TMZ report that Prince has passed away, aged 57

[dreadwing]

He never got to headline!!!!!

[Guy Incognito]

Fucking hell. Bowie, Phife Dawg and now Prince

RIP

[Jackmypie]

Insane the amount of famous people dying this year. RIP  

[mandolin]

Right, 2016, enough is fucking enough.  Bastard year.

[Room to sway]

Fuckballs. Never even got to see him live.

[Mardy]

Fucking arseholes. Never cried at someone i don,t know dieing before, but in bits here.

[Amy Lawn]

1 minute ago, dreadwing said:

He never got to headline!!!!!

He didn't want to

[T-Mouse]

RIP

FFS 2016. Just stop it.

Edited April 21, 2016 by T-Mouse

[stardustjunkie]

BBC News (TV) have just listed it as a headline/breaking news story so I assume they're going to say more shortly.

[mazola]

Sometimes it snows in April

[Mardy]

Best gigs i've ever seen in my fucking life. Lovesexy tour, hop farm, O2 arena. Always incredible

[Keithy]

I really hope Macca is wrapping himself up in cotton wool for Rock Wertcher.

This year has been unreal for losing entertainment icons 

[Lizzim]

Shocked,  speechless.  2016 is the year the music died.  

[blue6field]

What a fuckin year!!!

RIP

[FloorFiller]

2016 you utter twat. When he was taken to hospital last week I feared the worst and its come true  such a shitter

[Roger1]

2016 can do one :-(

[paulmuchmore]

I know eventually we're getting to a stage when more and more famous people die because there are more and more people from the 60s onwards who are famous, but all of these people this year are dying young  

[SwedgeAntilles]

1 minute ago, Keithy said:

I really hope Macca is wrapping himself up in cotton wool for Rock Wertcher.

Don't even, genuinely couldn't handle that.

RIP Prince, sad sad news. An absolute innovator and one of the greatest solo artists of all time. Like Bowie someone who's music I grew up with and I can't remember a time when his music wasn't in my life. Fuck right off 2016.

[GlastoSimon]

This year has been so shite that when I heard he was ill, I thought 'here we go again'. 

But I didn't actually think it would, at least not this soon.

Jesus, horrific news.

[dreadwing]

2 minutes ago, GETOFFAMYLAWN said:

He didn't want to

He was () obviously an artist with more power than most.

"No Micheal, i cant headline this year because people already know I am, i'm afraid i'll have to cancel, maybe in a few years time"

 

 

[giantkatestacks]

6 minutes ago, Mardy said:

Fucking arseholes. Never cried at someone i don,t know dieing before, but in bits here.

Same. Can't believe it. 

[**claire**]

Gutted. Best live artist I've ever been privileged to see. RIP.

[Michaels denim shorts]

http://en.mediamass.net/people/prince/deathhoax.html

whats this all about 

[Fingerbobs]

Unbelievably bad start to the year. I know our musical figures are getting on a bit but this is turning into a nasty joke.  Can Death just please lose his scythe for a bit?

[GlastoSimon]

1 minute ago, Michaels denim shorts said:

http://en.mediamass.net/people/prince/deathhoax.html

whats this all about 

Presumably these rumours came about when he fell ill, before today's passing.