XLR8R — Frontwoman of pioneering all-girl punk outfit The Slits Ariane "Ari-Up" Forester (a number of different spellings for her proper name appear across the web and from official sources) died yesterday after battling with what has only been described as ... more info

Guardian Music — The Slits frontwoman, she helped to reinvent women's role in musicThe singer Ari Up, who has died after an unspecified illness aged 48, was the idiosyncratic frontwoman of the Slits, the British punk band formed in 1976. With her bird's-nest hair, gu... more info

Allmusic Blog — R.I.P. the Slits’ Ari Up, who died on Wednesday at age 48. Up’s stepfather, the Sex Pistols’ John Lydon, announced her death from a “serious illness” on his website. Up, a.k.a. Arianna Forster, formed the Slits with Palmolive (Paoloma Romer... more info

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ContactMusic — ARI UP, the front-woman of the British post punk band THE SLITS, has died aged 48. Representatives of her stepfather, the SEX PISTOLS singer JOHN LYDON, broke the news in... more info

BBC 6 Music — The Slits' frontwoman Ari Up dies, aged 48 more info

ContactMusic — Punk singer Ari-Up, John Lydon's step daughter, has died. The lead singer of influential 70s group The Slits, real name Arianna Forster, has passed away aged 48 as... more info

Allmusic Blog — There’s no denying the importance of the Slits, especially their 1979 album Cut. The group’s dizzy blend of dub rhythms, post-punk artiness, punk attitude and unpracticed enthusiasm was thrilling and unique, both when it first came out and 30 yea... more info

Stereogum — Yesterday German-born British dub-punk legend Arianna Foster, aka Ari Up, passed away “after a serious illness” according to the website of her stepfather John Lydon. She was 48. Up formed the Slits with drummer Palmolive in 1976 when she was 14,... more info

Stereogum — Yesterday German-born British dub-punk legend Arianna Foster, aka Ari Up, passed away “after a serious illness” according to the website of her stepfather John Lydon. She was 48. Up formed the Slits with drummer Palmolive in 1976 when she was 14,... more info