The Prodigy Mourns Loss of Manager Ziggy Chowdry

The Prodigy have paid tribute to their first manager Ziggy Chowdry after he passed away last week aged 60. 

The Firestarter hitmakers formed in October 1990 before playing their first gig four months later.

But the band shared an emotional statement on Sunday as they announced their former manager had died at the age of 60.

Ziggy was the group's very first manager having met them while working as a local promoter. 

The band described Ziggy as a 'force of nature' as they wrote on : 'RIP Ziggy. He was our first manager back in 91 and got us our first gig in the 4 Aces, Labyrinth, Dalston.

'He was a force of nature. Sad news. Rest in peace Zig. Respect LH and M x'

After the early gigs in 1991, the band broke out with singles Charly and Everybody In the Place, and became a huge force in the 90s with hits like Firestarter and Breathe.

They went onto achieve seven number one albums, and won two BRIT Awards.

Ziggy's comes almost seven years after the band mourned the passing of founding member Keith Flint, who took his won life in 2019 aged 49.

During their performance at Glastonbury Festival last year, The Prodigy an emotional tribute to late member Keith, as they .

They had been due to play at the annual festival back in 2019, but were forced to cancel amid Keith's passing.

The Prodigy's remaining members ensured they performed a set Keith would be proud of before vocalist Maxim, 58, said some words about the late star. 

He told the crowd: 'This is the fourth time we have played this festival. There are supposed to be five of us, but six years ago, we lost our brother. 

'This show tonight is dedicated to Mr. F**king Flint. This is his night!'

Surviving members Liam Howlett and Maxim are set to play four massive outdoor gigs this summer, which will follow a 12-date arena tour across the UK and Ireland in April and May.

Back in November, Liam told NME: 'Every time we go out for a new tour or big shows like this, we spend a lot of time talking about what is possible – how can we make it better.

'We always try to make sure things are different and moving forward , but always delivering the punch, which it will.'

Meanwhile, Liam also promised new music this year, while insisting Keith will always be 'deeply ingrained' in their sound.

He said: 'Before, I described our sound as "evil rave". This time the new tunes sound like "f*****' evil rave".'

The new material will be the band's first collection since 2018's No Tourists, as they started working on an LP before Keith's death.

Liam added: 'Keef will forever be deeply ingrained in The Prodigy sound. People will feel that when they hear our new music.

'When I'm writing beats in the studio, he's always there in my mind, punching the air, spittin' and snarlin' in the background.'

In 2024, Liam opened up about the decision to return to performing live without Keith.

He said: 'After losing Keith we couldn’t even think or talk about the band. I think it was two years after his death that me and Maxim started bringing it up. "Could we play live again? Did we even want to? Why? How?’ All that s**t".'

'We realised the only possible real way to know how we would feel was to do it: get back on stage and do a bunch of gigs. 

'It was so hard to walk onto that stage without our brother, but we really felt the crowd with us. Those gigs were highly emotionally-charged but we came out the other end with our answer.'