{"id":824241,"date":"2026-08-24T13:34:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T13:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/824241\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T13:34:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T13:34:14","slug":"malaysian-rock-drummer-raja-talib-dies-onstage-mid-performance-after-collapsing-over-his-drum-kit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/824241\/","title":{"rendered":"Malaysian rock drummer Raja Talib dies onstage mid-performance after collapsing over his drum kit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A popular drummer has died onstage at a rock festival after performing just two songs in his band\u2019s set.<\/p>\n<p>Malaysian rocker Raja Azreen Raja Talib was on stage with his rock band Meditasi (meaning \u201cMeditation\u201d in English) at the Teruntum Rock Festival in Malaysia last month when he suddenly collapsed mid-performance.<\/p>\n<p>After playing the second song of a 10-piece set, the 56-year-old drummer was seen by frontman Bakaruddin Daud \u2013 also known as Burn \u2013 slumped over on his drum kit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI rushed towards him, but I could feel that [he] was gone,\u201d Burn told Malaysian newspaper\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bharian.com.my\/hiburan\/selebriti\/2026\/07\/1590306\/show-must-go-pesan-terakhir-raja-azreen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Berita Harian<\/a>\u00a0of the tragic moment, translated from Malay. \u201cI called and patted [him], but there was no response. His body was already cold.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Raja Azreen Raja Talib died onstage at the Teruntum Rock Festival in Malaysia last month. Facebook\/ Azreen Meditasi<\/p>\n<p>Raja Azreen Raja Talib died onstage at the Teruntum Rock Festival in Malaysia last month. Facebook\/ Azreen Meditasi<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fans were quite alarmed when they saw what was happening,\u201d Burn continued, adding that he was \u201ctruly shocked and deeply saddened\u201d by the death of his bandmate, who showed no signs of ill health before they took the stage at the festival.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was really happy to meet up with friends. He didn\u2019t appear sad or unwell,\u201d Burn said.<\/p>\n<p>But shortly after he collapsed and was rushed to the nearby Tengku Ampuan Afzan Hospital, Talib was pronounced dead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was given respiratory assistance, but he did not regain consciousness or respond after the collapse,\u201d the drummer\u2019s older sibling, Raja, confirmed to the outlet, adding that the cause of death was reportedly heart complications.<\/p>\n<p>Both Talib\u2019s brother and bandmate Burn revealed that the late drummer had recently been diagnosed with diabetes.<\/p>\n<p>Talib\u2019s brother and bandmate Burn revealed that the late drummer had recently been diagnosed with diabetes and had heart issues. Facebook\/ Azreen Meditasi<\/p>\n<p>Raja Azreen Raja Talib, the drummer of Meditasi (meaning \u201cMeditation\u201d in English), died at 56 years old. Facebook\/ Azreen Meditasi<\/p>\n<p>His brother further shared that Talib was hospitalized in June due to heart issues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was hospitalized twice; the first stay lasted two to three weeks before he was admitted again,\u201d Raja said, adding that \u201cit is possible that extreme fatigue took a toll\u201d on his brother\u2019s heart as he went straight from a BMX competition to the music festival where he ultimately died.<\/p>\n<p>Meditasi was founded in 1983 as a group named Metal Wizard before they rebranded in 1989.<\/p>\n<p>The band shot to fame during the golden era of Malaysian rock in the 1990s and are much loved for performing Malay-language rock and power ballads.<\/p>\n<p>After going on a temporary hiatus, they reunited in 2015 and currently have more than 46,000 monthly listeners on Spotify.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A popular drummer has died onstage at a rock festival after performing just two songs in his band\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":824242,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[26522,88,1205,1253,1740,965],"class_list":["post-824241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-deaths","tag-entertainment","tag-malaysia","tag-musicians","tag-rock","tag-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=824241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824241\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/824242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=824241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=824241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=824241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}