no other year has been like 2016.  Of course there's always deaths every year but not such huge names, and so many of them young - Prince and George Michael particularly so.  But Bowie was not great age either.

7 hours ago, Beerqueen said:

No - no other year has been like 2016.  Of course there's always deaths every year but not such huge names, and so many of them young - Prince and George Michael particularly so.  But Bowie was not great age either.

Glenn Frey was younger than Bowie too. 

As for George Michael, he was a really soulful vocalist, even when doing lighter pop fare like WHAM. His life was troubled though, so I'm unfortunately not that surprised that he passed on before his time.

RIP. 

God has a sense of humour. Took George Michael on Christmas Day

Hold tight, earth, four days left!

Very sad news about George Michael. Fantastic musician.

If the Great Reaper wants another victim for his scythe before the end of the year, there is an eminently deserving one in the Fart Meister of America.

Princess Leia 

 

f**k

2 hours ago, Scott said:

Princess Leia 

 

f**k

i'm gonna cry...