On Saturday, Tom Verlaine, the hugely influential guitarist and Television frontman, died at the age of 73. The person who broke the news of Verlaine’s death was Jesse Paris Smith, Patti Smith’s daughter. Over the years, Verlaine was one of Patti Smith’s closest contemporaries. Verlaine and Smith both came out of th...

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"We all miss her as a family member, as a friend, an artist, a performer and God knows a writer of excellence"The post Mick Fleetwood shares eulogy from Fleetwood Mac bandmate Christine McVie’s memorial service appeared first on NME.

The vocalist and drummer passed away earlier this month The post Low Bassist Zak Sally shares eulogy for Mimi Parker: “I can’t believe she’s gone” appeared first on NME.

Longtime Low bassist Zak Sally shared a touching eulogy to Mimi Parker, who died earlier this month at age 55. “It hurts, and it hurts a lot,” Sally wrote in a message shared on Low’s social-media accounts on November 12. (Sally played with Low from 1995 to 2004.) “There is no getting around that, and no o...