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BOSTON - New Photos Of Late Singer Surface

New photos of late BOSTON singer Brad Delp have surfaced. Check out the slide show at this location.

Brad Delp committed suicide on March 9th. He left behind a note in which he called himself "a lonely soul," according to police reports. The note was paper-clipped to the neck of Delp's shirt when police found his body at his Atkinson, NH home, on the bathroom floor, his head on a pillow. He had sealed himself inside with two charcoal grills; toxicology tests showed he had committed suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning.

BOSTON - Original Lineup To Reunite For Brad Delp Tribute

Brad Delp, who committed suicide earlier this year, gets a proper send-off August 19 at the Pavilion in Boston, MA, with a benefit show that'll feature an original-members reunion of BOSTON (drummer Sib Hashian, guitarist Barry Goudreau, bassist Fran Sheehan, guitarist/singer Fran Cosmo, and founding guitarist Tom Scholz), plus sets by GODSMACK, Delp's BEATLES tribute band BEATLEJUICE, and guest spots from CHEAP TRICK's Robin Zander and EXTREME's Gary Cherone. Tickets are $35 (plus fees) and go on sale June 21 at 10 am.

The families of Brad Delp along with Lynn Hoffman, VH1 Host, will 'Come Together' to share a special musical night that will honor and remember this extraordinary man and his beautiful music.

The Come Together concert is the result of both the Delp and the Goudreau families’ desire to honor Mr. Delp’s legacy as a musical icon and will benefit the newly formed nonprofit Brad Delp Foundation.

In addition, a film about Mr. Delp will be aired during the concert that was written and directed by Delp’s daughter Jennifer, a graduate of the prestigious USC film school. Never before seen footage of Mr. Delp will be shown that expresses not just the lead singer of the hugely successful band BOSTON; but of the man himself, and of those who loved him and called him their friend.

(Thanks Thephoenix.com)

(BW&BK photo by Rich Galbraith)

BOSTON's "Come Together" Falling Apart
BostonHerald.com has issued the following report from Gayle Fee and Laura Raposa:

"The concert is billed as “Come Together” but the warring factions of the band BOSTON couldn’t even Come Together over a press release yesterday!

Concert promoters LiveNation sent out an announcement confirming what had been rumored for weeks - that there would be a tribute concert to honor the late Boston singer Brad Delp Aug. 19 at the Bank of America Pavilion.

Included in the initial release was the news that the original members of Boston - Tom Scholz, Barry Goudreau, Fran Sheehan, Sib Hashian and Fran Cosmo - would “Come Together” for the first time in more than 20 years to perform in Delp’s honor.

But several hours later, LiveNation was forced to retract the release - and Scholz’s name was dropped!

“There was a miscommunication about when the release was to be sent out,” said LiveNation spokesgal Heidi Collins. “As soon as everything is finished and all confirmed we’ll send out another one.”

Word is, Scholz still hasn’t signed off on joining his former bandmates on stage to perform 'Don’t Look Back' at the conclusion of the concert. Which is kind of the point of the whole thing!

Here’s the backstory: Delp, as you know, committed suicide in March, sealing himself in his New Hampshire bathroom and lighting two charcoal grills that suffocated him.

According to friends and family members, Delp was distraught over the lingering bad feelings from the ugly breakup of the band Boston over 20 years ago. Delp continued to work with Scholz and Boston but also gigged with Goudreau, Sheehan and Hashian, the original members of the band who had a fierce falling out with Scholz in the early ’80s.

Delp’s two kids, Jennifer, 26, and John Michael, 22, came up with the plan for a tribute concert and to bring the two sides together. They reached out to Scholz and asked him to participate, saying they chose the name “Come Together” because of their dad’s love for the Beatles. (He fronted the tribute band Beatlejuice.)

“We wanted to invite you personally because we feel that that’s what dad would have liked to see most, for all the members of Boston to put their differences aside and Come Together and stand shoulder to shoulder and play some Boston songs one last time,” the Delp kids wrote to Scholz.

Spokesgal Gail Parenteau said Scholz was “very flattered” to be invited to perform at the show but needed some assurances about the charity the concert would benefit and other technicalities before signing off.

She said Scholz was also concerned that the press release not mislead fans into thinking the concert was a Boston reunion show - and that it make clear that the original band members would only do one song together.

“The spirit of what the kids want to do is some kind of coming together, that’s their idea and it should be respected,” she said. “And I think it’s likely that that will occur.”

Publicist Peggy Rose, who is coordinating coverage of the show, said after the initial press release went out mistakenly she got a rush of requests for press credentials.

“Clearly,” she said, “this is going to be one of the hottest shows of the summer.”

As always, do stay tuned...

BOSTON - Brad Delp Scholarship Benefit Set For Next Friday In Massachusetts


The following report is courtesy of Matthew K. Roy from Salem News:

He left and became the lead singer of a famous rock band, but Brad Delp was more interested in hearing his friends' stories than telling his own when he came home to Danvers, MA.

"He never changed a bit," said Mike Hagan, who graduated from Danvers High School with Delp in 1969. "He was always a regular guy."

Hearing the song 'More Than A Feeling' by Delp's band BOSTON on the radio recently inspired Hagan to do something to honor his classmate, who died in March at age 55.

All it took was a few phone calls to rally enough support.

"It took off like you wouldn't believe," Hagan said.

Hagan and an organizing committee that grew to 20 members have planned a fundraiser this Friday (July 13th - 7PM) at the Danversport Yacht Club. The concert, which will feature performances by two of the original members of Boston, will raise money for a scholarship fund to benefit a Danvers High School senior who intends to study music in college.

Read more here.

Tickets for the Brad Delp Scholarship Benefit are $30. Call Mike Hagan at 978-777-4086. For more information visit www.braddelp.org .