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Yahoo
13 hours ago
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Actress Ione Skye recalls the night that her ex-boyfriend, Red Hot Chili Peppers' Anthony Kiedis, learned that guitarist Hillel Slovak had died of a heroin overdose
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. On June 25, 1988, Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Hillel Slovak died at home in Los Angeles as the result of an accidental heroin overdose. Slovak, who was a founding member of the Californian punk-funk band, was 26. At the time, Slovak's best friend, Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis, was dating Hollywood actress Ione Skye, perhaps best known for her starring role in the film Say Anything, as well as her acclaimed performances in films such as Rivers Edge, The Rachel Papers, and Gas Food Lodging. Skye recently published her revealing best-selling memoir, Say Everything, and in it she recalls the fateful night that she and Kiedis learned of Slovak's death. Skye knew that Kiedis was a heroin addict when she began dating him as a 17-year-old. So when the singer's friend Bob Forrest, frontman of cult LA band Thelonious Monster, phoned the couple's home on the evening of June 27, 1988, "crying so hard that he couldn't get words out", Skye originally feared that the call had been made to share bad news about her boyfriend, who had gone out that evening to see his drug dealer. Recalling the horror of the night in her memoir Skye writes: 'What is it?' I said. 'Is it Anthony?' It was Anthony, I knew it. He'd gone to meet his dealer and hadn't returned. 'It's Hillel,' Bob sobbed. 'They found him at his place…' "Bob hung up," Skye recalls, "and I stood in the dark, holding the empty phone till I heard Anthony rev into the driveway." When Kiedis didn't immediately come into the house, Skye went out to his car, and found her boyfriend "hunched over in the front seat, a plastic THANK YOU shopping bag crumpled next to him." The sight initially made Skye think that Kiedis was shooting up heroin, but the singer was actually just writing in his notebook, working on potential lyrics. Skye urged him to come in immediately to phone Bob Forrest back. "I couldn't be the one to say it," she writes. "Anthony dialed the phone, his warriorlike shoulders slowly curling around the blow of Bob's news," Skye continues. "Then he straightened, hung up, grabbed the THANK YOU bag, and strode to the bathroom. "You're doing that now?" I said, following him. "Anthony whipped his head toward me with a look so anguished that I understood. "Of course he was shooting up. He'd just lost his best friend. Who wouldn't numb that blow if they could?" Red Hot Chili Peppers later paid tribute to their friend's tragic passing with the song Knock Me Down, on their 1989 album Mother's Milk. This was the first album that the band recorded with their new guitarist John Frusciante.
Yahoo
5 days ago
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- Yahoo
Jelly Roll Mourns Loss of Rock Legend With 6 Heartbreaking Words
Jelly Roll is mourning the loss of Ozzy Osbourne. "Forever grateful. Thank you for everything," the country music star captioned a photo of himself with Osbourne, posting on his Instagram stories. In 2024, Jelly Roll paid tribute to Osbourne at the 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Prior to the performance, Osbourne told Rolling Stone that he was delighted that the country music star would be taking part in his special day. "Who doesn't love Jelly Roll? His voice is soulful, pure, and dirty. I'm so honored that someone would do this for me who I've never had the pleasure of meeting," Osbourne said. Jelly Roll performed the Osbourne classic, "Mama, I'm Coming Home" at the induction ceremony. He was joined on stage by guitarist Zakk Wylde, who co-wrote the song. Osbourne producer Andrew Watt was also on stage, as was Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith and Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo, who accompanied Jelly Roll at the time. Osbourne died on July 22 at the age of 76. Though his cause of death has not yet been revealed, the rock legend had been dealing with a variety of health issues, including Parkinson's disease. "It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed away this morning. He was with his family and surrounded by love. We ask everyone to respect our family privacy at this time," the Osbourne family said in a statement, according to Roll Mourns Loss of Rock Legend With 6 Heartbreaking Words first appeared on Men's Journal on Jul 24, 2025 Solve the daily Crossword
Time of India
22-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Fortnite Summer Road Trip 2025 event rewards and how to get them
Image via Epic Games. It's just a matter of minutes now that the Fortnite Summer Road Trip 2025 event is going to kick-off. Just like 2024, this year's event is also going to give away a lot of free rewards to all the Fortnite fans out there. We are currently in the middle of Chapter 6 Season 3 and Fortnite is banging hard on the door by bringing in some awesome content in the game. First it collaborated with the recently launched Superman movie by James Gunn and now this popular battle royale is on the verge of tying up with another upcoming movie, Marvel Rivals: First Step. Fortnite Summer Road Trip 2025 event: All rewards and how to get them Fortnite has recently announced that it will be giving free in-game items to the fans as part of upcoming Summer Road Trip 2025 event, which is slated to be launched on July 22, 2025 at 9 AM ET. Just like the 2024 edition which granted players the Tesla Cybertruck Set and many other rewards, the 2025 event is also following the same path as players can get the Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 Bundle for absolutely free. In order to get all the rewards out of this event, players need to complete a reward which will be available each day from July 22 to July 28, 2025. There will be two types of quests where players need to earn XP in 'creator-made' experiences and in 'by Epic' experiences in a party with friends. Here are all the rewards and how to no of quests needed to get each of them: Summer Road Trip Quest Needed to Complete Rewards 1 Quest 'The Zephyr Song' Jam Track by Red Hot Chili Peppers 2 Quests Appeeling Drive Spray 3 Quests Cool Sun Emoticon 4 Quests Sunset Vibes Wrap 5 Quests Sushi Scuba Spray 6 Quests The Quack Axe Pickaxe 7 Quests Jelly Jammin' Spray 8 Quests Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 Bundle Car Body Decals ZR1 Stripes Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 Decal Sea Wolf Gray Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 Decal Fish Farewell Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 Decal ZR1 Circuit Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 Decal Set of Wheels The fun fact is that all the Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 rewards in Fortnite are eligible for cross-progression with Rocket League as well. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like 15 most beautiful women in the world Undo It applies vice-versa as well, as completing the Summer Road Trip Challenges in Rocket League will also grant the same rewards in Fortnite as well. But completing the challenges in Rocket League will give the player additional Fortnite rewards, like the League Balloon Glider and the Hairpin Outfit. Players just need to log in with the same Epic Games account in both the games and that's all. Read More: How to get The Fantastic Four skins in Fortnite early? Catch Rani Rampal's inspiring story on Game On, Episode 4. Watch Here!
Yahoo
21-07-2025
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Woodstock '99 riots: Photos show how festival devolved into violent chaos, destruction
Woodstock '99 veered sharply from the "peace and love" vibes of 1969 to chaos and destruction. (Andrew Lichtenstein/Sygma via Getty Images) In an effort to recreate the 'peace and love' vibes of the iconic 1969 Woodstock music festival, concert organizers chose to celebrate the event's 30th anniversary with Woodstock '99. The four-day festival, which ran from July 22 to 25, 1999 at the former Griffiss Air Force Base in Rome, N.Y., featured a lineup of artists including Limp Bizkit, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, George Clinton, Kid Rock, Sheryl Crow and more. The event, however, devolved over the course of four days into overcrowding, fires, sexual assaults, violent mayhem and destruction. More than 200,000 people reportedly had bought tickets to the event, which was set mostly on asphalt and concrete during peak summer heat with two stages set a two-mile walk from each other. Add to that overpriced water and food, and whatever decorum and goodwill existed in the beginning took a nosedive into the festival's proverbial mosh pit. The festival's final day, called 'the day the music died' by the San Francisco Examiner and 'Apocalypse Woodstock' by MTV News, appeared to suffer from similar issues as its chaotic 1994 iteration, reportedly due to multiple factors, including the bands that turned up the spectacle several notches: Kid Rock asked the audience to throw plastic water bottles onstage, Insane Clown Posse threw $100 bills into the crowd and the Red Hot Chili Peppers covered Jimi Hendrix's song 'Fire,' apparently inspiring the crowd to commit arson and light up the venue. Advertisement Two documentaries released in recent years — Woodstock '99: Peace, Love, and Rage and Trainwreck: Woodstock '99 — spotlighted the chaos and violence of the festival. Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst brings his performance to the crowd at Woodstock '99 in Rome, N.Y. (Frank Micelotta/ImageDirect) Chad Smith, the Chili Peppers' drummer, told Yahoo Entertainment in 2019 that his band's role in the chaos was unintentional. '[Hendrix's] sister came to us, and we'd met her before; we'd done some other stuff with the Hendrix Experience,' Smith said. 'And she said, 'Hey, I know you guys do Jimi Hendrix songs. What do you think if I could get a Hendrix song before, like as your last song before the tribute thing, you know? It'd be kind of a nice segue.' And we're like, 'OK, that sounds cool.'' During the band's performance on the festival's final night, anti-violence group PAX had distributed 100,000 candles to fans. Instead of a peaceful lighting ceremony, the moment sparked bonfires and blazes, eventually leading to rioting and looting. Advertisement Law enforcement was called in to deal with the chaos. However, the band kept playing, with Smith telling Yahoo Entertainment that they misjudged the scope of the arson. And instead of leaving the stage, the Red Hot Chili Peppers proceeded with their Hendrix cover, inadvertently adding musical fuel to the literal fire. 'The next morning, I get up, I'm in the airport, and I'm looking up at CNN or whatever the news that's on the airport television,' Smith said. 'They're like, 'Yesterday's Woodstock festival, they had the Dave Matthews Band and Jewel, and it was all really nice. And then… the Red Hot Chili Peppers played, and all hell broke loose!' And I'm like, 'What?' And they show the fires, and I am like, 'Oh my God. Oh s***.' We really looked like we were instigating — that we were the bad guys.' The promoters reportedly faced multiple lawsuits after the festival. And while the concerts' organizer, the late Michael Lang, entertained the notion of recreating the spectacle once again in 2019, according to Esquire, the festival was ultimately canceled altogether. Here are more photos from Woodstock '99 as the event devolved into chaos and destruction. Fans of Limp Bizkit commandeer the stage at Woodstock '99. (Frank Micelotta/ImageDirect via Getty Images) A concert fan is shown rising above the crowd at Woodstock '99 on July 24, 1999. () Kid Rock asked the crowd to throw plastic water bottles onstage during his performance at Woodstock '99. (Kevin Mazur/WireImage via Getty Images) Festivalgoers made their way among the trash at Woodstock '99. (Andrew Lichtenstein/Sygma via Getty Images) Advertisement Attendees pitched tents at Woodstock '99. (Andrew Lichtenstein/Sygma via Getty Images) The crowd was sprayed with water during Woodstock '99. (Kevin Mazur/WireImage via Getty Images) Some festivalgoers covered themselves in mud at Woodstock '99. (Henry Diltz/Corbis via Getty Images) Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea (Michael Balzary) opted to perform without clothes on the final day of Woodstock '99. (Frank Micelotta/ImageDirect via Getty Images) Advertisement Festival attendees lit huge fires during Woodstock '99. (Andrew Lichtenstein/Sygma via Getty Images) Festivalgoers flung anything they could find into the fires. (Andrew Lichtenstein/Sygma via Getty Images)
RTÉ News
21-07-2025
- Entertainment
- RTÉ News
Rock star offers support to Scots brothers rowing across Pacific
A world-famous rock star has offered his support to three brothers who are attempting to row across the Pacific in record-time. Michael Balzary - better known by his stage name, Flea - is the bassist for Red Hot Chili Peppers, and is the latest celebrity to back Scottish brothers Ewan, Jamie and Lachlan Maclean. On Sunday, the brothers marked 100 days of their non-stop, unsupported row from Peru to Australia in a bid to raise money for clean water projects in Madagascar. The entire trip will be around 9,000 miles, and the Macleans are expected to complete their challenge within the next 20 to 30 days. Celebrities including actor Mark Wahlberg, rugby star Blair Kinghorn, TV presenter Lorraine Kelly and actor and comedian Greg Hemphill have also backed the brothers. Ahead of the 100-day mark, Flea spoke with the brothers via a podcast, where they bonded over the challenge and revealed how living with your brothers or bandmates can lead to difficulties. Flea, who was born in Melbourne, Australia, said: "For us … (the Chili Peppers) we were together and touring for 10 years before we started becoming a really popular band and really making money. "Without those 10 years, if that would have happened in the beginning, we would have fallen apart right away. "I think it's really rare … Like, if you hear about a young artist that puts out their first record and they're a big success - very, very rarely do they continue on having a career that works. Something about just paying your dues. "Like you already rode across the Atlantic (the brothers completed this voyage in 2019). But I'm sure before you did that, you did a million little trips where you learned how to do it. Learned what it is to be stuck on a boat with each other for months. "There's days when we f***ing hate each other. And that's when it's really hard. When you can live together and everyone's getting along, it's this magical thing - you're this travelling entity and it's all love." The brothers' 28ft (8.5m) carbon fibre boat, Rose Emily, is named in memory of their late sister. It has no engine and no sail and the brothers are powering their way across the ocean in two-hour shifts. They left Peru in March on a mission to reach Australia and raise £1 million for clean water projects. While speaking with Flea, Lachlan spoke of how he was washed overboard during a violent storm. Lachlan, who turned 27 while rowing the Pacific, said he was "lucky" to be attached to his boat by a safety line during 40mph (64kmh) winds and 6m (20ft) waves last week. He was dragged along behind the craft before his brother Ewan, 33, was able to help him to scramble back on board. Flea also spoke about what drives him to keep performing after more than four decades with the Red Hot Chili Peppers. He said: "There's definitely times when I'm running on fumes and I've got nothing. We've been doing this for 43 years or something. And you know, our performance is really physical. I try to stay in the best shape I can. But for me, emotionally, the whole thing is, I'm doing this to be of service. "I like money as much as the next person, but like a long time ago, I could have retired. I could be eating papayas, taking bong hits on the beach somewhere, you know? "It's a job to bring joy to people through music. And when I stay in that mindset … because there are so many nights where I'm sitting in a hotel room and it's like, 'I don't wanna get up'. "I don't wanna go face 50,000 people in the stadium and play a concert. But it's time to go. And it's like, OK, it's not about me. I feel like s***, I'm tired, I got the flu, whatever's going on with me - I'm heartbroken, my wife left me, whatever's going on - but it's like, I have to let go of my life completely and do it. "Be there for the people. Be there for my bandmates. And be there to honour the tradition of music." Jamie commented: "We've got a beautiful sunrise, we're sipping coffees out of baby beakers, and we're chatting to Flea. Doesn't get much better." They also swapped food stories, as the Macleans shared tales of freeze-dried meals prepped in Jamie's old school kitchen, while Flea reflected on years of bad roadside burgers. "For years and years, we toured in a van, sitting up all through the night, driving through the night for like six months on end," he said. "You kind of start feeling like a caged animal, just eating shitty food … roadside truck stop food, whatever you can get. "You always pull into town after a show, you're starving and there's just nothing to eat … but now we have it good. We eat like kings." The podcast, Dinner with the Macleans, is available on Spotify, and YouTube. The brothers have raised around £218,000 so far.
