It’s fair to say that rockstars and those in the music biz are known to tell a fib or two and boy does this list of music hoaxes prove it! Whether it’s the musician themselves, the media -or even in one case a bored receptionist- doing the falsifying, there’s no doubt that most of these cases are downright lies whichever way you look at them. From faking deaths, to scientific miracles, to cross-dressing saxophonists, we’ve collected some of the biggest musical hoaxes of all time for your pleasure.
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