subject: Broadcast Singer Trish Keenan Dies At 42 [print this page] The lead singer of British indie electro-pop band Broadcast, Keenan died on Friday of complications from pneumonia, the bands label Warp Records has confirmed, reports the UKs Daily Mail.
Keenans band was recently selected by Simpsons creator Matt Groening to play the All Tomorrow's Parties festival, reports the British tabloid.
The singer died in a hospital after battling the illness for two weeks, her record label said in a statement on its website.
Broadcast loses its voice
Keenan, a native of Birmingham, England, reportedly picked up the flu while on a tour of Australia and had been on a life support machine since Christmas, Daily reports.
The singer died in a hospital after battling the illness for two weeks, her record label said in a statement on its website.
It is with great sadness we announce that Trish Keenan from Broadcast passed away at 9am this morning in hospital, Daily quoted the Warp as saying in the statement on its website.
She died from complications with pneumonia after battling the illness for two weeks in intensive care.
Tragic loss for record label
Keenan formed Broadcast in Birmingham in 1995 along with the bassist James Cargill and two other musicians. Eventually the group reduced to a duo of Keenan and Cargill.
Our thoughts go out to [bandmates] James [Cargill], [manager] Martin [Pike], her friends and her family and we request that the public respect their wishes for privacy at this time, Warp's statement added, according to Daily Mail.
This is an untimely tragic loss and we will miss Trish dearly - a unique voice, an extraordinary talent and a beautiful human being. Rest in Peace.
Trish contracted virus while traveling
Meanwhile, Keenans manager Martin Pike told music website Spinner today that the influential singer had picked up swine flu while overseas.
She had been in Australia, and had stayed on to see relatives and she had come back home and fell ill when she was back in England, he said.
Broadcast released three albums and collaborated on a mini-LP with The Focus Group in October 2009. The band released several critically acclaimed albums, including 2000s The Noise Made by People and 2005s Tender Buttons.
