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WONDERWALL MAGIC After ENGLAND – CROATIA Game
Posthumous Honor For Beloved Singer-Songwriter ELLIOTT SMITH
The beloved Nebraska-born singer-songwriter
ELLIOTT SMITH took his own life in 2003, aged 34.
He gathered a loyal fanbase with his 5LPs.
Emotional music at its most poignant.
Now an asteroid will be named after him.
Many Rock & Pop Stars Tomorrow – June 18 – At OBAMA’ PRESIDENTIAL CENTER GRAND OPENING CEREMONY
ANGINE DE POITRINE – Mysterious Canadian Experimental Post-Punk Duo Wins Prestigious Prize
13 June 2026
Mysterious, experimental, Canadian post-punk duo ANGINE DE POITRINE
(French for angina pectoris. A severe pain in the chest and left arm, caused by
heart disease) featuring (cuckoo aliases) Khn de Poitrine (guitar/bass) and Klek
de Poitrine (drums) became a sensation overnight with the release of their 2nd
jaw-dropping LP, Vol. II, last April (named by TUTV as one of the 5 best albums
of that month).
Suddenly, all their tour dates sold out in no time.
Three days ago, they won a prestigious prize with the
Global Breakthrough Award at Billboard Canada Power
Players 2026.
VOL. II
Follow The JIMI HENDRIX WAY Into Greenwich Village
11 June 2026
This morning New York City officially and permanently
co-named West 8th Street as Jimi Hendrix Way.
Have you ever been to Electric Ladyland? Take the first
street on the right, then straight into Greenwich Village.
THE CURE’s Orchestrator ROBER SMITH Says The Band Have Almost Canned 3 New Albums
Goth Gods THE CURE have almost canned 3 longplayers according to their
orchestrator ROBERT SMITH, who told so to BBC Radio 6 yesterday (June 8).
Smith: “We did record three albums’ worth of songs, so the
second one is done, so that’s about to be delivered to Universal.
“The third one is weird, actually. Now I’ve been doing this, people think,
‘Ah, it’s because he’s been working with Olivia, because the third one is
actually really upbeat.
It’s really poppy, but it doesn’t compare melodically to the stuff that Olivia does,
but it’s my idea of Cure Pop. It’s probably 20 BPM slower than anything she does,
but compared to what we’ve done in the last couple of years, it’s really rocking.
It’s banging.”
THE FALL – Reports Of Posthumous Album Named ‘POST SCRIPT’
Saying that Manchester‘s notorious post-punk icons THE FALL, the brainchild
of the late, controversial singer-songwriter MARK E. SMITH (1957-2018) had
a turbulent career is a huge understatement.
They hit the north in 1976 and broke up when Smith passed away,
8 years ago, after a long illness with lung and kidney cancer, aged 61.
Smith was an authoritarian bandleader who fired a long list of members.
But, yes, he was also a genial musician and storyteller who released 31 LPs
with an ever-changing group, which included his former Brix Smith for
two stints (1983–1989, and 1994–1996)
A posthumous called POST SCIPT should be out sometime this year.
CHRISSIE HYNDE (As So Many Other Big Stars) Wonders Why People Use Their Phones At Concerts
As many other BIG stars CHRISSIE HYNDE
doesn’t like phones at her concerts.
Okay, no problem, that’s her opinion.
See her message on her Instagram below.
Hey Chrissie I have some Q’s for you too:
Why is live music these days for rich people and not for the young,
who have to rob a bank first before being able to buy a ticket for big
shows?
Why is the merch so criminally expensive at big concerts?
Why can we get a refund when the artist plays an awful gig?
Why do some star artists start their shows too late and finish too late,
so we miss our train/bus/metro, and nobody takes responsibility, let
alone cares, when this happens?
Why is it that artists can decide what the audience can and
can’t do at concerts, despite the fact we pay a lot of money
to get in?
I have some more Q’s on my mind, but I’ll go with these above first.
Why do we have to pay a lot of money for tickets to see a big name like you performing, Chrissie? Why can we get a refund when the artist plays an awful gig? Why is the merch so criminally expensive? Why is live music these days for rich people and not for the young, who have to rob a bank first before being able to buy a ticket for big shows? I really want to hear your opinion on that, Chrissie!
NOTHING BUT THIEVES – New Album, New Single & New Tour
27 May 2026
Muscular British rock topliners NOTHING BUT THIEVES just announced the upcoming birth of their 5th full-length. It’s named Stray Dogs and will arrive on September 25th.
Pre-order info here.
Last week they already teased the new LP with the
release of the first single, steaming corker Evolution.
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TOUR 2027
Ticket info here.