'Starchild'! Mark King, the slap bassist and lead vocalist in iconic '80s group Level 42, fell in love with music after hearing the late Cream bassist and rock icon Jack Bruce. King doesn't think he ...

1 April 1987 Level 42 construct a tightly-sprung, chattering bedrock of rhythm which satisfies the lower half of the body, and from there they set about exciting the waist up Wembley Arena That music ...

Rowland ‘Boon’ Gould of Level 42 has died, the band have confirmed. The news was broken was by the band’s bassist on Twitter this morning (Wednesday May 1), when Mark King wrote of his sadness at the ...

When a box hit Mark King at the end of a Level 42 concert in Germany, he knew it contained a gift from a fan, but what? “We had a track on the album called I Want Eyes,” Mark, 64, tells me. “And the ...

Musician Boon Gould, a founding member of British band Level 42, has died at the age of 64, it’s been confirmed. The BBC reports that he was found dead at his Dorset home on Tuesday. Gould was Level ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In the late '80s, Level 42 were one of the biggest British bands around, with a string of hits, ...

LEVEL 42 are delighted to announce that they will embark upon The ‘World Machine’ 40th Anniversary Tour in 2025, which will visit 28 UK venues. The tour will open in Aberdeen, and close at the ...

Rowland ‘Boon’ Gould had a long history of mental health issues, doctor told inquest A founding member of the pop band Level 42 who quit the music industry because of mental health issues and moved to ...

A founding member of 1980s pop group Level 42 took his own life, a coroner has ruled. Rowland Gould, known as Boon, was found dead at a friend's home in Uffculme, Devon, on 30 April. He had been ...

Frontman Mark King confirmed the tragic news on Twitter, paying tribute to his mate who was a founding member of the hit British pop group LEVEL 42 guitarist Rowland Gould has died aged 64, it was ...

Rowland "Boon" Gould, a founding member of the British band Level 42, has died aged 64. The guitarist was found dead at his home in Dorset earlier this week. In a message on Twitter, his brother Phil, ...