MUSIC ! ------------------------ YES BASSIST CHRIS SQUIRE DIES PHOENIX
(AP) Yes have announced bassist Chris Squire has died after a fight
with a rare form of leukemia. Yes write on their Facebook page Squire
passed away peacefully Saturday in Phoenix at the age of 67. Squire was
one of the co-founders of Yes and was the only member who had never
left the band. Squire said in a 1997 Associated Press interview that
was because he was lazy. Squire was also known for always being tardy
and joked he wanted his tombstone to say, "The late Chris Squire.
Squire says one of the worst cases of his lateness was in 1980 in San
Antonio, when the band was about to go onstage and realized he was
still in his hotel room. He said he had fallen asleep and when the band
had knocked on his door and got no answer, they assumed he had left.
SOUND: <> 00:30 Margie Szaroleta (zar-oh-LEH'-tah), AP music
correspondent Chris Squire, the bassist and co-founder of the
progressive rock band Yes who recently announced he had leukemia, has
died. He was 67. AP music correspondent Margie Szaroleta has a look at
his career. ((opens with music)) <> 00:20 "we actually are Chris Squire
Yes bassist Chris Squire was asked in a 1997 Associated Press interview
what is the biggest misunderstanding about Yes. <> 00:07 "be able to
Chris Squire Yes bassist Chris Squire said in a 1997 Associated Press
interview he was the only member of Yes who has always been in the
band, and he attributes that to his own laziness. <> 00:19 "what it'll
be Chris Squire Yes bassist Chris Squire was asked in a 1997 Associated
Press interview what Yes will be remembered for. ((note length of cut))
<> 00:06 "Squire on it (laughs) Chris Squire Yes bassist Chris Squire
said in a 1997 Associated Press interview he knows what he'll be
remembered for -- his chronic lateness. <> 00:16 "just wasn't there
Chris Squire Yes bassist Chris Squire said in a 1997 Associated Press
interview one of his worst cases of being late happened in San Antonio
in about 1980. <> 00:50 Sound of Yes Sound of Yes performing "I've Seen
All Good People. <> 00:50 Sound of Yes Sound of Yes performing "Leave
It. JONI MITCHELL UPDATE LOS ANGELES (AP) Joni Mitchell's friend and
conservator says it was an aneurysm that sent the Grammy-winner to the
hospital in March. Conservator Leslie Morris mentioned the aneurysm in
a statement posted on Mitchell's website yesterday. It provides the
first significant details on Mitchell's health status in months. Morris
says Mitchell is speaking and speaking well while recovering at home.
Mitchell's unable to walk now, but is expected to make a full recovery.
DMX ARRESTED NEW YORK (AP) DMX failed to take the stage in New York
Friday because he was arrested right before his set time. A spokesman
for the New York City Sheriff's Department tells WPIX-TV that DMX was
taken into custody for failing to pay $400,000 in child support. The
spokesman also says DMX was wanted on a warrant for bail jumping and
for a separate complaint for robbery. DMX's management has not
responded to requests for comment. TRENT REZNOR, COMMON AMONG THOSE
INVITED TO JOIN FILM ACADEMY LOS ANGELES (AP) Trent Reznor and
songwriting partner Atticus Ross, Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead, Sergio
Mendes, Common and John Legend have been invited to join the group that
votes on the Oscars. They are among the 322 people to receive
invitations to join the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.
Oscar nominees are automatically considered. GRATEFUL DEAD PLAY WARM-UP
BEFORE FINAL SHOWS SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) Could it have been a sign
from Jerry Garcia? The Grateful Dead performed Saturday in Santa Clara,
California, and a rainbow formed in the sky as they finished playing
"Viola Lee Blues. The Dead were joined by Trey Anastasio of Phish and
Bruce Hornsby for the first shows on the "Fare Thee Well" mini-tour.
The band plays this weekend in Chicago to mark 50 years as a band, then
they plan to call it quits. KANYE WEST'S GLASTONBURY SET INTERRUPTED BY
COMEDIAN LONDON (AP) A British comedian crashed Kanye West's
performance at Britain's Glastonbury festival and says he did it for
Taylor Swift. Lee Nelson stormed onto the stage Saturday and started
rapping along with West before a security guard took Nelson away.
Nelson later tweeted that some people had said West should not headline
Glastonbury so he thought he'd give a hand. Nelson tweeted to Swift, "I
Kanye'd Kanye. That was for you. PETE TOWNSHEND CREATES NEW SOUND FOR
"QUADROPHENIA NEW YORK (AP) Pete Townshend recalls The Who were in
"real trouble" in the early 1970s. He says he was running around in
coveralls, John Entwistle wore spider costumes, Roger Daltrey had
become a rock god and Keith Moon "had become this kind of clown. Then
they created "Quadrophenia," which Townshend says was a form of
salvation. Townshend has revisited the project with "Classic
Quadrophenia," a remake with the London Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
Townshend says the musicians were brilliant because they would take the
subway to the hall, look at the music, play their best and then go home
with "no fuss, no nonsense. DAVID CASSIDY IS SELLING FLORIDA HOME FORT
LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) David Cassidy is a motivated seller of his
waterfront home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. A federal bankruptcy court
has ordered him to sell his house on September 9. The 6,400-square-foot
home includes six bedrooms, six bathrooms, a swimming pool, a dock and
a boat lift. Property records show Cassidy bought the home in 2001 for
$1.1 million. BET AWARDS LOS ANGELES (AP) Janet Jackson says, "It's
been a very long moment to this journey. Jackson told the cheering
crowd at the BET Awards last night her "heart is so full. Jackson was
honored with the Ultimate Icon: Music Dance Visual Award. It was one of
Jackson's first public performances in quite a while, as she prepares a
new album and tour this fall. Sean "Diddy" Combs fell during his
performance at the BET Awards. It came during a celebration of Bad Boy
Records' 20th year anniversary. Later, Diddy posted on Instagram that
he was "getting so loose" he fell. by Margie Szaroleta
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