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      Toby Keith dead at 62: Beloved country singer dies ‘surrounded by his family’ after stomach cancer battle

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      LEGENDARY country star Toby Keith has died after battling cancer.The musician, 62, was surrounded by his family when he died on February 5.
      Toby Keith has died after battling cancerCredit: Getty Images – Getty
      The singer fought his battle with grace and courage, his family saidCredit: Getty
      Keith revealed in June 2022 that he had been diagnosed with stomach cancer and had been receiving chemotherapy and other treatments.
      A statement shared on X, formerly Twitter, said, “He fought his fight with grace and courage.
      “Please respect the privacy of his family at the time.”
      Keith, known for his hit track Should’ve Been a Cowboy, opened up about his battle with the illness just last month.

      He described his fight with cancer as a “rollercoaster.”
      “So it’s like, you just sit here and wait on it to go away, and it may never go away,” he told the NBC affiliate KUSA.
      He admitted that he was comfortable with what could happen in the future.
      “I had my brain wrapped around it, and I was in a good spot either way,” he said.
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      Keith previously admitted that the illness was debilitating, per Today.
      He revealed he had been diagnosed with cancer in the fall of 2021.
      He said that he needed time to breathe, recover and relax.
      “I am looking forward to spending this time with my family. But I will see the fans sooner than later,” he said when announcing his diagnosis on social media.
      TRIBUTES FLOOD IN
      Tributes have poured in from the world of music, film, and sport.
      Country crooner Randy Houser said, “God bless you and your family. Hard to imagine an America without Toby Keith in it.”
      PGA star John Daly said, “My heart is truly broken… one of my best friends gone by this disease. RIP Big Dawg.”
      “Heartbreaking news. Praying for his family. Thanks, Toby for being a badass and someone a singer like me could look up to,” Mississippi country singer William Michael Morgan posted on social media.
      “RIP big dawg.”
      Stephen Baldwin said, “Wow, this announcement has totally taken my breath away. I’ve been praying for Toby and it is truly wonderful to know he is finally home praise Jesus.”
      Kristy Swanson, who played Buffy Summers in the 1992 movie Buffy the Vampire Slayer, commented, “Rest in peace and love Toby Keith.”
      Lee Greenwood, known for his song God Bless The USA, posted three praying hand emojis.
      ‘A CHARMER’
      Keith is survived by his wife Tricia Lucus. The pair tied the knot in 1984.
      She told People in 2001 that they met in a bar.
      “I was 19 and he was 20. He was just one of those larger-than-life guys, full of confidence,” she said.
      Lucus gushed that Keith had moments of charm.
      “Most people think he is just the most romantic person on the planet,” she said.
      They shared their three children. Shelley, whom Keith adopted after marrying Lucus, Krystal, and their son Stelen.
      Keith’s last Instagram post was a clip taken at his gig in Las Vegas.
      The stetson-wearing crooner was seen lifting his guitar in front of adoring fans.
      “And that’s a wrap on the weekend, y’all. Back to it,” he captioned the post.
      Just last month, Keith performed at Dolby Live at Park MGM in Nevada.
      The award-winning singer performed at Donald Trump’s Make America Great Again Welcome Celebration in January 2017.
      Trump awarded him with the National Medal of Arts in January 2021.
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      Keith’s iconic track Should’ve Been a Cowboy was the most-played country song of the 1990s.
      He was also known for the tracks Red Solo Cup, Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue, You Shouldn’t Kiss Me Like This, Beer for My Horses, and I Love This Bar.
      Keith had been married to his wife since 1984Credit: Getty
      The singer, pictured in 2002, was known for his hit track Should’ve Been a CowboyCredit: AP:Associated Press
      Toby Keith was awarded the National Medal of Arts by former President Trump in 2021Credit: Instagram/ seanmspicer More

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      Country singer Darius Rucker arrested for ‘minor drug offense’ in Tennessee

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      DARIUS Rucker has been arrested for a minor drug offense. The country music star was taken into custody in Williamson County, Tennessee on Thursday.
      Darius Rucker has been arrestedCredit: 2020 Getty Images
      He was charged with three separate misdemeanorsCredit: Getty
      Darius, 57 – who lives in Tennessee – had his mugshot taken and was booked on three separate misdemeanor charges, according to TMZ.
      The media outlet revealed that the Hootie & the Blowfish star was arrested around 10 a.m. PT for two counts of simple possession/casual exchange of a controlled substance.
      He was also charged with a state vehicle registration violation where police said he had expired tags on his car.
      The Wagon Wheel hitmaker is also reportedly no longer in custody.

      MORE ABOUT DARIUS
      Darius was born on May 13, 1966, in Charleston, South Carolina.
      He is an American singer, musician, and songwriter.
      In December 2000, he married his wife Beth Leonard, and has three kids together: Daniella Rose, Jack, and Caroline.
      However, in 2020, the two called it quits.
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      “Beth and I would like to share that after much reflection we have made the decision to consciously uncouple,” the former couple said in a statement via Instagram.
      “We remain close friends and parenting partners and continue to be each other’s biggest cheerleaders.
      “Our priority will always be our beautiful family. We have so much love in our hearts for each other and will continue to encourage growth and expansion in one another.
      “Please be kind as we take on this journey, and we thank you for your love and support always.”
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      Beth Leonard is an American author and philanthropist from New Jersey.
      In February 2023, she published her children’s book I Love You Just As You Are.
      Regarding his marriage to Beth, Darius told The Boot: “It takes a strong woman to be married to a musician, especially a musician who was drinking and partying as hard as I was, and I think life for us is where we are now.
      “It took a long time for us to get to where we are now, and we say to each other all the time, ‘I love us. I love our family. I love us.’
      “Beth’s a strong woman. You know, her and country music saved my life.
      “I thank her every day for staying with me and being the strong woman she is because with Hootie & the Blowfish, I could be gone for three months, and then I’d come home for two days, and then I’d be gone again for a month, and she put up with all that crap.”
      HIS MUSIC CAREER
      From 1986 to 2008, the star was a part of the band Hootie & the Blowfish.
      At the time, Darius revealed that the band would go on a hiatus so he could focus on his solo career.
      On Spotify, he has over 6million monthly listeners with his most popular song, Wagon Wheel, having 673million streams.
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      During his time as a solo artist, he released eight studio albums including Back To Then, Learn To Live, Charleston, SC 1996, True Believers, Home For The Holidays, Southern Style, When Was The Last Time, and his most recent, Carolyn’s Boy.
      Darius has been nominated for several awards including Grammy Awards, Billboard Music Awards, CMT Music Awards, and more.
      Two counts were simple possession/casual exchange of a controlled substance and the other was a state vehicle registration violationCredit: 2013 Getty Images
      Darius is known for his time in Hootie & the BlowfishCredit: Getty More

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      An On Bast inspires with an awesome selection of electronic music

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      LIVE performer and producer An On Bast – like our special guest Saytek who launched The Night Bazaar Music Show live streams last week on Mixcloud – has emerged as one of the most exciting live electronic dance music artists in the world.Real name Anna Suda, the Pole has a fascination with music and a deep desire to push herself to new heights with a vast and constantly evolving release schedule.
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      She landed on Carl Cox and Christopher Coe’s Awesome Soundwave in 2021 with her album I Create As I speak and returned to the label with her follow up, Tender Perceptions at the end of the year.
      Anna has also found a home for her established sound on other prolific labels such as Modularfield, Detroit Underground, Pets Recordings, Kiosk ID and more. Alongside this Anna’s own Ghost Kitchen label has become a safe haven for her own productions, a liberating space giving her total freedom of what she can release, no strings involved meaning everything you hear is pure from the core. She has now released 11 albums and too many EPs to count.
      An On Bast aka Anna Suda
      Performing live with her hardware is a feeling of excitement and curiosity that will never grow old for Anna, combining machines and gear, each of them with their own mysterious voice and tones, treating a live performance as an ongoing conversation between a group of people that fully understand each other. This exact ethos is what has allowed her to travel the globe showcasing her sound in the likes of Berlin, Melbourne, Shanghai, Barcelona, London, Ibiza, Amsterdam and many other corners of the world at various festivals and clubs; to mention a few, DC10, Wembley Arena, Watergate, Kater Blau, Fabrik, Fusion, ADE Awakenings, Mysteryland, Piknic Electronic, Garbicz.
      An On Bast was the focus of The Night Bazaar column in The Sun’s award winning Something For The Weekend section on Friday 19th January 2024.
      We caught up with Anna and asked her to talk us through an inspirational playlist of her favourite dance music which you can listen to below and read what she had to say about each of the tracks she selected for us.
      Nathan Fake – Basic Mountain
      One of the first tracks ever that showed me, by Nathan’s exceptional musical imagination, that within electronic music anything is possible, that there is freedom in creating timbres and grooves. 
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      Underworld – Two Months Off
      Perfect tune in every detail, timbres, sounds, arrangement, story – it all speaks to me on the highest level of the existence. It is so blissful to synchronise with the energy that this track is constructed to give! I love Underworld and this is their best track for me. This tune taught me greatly to give on stage while playing and in studio producing the best, the purest emotions you can. To simply always bring light in.
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      Timo Mass – Subtellite
      I used to listen to this track five times in a row. Highly energetic tune on a stable mesmerising groove with so many things happening in between. Touching, deep, minimalistic but so full at the same time. This tune is like colourful flower & vegetables garden on the fertile soil with a rainbow above. 
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      Ben Klock – OK
      Mesmerizing track. It showed me how small changes can build the energy. 
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      Marc Romboy vs Stephan Bodzin – Triton 
      I’ve always been drawn to melodies. This is a great example of an amazing song by two geniuses of electronic music. Beautiful, full of character track you want to listen all over made by duo of two electronic music legends. 
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      Energy 52 – Cafe Del Mar (Human Traffic version) 
      This is pure! I don’t know what to say more. You cannot run, cannot hide. Best timeless dance energy experience. 
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      Gus Gus – Anthem
      I used to swim in these beautiful sounds a lot. I listened to Gus Gus very often. This song is filled with love of synthesizers and I totally get that; love these instruments, analog and digital, all of them.
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      Autechre – Piezo
      The duo Autechre are the direct motivator that made me feel that I could  express with creating electronic music. At this time, before starting making music, I had listened a lot to experimental/ ambient/ intelligent Dance Music, but this track sort of opened some secret portal in me. The whole album actually was totally mind-blowing for me, with so many details discovered each time and it is probably my the most listened album ever. 
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      An On Bast – Chasing Sparkles (Live at Mysteryland)
      What triggers my musical imagination is the instruments themselves. I am always inspired by possibilities of creating music by just playing keyboards, patching modular synthesizer and programming machines.
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      Kollektiv Turmstrasse – Schwindelig
      One of the most beautiful tunes in electronic music ever made. Heart opener. Simply love it!
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      Who is Kane Brown’s wife, Katelyn?

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      KANE Brown is known for his hit singles Used to Love You Sober and Be Like That.The country music star’s wife Katelyn Jae is also a singer whom he often credits for helping him navigate the industry.
      Similar to himself, Kane Brown’s wife Katelyn Jae is a singer and songwriter
      Who is Kane Brown’s wife Katelyn?
      Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on June 19, 1992, Katelyn Jae is a singer and songwriter.
      Katelyn is signed with Wright Entertainment Group and is managed by John Wright.
      A music management graduate of Berklee College, she revealed her early experiences in the industry inspired her to pursue the behind-the-scenes aspect of show business.
      When it comes to making career decisions, Katelyn often uses her business acumen to guide herself and her husband.

      “I told my mom, ‘I don’t want people to tell me what to do, and I don’t have the knowledge to back up my decision, or to argue what I feel is right.’ So I wanted to know the business side.” she told her college newspaper.
      “I feel like that’s the reason why I felt held back and things weren’t progressing.
      “I started realizing that the things I was learning in school were what he was dealing with in real life,” she continued.
      “So if Kane came home and he had a question I’d often be like, ‘You know, you don’t have to do that, right?’ They’re just telling you you have to do that. You’re the artist, and you can do whatever you want to do.”
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      How many children do Kane and Katelyn have?
      Kane and Katelyn have two children together. Their daughters are named Kingsley Rose and Kodi.
      Kane and Katelyn initially started dating in 2015 and subsequently tied the knot on October 12, 2018.
      They had their first child, Kingsley Rose, on October 29, 2019.
      Furthermore, they had their second child, Kodi, on December 30, 2021, in Nashville, Tennessee.
      In welcoming their second daughter, Kane wrote on Instagram: “New year, New family member ❤️ welcome to the family Kodi Jane 🥰 secrets finally out.”
      Katelyn also stated: “Blessed with another beautiful angel Kodi Jane Brown… we love you so much 💕.”
      Kane Brown and his wife Katelyn Jae have two children togetherCredit: Getty Images – Getty
      What is Kane Brown’s net worth?
      According to Celebrity Net Worth, Kane Brown’s net worth is estimated to be $6 million.
      Born on October 21, 1993, the hitmaker is from Chattanooga, Tennessee.
      He first gained attention in 2014 by covering songs by famous singers like Alan Jackson and Billy Currington online.
      His celebrity grew in 2015 when he released two songs, Closer, and Used to Love You Sober, in June and October respectively.
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      Kane has released three studio albums and won several awards.
      In 2021, he became the first Black person to win Video of the Year at the ACM Awards. More

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      Eric Clapton guitar sells for huge seven-figure sum at rock memorabilia auction

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      AN Eric Clapton guitar regarded as one of the most important in rock history sold for £1million.The 1964 Gibson, first seen on Cream’s 1967 US tour, was called The Fool after the Dutch art collective which painted it.
      An Eric Clapton guitar has sold for a whopping £1millionCredit: PA
      ‘The Fool’ was first seen on Cream’s 1967 US tourCredit: Rex Features
      Eric hailed its “sweet human voice”, and it is seen as a “symbol of the summer of love”.
      It was bought at a rock memorabilia auction in Nashville.
      Clapton described the instrument as an essential part of the ‘woman tone’ – “a sweet sound…more like the human voice than the guitar,” he said in an interview with the BBC in 1968.
      ‘The Fool’ was an integral part of the opening of Cream’s hit ‘Sunshine of Your Love,’ and is said to be one of the last original intact instruments from the British psychedelic music period.
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      It was sold for $1.27 million to a bidder on behalf of the Jim Irsay Collection at the Hard Rock Café, Nashville.
      Also sold at the ‘Played, Worn & Torn: Rock ‘N’ Roll Iconic Guitars and Memorabilia’ auction was a Gibson acoustic guitar played by Johnny Cash, going for $63,500 (£51,285) – a massive $60,000 over the estimate.
      A Charvel EVH series electric guitar owned by Eddie Van Halen also went for $117,000 ($94,503), above the estimate of $40,000-$60,000.
      The auction continues tomorrow, offering up over 1,000 items previously owned by legends such as Kurt Cobain, Elvis Presley, Prince and Janis Joplin.
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      Shania Twain tour bus crashes in Canada with crew rushed to hospital after vehicle rolled off the side of icy highway

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      THIRTEEN crew members working on Shania Twain’s tour have been hospitalized after a brutal highway wreck in Canada.Twain, a country pop star, was traveling between Winnipeg and Saskatoon when the rollover happened around 7 am on Wednesday morning.
      Multiple crew members working on Shania Twain’s tour have been hospitalized in the wake of a highway wreck in Canada
      The crash happened as the country pop star was traveling between Winnipeg and Saskatoon on Wednesday
      The site of the wreck is near Wolseley, Saskatchewan, about 60 miles east of Regina, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said in a news release.
      The town is about 125 miles north of the border with North Dakota.
      Twain, 58, was not on the bus at the time and is safe, People reported.
      The injured crew members are currently being treated for non-life threatening wounds.

      The wreck involved a bus and a truck, according to a statement from Twain’s manager obtained by People.
      Pictures of the mangled tour bus laying on its side in the snow with a broken windshield were released on Wednesday afternoon.
      “Multiple vehicles encountered dangerous driving conditions due to inclement weather,” the manager’s statement says.
      “Members of the production crew who require medical attention have been taken to nearby hospitals.
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      “We are incredibly thankful to the emergency services teams for their quick response and ongoing support.
      “We ask for patience as we look after our touring family.”
      The bus had a Tennessee license plate and branding for Beat The Street USA, a Florida-based tour support company, CTV News reported.
      Twain is currently traveling for her Queen Is Me tour, which began in Washington State in April.
      Since then, Twain has traveled across North America and Europe.
      The musician is scheduled to play Saskatoon’s SaskTel Center on Thursday night.
      Twain had a long string of singles that dominated US and Canadian charts between the mid 1990s and the mid 2000s.
      Her breakthrough single in the US was 1998’s You’re Still the One.
      She followed that up with I’m Gonna Getcha Good in 2002, which made it to the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100. More