Slipknot frontman delivers acoustic cover of Prince's “Purple Rain” (video) April 23, 2016 - 17:41 AMT PanARMENIAN.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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |