The penultimate Sundance Film Festival held in Park City, Utah—and the first held since the fest announced that it was shopping around for a new home—2025’s edition begins a two-year ...

John Sykes, a hard-rock guitarist and singer who played with Thin Lizzy before joining Whitesnake for its smash 1987 album and later forming Blue Murder, has died of cancer. He was 65. The news ...

Correction & clarification: A prior version of this obituary misidentified John Sykes in a photo and it has since been replaced. The news was announced on his official Facebook page Monday evening ...

British guitarist John Sykes, best known for his work with rock bands Thin Lizzy and Whitesnake, has died aged 65 “after a hard fought battle with cancer,” according to a statement on his website.

John Sykes of hard-rock fame and associated with bands Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy and the Tygers of Pan Tang passed away this week. John Sykes, the legendary hard-rock guitarist who was a member of ...

Some of the world’s biggest rockers have paid tribute to former Thin Lizzy and Whitesnake guitarist John Sykes who died at age 65 after a “hard-fought” battle with cancer The legendary rock ...

John Sykes, the world-renowned guitarist, best known for his work with the likes of Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake, and Blue Murder, passed away at the age of 65 on January 21, 2025. After he died, a post on ...

John Sykes, who was known for his work with the bands Whitesnake and Thin Lizzy, has died at the age of 65. The British rock guitarist "passed away after a hard fought battle with cancer" a ...

Driven by the Sykes-cowritten songs and their videos, that album became a global smash and Whitesnake was a major draw for the next two years, although their follow-up album flopped. Sykes formed ...

John Sykes, a beloved guitarist who performed with Thin Lizzy and Whitesnake in the 1980s, has died at age 65 from cancer. The news was confirmed in a statement on Skyes’ official Facebook page.