They should have been here for Valentine
February 14 201 6 By Abiodun Giwa
Members of the Viola Beach Band
This Valentine Sunday will be heralded with music, being the food of love, in Shakespeare's words, but the music has temporarily stopped for the four members of the Viola Beach Band in London, their manager, their families and fans.
The music stopped on Saturday for the four member band, when the car they traveled with their manager dropped off a bridge into a canal in Sweden.
According to a BBC news report, the four members of the Viola Beach, Kris Leonard, River Reeves, Tomas Lowe and Jack Dakin and manager Craig Tarryh, died when the car in which they traveled crashed into a canal 82 ft below the ground.
The report added that the band were part of a line-up for Swedish music festival "Where is the Music?' on Friday, and the bands were due to play a gig in Guildford in Surrey on Saturday.The Boiler Room - the Guildford venue they were due to play was thrown into sorrow and devastation..
According to the report, Viola Beach released their debut single Swings & Waterslides in 2014 and the band had featured on BBC program, which showcases up-and-coming music artists.
Dave Pichilingi, a music promoter said that the band said that the team was a "hungry, energetic, amazing" band on the verge of great things. : "Absolutely devastated for the loss of Viola Beach and Craig Tarry. Our thoughts are with their friends and families," Blossoms, the band scheduled to headline the show which the Viola Beach would have attended said in a tweet.
It is the Valentine Day. It is a day that is about love and music. The two are believed as inseparable. And when promising music stars, who are supposed to be part of the celebration are no longer here and we cannot all stop the music, we will no doubt remember that as we are in the Valentine mood and loving with the music at its loudest, there are some of us who are down for a reason about one loss or the other, and they cannot be part of the show. It will be in the spirit of the Valentine Day to remember them.
If music be the food of love, then play on in remembrance of the Viola Beach Band and their manager.They left less than 24 hours into the Valentine Day, playing music and having schedules ahead of them to play more music. The first thought that arouses in the mind on reading the news of their departure from here is that they should have been here for the Valentine and more.
The music stopped on Saturday for the four member band, when the car they traveled with their manager dropped off a bridge into a canal in Sweden.
According to a BBC news report, the four members of the Viola Beach, Kris Leonard, River Reeves, Tomas Lowe and Jack Dakin and manager Craig Tarryh, died when the car in which they traveled crashed into a canal 82 ft below the ground.
The report added that the band were part of a line-up for Swedish music festival "Where is the Music?' on Friday, and the bands were due to play a gig in Guildford in Surrey on Saturday.The Boiler Room - the Guildford venue they were due to play was thrown into sorrow and devastation..
According to the report, Viola Beach released their debut single Swings & Waterslides in 2014 and the band had featured on BBC program, which showcases up-and-coming music artists.
Dave Pichilingi, a music promoter said that the band said that the team was a "hungry, energetic, amazing" band on the verge of great things. : "Absolutely devastated for the loss of Viola Beach and Craig Tarry. Our thoughts are with their friends and families," Blossoms, the band scheduled to headline the show which the Viola Beach would have attended said in a tweet.
It is the Valentine Day. It is a day that is about love and music. The two are believed as inseparable. And when promising music stars, who are supposed to be part of the celebration are no longer here and we cannot all stop the music, we will no doubt remember that as we are in the Valentine mood and loving with the music at its loudest, there are some of us who are down for a reason about one loss or the other, and they cannot be part of the show. It will be in the spirit of the Valentine Day to remember them.
If music be the food of love, then play on in remembrance of the Viola Beach Band and their manager.They left less than 24 hours into the Valentine Day, playing music and having schedules ahead of them to play more music. The first thought that arouses in the mind on reading the news of their departure from here is that they should have been here for the Valentine and more.
