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Tony Allen, a celebrated innovator of the Afrobeat genre, died on Thursday (April 30) in Paris. He was 79 years old.

If you need proof that talent doesn't skip a generation, just check out a video Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich shot of his sons, Myles, 21, and Layne, 18, rocking the Ulrich house during quarantine with their very unique, super heavy instrumental take on a Beatles classic. According to Rolling Stone, the blazing cover of "Eleanor Rigby" from Revolver came about after Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff invited Ulrich to sit in on one of his company's weekly fireside chats.

Actor Stuart McGugan, 76, picks his favourite photograph as he remembers filming classic sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum, in his own words...

His drumming to the BBC News theme brought a smile to our faces at a time when it was most needed, and the now-famous clip of weatherman Owain Wyn Evans has been viewed more than five million times.

The frontman had a recurring dream about not being able to get to the acclaimed musician and producer

The 2016 release of Hamilton Leithauser and Rostam Batmanglij’s collaborative album, I Had a Dream That You Were Mine, yielded the indie-rock hit “A 1000 Times” and scored an iPhone synch for “In a Black Out.” But after, Leithauser — who released his debut solo album in 2014 after nearly 14 years as lead singer of The Walkmen — struggled to record and release new work. The music came easily, but the lyrics... not at all.

"It's just so much drama and bullshit"

A NASA rover has wished Beatles drummer Ringo Starr a happy birthday from the rocks of Mars - and astronauts on board the Space Station sent a message of “peace and love”.NASA’s Curiosity Rover team said in a Tweet, “Happy 80th, Ringo! Here's my view of Earth (and Venus) from the surface of Mars where I'm thinking about your message of Peace and Love, and how in good times and in tough ones, we all get by with a little help from our friends.”NASA astronauts on the Space Station sent a greeting via social media for Starr’s birthday on July 7. Happy 80th, Ringo! Here's my view of Earth (and Venus) from the surface of Mars where I'm thinking about your message of #PeaceAndLove, and how in good times and in tough ones, we all get by with a

"We wanted to thank you for your patience – it's coming"

"Yeah, we're making stuff"

Two-time Emmy-winning TV writer Loring Mandel has passed away at the age of 91 on March 24, it was revealed on Monday.The writer's son Alan Mandel confirmed his father passed from cancer at his home in Lenox, Massachusetts, according to Variety.Mandel's two Emmy wins come more than 40 years apart, his first in 1968 for Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night on CBS Playhouse and his second in 2001 for his HBO/BBC WWII film Conspiracy.

"We saw this coming early"

Bear also shared a new single and snippets from the album

Nearly 20 years after the smashing "Is This It," NYC’s whiny finest make an able-bodied return to form.

"Don’t let them keep you down"

Baltimore’s All Time Low is back with its eighth studio album, Wake Up, Sunshine. The band collaborated with ​blackbear on “Monsters” and The Band CAMINO on “Favorite Place.”

Just Blaze’s production work on JAY-Z’s 2002 track, “Hovi Baby,” impressed fans with a unique sample of TLC’s live performance of “Diggin' On You.” It also caught the ear of none other than Questlove. In a new interview with NPR, Just Blaze explained how the song’s drum programming made Quest angry at first.

Scorpions star Mikkey Dee recently tested positive for COVID-19.

Bill Rieflin, a multi-talented drummer and percussionist who played with a wide variety of rock and industrial bands over a three-decade career, has died at age 59. The news was announced by King Crimson's Robert Fripp, who wrote in a Fa

REM's drummer Bill Rieflin has died at the age of 59 after a battle with cancer.

Bill Rieflin, drummer for King Crimson, and who’s worked with bands including R.E.M. and Robbie Williams has died aged 59 following a battle with cancer.