Ozzfest Ireland revisited and why we need more alternative music festivals
An absent headliner. A day of distortion. A paradise of noise. 20 years on from Ozzfest’s one-and-done Irish leg, please sir, can we have some more? Last days of May 2002 and I’m on a bus hurtling from Drogheda to Punchestown, surrounded by a cohort of like-minded souls all clad in black, the rare burst […]
4 years ago
Music, mental health and the struggle to connect
Disclaimer: This article contains numerous references to suicide. “This place right here? This skull between my ears? That is a bad neighbourhood.” The words of Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington during a radio interview recorded in February of 2017. “I should not be in there alone,” Bennington admitted in that same conversation. “I can’t be in there […]
8 years ago
WATCH: Jared Leto pays an emotional tribute at the MTV VMAs to Chester Bennington
“Witnessing his life taught me important things”
9 years ago
Chester Bennington’s wife to decide if Carpool Karaoke episode will go ahead
The singer died by suicide last month.
9 years ago
Linkin Park release heartbreaking statement following the death of lead singer Chester Bennington
“Until we see you again.”
9 years ago
Linkin Park front-man Chester Bennington has reportedly died by suicide, aged 41
Tragic news coming from LA this morning. Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington has been reported to have died at the age of 41. According to reports by TMZ, Bennington to have died by suicide in his Los Angeles home, and his body was discovered by the LAPD in the early hours of Thursday morning, local time. […]
9 years ago