Slipknot frontman delivers acoustic cover of Prince's “Purple Rain” (video)  April 23, 2016 - 17:41 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor paid tribute to Prince at his gig in Minneapolis on April 21, NME reports. Prince was found dead at his Paisley Park home in the April 21 afternoon. He was 57. On the same night, Taylor was playing a gig in Taylor's hometown of Minneapolis, performing at the First Avenue club, a venue that appears in the Purple Rain movie. Taylor opened the show with an acoustic cover of 'Purple Rain', later covering 'Little Red Corvette' too. Tributes to Prince have ranged far and wide with President Barack Obama stating "Today, the world lost a creative icon" and musicians including Madonna, Frank Ocean, The Weeknd and Katy Perry leading the tributes. Paul McCartney and Mick Jagger also paid tribute to Prince following the star's death. Meanwhile, Noel Gallagher dedicated 'Live Forever' to Prince at his Glasgow show, while Mumford & Sons and The 1975 also paid tribute to Prince at their gigs. Related links:   Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news Erdogan wants “realistic road map” for relations with Armenia  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for a “new realistic road map” for relations with Armenia.Armenia-Azerbaijan: Experts launch work on determining coordinates Expert groups from the countries started the process of determining the coordinates based on geodetic measurements.Yerevan says did not expect CSTO in peacekeeping role Pashinyan has declared that the CSTO would be expected to come to the Armenia-Azerbaijan border as an ally of ArmeniaHenrikh Mkhitaryan wins Serie A title with Inter Inter Milan midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan admits that the team have long been imagining clinching Serie A against AC Milan. |
