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Stars honour Big Star's late singer at SXSW

6081 days ago
NME — Members of REM, The Lemonheads pay tribute to Alex Chilton more info
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SXSW Sat: Alex Chilton/Big Star Tribute

6081 days ago
Pitchfork — Photos by Ryan Dombal. Above, from top left: Evan Dando, Mike Mills, M. Ward, Ken Stringfellow, Jody Stephens, Jon Auer, John Doe, the Watson Twins, Sondre Lerche, Chuck Prophet, Chris Stamey, and Curt Kirkwood.A Tribute to Alex Chilton and Big Star ... more info
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SXSW Tribute Concert Celebrates Alex Chilton's Life And Work

6081 days ago
MTV.com News — Members of R.E.M., Meat Puppets, She & Him join the rest of Big Star to remember the late Chilton.By James Montgomery Alex Chilton Photo: Frank Mullen/ Wireimage AUSTIN, Texas — It was unseasonably cold deep in the heart of Texas on Satu... more info
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Alex Chilton: rock's forgotten boy

6081 days ago
Guardian Music — Big Star's singer had an impact far beyond his band's commercial appeal"I am the world's forgotten boy," howled Iggy Pop on "Search and Destroy". But as the years, and then the decades, went by and his legend grew in his absence, that description see... more info
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Alex Chilton's Big Star bandmates confirm SXSW tribute show featuring REM

6083 days ago
NME — Cheap Trick, John Doe rumoured for show more info
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Alex Chilton Tribute Set For Saturday At SXSW Festival

6083 days ago
MTV.com News — Surviving Big Star bandmates, members of R.E.M., She & Him and others will play in an all-star tribute band.By Gil Kaufman Alex Chilton Photo: Frank Mullen/ Wireimage Members of R.E.M., X and She & Him will join the surviving members of Bi... more info
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Alex Chilton Tribute Set For Saturday At SXSW Festival

6083 days ago
VH1 News — A tribute to the late Alex Chilton scheduled for Saturday at the SXSW festival in Austin will include members of R.E.M., She & Him and others. more info
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Artists and Friends React to the Death of Alex Chilton

6083 days ago
Pitchfork — Yesterday Alex Chilton, the Memphis-raised singer, songwriter, performer, and producer, died in New Orleans. He was 59. It's impossible to express how much Chilton's work has meant to music in the last 40 or so years, particularly underground and ind... more info
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Alex Chilton, Big Star Frontman, Dead At 59

6084 days ago
MTV.com News — Influential rock musician was scheduled to play at SXSW this week.By Gil Kaufman Alex Chilton Photo: Frank Mullen/ Wireimage Cult rock icon Alex Chilton, leader of the influential 1970s power-pop band Big Star, died on Wednesday in a New O... more info
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R.I.P., Alex Chilton

6084 days ago
Pop Candy — Last night the festive atmostphere here at South by Southwest was interrupted when news broke that Alex Chilton had died. As part of the Box Tops and Big Star, the Memphis artist made a massive impact on pop music. He went on to influence a generatio... more info
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