CANNES, France (AP) — A small film about a short-lived rock star is making a big splash at Cannes.
“Control”-the story of Joy Division singer Ian Curtis, who committed suicide at 23 – marks the feature-film directing debut of rock photographer Anton Corbijn and features a star-making performance from British unknown Sam Riley.
The ingredients are familiar-a [...]

Mr. Andy Fletcher will be hitting “the 1’s and 2’s” at a few select locations this Summer. The itinerary:

Friday, July 13th | Riccione, Italy | Price Club Friday
Saturday, July 14th | Rome, Italy | Oasi Beach
Friday, July 20th | Barcelona, Spain | Razzmatazz
Thursday, July 26th | Athens, Greece | Reina Club
Friday, July 27th | Zakynthos, [...]

MusiCares red carpet interview. Dave is currently working on a new solo album, that will hopefully come out late October. Click on the post title to watch Dave’s the interview.
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Here is the track list for Alan Wilder’s new Recoil album, “subHuman”, out on Mute Records on July 6th. The album will be available on CD, CD/DVD, and a 2 LP gatefold vinyl.
The details for the new Recoil album are slowly, but surely starting to come in. The cover art and track list revealed this [...]

Guitarist John Frusciante of the Red Hot Chili Peppers will be performing with Dave at the Third Annual MusiCares MAP Fund Benefit Concert to Honor Chris Cornell and Jeff McClusky.
Source: MusiCares