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Steve Albini, check out what Nirvana’s Krist Novoselic told NME last year about Kurt Cobain’s decision to have him work on the classic ‘In Utero’.Yesterday (May 8), it was announced that Albini, who was known for recording and producing classic albums, had died at the age of 61 after a heart attack.Recalling working with the producer and how the band landed on the post-‘Nevermind’ sound of the record, Novoselic said: “Kurt was a fan of Albini. I remember being in a tour van in 1989 and Kurt was listening to Pixies. He raised his finger and said, ‘This shall be our snare sound!’ He wanted to do it with Steve for a long time.“There’s that whole thing where you get famous and you have to transition into it.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer Independent filmmaking is no easy task — even if you’re Steven Spielberg’s daughter. Destry Allyn Spielberg is set to make her feature directorial debut with “Please Don’t Feed the Children,” a low-budget thriller, which was filmed last year in Santa Fe, N.M. But the film has endured significant financing problems, shutting down just before production was to begin.

Ticketmaster with the code “SOUNDCHECK”. General tickets go on sale on Friday, May 17, at 10am local time via Ticketmaster.NOVEMBER02 – San Francisco, CA – The Regency Ballroom03 – San Francisco CA – The Regency Ballroom06 – Santa Ana, Ca – The Observatory07 – Los Angeles, CA – The Belasco08 – Los Angeles, CA – The Belasco10 – Denver, CO – The Summit12 – Portland, OR – Revolution Hall14 – Seattle, WA – The Showbox15 – Seattle, WA – The ShowboxDECEMBER07 – Austin, TX – The Mohawk09 – Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club11 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer13 – New York, NYC – Irving Plaza14 – New York, NYC – Irving Plaza20 – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall21 – Chicago, IL – Thalia HallBesides announcing their first tour in 10 years, The Blood Brothers have also announced a 20th anniversary reissue of their seminal 2004 album, ‘Crimes’.

Inhaler have announced an autumn 2024 North American tour set to kick off later this year.The Dublin band – comprised of Eli Hewson, Rob Keating, Josh Jenkinson and Ryan McMahon – took to their official social media accounts to reveal that they will be hitting the road across North America beginning in October.Kicking off at Marathon Music Works in Nashville on October 11, the quartet will make their way through the US with stops in major cities such as Atlanta, New York, Boston, Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, San Diego, Portland and Seattle before wrapping up at the Orpheum Theatre in Vancouver on November 10.Speaking about their North American tour in a press release, the band said, “Coming back for a run of shows in the US this October and November. We can’t wait to see you all once again.” General ticket sales will commence on Friday, May 17, at 10am local time.

Naman Ramachandran The Seattle-based Tasveer Film Festival has unveiled several high-profile partner sponsors for its inaugural South Asian film market, ahead of its launch at the Cannes Film Festival. The sponsors include Amazon, NBCUniversal Launch, Film Companion, credit union BECU, civil liberties organization ACLUWA, University of Washington South Asia Center and Bully Media. The newly rechristened Tasveer Film Festival & Market will take place Oct.

EXCLUSIVE: Peter Facinelli, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Stephen Dorff, Neal McDonough and Nathaniel Arcand have boarded Marc Furmie’s sci-fi action thriller Viper, which is being sold in the Cannes market by Solone.

Naman Ramachandran After the well-received “Joyland” in 2022 and “In Flames” last year, Pakistan is debuting a central hub at the Cannes Film Festival this year. The Pakistan Crescent Collective, set up by Modoxy Media, will represent the country’s official presence at the festival, with a mission to “discover and nurture the next generation of talent, preserve film, andpromote Pakistani and diaspora films globally, thereby advancing Pakistan’s visual culture.” The collective consists of a global team of film industry professionals based in London, Karachi, New York and Los Angeles.

EXCLUSIVE: Verve has signed Tracie Laymon, the filmmaker whose debut solo feature Bob Trevino Likes It won both the Grand Jury and Audience Award at SXSW 2024.

Melanie Martinez — who performs as her alter ego Cry Baby onstage — is kicking off her ‘Trilogy Tour’ at Seattle, WA’s Climate Pledge Arena.Midway through the 35-concert nationwide tour, the 29-year-old “Play Date” singer and Queens native will drop into NYC’s Madison Square Garden on Wednesday, June 5 and Thursday, June 6.At all shows, fans will likely be treated to tracks from Martinez’s three albums — 2015’s “Cry Baby,” 2019’s “K-12” and 2023’s “Portals” — hence, ‘The Trilogy Tour.’And if you want to see her ambitious stage show live, last-minute tickets are available for all upcoming shows.Some are shockingly cheap, too.At the time of publication, our team found tickets going for as low as $26 before fees on Vivid Seats.When you factor in that she’ll be joined by high-profile special guests Men I Trust, Beach Bunny and Sofia Isella on select dates, it’s easy to see how much of a steal catching the ‘Trilogy Tour’ live would be for any Cry Baby.Curious how much tickets will cost at the concert closest to you?We’ve got everything you need to know and more about Melanie Martinez’s 2024 ‘Trilogy Tour’ below.All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.A complete calendar including all tour dates, venues and links to buy tickets can be found here:(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time. All prices are in US dollars, subject to fluctuation and include additional fees at checkout.)Vivid Seats is a verified secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.

Netflix announced on Wednesay that Jo Koy: Live from Brooklyn, its latest special from comedian Jo Koy, will premiere globally on the streamer on June 4. Check out a first-look still above.

UTA has signed Southern comedian, writer, and actor Fortune Feimster for representation in all areas.

Grease, has died aged 72.Buckner played cheerleader Patty Simcox in the film, which starred John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John. Her character can be remembered for chanting the rallying cry for Rydell High School.She was born in 1952 in Seattle and, as a young woman she began performing in beauty pageants, winning Miss Washington in 1971 and becoming a Miss America finalist in 1972.Her acting career began in 1976, mainly appearing in popular television shows such as The Brady Bunch Hour and The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries.She finished up her acting career in the early ’80s, with appearances in nine episodes of comedy show When The Whistle Blows, and a role in Wes Craven’s 1981 slasher movie Deadly Blessing.According to People magazine, Buckner spent the later years of her life directing children’s theatre at a school in Florida, as well as being a dance instructor at a gym.A publicist for the family spoke of Buckner’s death, which took place on May 2 in Miami, Florida, (via People).

Johnny Marr has announced a “mega” North American tour with James later this year – see the full list of tour dates below.Yesterday (May 7), Marr took to social media to announce the North American tour dates for his ‘Spirit Power’ shows with James, which will take place between September and October.The 20-date trek will see Marr and James play shows in Denver, Vancouver, Los Angeles, Brooklyn, Montreal, Chicago and more. Pre-sale tickets to the shows go live today (May 8) at 10am local time, while general tickets to the tour will go on sale at 10am local time this Friday, May 10.

Pearl Jam‘s Mike McCready recently fell from the stage while performing but continued to play his guitar solo.The legendary band kicked off their 2024 world tour in Vancouver on Saturday (May 4). They played a 25-song set at the Rogers Arena, including a total of nine tracks from their recently released 12th album, seven of which graced a setlist for the first time ever.During their performance of ‘Porch’, the 17th song of the night, McCready ended up taking a tumble during the middle of his guitar solo.

Fontaines D.C. have announced a 2024 North American tour set to kick off later this year.The Dublin band – comprised of Grian Chatten, Tom Coll, Conor Curley, Conor Deegan III and Carlos O’Connell – will kick off the US leg of their ‘Romance’ tour in Seattle, WA on September 20.

Brent Lang Executive Editor Steven Quale, best known for his work on “Into the Storm” and “Final Destination 5,” has been tapped to direct Capstone Studios and Hammerstone Studios’ “Black Box (Flight 298).” The upcoming supernatural thrilleris based on an original screenplay from Stephen Susco, a horror writer whose many genre credits include “The Grudge,” “The Grudge 2,” “Texas Chainsaw 3D” and “Hell Fest.” According to the logline, the film follows the supernatural events surrounding Vero Airlines Flight 298 from New Orleans to Seattle. Hammerstone Studios’ Alex Lebovici (“Barbarian”) and Jon Oakes (“The Guilty”) will produce alongside Capstone’s Christian Mercuri and David Haring (“Bill & Ted Face the Music”), Warren Zide (“The Final Destination” and Susco.

EXCLUSIVE: Comedian David Cross has unveiled fall dates for his new tour, ‘David Cross: The End of the Beginning of the End,’ which will see him hit 46 cities across North America from September through December. View the full list below.

Pearl Jam kicked off their 2024 world tour in Vancouver on Saturday (May 4), playing several songs from new album ‘Dark Matter’ for the first time. Check out footage below.The band played a 25-song set at the Rogers Arena, including a total of nine tracks from their recently-released 12th album, seven of which graced a setlist for the first time ever.Also played at the show were early classics including ‘Alive’, ‘Black’ and ‘Daughter’, as well as deeper cuts like ‘Leatherman’, at the request of drummer Matt Cameron, and covers of Neil Young’s ‘Rockin’ in the Free World’, Tom Petty’s ‘I Won’t Back Down’ and Mother Love Bone’s ‘Chloe Dancer/Crown of Thorns’.See footage from the show here:‘Wash’ ‘Low Light’ ‘Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town’ ‘Given to Fly’ ‘Scared of Fear’ ‘React, Respond’ ‘Wreckage’ ‘Dark Matter’ ‘Daughter’ ‘Leatherman’ ‘Corduroy’ ‘Red Mosquito’ ‘Upper Hand’ ‘Won’t Tell’ ‘Running’ ‘Chloe Dancer/Crown of Thorns’ ‘Porch’ ‘I Won’t Back Down’ ‘Black’ ‘Do the Evolution’ ‘Something Special’ ‘Alive’ ‘Rockin’ in the Free World’ ‘Yellow Ledbetter’ ‘Setting Sun’ The Seattle band announced the tour back in February, and it will continue around North America for the rest of May, before heading to Europe and the UK.

Max Gao SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains spoilers from “With So Little to Be Sure Of,” the sixth episode of the final season of ABC’s “Station 19.” Boris Kodjoe is ready to start his next chapter. Since wrapping production last month on the final season of ABC’s venerable firefighter drama “Station 19,” the 51-year-old actor — who rose to fame in the early aughts in the Showtime drama “Soul Food” — has set his sights on broadening his horizons.

Ioan Gruffudd and Bianca Wallace are back home in California.

Selome Hailu Ahead of the Netflix Is a Joke comedy festival beginning on Wednesday in Los Angeles, Netflix has announced new stand-up specials from seven comics: Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias, Ali Wong, Jo Koy, Bert “The Machine” Kreischer, Deon Cole, Fortune Feimster and Michelle Buteau. Iglesias has set two new specials, with one taping at Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, Fla. this July and another with details yet to come.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music One of the challenges for electronic-music artists who aren’t making dance music is how to put on a compelling live show. The answer, of course, is to serve up not just exciting music but visuals as well, and at a packed Paramount Theater in Brooklyn on Friday, as usual, Oneohtrix Point Never (aka Daniel Lopatin) delivered.

It’s a Thursday in early April and Anycia is calling me in the middle of getting her nails done. The 26-year-old rapper is supposed to be relaxing: she’s back in her hometown of Atlanta on one of her precious days off. She’d just done a show in New York the previous weekend, with an impending show in Seattle and a press run in LA.

The Rolling Stones have announced the support acts for their 2024 ‘Hackney Diamonds‘ US tour.The legendary band are set to embark on a massive US tour next week (April 28). The tour will see Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood perform in 16 cities across North America and Canada.To kick off the first night of the tour, Gary Clark Jr.

The Rolling Stones have decided who will “Start Them Up” on tour this year.However, unlike most tours, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famers are mixing things up and bringing different opening acts to each city they’re hitting on the spring and summer ‘The Stones Tour ’24 Hackney Diamonds.’Just a few of the big names joining them include Gary Clark Jr. (April 28 in Houston), Joe Bonamassa (May 15 in Seattle), Tyler Childers (June 3 in Orlando), KALEO (June 11 in Philadelphia) and Lainey Wilson (June 30 in Chicago).As for their MetLife Stadium gigs, pop-soul outfit Lawrence is slated to kick things off at their Sunday, May 26 concert; no opener has been announced for the Thursday, May 23 show.And if you’ve been on the fence about catching Mick, Keith and Ronnie live because you fear exorbitant ticket prices, we’re happy to report that some shows have cheaper seats available than one might imagine.At the time of publication, the lowest price we found on tickets was just $21 before fees on Vivid Seats.Yes, you read that right.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Strand Releasing has acquired North American rights from sales company Films Boutique to tender coming-of-age drama “Young Hearts” by Belgian newcomer Anthony Schatteman, which recently launched from the Berlin Film Festival. Schatteman’s standout debut follows a 13-year-old boy named Elias, who feels attracted to his new neighbor, Alexander, and must overcome his conflicted feelings about being attracted to another boy.

Kygo has announced details of a huge world tour, taking in North America, Europe and the UK later this year – see the full list below, as well as ticket information.The Norwegian house DJ and producer will play a total of 26 dates, his first such extensive tour since 2018.The tour kicks off at Denver’s Dicks Sporting Goods Park on September 7, and takes in Columbia, New York, Boston, Montreal, Toronto, Chicago, Austin, San Francisco, Seattle and Vancouver, before wrapping the North American leg in Los Angeles on October 17.Time to bring the music to you!!! Part One of my World Tour starts this fall with my friends and special guests @zaralarsson, @sofitukker, @gryffinofficial, @SamFeldtMusic, @haylasings, @Vandeluxmusic, Victoria Nadine and @Klangkarussell

Drew Afualo and her Two Idiot Girls podcast co-host, Deison Afualo, are embarking on a summer comedy tour. The Loud Tour will travel across the U.S. and make stops in 21 cities, supporting her first book, Loud: Accept Nothing Less Than the Life You Deserve.

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Seattle Seahawks Super Bowl Champ Marshawn Lynch (Bottoms), Mustafa Shakir (The Deuce, Luke Cage), Cam Gigandet (Violent Night, Without Remorse), André Eriksen (Violent Night, The Trip, Norsemen), and Lio Tipton (Friend of the Family, Riddle of Fire) are boarding 87North and Universal‘s original action movie With Love.