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Pioneering Afrobeat drummer Tony Allen dies aged 79
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standard.co.ukPioneering Afrobeat drummer Tony Allen has died at the age of 79. The influential musician died in Paris, though his cause of death is unknown.
Nigeria-born Allen was a drumming pioneer who, along with the revered musician Fela Kuti, helped define the Afrobeat genre as part of the band Africa ’70.
Kuti, who died in 1997, once said "without Tony Allen, there would be no Afrobeat". Flea, the bassist for rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers and a collaborator of Allen's, confirmed the news of Allen’s death.
Tributes have poured in for the star, who was a frequent and longtime collaborator with Blur star Damon Albarn, with the pair joined by the Clash's Paul Simonon and Simon Tong of the Verve in super group The Good, The Bad And The Queen.
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