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Television's Tom Verlaine dies aged 73 as tributes pour in for 'hero' guitarist

Verlaine rose to fame as the lead singer and guitarist of the band Television, inspiring some of music's biggest names.

Daily Record

‘One of the greatest’: Flea leads tributes to Television guitarist Tom Verlaine, who has died at 73

Guitarist and the main songwriter of rock band Television has died after a ‘brief illness’

The Independent UK

Television frontman Tom Verlaine dies at 73 with music legends leading tributes

Singer and guitarist Tom Verlaine, who soared to fame in the 1970s New York punk scene in rock band Television, has died at the age of 73

Daily Mirror

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Tom Verlaine, innovative guitarist and frontman of punk pioneers Television, dies at 73

Fellow musicians pay tribute to Tom Verlaine, who died on Saturday after a brief illness, and was revered by generations of rock guitarists for his jaggedly inventive playing.

ABC News

Music legend Tom Verlaine, who delivered one of rock’s greatest album, dies at 73

Tom Verlaine, the acclaimed vocalist-guitarist whose experimental art-rock band Television helped define the New York City punk scene in the ’70s, reportedly died on Saturday.

Tribune News Service

Tom Verlaine, guitarist and singer of influential rock band Television, dies at 73

The founding father of American punk and a fixture in the 1970s New York rock scene died Saturday as the result of a brief illness.

WEKU

Tom Verlaine, frontman and guitarist of US band Television, dies at 73

New York group, which broke up in 1978, best known for Marquee Moon and whose singer-songwriter also worked with Patti Smith

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Robert Forster: Venus by Television is the most perfect song of all time

The former Go-Betweens frontman recounts how, as a teenager, he fell under the spell of Television’s album Marquee Moon

The Guardian - AU

NDTV | The outlier in a noisy television news space

The channel that has played a role in modernising India’s TV news reporting and has never shied away from taking critical positions on the government could be controlled by the Adani Group soon

The Hindu

Exclusive - Mika Singh on Swayamvar: Mika Di Vohti: I don’t mind if a girl wants to get married to me for my name and fame

Mika Singh is all set to start his new journey with Television's latest offering, Swayamvar: Mika Di Vohti. The popular singer recently spoke to ETimes TV exclusively is generally assumed to be by the Indian audiences, his take on finding love on the show and his bond with several other…

The Times of India

'Scuse me while I hit this guy: Why Jimi Hendrix punched Television's Richard Lloyd – and why he didn’t mind

"I didn’t care that he hit me. He gave me something that I’ve carried to this day. It was a gift." In 1969, Jimi Hendrix slugged Richard Lloyd. 40 years later, Lloyd punched back with a hard-hitting tribute album to Mr. Purple Haze himself...

Guitar World

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