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This May, Hulu is bringing you a lot of entertainment, from the highly anticipated return of Nine Perfect Strangers to the much-anticipated streaming release of Pamela Anderson‘s The Last Showgirl. However, for the purposes of this article, we are only including the films that are coming to Hulu this month and have a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the seven best films that are coming to Hulu in May 2025 with a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.

Attack the Block (May 1) Rotten Tomatoes Score: 91% Credit – Optimum Releasing

Attack the Block is a British sci-fi comedy horror film written and directed by Joe Cornish. The 2011 film is set on a council estate in South London, and it follows a group of teenagers as they fight against alien invaders to save themselves. Attack the Block stars John Boyega,...

Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová have announced their first new album as The Swell Season in 16 years. Forward, their follow-up to 2009 record Strict Joy, is out June 13th. Along with the announcement, they’ve put out the lead single, “Stuck in Reverse,” which you can listen to below.

Forward was produced by Sturla Mio Thorisson and will feature eight tracks written by Hansard and Irglová, including the recent single “People We Used to Be.” In 2007, the duo starred as fictionalized versions of themselves in the film Once. The film’s song “Falling Slowly” won the pair an Academy Award for Best Original Song that year and was eventually adapted into a Broadway musical.

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The pair has kept busy with solo projects over the years, but they slowly began to record together following a tour that brought them back together musically. “It felt right to...

A new stage musical based on the 1998 film comedy Waking Ned Devine is being developed with The Color Purple director John Doyle, Come From Away book writer David Hein and Oscar winning Once composers and lyricists Markéta Irglová and Glen Hansard.

A production timeline for the Broadway-bound musical will be announced later.

In a statement, Doyle said, “Waking Ned Devine attracted me as a funny, heartwarming musical that serves as a timely reminder of the value of community. The inhabitants of a small Irish village working together, overcoming self-interest and greed, all for the good of their families and neighbors.”

Doyle continued, “No one could be better than Markéta and Glen to bring out the musicality in these Celtic characters and David is unmatched in his ability to find the heart and humanity in such a story.”

Written and directed by Kirk Jones, the Waking Ned Devine movie was released...

Patti Smith’s 50-year cross-generational musical impact was on full display Wednesday night, as artists both young and old came out to serenade the legendary artist during a tribute concert at Carnegie Hall. Bruce Springsteen, Michael Stipe, Flea, Sean Penn, Karen O, Scarlett Johansson, Maggie Rogers, Johnny Depp, Susanna Hoffs, Jim Jarmusch, Matt Berninger, Glen Hansard, Sharon Van Etten, Courtney Barnett, Angel Olsen, Alison Mosshart, Michael Shannon, and members of Smith’s backing band were among the many names who turned out for “People Have the Power: A Celebration of Patti Smith.”

The concert doubled as a celebration of the 50th anniversary of Smith’s landmark album, Horses, and a charity benefit for music education for underserved youth. Tony Shanahan, a frequent collaborator of Smith’s, served as the event’s musical director and led a house a band also featuring Flea, Steve Jordan, Charlie Sexton, and Benmont Tench.

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Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová have reunited as The Swell Season and released their first new song since 2023. Listen to “People We Used to Be” below.

Written by Irglová and produced by Sturla Mio Thorisson, “People We Used to Be” features The Swell Season’s signature harmonies backed by Hansard on electric guitar and Wurlitzer by Irglová.

In a statement, Irglová explained the track is a eulogy to past versions of ourselves. “It’s a song about trying to reconcile with what feels like an end of an era and allowing one’s self to mourn the people we used to be while choosing to fight for the person we love and the life we built with them,” she said. “It is a song of defiance and determination as much as heart aching nostalgia.”

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Jack White’s fans at his show at Toyosu Pit in Tokyo on Saturday were treated to a surprise performance by Eddie Vedder.

During White’s encore, which included the White Stripes songs “Hypnotize” and “Seven Nation Army,” White launched into Neil Young’s “Rockin’ in the Free World” with his band. White delivered the first verse before the Pearl Jam frontman surprised fans when he sauntered on the stage to join in during the first chorus. At one point during the performance, Vedder freestyled with lyrics that included “There’s only one Jack White.

The list of artists who will be saluting Patti Smith at an upcoming tribute show in New York just grew longer.

The Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde, director Jim Jarmusch, former Bangles frontperson Susanna Hoffs, Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard, and New York rocker Jesse Malin have been added to an already eclectic lineup of singers and musicians partaking in “People Have the Power: Celebrating the Music of Patti Smith” at Carnegie Hall on March 26.

The concert, timed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Smith’s classic Horses album, was first announced last November.

The world may have devolved into a cruel, dark, Hobbesian state of nature in 2024, but it was a pretty amazing time for live rock music. The Rolling Stones and Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band were in stadiums, Pearl Jam, Weezer, David Gilmour, and Olivia Rodrigo headlined arenas, Neil Young and Crazy Horse hit the shed circuit, and Yes cut itself in half and still managed to out-prog all their competitors at theaters and amphitheaters all over the country.

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Markéta Irglová and Glen Hansard, better known together as The Swell Season, will be returning to North America for a 2025 tour.

After opening the trek in Vienna, Virginia on July 11th, the pair will hit a number of cities throughout the US including Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia, and Atlanta, with one evening in Toronto. See the full list of dates below.

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Fans who subscribe to their mailing list can expect to receive a code for the artist pre-sale taking place on December 11th at 10:00 a.m. local time; the deadline to join the mailing list is December 11th at 8:00 a.m. Et. This will be followed by a Live Nation pre-sale for select dates on December 11th at 12:00 p.m. local time (use code Joy). Tickets will then go on sale to the general public via Ticketmaster on Friday, December 13th at 10:00 a.

Days after wrapping their Dark Matter world tour, Pearl Jam have announced 2025 tour dates.

The trek kicks off on April 24 with two nights at Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, Florida. They’ll make stops in Atlanta, Nashville, and Raleigh, North Carolina, before wrapping with two nights at Pittsburgh’s Ppg Paints Arena. Presale begins Friday, Dec. 13 at 10 a.m. local time.

The 2025 tour will start exactly a year after Dark Matter, their 12th album, was released. It was produced by Andrew Watt, who also worked on the Rolling Stones’ Hackney Diamonds.

The stage musical adaptation of John Carney’s Sing Street is heading to London in 2025. Here’s what you can expect:

According to Deadline, the stage production of Sing Street is finally coming to the UK, having premiered in the US two years ago. It will play at the Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith from the 8th July to the 23rd August 2025, with the possibility of a West End transfer if it’s successful. James Bond's Barbara Broccoli is producing.

Walsh said in a statement that Broccoli “is steering the whole thing, she steered the show from the beginning. She’s the one who originally approached me to do it after we had so much fun on Once“.

Once is one of those ‘lightning in a bottle’ films that put the right people together at exactly the right time to create arguably one of the best musicals of the 2000s – writer...

Eddie Vedder’s annual Ohana Fest took place this past weekend in Dana Point, California, featuring two nights of Pearl Jam and headline sets by Devo, Sting, Alanis Morissette, Maren Morris, Jenny Lewis, Turnpike Troubadours, and the Breeders.

Pearl Jam fanatics from all across the globe flocked to Dana Point for the festivities, and they were rewarded by the live debuts of super deep cuts “The Whale Song” and “Gremmie Out of Control” from the 1996 benefit LP, Music for Our Mother Ocean. The band also welcomed Liam Finn, Andrew Watt,...

The annual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival returns to San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park from October 4th-6th, 2024. The three-day event features 70 artists performing across six stages, and the best part is that it’s completely free to attend.

Sleater-Kinney, Mavis Staples, and Patti Smith lead this year’s lineup, which also boasts sets from the likes of Emmylou Harris, Yo La Tengo, Jessica Pratt, Cunningham Bird (Madison Cunningham and Andrew Bird) performing Buckingham Nicks, Cat Power (singing a set of Bob Dylan covers), Glen Hansard, Devandra Banhart, Ibibio Sound Machine, Levitation Room, Greensky Bluegrass.

There will also be collaborative sets, songwriter circles, and jam sessions galore. In addition to Cat Power singing Dylan and Cunningham Bird, Kelly Willis, Chuck Prophet, Ismay, and Steve Earle will honor the catalogue of Lucinda Williams, Aoife O’Donovan will perform with Hawktail and the San Francisco Girls Choir, and Steve Earle will play a...

Pearl Jam wrapped up their two-night stand at Madison Square Garden Wednesday night with an explosive show that featured six songs from their new LP Dark Matter, half of their 1991 debut Ten, guest appearances by Glen Hansard and producer Andrew Watt, covers of John Lennon’s “Gimme Some Truth,” the Dead Boys “Sonic Reducer,” and Steve Van Zandt’s “I Am a Patriot.”

Van Zandt was in the house to watch the show, and they brought him out for a wild encore of “Rockin’ in the Free World” alongside Watt,...

Ahead of Pearl Jam’s highly anticipated concert in Missoula, Montana, SiriusXM’s Pearl Jam Radio (Ch. 22) is airing a new special hosted by bassist Jeff Ament about his and the band’s history in Montana. The exclusive show will premiere on Wednesday, August 21, at 11am Et and be available on the SiriusXM app with a subscription and free trial.

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A native of Montana, Ament attended the University of Montana where Pearl Jam will perform again on August 22 with support from Glen Hansard. While Pearl Jam first played in Montana in 1992, Ament revealed their ’93 show in Missoula was their first memorable concert in Big Sky Country.

“The first real solid recording we have is from June 16, 1993,” Jeff Ament said. “We played the University Theatre in Missoula where I went to college. I think we played like 23, 24 songs that night,...

Eddie Vedder has released a cover of Tom Petty’s song “Room at the Top.”

Originally released on Petty’s 1999 album Echo, “Room at the Top” has been in rotation at Vedder’s solo shows for some time. In 2018, he even performed it during the “In Memoriam” tribute to Petty at the Academy Awards. Now, his studio version arrives as part of the soundtrack for the upcoming Apple TV+ show, Bad Monkey, set to premiere on August 14th.

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Beginning with a ballad arrangement led by simple electric guitar strumming, Vedder’s rendition of “Room at the Top” blossoms into a full-fledged rock anthem, with a climatic organ solo to boot. As for Vedder’s vocals, he exhibits his trademark power, but also masterfully delivers the emotional sensitivity the song requires.

Vedder recorded the cover with the backing of Andrew Watt, Chad Smith, Benmont Tench, Glen Hansard,...

The Ohana Fest has added Sting to its 2024 lineup, replacing Neil Young + Crazy Horse, who were forced to bow out due to health issues.

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The annual festival, organized by Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder, goes down September 27th-29th, 2024 at Doheny State Beach in Dana Point, California.

Alongside Sting and two headlining sets from Vedder’s Pearl Jam, the lineup also promises performances from Alanis Morissette, Garbage, Maren Morris, The Breeders, Idles, Kim Gordon, Crowded House, Dogstar, Jenny Lewis, Cat Power (singing Dylan ’66), Glen Hansard, Black Pumas, Turnpike Troubadours, and more.

Three-day Ga and VIP passes to Ohana Fest 2024 are sold-out. However, fans still get tickets via StubHub, where orders are 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s FanProtect program. StubHub is a secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.

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Pearl Jam has been forced to cancel several dates on their ongoing UK/European tour due to an illness in the band.

The Seattle rockers initially canceled a show scheduled in London, UK on Saturday, June 29th. Now, dates set to take place in Berlin, Germany on July 2nd and 3rd have also been called off.

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“Despite everyone’s best efforts, the band has yet to make a full recovery,” Pearl Jam said in a statement. “The impacts of this decision are not lost on us. We feel deeply that so many people spend their time, money, and emotional energy to get tickets and then to come see the band and it is heart-wrenching to have to disappoint you. We also appreciate the many people whose hard work goes into making these shows happen.”

While the statement did not specify the illness, Pearl Jam frontman...

Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas will headline Power Ballad, a musical comedy from Once director John Carney. It’s in production now.

Once director John Carney’s next film is Power Ballad, a musical comedy which will follow “the story of a wedding singer (Paul Rudd), a rock star (Nick Jonas), and the song that comes between them.”

Carney will direct from a screenplay he wrote with Peter McDonald.

Carney said, in a statement to Deadline, “I’m delighted to be working with so many great people. I’ve been working on this script with my buddy Peter for years, and now Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas are in my kitchen.”

The film is set to be one of the main attractions at the market at this year’s Cannes film festival. Carney was attached to direct a biopic of The Bee Gees, he stepped back and was replaced by Lorene Scafaria.

Ohana Festival has announced its lineup for this fall’s event at Doheny State Beach, featuring two headlining sets from Pearl Jam, alongside Garbage, Turnpike Troubadours, Sting, and Alanis Morissette.

Hosted by Eddie Vedder, the three-day festival is scheduled for Sept. 27 through Sept. 29 with Pearl Jam headlining both Friday and Sunday in celebration of their new Dark Matter LP. Friday’s fest will feature appearances from Maren Morris, Crowded House, Ryan Beaty, Flipturn, Dogstar, and Gabriels.

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Eddie Vedder has revealed the 2024 lineup for The Ohana Festival, his annual music bash that takes place at Doheny State Beach in Dana Point, California. This year’s lineup features Vedder’s own Pearl Jam headlining two nights, plus Neil Young + Crazy Horse, Garbage, Alanis Morissette, The Breeders, Maren Morris, Crowded House, and Turnpike Troubadours.

Other notable acts include Idles, Black Pumas, Jenny Lewis, Cat Power (performing Dylan ’66), Kim Gordon, Glen Hansard, Dogstar (featuring Keanu Reeves), Gabriels, Ibibio Sound Machine, Peter Cat Recording Co., La Lom, and more.

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The Ohana Fest 2024 takes place over three days, September 27th through 29th. Tickets, including one-day and three-day Ga and VIP passes, will go on sale beginning Thursday, April 25th via the festival’s website. Members of Pearl Jam’s Ten Club can access a special pre-sale that is now ongoing.

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Already heralded as the band’s best in decades, Pearl Jam proudly present their anxiously awaited twelfth studio album, Dark Matter, available now via Monkeywrench Records/Republic Records. Listen here!

In the ever-changing landscape of rock music, Pearl Jam has remained a steadfast presence, their longevity a testament to both their musical prowess and their ability to evolve with the times. With their latest offering, “Dark Matter,” the Seattle rockers continue to carve their path through the cosmos of sound, delivering an album that is both familiar and refreshingly innovative.

From the opening chords of the album’s lead single, listeners are immediately drawn into Pearl Jam’s sonic universe. “Dark Matter” wastes no time in asserting its presence, with Eddie Vedder’s distinctive vocals soaring over a backdrop of thunderous guitars and driving rhythms. The band’s trademark intensity is palpable from the get-go, setting the stage for an exhilarating musical journey.

Andrew Watt and Pearl Jam entered the world at practically the same exact moment. The 33-year-old producer was born Oct. 20, 1990, the same week that Eddie Vedder traveled to Seattle from San Diego to meet his future bandmates for the first time. “They’ve said to me they were probably writing ‘Release’ while my mom was giving birth to me,” Watt says. “And then they played their first concert two days after that at the Off Ramp cafe. I don’t want to get too biblical about it, but it’s very,...

Last week, Carnegie Hall resonated with the spirit and songs of Sinéad O'Connor and Shane MacGowan as an expanded lineup of luminaries took to the stage for a historic tribute concert.

Amanda Palmer and Billy Bragg Perform at tribute to Sinead O'Connor and Shane MacGowan

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This profound celebration, organized by City Winery, not only honored the indelible legacies of these iconic musicians but also supported the crucial mission of Pen America with a donation of $65,000 to help them in their mission of advocating for freedom of speech worldwide.

The event, Sinéad & Shane at Carnegie Hall, saw an unprecedented gathering of talent, with performances that spanned the emotional spectrum, from heart-wrenching ballads to uplifting anthems. The night was not just a tribute but a powerful reminder of O’Connor and MacGowan’s profound impact on music and cultural dialogue. The event opened with comments from Roisin Waters...

Roger Daltrey welcomed Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin), Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam), Kelly Jones (Stereophonics), and Glen Hansard onstage for a performance of The Who’s “Baba O’Riley” at the Teenage Cancer Trust concert on Sunday night (March 24th).

The show marked the finale of weeklong series of Teenage Cancer Trust performances at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Earlier in the week, The Who had played their only two scheduled shows of 2024.

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“Baba O’Riley” closed out an eight-song performance from Daltrey, who opened his set by singing a cover of Who bandmate Pete Townshend’s solo hit “Let My Love Open the Door.”

In fan-filmed video footage, Daltrey is joined onstage by the aforementioned singers a couple minutes into “Baba O’Riley,” as Plant, Vedder, and company deliver the anthemic song’s famous line, “Don’t cry/ Don’t raise your eye/ It’s only teenage wasteland.

Roger Daltrey wrapped up his 24-year stint as the curator of the Teenage Cancer Trust Sunday night with a grand ‘Ovation’ concert at London’s Royal Albert Hall. The bill featured longtime Teenage Cancer Trust supporters Eddie Vedder, Robert Plant, Paul Weller, and Kelly Jones of the Stereophonics. The Who played two Teenage Cancer Trust shows earlier in the week, and Pete Townshend was originally on the bill for the ‘Ovation’ event, but he had to travel to New York for the opening of the new Tommy on Broadway.

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On Wednesday, a host of musicians came together to honor late Irish legends Shane MacGowan and Sinead O’Connor with a tribute concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City.

Most notably, O’Connor’s daughter, Roisin Waters, paid tribute to her mother with a stirring performance of “Nothing Compares 2 U.”

The concert also saw Bettye Lavette sing “I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got,” Cat Power put her spin on “The Body of an American,” and Resistance Revival Chorus cover “Thank You for Hearing Me,” among other performances of O’Connor’s music. Additionally, Glen Hansard and Imelda May teamed up to perform MacGowan and O’Connor’s duet “Haunted.”

Among the artists who covered songs by MacGowan and his band The Pogues were Violent Femmes’ Gordon Gano (“A Pair of Brown Eyes”), Gogol Bordello’s Eugene Hütz (“The Church of Holy Spook”), Billy Bragg, The Hold Steady...

Pearl Jam have announced new album, Dark Matter, along with a 2024 world tour. The album’s title track, which doubles as its lead single, is out now.

Due on April 19th via Monkeywrench Records/Republic Records, Dark Matter marks Pearl Jam’s 12th studio album, following their 2020 release, Gigaton. Produced by Andrew Watt, it was recorded over a three-week period at Shangri-La Studios in Malibu, California, capturing “the band playing together with a burst of inspiration,” according to its press release. Pre-orders are ongoing, and you can check out the tracklist below.

As for the tour, Pearl Jam will launch a North American run of shows beginning in Vancouver on May 4th. They’ll play a string of shows along the west coast, including in Portland, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles, as well as headline the BottleRock Napa festival. A visit to the UK and Europe follows beginning in June,...

Hours after dropping their new single “Dark Matter,” Pearl Jam have rolled out details of their new LP along with dates for a 35-date world tour, which kicks off May 4 in Vancouver, British Columbia, and wraps November 21 in Sydney, Australia.

Dark Matter will hit shelves on April 19. It was produced by Andrew Watt and recorded over just three weeks at Shangri-La Studios in Malibu, California. The album was unveiled to the public on January 31 during a listening event at the Troubadour in Los Angeles that the band attended.

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Irish music royalty Sinéad O’Connor and Shane MacGowan will be honored at an upcoming concert in New York City this spring.

On Monday, Carnegie Hall announced a one-night-only tribute show for the two musicians, featuring the likes of Cat Power, Dropkick Murphys, and David Gray on March 20, with 100 percent of net proceeds going to charity. The event, featured as a St. Patrick’s Day celebration on March 20, is being billed as “Sinéad & Shane at Carnegie Hall.”

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An all-star Sinéad O’Connor and Shane MacGowan tribute concert will take place in New York City this spring.

The one-night-only tribute show goes down just after St. Patrick’s Day on March 20th at Carnegie Hall, and will feature performances from Cat Power, The Mountain Goats, Glen Hansard, Dropkick Murphys, Amanda Palmer, David Gray, Bettye Lavette, Gogol Bordello’s Eugene Hutz, Sunflower Bean’s Julia Cumming, Kat Edmonson, and the Resistance Revival Chorus.

The occasion comes after O’Connor’s passing at 56 in July of 2023 and MacGowan’s death at 65 in November of 2023. Billed as “Sinéad & Shane at Carnegie Hall,” the tribute will celebrate the two Irish icons with covers of both artists’ songs.

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Several of the artists set to play the concert paid tribute to O’Connor and MacGowan last year with covers of their songs. Amanda Palmer took on...

The ominous task that faced Eve Hewson when she first read John Carney’s script for Flora and Son had been accepted before she even realized it.

Sure, she knew Carney’s work, almost exclusively delivering features that baked music into the very fabric of their construction. She’d seen Glen Hansard belting at the top of his lungs in Carney’s debut, Once; Keira Knightley and Mark Ruffalo making sweet music together in Begin Again; Ferdia Walsh-Peelo embracing ’80s pop in Sing Street. She knew what was coming, but still hoped it never would.

She fell madly in love with Flora, a single mum living in a Dublin apartment block with her delinquent teenage son Max, turning each page as Flora salvaged a guitar from a skip, had it tidied up, and gifted it to Max. She followed along as the character started taking guitar lessons by Zoom with...

The Pogues are reissuing their drunk tank Christmas classic, “Fairytale of New York,” on seven-inch vinyl with proceeds benefiting a charity long supported by late frontman Shane MacGowan.

The new seven-inch is available to pre-order now, and £6 (about $7.50) from each sale will be donated to the Dublin Simon Community, which works to end and prevent homelessness. MacGowan frequently performed at the Dublin Simon Community’s annual Christmas Eve Busk — and in fact his last public performance before his death occurred at the 2021 event.

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The Pogues are reissuing their Christmas classic, “Fairytale of New York,” on 7-inch vinyl to raise money for a charity supported by late singer Shane MacGowan.

All proceeds will go to Dublin Simon Community, an organization dedicated to preventing and ending homelessness. MacGowan frequently participated in the charity’s annual Christmas Eve Busk; his last public performance was for the 2021 Simon Busk, during which he performed “Dirty Old Town.”

The 7-inch single will feature “Fairytale of New York” on the A-side, with the instrumental of the song on the B-side. It costs roughly $12, with $7.50 from each sale going to Dublin Simon Community. Pre-orders are ongoing.

“We would like to say a huge thank you to The Pogues and Shane MacGowan’s family for their generosity in creating such a special legacy for Dublin Simon Community with this release,” Emma Kilkenny, Head of Fundraising & Communications at Dublin Simon Community, said in a statement.

Shane MacGowan was known to enjoy an adult beverage or two — or ten. As mourners celebrated his life, the Pogues frontman made sure the drinks kept on flowing, as he left behind more than $12,000 to pay for the bar tab at his wake.

The Independent reports that following MacGowan’s funeral on December 8th, friends and family gathered at the singer’s favorite local pub, the Thatched Cottage in Nenagh. There, they enjoyed drinks courtesy of MacGowan.

“One of infamously hard-boozing MacGowan’s former drinking partners” told The Independent that MacGowan handed over €10,000 to be used for the bar tab, saying it was, “Shane’s last request.”

Update: MacGowan’s wife, Victoria Mary Clarke, clarified that “his last request was for peace and love in the world.”

Johnny Depp, Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie, and MacGowan’s former bandmates were among those who attended the wake. Also present was Glen Hansard,...

Shane MacGowan’s funeral was as much of a celebration of his music as it was of the man. In the streets outside of the church, mourners joined in unison to sing some of MacGowan’s most beloved songs with The Pogues. Inside, Nick Cave gave an emotional rendition of “A Rainy Night in Soho,” and Glen Hansard and Lisa O’Neill teamed up for a rousing performance of “Fairytale of New York.”

Fittingly, MacGowan’s band delivered the final performance of the ceremony, as Spider Stacy led The Pogues’ surviving members in a rendition of “The Parting Glass.” It marked the band’s first time playing together since 2014.

MacGowan died on Thursday, November 30th at the age of 65 from what was later revealed to be complications from pneumonia and viral encephalitis. See further tributes to MacGowan from Tom Waits, Bruce Springsteen, and Bono, and read our very own Jonah Krueger...

The Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan has officially been laid to rest. On Friday, December 8th, fans, friends, and collaborators alike came together to honor the Irish icon’s life and legacy with a moving funeral in Dublin. Outside the St Mary’s of the Rosary Church where the ceremony was held, though, another touching tribute was taking place: mourners took to the streets of Dublin to sing MacGowan’s songs.

As captured in videos posted on social media, fans who had been waiting on the streets to see MacGowan’s funeral procession pass stuck around, which led to an impromptu jam session. Musicians equipped with banjos, harmonicas, and tin whistles led the arrangements, as the chorus of Dubliners sang songs like “Dirty Old Town” and the Pogues Christmas masterpiece, “Fairytale of New York.”

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Glen Hansard and Lisa O’Neill performed during the funeral of Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan on Friday, December 8th, singing the band’s 1987 hit “Fairytale of New York.”

MacGowan wrote “Fairytale of New York” with his Pogues bandmate Jem Finer, and their original recording also features Kirsty MacColl on vocals. In addition to becoming perhaps the band’s best-known single, it’s also become a Christmas mainstay, keeping its hold on the UK charts every year around the season.

Backed by members of The Pogues, Hansard and O’Neill gave a faithful rendition of “Fairytale of New York,” even getting audience members to stand up and dance in the aisles. Watch an emotional video of the moment below.

Elsewhere during MacGowan’s funeral, Spider Stacy led The Pogues in a performance of “The Parting Glass,” and Nick Cave gave an emotional rendition of “A Rainy Night in Soho.” And as funeral procession made its way through Dublin,...

Thousands of mourners converged on St. Mary of the Rosary Church in Nenagh, Ireland, on Friday to pay their respects to the late Pogues frontman, Shane MacGowan. MacGowan died of complications from pneumonia on Nov. 30.

Those in attendance included Nick Cave, Johnny Depp, Bob Geldof, and Ireland’s President, Michael D. Higgins, according to Sky News. MacGowan’s sister, Siobhan MacGowan, told the congregation that her brother’s veins had run “with Irish blood.”

Cave performed the Pogues song “A Rainy Night in Soho” at the service. His face looked emotional,...

Nick Cave paid tribute to the late Shane MacGowan during The Pogues frontman’s funeral on Friday, December 8th, by covering the band’s 1986 song “A Rainy Night in Soho.” Watch the heartfelt performance below.

Produced by Elvis Costello, “A Rainy Night in Soho” originally appeared on The Pogues’ Poguetry in Motion EP. Cave later recorded a cover of the song for What a Wonderful World, a 1992 split EP with MacGowan. That track would later appear on the 2005 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds compilation B-Sides & Rarities.

Elsewhere during MacGowan’s funeral, Glen Hansard and Lisa O’Neill gave a rousing performance of “Fairytale of New York,” and The Pogues reunited to play “The Parting Glass.” And as funeral procession made its way through Dublin, mourners sung some of his iconic songs.

MacGowan died on Thursday, November 30th at the age of 65 from what was later revealed to be complications from pneumonia and viral encephalitis.

Low-budget films can achieve impressive box office returns, sometimes earning over a hundred times their initial investment. Success is not limited to any specific genre, with low-budget films in horror, comedy, action, and even documentaries finding success. Clever marketing strategies, captivating storytelling, and strong performances can contribute to the success of low-budget films.

Some box office successes are greater than others, with several films that were made for less than $1 million earning their budgets back dozens of times over. It's impressive when a movie makes more than a billion dollars, but most of these projects have budgets of over $200 million to begin with. From Titanic to Avengers: Endgame, the highest-grossing movies of all time cost an awful lot to make in the first place.

While it's impressive for a film that costs $200 million to see a massive return on its initial budget, it's even more amazing when high box office earnings come from low-budget projects.

The Writers Guild of America went on strike on May 2, and work on all television and film projects was stopped immediately by guild members. Production was able to continue on some projects that already had completed scripts, but since the nature of late-night talk shows requires timely jokes, they have all been off the air for exactly five months.

But, thanks to last week’s deal between the WGA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), all of the late-night shows will return to the air on Monday, Oct. 2 with brand new episodes. As The Streamable noted last week, because these types of shows are generally day-to-day operations, they are able to get back to airing new episodes almost immediately.

That being said, the shows will still have to contend with the fact that they will not be able to have actors on as guests in order...

Everyone is happy that Jimmy Kimmel Live is returning for its first show in 150 days. Except maybe for one person. Hint: It’s not Guillermo, who seems to be enjoying himself.

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ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live returns on Monday, October 2, with his first all-new show since May 1. Arnold Schwarzenegger will kick off the week, with additional guests Kathy Griffin, Wanda Sykes, and Dax Shephard and throughout the week.

Jimmy Kimmel Live airs weeknights at 11:35/10:35c on ABC.

The following episodes are scheduled to air the week of Oct. 2-6 (subject to change):

Monday, Oct. 2 (Season Premiere)

Arnold Schwarzenegger 2. Musical Guest Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

Tuesday, Oct. 3

Kathy Griffin 2. Luenell 3. Musical Guest Glen Hansard

Wednesday, Oct. 4

Wanda Sykes 2. Cassidy Hutchinson 3. Musical Guest Lany

Thursday, Oct. 5

Dax Shepard 2. Nicole Avant 3. Musical Guest BoyWithUke

Friday, Oct. 6

Tbd...

After 22 weeks without late night, the biggest hosts on television have returned. Late night shows are back following the conclusion of the WGA strike.

After the announcement on Tuesday night that writers were allowed to return to work, HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher” became the first late night show to return Friday with guest Ron DeSantis. But Maher isn’t the only one jumping back on the air with a splashy big name. From Neil deGrasse Tyson to Matthew McConaughey, the kings of the 11:35 p.m. and 12:35 p.m. blocks aren’t holding back when it comes to their returns.

Below is the most complete list so far of guests expected to appear on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” “Late Night with Seth Meyers,” “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” and “Real Time with Bill Maher” in the week to come.

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There’s more late-night bookings now that the writers strike is over.

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel Live! have unveiled their lineups for next week – their first since May.

Kimmel is kicking off the season with Arnold Schwarzenegger, who has a new book on parenting Be Useful: Seven Tools For Life out soon, and musical guest Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit.

On Tuesday, comedians Kathy Griffin and Luenell join the show with musical guest Glen Hansard. Wednesday has Wanda Sykes and former Trump aide Cassidy Hutchinson alongside musical guest Lany, and Thursday is Dax Shepard and Nicole Avant with BoyWithUke.

On The Late Show, deGrasse Tyson kicks off the season. Bandleader Louis Cato is the musical guest. John Oliver joins on Tuesday with a musical performance from boygenius, Anderson Cooper joins on Wednesday with Japanese Breakfast as the musical guest and Bob Odenkirk rounds out Thursday.

Vicky Krieps, best performance prize winner in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard for “Corsage,” will star as Sophie Toscan du Plantier in six time-Oscar nominee Jim Sheridan and David Merriman’s “Re-creation,” which is being presented in the Venice Gap-Financing Market.

The docu-drama, which centers on the brutal murder in 1996 in Ireland of French film and TV producer Toscan du Plantier, has been co-written and will be co-directed by Sheridan, best known for “My Left Foot” and “In the Name of the Father,” and Merriman. The unsolved crime was previously the subject of Sheridan’s documentary series “Murder at the Cottage.”

Krieps garnered widespread acclaim with her breakthrough performance in Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Phantom Thread” in 2017. As well as the Cannes prize, her performance in last year’s “Corsage” also won her the European Film Award for best European actress.

Jim Sheridan walks the red carpet for “The Secret Scripture” during the Rome Film Festival.

Romance and cinema have had a passionate love affair since the inception of the silver screen. The intoxicating magic of a well-executed romantic gesture can stir our hearts, evoke tears, and leave us reminiscing long after the end credits roll. Whether it’s a stolen moment under a balcony or a grand declaration of love against a cinematic backdrop, these gestures often become the highlight of the movie, etching their places in our collective memories.

In this article, we present a curated list of the 50 best romantic gestures in film, spanning decades, genres, and cultures. From iconic classics like Casablanca to heartwarming modern tales like Juno, these films showcase how love is celebrated, fought for, and remembered. These moments range from the dramatic to the subtle, proving that love’s language is as varied as it is profound.

Hold onto your hearts as we embark on this cinematic journey, revisiting...

Glen Hansard is set to release his fifth solo record ‘All That Was East Is West Of Me Now’ on October 20. It will mark the singer-songwriter’s first record in over four years and follows a period that found Hansard moving between collaborative work with Eddie Vedder and Cat Power to live performances with The Frames and Markéta Irglová/The Swell Season. The effect of which helped give direction to ‘All That Was East Is West Of Me Now’, a record that is by all turns noisy and meditative, sprawling and hypnotic, Hansard’s most rock record since Burn the Maps-era The Frames.

The record opens with a call to arms in the powerful and stately “The Feast Of St. John.” Evoking echoes of “On the Beach” Neil Young and ‘Magnolia’-era Songs:Ohia, the song features Warren Ellis (The Dirty Three/The Bad Seeds) on violin and feels like raucous...

Glen Hansard has announced All That Was East Is West of Me Now, his first solo album in four years. The project is out in full October 20th, while lead single “The Feast of St. John” is available to stream now.

Rather than working out new songs in solitude or road-testing compositions while on tour, Hansard began prepping All That Was East Is West of Me Now by playing a five-show residency in a pub in his native Ireland last November. “I told no one,” he said of the gigs. “We set up in the corner and played to the locals, some of whom were only half listening. A collection of farmers and workers, dart players, pool sharks.”

Hansard continued, “I played two hours of new songs each week, some songs finished, some half-baked. Through this process I realized what I had and what I had to work on further...

Markéta Irglová and Glen Hansard have reunited as The Swell Season to share “The Answer Is Yes” ahead of their upcoming summer tour (get tickets here). Stream their first new music together in over a decade below.

As Irglová explained in a statement, the sentimental duet came together during a trip Hansard made to Iceland to connect about their tour, which celebrates the 15th anniversary of Once, the 2007 Irish musical drama in which they starred and featured their original music. The track features frequent Swell Season collaborators Marja Gaynor and Bertrand Galen, as well as contributions from several Icelandic musicians: Tina Dico and Helgi Hrafn Jónsson on vocals, Þorvaldur Þór Þorvaldsson on drums, and Guðmundur Óskar Guðmundsson on bass.

Once the duo began sharing ideas about new music, Irglová set out to write a song they could “sing together each night” and “felt right for the time and place; deeply personal and yet widely universal.