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People wait in line to attend a vigil for Brazilian rock icon Rita Lee, who died at age 75. The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter sang with legendary group Os Mutantes and went on to a trailblazing solo career as one of Latin America's first female rockers. IMAGES
Asuncion, Sep 18 (EFE).- The center of Asunción was awakened from its usual Saturday slumber by members of the only recognized rock conservatory in the South American country. The drummers are from Conservatorio Zeppelin School, founded under the inspiration of the immortal legacy of vocalist Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham. (Camera: NATHALIA AGUILAR). SHOT LIST: DRUMMERS FROM CONSERVATORIO ZEPPELIN SCHOOL PERFORM IN ASUNCION, PARAGUAY.
Party-goers leave the site of an illegal mass rave in western France, after police used teargas to disperse the crowd, who defied an 11:00 pm coronavirus curfew to stay on into Saturday afternoon at a race course near Redon in Brittany. Five police officers were injured overnight, authorities said, with one party-goer losing a hand in the clashes. IMAGES
Sao Paulo, May 12 (EFE).- (Camera: Wallace Carvalho) At 87 years old, Osvaldo Pereira has the same vigor as when he was 30. Considered the father of Brazilian DJs, he revolutionized the nightlife of Sao Paulo with his innovative techniques on the record player at a time of the full rise of Brazilian popular music.FOOTAGE AND SOUNDBITES IN PORTUGUESE OF OSVALDO PEREIRE, DJ. TRANSLATION:"Then the opera 'Il Guarany' [on the radio] played, and I loved that but I didn't understand and I wondered how that little box could talk and at the same time play music.""I was lucky to work as a DJ from 1958 to 1968, so I left the profession to take care of the family. And also because I got a monotony of always doing the same thing.""My boss lent me a [record player]. I took it to the dance and started to play. When I was finishing a song I was already playing another. But at the end of the party, they came up to me and said:" Don't do this anymore, we didn't like it. "."[The pause] it was time to switch to change partners. If a lady was not liking the gentleman, she could expel him.""I think that for the DJ it is very fascinating to be there watching all the people dancing, it infects me with all that joy"
Green Day, Fall Out Boy and Weezer have announced a number of their European shows on their 'Hella Mega Tour' have had to be postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic.
On this day (10th April) half a century ago, the biggest band in the world called it quits. But how did things end for The Beatles?