The cause of death is unknown. So shocked and so saddened., Terrible news-Dan was so sweet,funny and talented we spent a lot of time with him on the road in the UK and USA and at our studio in Cardiff-always a pleasure to be with-such a lovely photo-our matching divine youth T-shirts-so shocked and so saddened xxxxx https://t.co/ekpEaELULl, ManicStreetPreachers (@Manics) July 25, 2020, I dont know that there was a kinder, lovelier, funnier heart in music journalism, wrote former NME Deputy Editor Eve Barlow. Big love Dan, will miss your guilty feet xhttps://t.co/fq9hRukOzL, luke bainbridge (@lukebainbridge) July 25, 2020, Im forever grateful for that. Daniel Martin (@DanielMartinAdv) / Twitter When autocomplete results are available use up and down arrows to review and enter to select. A passionate and compelling writer, Martin began working for NME in 2001. I think this sums up the Dan Martin we all knew & loved. | New York Post. Daniel Martin (@DanMartinIsNot) / Twitter 2023 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. He was a true music writer, doing it all in. Former NME and Guardian journalist was known for championing underdogs. Links . This is why Dan Martin was so great. Yup. Ann Arbor, Michigan U.S. As seen in: WAAM Radio. Meanwhile one of the bands who Martin covered extensively while at the NME, Manic Street Preachers, posted on Twitter: Terrible news. . R.I.P pic.twitter.com/FdeUfaS5nt, The Cribs called the journalist one of their first true champions and said they owe [him] so much, while The Longcut recalled the most amazing, hilarious night with him at SXSW a few years ago. Youll find a hundred similar stories online about how legendary writer and newshound Dan who, and its with no little disbelief and heartbreak that I write these words, has died aged 41 spent his time at NME sucking the marrow out of the very best life. Dan was a friend from the very start. Former NME and Guardian journalist was known for championing underdogs Music | The Guardian He spent a decade at the music weekly, entertaining readers with his eclectic genre passions and adventures in music, which as Alex Needham noted in The Guardian yesterday included gate-crashing the finale sing-song at the Live 8 show in 2005 and standing in for Bez when the Happy Mondays played Coachella the following year. This byline is for a different person with the same name. Dan Martin: music journalist of 'passionate enthusiasms' dies aged 41Former NME and Guardian journalist was known for championing underdogs, At least six dead and dozens injured as Illinois dust storm causes 80-vehicle pile-up, Lawmakers call on SEC to asses Shein supply chain before IPO, Everything we know about the massive dust storm car crash on I-55 in Illinois, Texas gunman kills five neighbours including child, 9, after noise complaint, authorities say, Dust storm Illinois - live: At least six dead in I-55 pile-up of up to 80 cars during sudden storm, Biden invites House and Senate leaders to White House as debt limit crisis looms, Schools on lockdown amid possible sighting of Texas shooting suspect, Texas shooting - live: Schools on lockdown after possible sighting of Cleveland suspect, Final evacuation flights for Britons leave Sudan as UN warns 800,000 may flee country, He lost his job and health insurance after his arrest under a DeSantis election unit.