Boney M. news

Lead singer of Boney M. to protest Beijing's forcible repatriation of North Korean defectors. -Korea Herald/ANN

The lead singer of disco group Boney M yesterday joined a rally in Seoul in support of North Korean refugees who fled to China and now face repatriation to their impoverished homeland.

SEOUL (AFP) - Disco group Boney M will join a candlelight rally in Seoul supporting North Korean refugees who fled to China and now face repatriation to their impoverished homeland, organisers said Tuesday.

SEOUL: The lead singer of disco group Boney M on Tuesday joined a rally in Seoul in support of North Korean refugees who fled to China and now face repatriation to their impoverished homeland.

Arabs and Israelis boogeyed ecstatically in the occupied West Bank late into the night on Tuesday as '70s band Boney M belted out their nostalgic disco tunes at an open-air concert.

Music composer Pritam Chakraborty acquires remake rights to the 1978 disco hit.

South African fans of supergroup Boney M are in for a pre-Christmas treat with the announcement that the band will play three concerts in South Africa before Christmas, on Friday, 16 December at the Sun City Superbowl, on Saturday 17 December at the Carnival City Big Top Arena, Brakpan and on Tuesday, 20 December at the GrandWest Grand Arena, Cape Town.

Bobby Farrell, singer and dancer with 1970s disco group Boney M, died early Thursday in a hotel room in Saint Petersburg, where he had been performing, city officials said. He was 61. The Saint Petersburg investigative committee of prosecutors said the Aruba-born Dutch singer was found dead in his bed by a staffer at the city's Ambassador hotel.

Cult disco band Boney M and their ultimate Christmas experience is coming to South Africa during the festive season.

Der Österreicher Kurt Hauenstein aka Supermax ist tot, der 62-Jährige erlag gestern einem Herzleiden. Ende der 1960er Jahre zog er nach Frankfurt am Main, wo er in diversen Funk-Formationen spielte. 1976 lernte er Frank Farian (Boney M) kennen und wirkte an dessen Produktionen als Bassist mit.

A singer from 1970s disco group Boney M continues a visit to Georgia's rebel region of Abkhazia on Wednesday after a concert intended to promote the war-scarred territory abroad, officials said.