Random Most Haunting Final Performances Before Artist’s Death (12 items)

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  (#3) Whitney Houston (2012)

  Whitney Houston's final performance occurred only two days before her death on February 11, 2012. Kelly Price invited the late singer to join her onstage during the Kelly Price & Friends pre-Grammys party, and said, "You are a class act; you are an icon."

  After the show, Houston reportedly got into a verbal altercation with singer Stacy Francis, but it quickly diffused.

  Two days later, Houston was found dead in her hotel room. 
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  (#12) Avicii (2016)

  Nearly two years before his April 20, 2018 death, popular DJ and musician Avicii - whose real name was Tim Bergling - announced his retirement. He performed his final show at the open-air dance club, Ushuaïa Ibiza, in Spain. During the event, Avicii alluded to his retirement, thanking fans for their support:

  I know I am blessed to be able to travel all around the world and perform, but I have too little left for the life of a real person behind the artist...

  I could not ask for a better last show. Thank you so much for coming; you’re awesome.
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  (#2) Chris Cornell (2017)

  Chris Cornell's final performance took place in Detroit, MI,  just a short while before he took his own life on May 18, 2017. The show ended with a performance of "Slaves and Bulldozers," which seemingly included a bit of Led Zeppelin's "In My Time of Dying."

  Soon after, Cornell's body was found. In response, his publicist mentioned:

  His wife, Vicky, and family were shocked to learn of his sudden and unexpected passing, and they will be working closely with the medical examiner to determine the cause.
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  (#5) GG Allin (1993)

  GG Allin was known for his disturbing performances involving throwing feces and assaulting audience members. He even claimed he would kill himself on stage.

  The final show was chaotic; Allin destroyed a microphone and fought a sound technician. Afterwards, the musician went to a New York City hotel and partied throughout the night.

  The next morning, on June 28, 1993, Allin was found dead on the floor from a drug overdose. Johnny Puke was at the hotel, writing:

  One thing that I hadn't thought about that looked really weird and suspicious was that after GG fell asleep, Liz, my girlfriend, and I all took Polaroids of us laying next to GG that we were gonna show him in [the] morning. We were cuddling with him and smiling in the photos...

  Well, the police found the Polaroids and confiscated them. And then we all had to go down to the 9th Precinct to tell our version of the story. At first, they were very suspicious of us.

  Authorities cleared Puke and his friends of any wrongdoing, but Allin's death and his final show went down in history.
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  (#9) Sib Hashian (2017)

  Former Boston drummer Sib Hashian was mid-performance during the Legends of Rock cruise in 2017 when he suddenly collapsed. The iconic drummer received CPR, but it was too late. He died of a massive heart attack. 

  Tributes quickly poured in, mourning the drummer, including one from Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, the father of Hashian's granddaughter. 

  "Don't know why things have to happen the way they do sometimes," Johnson wrote in a social media post, expressing sadness because the musician left their family "suddenly without having a chance to say goodbye." 
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  (#8) Daryle Singletary (2018)

  Country musician Daryle Singletary's last song at his final show in Louisiana was a version of Johnny Paycheck's "Old Violin." It concludes with these eerie lines: 

  We'd give our all to music

  And soon, we'd give our life

  Many in the music community mourned the 46-year-old's death on February 12, 2018. The Grand Ole Opry said:

  Our hearts are breaking at the loss of Daryle Singletary this morning. He was a great friend to us all, and our thoughts and prayers are with his family.

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