RIP

Lou Reed, has died aged 71. The Velvet Underground frontman  died from a "liver-related ailment", and had not been well "for a few months". Reed's former Velvet Underground bandmate John Cale, said "The world has lost a fine songwriter and poet... I've lost my 'school-yard buddy'". Meanwhile another former collaborator, David Bowie, said via his Facebook page "He was a master".

Philip Chevron, the guitarist with the Pogues and also a successful record producer, has died aged 56.

Music promotions veteran Stuart Emery has died suddenly after suffering heart failure aged just 50. Emery, who started out in radio promotions at Phonogram, before moving to Columbia Records and later at Absolute Promotions, had worked with countless artists over his thirty year career. Since 2004 he ran his own company, Large PR.

Oscar-winning singer Noel Harrison, the voice of 'Windmills Of Your Mind', died of a heart attack at his home in Devon last week. He was 79.