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A decade after her autistic son Connor Sparrowhawk died in a specialist NHS facility, Sara Ryan’s campaign to reveal the truth about what happened is coming to the stage. ‘It’s the most important thing I’ve ever done,’ says playwright Stephen Unwin
Eddie Johns, whose 1979 track 'More Spell On You' was sampled by Daft Punk for their hit single 'One More Time', has never received royalties from the French duo's track. Johns' story has been uncovered in a new profile by the Los Angeles Times, who tracked him down in LA, where he's been living in a supportive housing facility after struggling with homelessness for over a decade. Johns suffered a stroke ten years ago, which left him unable to work. "I help Eddie use the computer sometimes, and he showed me some of his music," Johns' case manager Alyssa Cash told the Los Angeles Times. "He sh...
Print On the night of Jan. 26, 2014, Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo of Daft Punk leapt onto the stage at Staples Center to accept the Grammy for album of the year. Even though the French electronic duo’s faces were hidden behind white and gold robot masks, they couldn’t hide their elation as they waved back to cheers from Jay-Z, Taylor Swift and Kendrick Lamar. Their album “Random Access Memories” and its smash single “Get Lucky” were crowning achievements in a career of immaculately produced dance music, played at pop-star scale. Meanwhile, somewhere in the fla...