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Neil Young, Willie Nelson, Angel Olsen, Margo Price, Jessie Reyez, Finneas, the Secret Sisters, Soccer Mommy, Norah Jones, Justin Moore, Jeff Tweedy and Kim Petras are some of the artists performing this weekend.

Thanks to modern technology, NHS Lanarkshire’s staff choir have been able to join together to sing a song of hope and friendship.

NHS Lanarkshire staff defied the lockdown to come together in song earlier this week and bring hope and joy to locals.

Thanks to modern technology, NHS Lanarkshire’s staff choir have been able to join together to sing a song of hope and friendship.

Jennifer Aniston spent some time during quarantine watching her ex John Mayer's Instagram Live show Current Mood, as one does. Mayer spoke about his experience meeting and knowing the late Bill Withers. Withers, the legendary singer behind "Lean on Me" and "Ain't No Sunshine," passed away at 81 from heart complications last Monday, his family told the Associated Press in a statement.

Jennifer Aniston spent some time during quarantine watching her ex John Mayer's Instagram Live show Current Mood, as one does. Mayer spoke about his experience meeting and knowing the late Bill Withers.

Today in I FEEL SO SEEN, was fully caught lurking on her ex-boyfriend's Instagram Live. The ex-boyfriend in question? That'd be John Mayer. According to , the moment when down over the weekend when John was speaking about late musician Bill Withers, saying “Whether he was speaking to you or speaking to an interviewer 15 years ago, 14, 13 years ago, everything he said is useful. Four percent of the things that I say are useful. One hundred percent of the things he said were useful.”

It seems that Jennifer Aniston still laughs at John Mayer's jokes. During a recent episode of his "Current Mood" series on Instagram Live, Mayer, 42, made a joke about having very few "useful" things to say.

Jennifer Aniston joining Instagram is truly the gift that keeps on giving. The Morning Show star, 51, was spotted creeping on ex-boyfriend John Mayer‘s Instagram Live, and lightly roasting him in the comments while she was at it.

Jennifer Aniston has been enjoying lurking her exes in self-isolation.

Jennifer Aniston popped into one of her ex boyfriends’ Instagram Lives! While John Mayer went live the other day for his followers, Jennifer decided to join the stream to watch for a bit.

Spotted! Jennifer Aniston left a comment on her ex-boyfriend John Mayer’s Instagram Live as he shared a story in tribute to the late Bill Withers.

As all the late night shows have pivoted to remote broadcasts where the hosts are at home and the guests are also at home, last night’s Late Show With Stephen Colbert featured an at-home Colbert remotely interviewing Chance the Rapper and hosted a remote performance from musical guest Jim James. Chance discussed his Punk’d reboot, and the My Morning Jacket frontman covered “Lean on Me” by the late Bill Withers. Watch it happen below.

Sheryl Crow has paid a musical tribute to Bill Withers by teaming up with Citizen Cope for a cover of his tune Lonely Town, Lonely Street.

Following Bill Withers' death last week, there has been an outpouring of love and tributes to the legend, showing just how influential he was in music and beyond.

The music world has experienced some big losses in recent weeks, including Kenny Rogers and Bill Withers. Rogers was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2013.

Sheryl Crow and Citizen Cope have covered Bill Withers’ “Lonely Town, Lonely Street,” from the late soul legend’s 1972 record Still Bill. “I love Bill Withers. His passing last week was a heavy blow, on top of the challenges we’re all facing just trying to live day to day right now,” Sheryl Crow said in a press release. Hear Crow’s cover and Withers’ original below.

"Bill’s music is imprinted in our DNA"

The music world is still mourning the loss of legendary singer-songwriter Bill Withers, who died earlier this week. While fans revisited his classic songs like “Lean On Me” and “Ain’t No Sunshine,” there are some stories about the soul singer that fans may not know. One memorable tale is how his label, the now-defunct Sussex Records, once bought him a golden toilet seat.

For several decades, perplexed interviewers had been asking Bill Withers, the great, reclusive soul singer, variations of the same questions: Did he miss the musical life he’d once had and did he ever imagine returning to it? In 1985, having already built an impressive legacy—Gold plaques, Hot 100 hits, Grammy wins—he left the industry and never looked back. The answer was always firm, unsentimental, and unambiguous: No.

Most people don’t know him by name, but Dave Hampton is one of the music industry’s top-flight audio engineers. His clientele has included Prince, Herbie Hancock, Marcus Miller, RZA, M.I.A.

Justin Timberlake has paid tribute to “one of my biggest idols”, the late Bill Withers, in a heartfelt Instagram post.

By Bruce Haring

The iconic songwriter passed away this week

John Legend and Kid Rock have added their tributes to Bill Withers following news of the reclusive soul man’s death.

Justin Timberlake is paying tribute to one of his biggest idols, the late Bill Withers.

“Obviously, it’s another heartbreak," Stevie Wonder told Billboard on Friday evening (April 3) as he reflected on the death of Bill Withers. “It seems like we’re having them one after the other.”In the past week, the music industry has lost such notable artists as Wallace Roney, Ellis Marsalis Jr., Bucky Pizzarelli, Alan Merrill, Adam Schlesinger and Joe Diffie owing to the coronavirus.

Legendary singer Bill Withers has passed away aged 81. 

By Andrew Barker