Is 2016 the beginning of the end of a rock music era?

The year 2016 began with David Bowie releasing one of the most acclaimed albums of his vast career, a sign of new creative energy from the rock legend.Two days later, he was dead, from an undisclosed battle with cancer.

Three months after that, another pop icon, Prince – who had covered Bowie's classic Heroes at one of his final concerts – also died, succumbing to an accidental overdose of painkillers despite his outward signs of vigour.