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Malaysian drummer dies after collapsing onstage at rock festival

Tuesday, 25 August 2026, 06:41 · 1 min read

Veteran Malaysian drummer Raja Azreen Raja Talib, 56, died on 18 July after collapsing onstage during the Teruntum Rock Festival in Kuantan, Pahang (a state on the east coast of the Malaysian peninsula), just two songs into a set with his band Meditasi, which he had been a member of since 1986. His brother revealed he had suffered prior heart complications and had been hospitalised twice in the preceding months, and had also recently been diagnosed with diabetes, though he appeared well in the days before the show. Bandmates say they will continue performing in his honour, citing his own pre-show instruction that "the show must go on no matter what."

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Channel NewsAsia — Malaysian drummer dies after collapsing onstage during rock festival in Pahang ↗︎
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