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Hideo Kojima, the game designer behind Metal Gear and Death Stranding, has weighed in on James Gunn’s Superman, and it’s not what most fans of the movie would expect. He watched the Dcu reboot after returning from his world tour, and as per his post on X (formerly Twitter), Kojima believes that “the movie itself wasn’t punk.”

Superman stars David Corenswet as the titular hero, with Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane, and Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor. At large, the movie has been praised for its tonal shift from previous iterations of the DC character, but it didn’t sit right with some viewers— Kojima being one of them.

Iggy Pop’s Song in Superman Was the Real Punk Element For Hideo Kojima Hideo Kojima | Credits: PlayStation / YouTube

Video game auteur Hideo Kojima is not a stranger to cinematic storytelling, and his criticism of the recent Superman...

Metal Gear Solid and Death Stranding creator Hideo Kojima is widely considered a visionary and frequently shares movie reviews on social media. They're typically either very detailed or simply an acknowledgement that he's seen something.

The latter is often considered an indication that he didn't like a new release, but Kojima had plenty to say about DC Studios and James Gunn's Superman.

"Since I’ve been on a world tour, I hadn’t had the chance to watch it, but this morning, I finally got to see James Gunn’s 'Superman.' It was good," he shared. "It was neither dark nor stylish, cool or even 'super.' The perspective of the audience—the distance and elevation—is different from the 'Superman' we used to Look Up (into the sky) to."

"This film gently observes the human being Clark Kent and Superman as one and approaches...

Britain, the 1980s. Thatcher. Black Monday. Riots. Strikes. Racism. In 1984, George Orwell’s 1984 became a bestseller again, slotting right into the nightmarish dystopia it had predicted. As unemployment figures soared, heroin addiction spread, as did HIV and AIDS. It was bloody miserable.

Then: 1988. Ecstasy, a drug promoting love and togetherness, arrived in the U.K., brought back from Ibiza — legend has it — by members of the Mancunian rock band New Order. The Second Summer of Love began. Two years later, Thatcher’s 15-year prime ministerial reign was over. Brit-pop happened.

Iggy Pop’s 2006 collab with the Swedish electronic rock band Teddybears on the song “Punkrocker” has gotten renewed attention thanks to the track’s use at the end of the new Superman movie, and now the Godfather of Punk has performed the tune live for the first time ever.

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“Punkrocker” has become a sensation on TikTok as it plays a big part in the final scene and end credits of the latest Superman film, which is currently in theaters. Iggy gave the song his live debut on Saturday (July 26th) at the Project Pabst festival in Portland, Oregon. It closed out a 20-song setlist that also saw the punk legend play solo favorites like “The Passenger” and “Lust for Life,” along with Stooges classics such as “I Wanna Be Your Dog” and “Search and Destroy.”

The 78-year-old icon will next play Redmond, Washington, on Monday...

“Superman is the best friend you could have,” Iggy Pop recently said, responding to the prominent use of “Punkrocker,” his 2006 collaboration with Teddybears, in the final scene of Superman — and he proved he meant it Saturday night by playing the formerly obscure track live for the first time ever.

The song, which has exploded on streaming services and gone viral on TikTok since the movie‘s release, concluded Pop’s performance at Portland, Oregon’s Project Pabst Festival. Pop dedicated the performance to Superman, according to a crowd member who posted video.

Superman is flying high at the domestic box office, where’s it’s up to $235 million after two weekends. Internationally, however, the movie is behind at $171 million, something writer/director James Gunn has chalked up to a combination of factors — including “anti-American sentiment.”

Speaking with Rolling Stone, Gunn pointed to the fact that despite his popularity, Superman still “is not a big known superhero in some places like Batman is.” However, he continued that “it also also affects things that we have a certain amount of anti-American sentiment around the world right now. It isn’t really helping us.”

Still, Superman’s global box office is growing, and is performing particularly well in places like Brazil and the UK. “So I think it’s just a matter of letting something grow. But again, for us, everything’s been a total win,” Gunn said Having the movie come out and be...

“I wanted a Superman who could be beaten,” Superman writer-director and DC Studios co-ceo James Gunn told Rolling Stone before the release of his film. David Corenswet’s Kal-El does take more than his share of punches in the film, but he turns it around in the end — and the movie itself is flying to its own triumphs at the box office. “Those weekday numbers have been incredible,” Gunn says.

Just after a press tour that took him around the world, Gunn joined Rolling Stone by Zoom for a follow-up...

James Gunn has been hammering and toiling away to create a cinematic universe that these DC characters can call their home. With the release of Superman, and the film getting rave reviews (including one from me), there has been a ton of chatter and revelations by director James Gunn about Superman and the Dcu.

From the potential return of Henry Cavill to James Gunn’s Dcu to Bradley Cooper almost starring as Lex Luthor instead of Nicholas Hoult, James Gunn’s Superman is filled with riddles and secrets that Gunn recently revealed in the Happy Sad Confused podcast. Well, here’s every major Superman reveal by James Gunn and what it means for the Dcu.

Spoiler Alert !!!Minor Spoilers for Superman (2025) 1. James Gunn’s Biggest Risk in Superman Was a Talking Scene Rachel Brosnahan and David Corenswet in a still from Superman | Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures.

Being a lighter and...

"Superman" has a lot in common with James Gunn's other films. Yes, it's a comic book movie, which has sort of become his genre, but it's more than that. The tone, aesthetic, and narrative sensibilities all feel familiar if you're well-versed in his past work. And of course, one of the most obvious marks of a Gunn film at this point is the strategic use of a licensed soundtrack to underscore certain moments.

That stays true in "Superman," which plays "5 Years Time" by Noah and the Whale as Mr. Terrific (Edi Gathegi) dismantles a LuthorCorp military camp. At the end of the film, and leading into the credits, we get another licensed track: Swedish band Teddybears' "Punkrocker," featuring Iggy Pop.

The song choice nods to an earlier exchange in the movie, where Clark (David Corenswet) tries to convince Lois (Rachel Brosnahan) that he's "punk rock." When his claim is swiftly and laughingly dismissed,...

I watched James Gunn’s Superman and fell in love with ‘Punkrocker’ by Teddybears feat. Iggy Pop. Not just me, the entire world loved James Gunn’s decision to add this song to an already iconic movie, and even Iggy Pop was pleased with it.

Pop, 78, and on his tour, talked to The Hollywood Reporter (July 15) about James Gunn using ‘Punkrocker’ during the closing credits of Superman and how the song was always close to his heart.

I always thought the track had soul. Superman is the best friend you could have.

Being a fan of James Gunn’s movies for a long time, I was obviously in love with the way he uses songs in his movies, but ‘Punkrocker’ literally felt like a chef’s kiss. Here’s why the Iggy Pop song became Superman‘s song, the moment it echoed in those theater screens.

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If you’re one of the moviegoers who contributed to the $220 million worldwide opening weekend of the new Superman film, you heard the voice of the godfather of punk. Iggy Pop’s 2006 collab with Swedish band Teddybears on the track “Punkrocker” plays a significant role in the final scene and end credits.

The music icon was reached for comment in Europe, where he is currently on tour, telling The Hollywood Reporter about the song’s inclusion in the film, “I always thought the track had soul. Superman is the best friend you could have.”

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“Punkrocker” was originally released by Teddybears in 2000, but the band re-recorded the track with Iggy on vocals for their 2006 album Soft Machine. If the song sounds familiar, it was also used in an ad campaign for Cadillac in 2007.

As The Hollywood Reporter notes, the song received a massive streaming boost from its appearance in Superman.

If you’re one of the moviegoers who contributed to the $220 million worldwide opening weekend of the new Superman film, you heard the voice of the godfather of punk. Iggy Pop’s 2006 collab with Swedish band Teddybears on the track “Punkrocker” plays a significant role in the final scene and end credits.

The music icon was reached for comment in Europe, where he is currently on tour, telling The Hollywood Reporter about the song’s inclusion in the film, “I always thought the track had soul. Superman is the best friend you could have.”

Get Iggy Pop Tickets Here

“Punkrocker” was originally released by Teddybears in 2000, but the band re-recorded the track with Iggy on vocals for their 2006 album Soft Machine. If the song sounds familiar, it was also used in an ad campaign for Cadillac in 2007.

As The Hollywood Reporter notes, the song received a massive streaming boost from its appearance in Superman.

What do the movies Superman and Trainspotting have in common? Well, they both prominently feature a song by punk rock icon Iggy Pop. He might not be a name audiences would have expected to be paired with Superman, but the first film in the Dcu uses the song "Punkrocker" by the Swedish electronic/alternative group the Teddy Bears, with vocals by Iggy Pop, to close out the movie.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, "Punkrocker" popularity rose significantly after Superman's release, with nearly 190,500 streams on July 12 after Superman's opening night, compared to 1,572 streams on the Fourth of July the week prior. Iggy Pop, often called the 'Grandfather of Punk' from his time as the lead singer for the band The Stooges and a successful solo career, spoke about the use of the song in Superman. Pop seems to be very happy to be associated with a character like Superman, saying:

"I...

James Gunn has a way with a movie soundtrack.

That much became obvious with his “Awesome Mix” from the Guardians of the Galaxy films, which featured ’70s soul jams like Blue Swede’s “Hooked on a Feeling” and Redbone’s “Come and Get Your Love,” and the edgier The Suicide Squad soundtrack, which moved into ’80s punk territory with The Jim Carroll Band’s “People Who Died” and “Hey” by Pixies.

With Superman, he’s staying the punk rock course — but brings us into the 21st century with “Punkrocker,” produced by Swedish dance music outfit Teddybears and sung by arguably the greatest punk rocker of all time, Iggy Pop.

The song underscores the blockbuster’s sweetly emotional final scene and continues into the closing credits, capping the well-reviewed and well-attended DC Studios reboot on just the right note of poignant-cool.

Pop, 78, is tickled at playing such a key role in...

James Gunn knows his way around pop songs and important moments for Superman like teenagers at Summerfest. With a ton of songs and a rehashed version of John Williams’ iconic soundtrack, Superman is a must-watch movie.

Not just for its cinematic glory, but the amount of care and love that Gunn put into the character of Clark Kent is truly admirable. The story is not just told through the camera movement or the subtle changes of expressions, but also through the power of music and/or songs. Well, here is every song used in the Superman soundtrack and when they play.

Spoiler Alert !!!Major Spoilers for Superman! 4. Bring Me Sunshine For a Trapped Superman

Bring Me Sunshine by Sophie Madeleine is James Gunn’s way of providing irony for the character of Superman. As the title suggests, Clark Kent doesn’t get sunshine where he’s about to go, which...

British rock act Yungblud is the latest musician to get the documentary treatment, as “Yungblud. Are You Ready, Boy?” is set for a theatrical release in August.

The documentary will follow Yungblud (whose real name is Dominic Harrison) at the famed Hansa Studios in Berlin, the same studio where David Bowie recorded Heroes, Iggy Pop made Lust for Life and U2 record Achtung Baby!, and where the singer recorded live performances of his latest album Idols, which came out June 20.

“I wanted to make a film that truly documents where we are right now, at this moment, around the release of my most ambitious album to date,” Yungblud said in a statement. “Berlin has always radiated complete, unfiltered truth. Every time I’ve visited Hansa Studios, it’s just fucking iconic. You can feel the history in Hansa; it’s in the silence between takes, the ceiling looming over you.

For a movie about one of American culture’s most famous good guys, James Gunn’s new take on Superman contains more talk than you’d expect about what it means to be punk. And that carries through to the movie’s closing credits, which are accompanied by a deep cut from Iggy Pop and the band Teddybears: “Punkrocker.”

“Punkrocker” first appeared on Teddybears’ 2000 album Rock ‘n’ Roll Highschool, and has been covered frequently in the years since: The version that plays over the Superman end credits is from Teddybears’ 2006 album Soft Machine, featuring Iggy Pop’s vocals.

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The song’s selection is already making waves: According to Spotify, as of Thursday, July 10th (still a day before the film’s release), streams of “Punkrocker” have increased 530%.

For a James Gunn superhero movie, Superman is otherwise pretty light when it comes to needle drops: There...

For a movie about one of American culture’s most famous good guys, James Gunn’s new take on Superman contains more talk than you’d expect about what it means to be punk. And that carries through to the movie’s closing credits, which are accompanied by a deep cut from Iggy Pop and the band Teddybears: “Punkrocker.”

“Punkrocker” first appeared on Teddybears’ 2000 album Rock ‘n’ Roll Highschool, and has been covered frequently in the years since: The version that plays over the Superman end credits is from Teddybears’ 2006 album Soft Machine, featuring Iggy Pop’s vocals.

Get Iggy Pop Tickets Here

The song’s selection is already making waves: According to Spotify, as of Thursday, July 10th (still a day before the film’s release), streams of “Punkrocker” have increased 530%.

For a James Gunn superhero movie, Superman is otherwise pretty light when it comes to needle drops: There...

Project Pabst 2025 is just around the corner, going down July 26th and 27th at Portland, Oregon’s Tom McCall Waterfront. Boasting a killer lineup led by the likes of Iggy Pop, Devo, Death Cab for Cutie, and Japanese Breakfast, the fest is not one to miss. Fortunately, Consequence has two (2) passes up for grabs for the two-day celebration of music, beer, and great times. Enter for your chance to win below or by heading here.

Project Pabst 2025’s electrifying lineup kicks off Saturday with punk godfather Iggy Pop, whose decades-spanning career and raw energy continue to influence generations of musicians. New wave pioneers Devo will also bring their unmistakable sound and visual spectacle to the Portland stage, while UK punk legends The Damned and Australia’s rowdy pub-punk champions The Chats round out Saturday’s fierce punk-heavy programming. The day also features genre-defying rockers Mannequin Pussy; Portland power-pop icons The...

In the article series Sound and Vision we take a look at music videos from notable directors. This week we look at Iggy Pop's Lust for Life, directed by Danny Boyle. It is somewhat baffling to me that Danny Boyle has only made one music video, and it is a tie-in to his film Trainspotting. Boyle is an avid music aficionado, and often has tie-in tracks to his films, like All Saint's Pure Shores for The Beach and Beck's Deadweight for A Life Less Ordinary (the music video of which was directed by no one other than Michel Gondry). Music plays a large role in films like Slumdog Millionaire, with its Bollywood inspired soundtrack and M.I.A.-centerpiece; 28 Days Later's central use of Godspeed You Black...

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The Dark Fantastic is an intimate and enthralling look at the vast career of acclaimed film composer Simon Boswell, an amazing musician who has created music for so many films, particularly in the horror and fantasy genres.

He was responsible for an audio spectrum, from Demons 2, Graveyard Disturbance and Phenomena to Hardware and Perdita Durango, as well as cult classics like Shallow Grave, Hackers and The Crying Game. Throughout his career Boswell has worked with the legendary likes of Lamberto Bava, Dario Argento and Clive Barker and has constantly created vast and compelling music for the films that they feature in. The Dark Fantastic tells the entire story of his career through both music and film.

Far from being a standard documentary where film clips are interspersed with interviews, The Dark Fantastic contains continuous live performances of music that Boswell has created, with details about the particular films and the making of them.

Danny Boyle is a director known for his exceptional use of music to score key — and now iconic — scenes in his films. Think Iggy Pop’s “Lust for Life” in “Trainspotting” as Ewan McGregor pounded the streets of Edinburgh or the movie’s euphoric closing moments as Underworld’s era-defining track “Born Slippy” played. In fact, think most of the “Trainspotting” soundtrack. Then there was A.R Rahman’s hands-in-the-air anthem “Jai Ho!” from the “Slumdog Millionaire finale, John Murphy’s rousing “Adagio in D Minor” from “Sunshine” (and numerous other subsequent films) and God Speed You Black Emperor’s “East Hastings,” heard as as Cillian Murphy famously wandered the streets of a deserted London at the start of “28 Days Later.”

According to Scottish band Young Fathers, Boyle is the “King of the Needle Drops,” and someone who can throw music — and sometimes not the music you’d expect — into...

Comedians long to be rock stars, they say, and rock stars dream of being comedians. For proof, look no further than band names that found their inspiration in TV comedies. The Simpsons and The Brady Bunch alone are responsible for at least seven band names between them.

Here are six bands that found their names tucked into the episodes of their favorite television laughers…

1 Fall Out Boy

The first time Fall Out Boy performed, they introduced themselves as Forget Me Not. When it was time for a more permanent alias, Pete Wentz argued for tongue-in-cheek names while Patrick Stump wanted something that referenced Tom Waits.

A bunch of names went on a list, including Fall Out Boy, an obscure reference to Radioactive Man’s youthful sidekick on The Simpsons. Friends voted on the name, and Fall Out Boy rose to the top.

Other bands with Simpsons-inspired names include the metalcore band Evergreen Terrace,...

It’s not every day that you see a Star Trek guest star carried off a stage in a coffin during a concert, but it’s happening. Oh, it’s happening. Iggy Pop, he of the long, scraggly hair, raspy voice, and tendency to perform his brand of punk rock shirtless, is 78 years young and in the midst of what he’s called his farewell tour. During a performance at the O2 Victoria Warehouse in Manchester, England, on May 31, he concluded his night in macabre style: stepping into a coffin and being wheeled off the stage.

Before we get into his Star Trek adventure, here’s a bit of quick background about Pop. He was born James Newell Osterberg Jr. and set about seeking a career in music. He launched Iggy and the Stooges and gained fame, both with the Stooges and solo, for putting on wild shows that, in the eyes of some,...

Music supervisor is a job that is part professional music nerd, part aural detective and part crate-digging business affairs exec. 5 Songs is a Deadline series that highlights the work of these below-the-line workers through songs and stories.

What do Iggy Pop, Tom Waits, Joan Jett, BTS, Rob Zombie and Tchaikovsky have in common? Their songs were all used in Amazon ballet drama Étoile.

Étoile came from The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’s Amy Sherman-Palladino and Dan Palladino and followed the the dancers and artistic staff of two world-renowned ballet companies in New York and Paris as they embark on an ambitious gambit to save their storied institutions by swapping their most talented stars.

It starred Luke Kirby, Lou de Laâge, Gideon Glick, Charlotte Gainsbourg, David Alvarez, Ivan du Pontavice, Taïs Vinolo, David Haig, Lamay Zhang and Simon Callow.

The series may have been canceled after one season but there’s still...

Cosmic Buzz Films is set to ignite the Raindance Film Festival with the UK premiere of The Dark Fantastic on 26 June. Directed by Dutch multidisciplinary artist Lg White, this hallucinatory music documentary plunges into the mind and work of cult British composer Simon Boswell. Best known for his groundbreaking scores on over 150 films, Boswell has long been a defining voice in horror and fantasy cinema. Now, under White’s colourful lens, his story unfolds in an audiovisual trip that promises to be unlike any concert or documentary you’ve ever seen.

Shot across landmark venues and feature film sets, The Dark Fantastic weaves together archive footage, live performances and contributions from icons such as Iggy Pop, Dolly Parton and Ewan McGregor. Boswell’s own reflections on his journey – from composing in Chopin and Mozart styles as a child to crafting apocalyptic soundscapes for Lord of Illusions and Hardware – anchor the film.

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Zombies have been a thing in cinema for nearly a century now, and since then, we have seen countless films that employ the flesh-eating monsters to tell various kinds of stories. In this sub-genre, we have seen many high and low budget films from the incredibly popular World War Z to the brilliant 28 Days Later, and while these films are every bit worthy of the praise they get, there are some films that get nearly no praise, as the masses still haven’t heard about them. To rectify that, we have compiled a list of the best and most entertaining zombie films that you might not have heard of.

One Cut of the Dead (AMC+ & Rent on Prime Video) Credit – Shudder

One Cut of the Dead is a Japanese independent zombie comedy film written and directed by Shin’ichirō Ueda.

Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme appeared as a guest on the latest episode of Wtf with Marc Maron, where he discussed his friendship with Iggy Pop, his recent battle with cancer, the 2015 terrorist attack during Eagles of Death Metal’s performance at Paris’ Bataclan, and Qotsa’s new concert film, Alive in the Catacombs. Listen to the full episode below.

Qotsa’s Josh Homme Guests on Wtf with Marc Maron

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Comedian Marc Maron recently announced that he will lock the gates for good this fall and wrap up his popular podcast Wtf.

Over the course of the past 16 years, the show has featured a number of memorable, surprisingly candid interviews with legends like Robin Williams, Iggy Pop and Carol Burnett, plus the occasional awkwardly combative chat with controversial comedy stars like Gallagher and Carlos Mencia.

Maron also hosted a sitting president in his cat-filled garage and became one of the few comics to air their SNL audition grievances right to Lorne Michaels’ face.

His interviews were sometimes uncomfortably honest, with the host unafraid (and even eager) to discuss his own insecurities and past shitty behavior. But the podcast's frank atmosphere allowed us to get to know guests in a setting that seemed to have far fewer guardrails than the typical celebrity interview show. But the big question is: Did Marc Maron create a monster?...

Yungblud’s recent single “Lovesick Lullaby” sent him on a search for uplifting emotions, or at the very least, ample distractions, to offset the dark clouds that sometimes trail behind him. During a recent visit to New York, the British rocker shared his guide to positive escapism, feeling good, and connecting with home even when he’s far away on the latest installment of Rolling Stone Recommends.

For Yungblud, you can’t go wrong with the classics. He carried this ideology in creating his forthcoming studio album Idols, out June...

Featuring: Iggy Pop, Gaspar Noé, Álex de la Iglesia | Directed by Alberto Sedano

Exorcismo: The Transgressive Legacy of Clasificada S is a striking and illuminating documentary that delves deep into one of the most controversial and overlooked chapters of Spanish cinema history, the rise and fall of the “Clasificada S” film industry. Directed with both academic rigour and stylistic flair, the film acts as both a cultural autopsy and a celebration of a chaotic yet formative period in Spanish film, where sex, violence, and exploitation were both a mirror and a reaction to the nation’s shifting socio-political landscape.

The documentary explores the boom of “Clasificada S” cinema – so named for the adult-only rating these films received – in the 1970s and early 1980s, a time filled with societal and economic changes and new-found freedom following the end of Nationalist rule. These movies, often dismissed as trash or pornography, were actually...

Karan Kandhari’s debut feature film, Sister Midnight, starring Radhika Apte and Ashok Pathak, is an absurd black comedy with unpredictable twists and turns that will keep you on edge. The film is quite the visual treat; from the very first frame, you can determine that the filmmaker is not interested in grounded portrayal—instead, the interpretation of reality is deadpan, comical, synchronized, and at times poetic. The Wes Anderson style of storytelling— hyperbolic characters, a storybook-like narrative, balanced frames—has also been an obvious influence. Cinematographer Sverre Sørdal captures the essence, or rather the chaos, of Mumbai aptly. It is pretty evident that Kandhari intended the film to be consumed by a global audience in the way he blends the very spatially rooted visuals with a broad range of music (Everything from Cambodian ballads to Iggy Pop and The Stooges). The usual narrative framework is disregarded, and what we witness is pure experimentation,...

How does a star decide to collaborate with a famous brand? Is the “yes” rooted in how large or small their role will be, the size of the paycheck or how dazzled they might be by the brand’s reputation?

For Tilda Swinton, it’s about ensuring the experience feeds her limitless curiosity, which she says informs and determines every project. “It feels very natural to me and, in a way, very much a similar formula [to signing on for a film],” Swinton told The Hollywood Reporter in an interview on Friday in London. “There’s no difference between this and getting into a conversation with [writer-director] Apichatpong Weerasethakul, a long-gestating conversation that after 17 years ended up in a movie called Memoria. In life you encounter people that you have inspiring and slightly unfinished conversations with, those conversations keep going, and you just want to be with them.”

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Rising funk/soul sensation Neal Francis has just finished a raucous set at the Orange Peel in Asheville, North Carolina, and the charismatic yet introspective rocker wipes sweat from his face and grabs a seat backstage. The dressing room is purposely quiet and calm, with no one except his bandmates and a curious journalist present.

“More of a focus than ever is just taking care of myself,” Francis tells Rolling Stone. “Getting things out of the way that impede my mental health. I’m just stripping everything down to the...

When Bono hits the road for a tour, he usually brings along about 200 trucks, a stage that weighs roughly 170 tons, hundreds of employees, and three high-school buddies named Adam, Larry, and Edge. But when he went out in early 2023 to promote his memoir, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story, he brought little else besides a table and chairs, a fake beer, and a keyboardist, cellist, and harp player.

The shows were a unique hybrid of rock concert and one-man Broadway-style production in which Bono paid loving tribute to his wife, Ali Hewson,...

German-Turkish director Fatih Akin, whose “Amrum” debuts Thursday at the Cannes Film Festival, is now working on two new films, a documentary, “Anatolian Dragon,” and a narrative feature, “Ghosts,” which will start shooting this summer, he has confirmed to Variety.

The documentary follows Turkish singer-songwriter Gaye Su Akyol as she works on her latest album in Berlin. Iggy Pop is a fan of her music, Akin said, and, like Pop in the 1970s, has found a creative refuge in the city.

“She had to leave Turkey after she got in trouble about her lyrics in this very misogynist society that the country has become,” Akin explained. “In the last five or six years, almost a quarter-million Turkish people, educated people, have left Turkey — doctors, scientists, you know. There has been a huge brain drain.”

Akin, whose parents moved from Turkey to Germany in the 1960s, added: “I would like to...

Sex Pistols Featuring Frank Carter have announced a Fall 2025 North American tour, marking this incarnation of the legendary punk band’s first-ever stateside shows.

The tour kicks off September 16th at the Longhorn Ballroom in Dallas, and runs through an October 17th gig at The Pearl in Las Vegas, and will hit such cities as Philadelphia, Toronto, Minneapolis, and Seattle, among others. The band will also play Riot Fest in Chicago and Cbgb Fest in Brooklyn, as well as open for Iggy Pop in Boston. Tickets for most shows are already available here, while tickets for Boston, Brooklyn’s Cbgb Fest, and Vegas go on sale this Friday (May 16th) at 10 a.m. local time via links posted at the band’s official website.

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Classic Sex Pistols members Steve Jones (guitar), Paul Cook (drums), and Glen Matlock (bass) performed a series of shows in the UK with Carter last year,...

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Iggy Pop turned 78 years old in April, and the legendary punk rocker is busier than ever, with a headlining slot at the upcoming Cbgb Festival and a new collaboration with Dom Pérignon.

The latter features Iggy and six other “iconic creators” partnering with the champagne brand for its “Creation Is An Eternal Journey” campaign, which reveals how Dom Pérignon has been a “source of inspiration for artists and visionaries” over the years,...

The legacy of Cbgb & Omfug will live on with a new rock festival taking place in Brooklyn this September. Iggy Pop and Jack White will headline the one-day event, taking place at Under the K Bridge Park in Brooklyn on September 27th.

In addition to the headlining sets by Pop (marking his first New York show in over a decade) and White, the lineup for Cbgb Festival 2025 also promises performances by Sex Pistols Featuring Frank Carter, Johnny Marr, Marky Ramone, The Damned, Gorilla Biscuits, Melvins, Lambrini Girls, The Linda Lindas, Lip Critic, and more.

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Tickets for the festival will first become available through a pre-sale opening on Thursday, May 15th at 10:00 a.m. Et. The general on-sale will then open on Friday, May 16th at 10:00 a.m. Et. Visit the festival’s website for more info.

Named after the iconic Cbgb & Omfug venue...

Iggy Pop and Jack White will headline Cbgb Festival, which will take place at Under the K Bridge Park in Brooklyn on Sept. 27 and features 21 bands performing on three stages. The event marks Iggy Pop’s first New York show in more than a decade, per the organizers.

Other punk stalwarts in the lineup include the Sex Pistols, Johnny Marr, Lunachicks, Marky Ramone, the Damned, and Melvins. They’re joined by hardcore acts like Gorilla Biscuits, Murphy’s Law, and Cro-Mags. The lineup also features new-gen punk purveyors such as the Linda Lindas,...

Morrissey will resume his North American tour tonight, May 5, after postponing a pair of shows due to health issues.

A note shared on the musician’s Instagram yesterday said that the former Smiths frontman had “contracted a severe sinusitis attack and was treated at Coronado Hospital in San Diego.” The issue forced Morrissey to miss planned shows in San Diego and Rancho Mirage, California, though both have been rescheduled: The Rancho Mirage show will take place Oct. 24, while the San Diego gig is slated for Jan. 6, 2026.

“Morrissey, the band and crew,...

The 12th edition of the Chattanooga Film Festival is rapidly approaching and with the festival on the horizon, the team has unleashed their second wave of incredible genre programming, including two world premieres and one helluva closing night film!

Gavin Charles and Alex Conn’s newest nightmare Noclip 2: Return to Lunchland will have its world premiere at this year’s fest. The first film premiered at the 2024 Chattanooga Film Festival and took up the fest’s inaugural Jeff Burr Prize. Also World Premiering is filmmaker Erik Bloomquist’s thrilling new feature Self-Help, in which a young woman attempts to rescue her mother from a secret online community after she becomes entangled with its enigmatic leader.

Closing out Chattanooga Film Festival’s 2025 edition is Queens of the Dead, directed by Tina Romero, daughter of horror legend George A. Romero. It’s drag queens and club kids versus zombies, what’s not to love?...

The Chattanooga Film Festival has announced the second wave of programming and closing night film for its 12th annual event, which will take place June 20-28 both in-person in Tennessee and virtually.

Daughter of late director George A. Romero (Night of the Living Dead), Tina Romero is making her own mark on the zombie genre with Queens of the Dead, and it’s closing out Cff’s 2025 edition. Also World Premiering is filmmaker Erik Bloomquist’s new feature Self-Help. Be sure to look for a special screening of filmmaker F.W. Murnau’s silent classic Faust with an original score by The Silent Light.

These events, along with more than 45 additional features and dozens of short films, live podcasts, and the fest’s now infamous nightly secret screening series, the Red Eye, are sure to please longtime fans and newcomers who can access the festival’s virtual offerings from anywhere in the U.

Singing and dancing are an integral part of musicals, never mind that they’re often associated with a much more lighthearted, sentimental tone. That makes musicals feel out of place in the world of horror, a genre dedicated to graphic violence, death, and scaring audiences silly.

Yet, as it’s been proven time and time again, horror plays well with everything, including the movie musical. Movies like Little Shop of Horrors or Phantom of the Paradise showcase the magic of combining genre thrills with earworm songs and lavish production design, further stretching the boundaries of what horror can be.

This week’s streaming picks are dedicated to horror musicals, some that aim to tickle the funny bone while others go for the jugular. Here’s where to watch them on streaming this week.

For more Stay Home, Watch Horror picks, click here.

The Lure – Criterion Channel, Max

Before The Ugly Stepsister,...

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Lorde, “What Was That?” (YouTube)

Young Thug feat. Future, “Money on Money” (YouTube)

Haim, “Down to Be Wrong” (YouTube)

Shaboozey feat. Jelly Roll,...

Thirty-five years ago, Athens eccentrics the B-52s experienced one of the greatest, if most bittersweet, against-all-odds comebacks in pop music history. After the 1985 death of guitarist Ricky Wilson, they’d done little promotion for their fourth album, Bouncing Off the Satellites, which was recorded while Wilson was secretly battling AIDS and released just 11 months after he tragically succumbed to that disease at age 32. The future of the B-52s at that point seemed in doubt, but then surviving members Kate Pierson, Fred Schneider, Keith Strickland, and Cindy Wilson (Ricky’s sister) regrouped. The result was 1989’s Cosmic Thing, a surprise mainstream smash that catapulted the band to MTV superstardom, thanks to effervescent partystarters like “Love Shack” and “Roam.”

Only drummer and composer Strickland — who would later take over guitar duties for the band, teaching himself Ricky’s distinctive, three-string, spy-movie-sonics style — was aware of Ricky’s illness at the time,...

The Sex Pistols dedicated their set in Sydney, Australia Tuesday, April 8, to late Blondie drummer Clem Burke.

The punk greats have been on tour with Gallows singer Frank Carter, who opened the show with a quick tribute to Burke, who died earlier this week at the age of 70. “Very quickly I just want to take a moment to dedicate this show to an amazing man, and a friend of the lads, Clem Burke,” Carter said. “An incredible drummer, who sadly passed away yesterday. So tonight is for Clem and it’s for friendship.

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Clem Burke, the drummer best known for his work with the seminal rock band Blondie, has passed away.

He was 70 years old.

News of Burke’s passing comes to us courtesy of a statement from the band.

Musician Clem Burke attends “Blondie Panel at SXSW” on March 12, 2014 in Austin, Texas, for the documentary Blondie’s New York, premiering on Smithsonian Channel. (Photo by Jonathan Leibson/Getty Images for Smithsonian) Clem Burke’s cause of death revealed

“It is with profound sadness that we relay news of the passing of our beloved friend and bandmate Clem Burke following a private battle with cancer,” reps for Blondie wrote.

“Clem was not just a drummer; he was the heartbeat of Blondie. His talent, energy, and passion for music were unmatched, and his contributions to our sound and success are immeasurable,” the statement continued.

“Beyond his musicianship, Clem was a source...

Clem Burke, famed drummer for Blondie, died Sunday. He was 70.

The official Blondie account announced the news of Burke’s death: “It is with profound sadness that we relay news of the passing of our beloved friend and bandmate Clem Burke following a private battle with cancer.

“Clem was not just a drummer; he was the heartbeat of Blondie. His talent, energy, and passion for music were unmatched, and his contributions to our sound and success are immeasurable. Beyond his musicianship, Clem was a source of inspiration both on and off the stage. His vibrant spirit, infectious enthusiasm and rock solid work ethic touched everyone who had the privilege of knowing him.”

The statement was signed “Debbie, Chris, and the entire Blondie family.”

Burke played on all of Blondie’s albums, from their 1976 self-titled debut to their breakthrough Parallel Lines album in 1978, featuring their chart-topping “Heart of Glass,” 1979’s Eat...