Tony Allen dead: Afrobeat co-founder and iconic drummer dies 'suddenly' aged 79

Dan Walker, 44, couldn't contain his excitement when the BBC Breakfast team was joined by sports journalist John Watson. However, Sally Nugent, 50, did not share this excitement, especially when they discussed golf, leading to the presenter to react to a "disappointed" Olympic golfer on Twitter surrounding the interview.Olympian Catriona Matthew OBE wrote on Twitter: "Disappointing from @sallynugent this morning being so open about her disdain for #golf on @BBCBreakfast...

BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.The star celebrates his 36th birthday today (March 14), so Daily Star is taking it all the way back to where it all started for him.The film was released in September 2000 and was a huge commercial success which raked up a massive $109,280,263 (£83.8m) despite smaller expectations.While Jamie has gone on to have a successful career and full family life, his co-stars haven't always had it quite as good.Here, we take a look at what Jamie and his co-stars have been up to in the years that followed the film.Jamie Bell went on to land huge film roles in movies such as The Adventures of Tintin, Fantastic Four, King Kong, Snowpiercer and Elton John’s biopic Rocketman.He married actress Evan Rachel Wood in 2012, with the couple meeting after they starred in Green Day’s Wake Me Up When September Ends music video in 2005.Jamie and Evan have a son together, who was born in 2013, and a year later they announced their separation.By late 2015, Jamie was dating his Fantastic Four co-star Kate Mara, and they got engaged in January 2017.They announced they had got married in July 2017 and welcomed a daughter together in May 2019.Acting legend Julie Walters was cast to play Billy Elliot’s hard-working ballet teacher and she did not disappoint.During her role as Sandra Wilkinson she taught the young hopeful how to dance and encouraged him to join the Royal Ballet School.Sandra quickly became one of the most iconic characters in the film, but outside of Billy Elliot, Julie has had a very impressive career.She began acting in the mid-eighties, with her breakout role opposite Michael Caine in Educating Rita.Since then, she has gone on to bring life to the roles of Molly Weasley in Harry Potter, the

sex doll.Police were called to outside a property by a woman in her thirties in Big Wave Bay, Hong Kong after a heavy "corpse" was discovered in a bin bag wrapped up with gaffer tape on Monday morning.But the tense situation took what one resident described as a "hilarious" turn when they revealed that the body was in fact a life-size sex toy.Stunned members of the local WhatsApp had been sharing theories that an outsider could have been responsible for the gruesome body dumping.The lady who first saw the doll told Hong Kong Free Press that she opened her bin in morning to find what appeared to be a "legit body" sat upright at "at the bottom of the bin" with nothing else in it, including what looked to be the head, shoulders, and legs.After having a conversation with a refuse collection worker, the police were called.Another woman, aged 36, recalled how the bin man began "freaking out" over the situation, while a crowd began to develop around the scene as fears mounted.Describing the amusing moment whole village realised what had happened as officers pulled out the figure, she said: “I went down there and when I arrived there they were just about to open up the bag, and then when they opened it up – with locals and people standing around – you could see the shoes…"First, it was the shoes and then the silicon and then everyone just started laughing.”In October 2020, a woman who found a mysterious item at rubbish dump said she was "ready to call Luther" after mistaking a realistic sex doll for a dead body.Cara Levy, 26, vowed to never return to Harlow Recycling Centre in Essex after spotting the life-like figure lying on a mound of household waste.

There’s no better feeling than leaving the salon after a fresh beauty treatment, as Loose Women presenter Ruth Langsford clearly knows well, having just had her eyebrows tattooed.Taking to Instagram, the 61 year old shared a video with her one million followers documenting the process, which involved a technique known as powder brows, designed to create a softer, natural-looking silhouette. Her natural arches go from sparse to fuller and more defined thanks to the treatment, so it’s no surprise that she’s delighted with the results. “So I finally bit the bullet! I’ve been thinking of having my eyebrows tattooed for a while and yesterday I did it!” she captioned the video.

Harry Potter author JK Rowling while presenting a BAFTA on Sunday night (March 13).The writer has been very vocal about her views on women's rights, and whether or not they include the rights of trans women, with her regularly excluding trans women from the conversation.But Emma, who played Hermione Granger in the wizarding franchise, seemed to take aim at JK as she took to the stage to present the award for Outstanding British Film.Rebel Wilson, who was hosting the event, introduced Emma by saying: "Here to present the next award is Emma Watson. She calls herself a feminist, but we all know she's a witch."And Emma, who has previously spoken out in support of trans women following JK's tweets, said: "I'm here for all of the witches, by the way."Viewers at home noticed the stress Emma placed upon "all", and took it to mean she was once again showing her support for the transgender community.One person tweeted: "Emma Watson throwing some classy shade there – 'I just wanna say I'm here for all the witches.'"Another said: "Emma Watson's 'I'm here for *all* of the witches, by the way' was a giant dig at JK and I love her for it."A third wrote: "Emma Watson saying she's here for 'all the witches'."While someone else added: "I love that Emma Watson is here for all the witches."And a fifth said: "Emma Watson opening with 'I'm here for all the witches...' She's here for trans rights #TransWomenAreWomen."Recently, JK has been slammed for "speaking for the gay community", after she shared a tweet in which she suggested that gay people agree with her views.She wrote: "Innumerable gay people have been in touch with me to say exactly this.

Gorillaz have shared the fourth song from their Song Machine series. "How Far?" features London grime king Skepta and the iconic Afrobeat drummer Tony Allen, who died last week. The song “was written and recorded with Skepta in London just before lockdown and is being shared immediately as a tribute to the spirit of a great man, Tony Allen,” the band said in a statement to press over the weekend.

By Jordan Moreau

Gorillaz are paying tribute to late Afrobeat pioneer Tony Allen with the release of the band's new song "How Far?""The track was written and recorded with Skepta in London just before lockdown and is being shared immediately as a tribute to the spirit of a great man, Tony Allen," Gorillaz said in a statement Saturday (May 2).Allen, a longtime friend and music collaborator of Gorillaz frontman Damon Albarn, is also featured on the track. Allen and Albarn were bandmates in Good, the Bad and the Queen.

The track is Damon Albarn's most recent collaboration with Allen

He was considered one of the world’s best and greatest drummers. Yes, we are talking about Tony Allen. The legendary Nigerian drummer who also co-founded the popular Afrobeat genre breathed his last on Wednesday evening. He was 79 and died of a heart attack in Paris as revealed by his manager Eric Trosset which also clarifies his death has no link to Coronavirus. Tony had collaborated with another noted musician Fela Kuti and was a part of the latter’s band Africa ’70.

It’s difficult to exaggerate the scale of Tony Allen’s talent and influence. The Nigerian drummer joined Fela Kuti’s band when the soon-to-be-legendary performer was still impersonating James Brown. Allen introduced the iconic polyrhythms that would define Afrobeat music as much as Fela’s saxophone or outsized personality. He died suddenly from an aneurysm yesterday in Paris, leaving behind a legacy that spans decades, genres, and continents.

LAGOS — Nigerian drummer and composer Tony Allen, who worked closely with musician Fela Kuti as a pioneer of the Afrobeat genre, died in Paris aged 79, his manager said.

Tony Allen, drummer, Fela Kuti collaborator and celebrated innovator of the Afrobeat genre, has died. He was 79.

The pair made some music together that will "hopefully see the light of day soon"

Recorded live in Pisa in autumn 2019

Pioneering Afrobeat drummer Tony Allen has died at the age of 79 in Paris.

Pioneering Afrobeat drummer Tony Allen has died at the age of 79.

The legendary percussionist is considered a co-founder of the Afrobeat genre

Influential Afrobeat drummer Tony Allen has reportedly died aged 79.

Afrobeat drummer Tony Allen has died aged 79.

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