tributes

”David was fearless in life and in music,” Nash writes. ”He leaves behind a tremendous void as far as sheer personality and talent in this world.”

The Fleetwood Mac member passed away at 79 years old.

Tune-Yards, Modeselektor, Cloud Nothings, Vernon Reid, Béla Fleck, Fire-Toolz, Lupe Fiasco, Sheila E, Eddie Palmieri, Pharoahe Monch, Mike Portnoy, and more have also paid tribute to the jazz fusion great.

Shamir, Kele Okereke of Bloc Party, TOKiMONSTA, Kelly Lee Owens, Daniel Avery, Rina Sawayama, Tkay Maidza, Ryan Hemsworth, Zola Jesus, JD Samson, Jlin, The Blessed Madonna, Sam Smith, Boys Noize, and more also paid tribute to the influential producer, who passed away at 34.

Gary Cherone, Michael Anthony, and Wolfgang Van Halen all paid tribute to their late bandmate, brother, and father.

plus Gene Simmons, Peter Frampton, Superchunk, Richard Marx, Mike Piazza, Poison drummer Rikki Rockett, Dâm-Funk, Megadeth bassist David Ellefson, W. Earl Brown, Junior Boys, and more.

David Berman used to work as a security guard at The Whitney's old location, which is now the Met Breuer; it was there that people gathered to read his work following his tragic death.

Pete Shelley, co-founder and lead singer of groundbreaking UK punk band Buzzcocks, sadly passed away at the age of 63, and the music world (and beyond) have taken to social media to pay tribute.

In the wake of Prince's death there are unsurprisingly lots of tribute nights that have been announced in the last few days, including his famed backing band The Revolution getting back together for shows. While we wait on details of that, there are a few tributes in NYC coming up...