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Hollywood and music legends look to be pouring money into a fundraiser for New York Dolls singer and Saturday Night Live alum David Johansen, who is battling brain cancer.

Martin Scorsese, Colin Jost, Sony Music’s Rob Stringer, Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready, Hipgnosis Song Fund’s Merck Mercuriadis, the George Lopez Foundation and more notable names appear on a list of donations made to Johansen’s Sweet Relief Musicians Fund, which provides financial assistance to artists struggling with health challenges.

“David is a legend but he’s also my very real very sick dad,” Johansen’s daughter, Leah Hennessy, shared in an Instagram Story on Monday. The statement came in partnership with the Johansen’s Sweet Relief page reveals he has been in treatment for stage 4 cancer “for most of the past decade.”

On the fund’s donations page, Scorsese (who directed the 2022 Johansen documentary Personality Crisis), the George Lopez Foundation,...

The newly reunited Soul Coughing appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! to deliver a rendition of their 1996 classic, “Super Bon Bon.”

Taking the Kimmel stage donned in black outfits, the band brought the song to life, with bassist Sebastian Steinberg providing the repeating upright bass riff. Overtop, frontman Mike Doughty commanded the stage with a cool confidence, singing the lyrics with a ‘90s brand of nonchalance, which now lands as a welcome burst of nostalgia.

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Watch the video of Soul Coughing’s performance below.

Soul Coughing will continue their 2024 reunion tour with shows in Los Angeles, Seattle, Chicago, Boston, and more cities, before wrapping with a two-night run in Brooklyn on October 4th and 5th. At each stop, they’ll perform songs from their three-lp discography, including their debut album Ruby Vroom, which will turn 30 later this month. Get tickets to their upcoming shows here.

Soul Coughing 2024 Tour Dates:

09/13 – Los Angeles,...

Soul Coughing are reuniting for their first North American tour in 25 years.

Beginning in September, Mike Doughty, Mark degli Antoni, Sebastian Steinberg, and Yuval Gabay will embark on an 18-date outing that includes shows in San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Denver, Minneapolis, Chicago, Washington, DC, Boston, and Philadelphia. As of now, the tour is scheduled to conclude with two nights at Brooklyn Steel in early October. Get tickets here.

Update: Due to fan demand, shows in Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, and Boston have been moved to larger venues.

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According to a press release, “each exclusive performance will feature songs from their legendary catalog– El Oso, Irresistible Bliss and their genre-defining debut album Ruby Vroom which celebrates its 30th anniversary this fall.”

Soul Coughing 2024 Tour Dates:

09/10 – San Diego, CA @ Belly Up Tavern

09/11 – San Diego, CA @ Belly Up Tavern

09/13 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Bellwether

09/14 – San Francisco,...

Soul Coughing is back! On Thursday, the Nineties alt-rock band announced that its four original members — Mike Doughty, Mark Degli Antoni, Sebastian Steinberg, and Yuval Gabay — will be reuniting for a tour across the United States later this year.

“We said it would never happen,” wrote Doughty on Instagram sharing the news.

Presale tickets go on sale Monday at 10 a.m. local time before going on sale to the general public on June 28. The group will kick off their tour in San Diego on Sept. 11, before stopping for two nights at San Francisco’s Fillmore,...

Live music has been virtually wiped out by the coronavirus pandemic. So to help out the talent agencies, management firms, artists and live touring companies fighting to stay alive, a fundraiser featuring some superstar guitars is on auction.

The nonprofit National Independent Talent Organization (Nito) is behind the effort, launching a Guitar and Stringed Instruments Auction. Starting today and running through Sunday, December 13, the auction is open to the public and will help raise crucial funds for Nito’s continued efforts to ensure that the live touring industry has a united voice in Washington D.C. and in a rapidly changing economy.

A selection of guitars and stringed instruments will be on auction from George Benson, Leon Bridges, David Bromberg, Mike Doughty, Fall Out Boy, Steve Forbert, Tom Higgenson/Plain White T’s, Jack Johnson, Will Kimbrough, Mark Knopfler, Sonny Landreth, Tommy Lee, Nick Lowe, Steve Martin, J Mascis, John Mellencamp,...

The 24 Hour Musicals will return better than ever this year.

The 24 Hour Musicals feature four new musicals written and performed in the span of just 24 hours. The marathon process begins at 9 Pm the night before the performance. Writers, composers, directors, choreographers, actors, music directors, musicians and production staff — many of whom have never worked with or met each other before — gather for an orientation where they share costume pieces and props, their special skills and reveal something that they have always wanted to do on stage. At 11 Pm, composers and writers get to work crafting 15-20 minute musicals overnight and at 9 Am the next morning, actors receive their roles and directors, choreographers and musicians arrive to begin rehearsal. Less than 12 hours later, they’ll perform in front of a live audience!

Proceeds from The 24 Hour Musicals benefit The 24 Hour Plays’ programs, including The 24 Hour Plays: Nationals (a professional intensive for...

One-time Soul Coughing singer Mike Doughty has maintained for years now that his tenure in the group was pretty much hell, and that the work he produced on records like Ruby Vroom and El Oso is absolutely not, in any way, what he wants to be known for. Still, fans cling to tracks like “Circles” and “Super Bon Bon,” so Doughty has launched a PledgeMusic campaign to raise money to re-record the songs in the manner he originally envisioned—before, as he says in a press release, “they entered the dysfunctional fray of the band.” Doughty’s written a whole ...

Mike Doughty apparently thinks a lot of himself. The ex-Soul Coughing frontman is selling personalized versions of one of his unreleased songs for $35,335.53. For roughly the price of a 2013 Chrysler 300 C Sedan, Doughty will record “Dogs/Demons"—a song he’s also never played live—onto a digital recorder, then add a personalized message. Buyers also have the option to choose the song’s key (C, D, or D-sharp), as well as whether they want the song to have a bridge. Doughty will then send the recorder itself, signed and numbered by Doughty, straight to ...

This week’s Star Wars and Boy Meets World news has us feeling a little nostalgic, so for this edition of TVLine Mixtape, we’re going old school.

What follows are some excellent songs from TV episodes past, complete with artist and album information in case you want to add them to your permanent collection.

We chose tunes that stuck in our memories, but we know you’ve got favorites, too. So check out our TVLine Mixtape playlist — Throwback Edition — and then hit the comments with your favorite TV jams from the past!

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June 10: Singer Shirley Alston Reeves of The Shirelles is 71. Actor Andrew Stevens is 57. Bassist Kim Deal of The Pixies and The Breeders is 51. Singer Maxi Priest is 51. Actress Gina Gershon is 50. Actress Jeanne Tripplehorn is 49. Drummer Jimmy Chamberlin (Smashing Pumpkins, Zwan) is 48. Actress Kate Flannery ("The Office") is 48. Model-actress Elizabeth Hurley is 47. Guitarist Joey Santiago of The Pixies is 47. Guitarist Emma Anderson (Lush) is 45. Country guitarist Brian Hofeldt of The Derailers is 45. Singer Mike Doughty (Soul Coughing) is 42. Singer JoJo of K-Ci and JoJo is 41. Singer Faith Evans is 39. Singer Lemisha Grinstead of 702 is 34. Actor DJ Qualls ("Hustle & Flow") is 34. Actor Shane West ("ER," "Now and Again") is 34. Singer Hoku is 31. Actress Leelee Sobieski is 30.

June 11: Actor Gene Wilder is 79. Actor Chad Everett is 75. Comedian Johnny Brown ("Laugh-In") is 75. Singer Joey Dee is 72. Actress Adrienne Barbeau ("Maude") is 67. Drummer Frank Beard of Zz Top is 63. Singer Donnie Van...

In their only announced U.S. date this summer, Pearl Jam will co-headline Florida's Deluna Festival with The Foo Fighters. Several other '90s hitmakers are on the largely nostalgic bill, including The Wallflowers and Ben Folds Five, Other veteran rock acts who will also be performing include Superchunk, Fishbone, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Mike Doughty, The Corin Tucker Band and Bad Brains. Florence and the Machine, Band of Horses, The Joy Formidable, The Gaslight Anthem, Band of Skulls, and more are among the newer acts tapped by Deluna. The musically diverse lineup also includes Dwight Yoakam, The Rebirth Brass Band, Kermit...

Of course, love of a TV show stems from the stories and characters; but there's no denying the important role music plays in a scene. Shows like "The Oc" and "Grey's Anatomy" know this all too well.

When Marissa shot Trey on "The Oc" and Imogen Heap's "Hide and Seek" played in the background, a pop culture frenzy ensued. On "Grey's," the moment that won Katherine Heigl her Emmy was partly in thanks to Snow Patrol's "Chasing Cars": As Izzie lay in the arms of her dead fiance (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) she couldn't save, the lyrics, ''Would you lie with me, and just forget the world'' punctuated the sorrowful moment.

Or who could forget that final scene of "The Sopranos," featuring the Journey classic "Don't Stop Believin'"? The song was back on the iTunes charts for weeks afterwards and because of that infamous series finale when the...

Of course, viewers' love of a TV show stems from the stories and characters; but there's no denying the important role music plays in a scene.

"Grey's Anatomy" knows this all too well. The moment that won Katherine Heigl her Emmy was partly in thanks to Snow Patrol's "Chasing Cars": As Izzie lay in the arms of her dead fiance (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) she couldn't save, the lyrics, ''Would you lie with me, and just forget the world'' punctuated the sorrowful moment.

Check out some of HuffPost TV's Spotify playlist below, featuring music from "Mad Men," "Six Feet Under," "My So-Called Life" and many more shows that wouldn't have been the same without these songs.

"Chasing Cars" By Snow Patrol ("Grey's Anatomy")"Late at Night" By Buffalo Tom ("My So-Called Life")"I Hear the Bells" By Mike Doughty ("Veronica Mars")"Goodbye to You" By Michelle Branch ("Buffy the Vampire Slayer...

Nada Surf: The Stars Are Indifferent to Astrology (Barsuk)

I know it's early, but this sure feels like the album of the year. In fact, I'm even ready to crown this the power pop album of the decade. Oh, there's an occasional ballad ("When I Was Young" is especially notable) that reminds of Matthew Caws's twee side, but mostly this rocks out, with guest Doug Gillard (Guided by Voices, Cobra Verde, Death of Samantha, etc.) an important presence -- that wild guitar on "Teenage Dreams" has gotta be him. Rarely has bittersweet sounded so tough. Nada Surf's made lots of excellent albums, but this is their best yet. A limited edition version comes with a second disc containing acoustic versions of five of the album's songs.

Sharon van Etten: Tramp (Jagjaguwar)

I understood why van Etten was a Brooklyn indie fave already based on her earlier releases:...

1. Pj Harvey: Let England Shake (Vagrant/Island)

A great concept album, a statement about England's proclivity for war and how it has costs both (more or less) countable -- lives, injuries -- and unquantifiable: shattered psyches and tainted national morality. That Harvey is able to do this not in essays but in songs, including some of the best in her long and distinguished career, is an achievement that has eluded many. I wrote about this album at greater length in a review early this year.

2. Dum Dum Girls: Only in Dreams (SubPop)

There are a lot of bands doing the updated '60s girl sound thing, but none more compellingly than this one. Because without good songs, a sound is merely a signifier of taste, an empty vessel. Leader Kristen Gundred Aka Dee Dee writes excellent songs, then plays them with a sonically riveting style.

3. Mimi Goese & Ben Neill:...

Mike Doughty: Yes and Also Yes (Snackbar)

Doughty has now had a solo career longer than that of his old band Soul Coughing, so it's past time to consider him on his own merits. Sc was important in its time, but I enjoy this album more than anything they did. There was an extent to which Sc was only as good as its sound/production (which was great, then), but Doughty's evolution since then, stripping back his sound to a slightly more traditional style, has more depth. Not that there's That much difference. It's still about witty lyrics that underneath the chuckles offer genuine profundity, a delivery that's natural yet emphatic, and a musical style that's rooted in folk music but far more rhythmically acute (there's a band on many tracks here, even strings, but even when it's just Doughty and his acoustic guitar, there's an underlying funkiness), a...

Mike Doughty: Yes and Also Yes (Snackbar)

Doughty has now had a solo career longer than that of his old band Soul Coughing, so it's past time to consider him on his own merits. Sc was important in its time, but I enjoy this album more than anything they did. There was an extent to which Sc was only as good as its sound/production (which was great, then), but Doughty's evolution since then, stripping back his sound to a slightly more traditional style, has more depth. Not that there's That much difference. It's still about witty lyrics that underneath the chuckles offer genuine profundity, a delivery that's natural yet emphatic, and a musical style that's rooted in folk music but far more rhythmically acute (there's a band on many tracks here, even strings, but even when it's just Doughty and his acoustic guitar, there's an underlying funkiness), a...

Some of entertainment's biggest names - including Elijah Wood, Julia Stiles, America Ferrera, Claire Danes, Christopher Meloni, Leslie Bibb, and Kyra Sedgwick - have signed up to be frazzled.

They'll be appearing next month in the 10th annual benefit 24 Hour Plays on Broadway, which tasks 24 actors, six writers and six directors to come up with six original short plays over the course of a day.

"It's pure chaos," Rosie Perez, who has acted in the project every year, said Monday. "I tell all the actors when we begin, 'You will probably have a nervous breakdown. It's normal - go with it. If you're not having a nervous breakdown or some type of anxiety attack, you're doing something wrong.'"

The playwrights who have agreed to participate include Kristoffer Diaz (The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity), singer-songwriter Mike Doughty, Rajiv Joseph (Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo), Lynn Nottage (Ruined) and...

This morning I've been listening to the new album from Kings of Leon, in preparation for reviewing "Come Around Sundown" for Monday. I also wrote a little bit about Tom Waits this morning. And Mike Doughty, bless his heart, came up in the mix at the bar last night and Third Eye Blind was nearly vetoed from a '90s radio rock-themed road mixtape my friends and I blasted this past weekend. I still feel a little bad about how much I didn't like Norah Jones' contribution to Belle & Sebastian, reviewed earlier this week. What do all these artists have in common?...

Ever since Soul Coughing found its way into our heads with the sly jazz rhythms of "Super Bon Bon" back in 1996, then-frontman Mike Doughty's been a musical character to watch. He's the type of musician just as apt to have a great conversation about Young Jeezy as to write a great song about twisted perceptions of the world.

A year and half after his last solo effort, the beautifully twisted Golden Delicious, Doughty's back for another bite with Sad Man Happy Man, which drops Oct. 6 on Ato.

Check out the world premiere of Mike's new video "Put It Down."

What the world needs now is videos, cheap videos. MTV doesn't play them, and VH1 only plays them before noon on weekdays, but we're still watching them, on YouTube and everywhere else. Before the record business started tanking, they were laying out big bucks for mega-productions; now budgets are more modest. Rightfully so, I think; one of the worst things to happen to videos was when, as the art of video-making started to come into its own, MTV began putting the names of the directors on the video, right under the song title and record company credit. On the positive side, this began a kind of auteur era in videos -- Mark Romanek, Spike Jonze, Michel Gondry, Hype Williams -- but, the music business being the music business, once they saw that one guy had a hit using a certain video director,...

NEW YORK -- Rufus Wainwright, Mike Doughty, Bruce Hornsby, Michael Penn and Sharon Stone & Friends will be part of the daytime lineup at the Sundance Film Festival Music Cafe, held Jan. 20-28 at the Star Bar in Park City. Several of the performers are moonlighting actors, including Stone, Schuyler Fisk ("Orange County") and musicians led by Patrick Fugit ("Almost Famous"), who are appearing in one of Sundance's Dramatic Competition films, the suicide-themed "Wristcutters: A Love Story". The performing rights organization ASCAP is producing the event for the eighth consecutive year with the goal of mingling filmmakers with composers and songwriters to encourage onscreen collaborations.