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Les McKeown, former lead singer for the Bay City Rollers, the group that became a global phenomenon in the 1970s, died Tuesday at age 65. His family announced the death Thursday in a social media post. “It is with profound sadness that we announce the death of our beloved husband and father Leslie Richard McKeown,” read the message posted on McKeown’s Twitter account. “Leslie died suddenly at home on Tuesday 20 April 2021. We are currently making arrangements for his funeral and ask for privacy after the shock of our profound loss.” The message was signed by Keiko and Jubei...

From Nasrallah's other fans at the DNC's Associated Press:The El Haija Brothers. Song in praise of Hezbollah chief propels West Bank boy band to local stardomSarah El Deeb, Canadian PressPublished: Friday, August 25, 2006YAMOUN, West Bank (AP) - They were struggling in a boy band, working the West Bank wedding circuit and dreaming of stardom.Now the five singers who make up the Northern Band have come a little closer to their goal, with help from an unwitting ally - Hezbollah guerrilla chief Hassan Nasrallah.At the height of the Israel-Hezbollah war, the band wrote new lyrics, in praise of Nasrallah, for...

Lance Bass, band member of 'N Sync, says he's gay and in a "very stable" relationship with a reality show star. Bass, who formed 'N Sync with Justin Timberlake, JC Chasez, Joey Fatone and Chris Kirkpatrick, tells People magazine that he didn't earlier disclose his sexuality because he didn't want to affect the group's popularity. "I knew that I was in this popular band and I had four other guys' careers in my hand, and I knew that if I ever acted on it or even said (that I was gay), it would overpower everything," he tells the magazine. 'N...

Adam Sweeting meets the first ever boy-band from Iraq The promise of good news from Iraq sounds like Downing Street propaganda, but for the past six months a five-piece Iraqi pop group has been in London preparing to deliver exactly that. Unknown To No One - UTN1 for short - are desperate to tell the rest of the world that there's more to their homeland than bombings, kidnappings and civil war. "We don't see Iraq the way you see it on TV," says Hassan Ali, vocalist and guitarist. "That's what we want to tell people. We're the same as you,...

LONDON (Reuters) - Many pop stars rebel against authority and challenge the establishment -- but not British boy band Busted who have voiced their support for the struggling opposition Conservative Party. The Busted trio, James Bourne 21, Matt Jay, 21 and Charlie Simpson 19, declared their political leanings in an interview with Tatler magazine. "I don't really like talking about politics but I've always grown up with their views -- the Tories' way of doing things. I just prefer it," Simpson said in the interview which will hit news stands on October 16. The success of the band has swayed...