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Frank Turner and The Hives are among the acts to have joined the line-up for Bearded Theory’s Spring Gathering 2022.The festival will take place at Catton Hall in Derbyshire between May 26-29, with Placebo, Patti Smith and The Flaming Lips topping the bill. Tickets are available here.Today (October 28) organisers have announced a wave of new additions to next year’s line-up.

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Anna Tingley All products and services featured by Variety are independently selected by Variety editors. However, Variety may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes.Rihanna and Patti Smith are the two newest ambassadors for Germany-owned luggage brand Rimowa.

Rihanna is ready for a “new era of travel”.

Rihanna, LeBron James, Roger Federer and Patti Smith are the faces of a new campaign.

Legendary rocker/producer Todd Rundgren is known for such hits as “Hello It’s Me” as well as producing albums for the likes of Cheap Trick, XTC, Patti Smith and Meatloaf’s classic Bat Out of Hell.

Toyah Willcox has shared her latest Sunday Lunch Love Letters series with husband Robert Fripp – watch the version of ‘These Boots Were Made For Walking’ below.The new videos are an offshoot of the couple’s Sunday Lockdown Lunch series, and began when the pair were separated after Fripp went on tour in the US with King Crimson.In the Sunday Lunch Love Letters series, Willcox has so far put her spin on Bruce Springsteen and Patti Smith’s ‘Because The Night’, Chris Isaak’s ‘Wicked Game’, Divinyls’

Toyah Willcox has covered Bruce Springsteen and Patti Smith‘s ‘Because The Night’ for her husband Robert Fripp as their YouTube series continues – watch the performance below.The cover is the fourth instalment of their Love Letters offshoot of the Sunday Lockdown Lunch series, with the couple’s usual lockdown covers videos having to be put on hold after Fripp headed back out on tour with King Crimson.So far in the Love Letters series, Willcox has covered Chris Isaak’s ‘Wicked Game’, Divinyls’ ‘I

Garbage frontwoman Shirley Manson has released a new season of her podcast The Jump – featuring an impressive line-up of musical guests.Manson made a third run of episodes available to stream on Tuesday (August 24).

Patti Smith has shared a seven-track EP entitled ‘Live at Electric Lady’, created in partnership with Spotify.The EP, released today (August 26), is – as its title would suggest – a collection of live performances recorded by Smith and her band at New York City’s Electric Lady Studios.

Shirley Halperin Executive Editor, Music“We Love NYC: The Homecoming Concert,” the Central Park concert scheduled to be headlined by Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon, Patti Smith and others, originally was intended to celebrate all that is unique and glorious about the city that 8 million people call home.

Consequence reports that many of the artists on the bill – including Journey, LL Cool J, Santana and Barry Manilow – were able to perform as scheduled, however the event was shut down before any of the headliners took the stage.Those set to close out the event included Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon, Patti Smith, Elvis Costello and The Killers.An announcement was made instructing punters to seek shelter, with screens reading: “Due to approaching severe weather, all persons should move quickly and

Pat Saperstein Deputy EditorWith outdoor performances just about the only saving grace this summer, two of L.A.’s top venues are taking different but delicious approaches to feeding music lovers. At The Ford theater, where upcoming shows include Rodrigo y Gabriela and Patti Smith with Jackson Smith and Tony Shanahan, Jocelyn Ramirez recently introduced Todo Verde, featuring plant-based Mexican dishes.

Wordtips assessed the number of unique words used in the lyrics of 100 music “legends” and 100 modern pop stars. (Rappers were excluded as they had their own survey a few years ago and the result showed that they are, to use the scientific term, extremely wordy.

end-of-summer Central Park show celebrating New York City’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, comparing the internationally broadcast “concert of a lifetime” to Woodstock.The mostly free Aug.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorClive Davis and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the artists who will be joining Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon and Jennifer Hudson at the New York City “homecoming concert” in New York’s Central Park on August 21: Andrea Bocelli, LL Cool J, Kane Brown, Elvis Costello, Earth, Wind and Fire, Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds, Cynthia Erivo, Jimmy Fallon, Wyclef Jean, Journey, the Killers, Gayle King, Don Lemon, Barry Manilow, Polo G, Patti Smith, Rob Thomas with

The new music documentary, “The Sound Of Us”, will be honoured with the Movie That Matters award during the Better World Fund Gala at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. The award recognizes the urgency, inspiration and change-making impact of the timely film.

EXCLUSIVE: Viking Penguin has out-bid the competition for actress, writer and producer Zosia Mamet’s first two books. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Clive Davis has snagged Bruce Springsteen and Paul Simon as headliners for Mayor Bill de Blasio’s post-COVID Central Park concert, Page Six has learned. "Bruce will do a duet with Patti Smith," an insider added, "Jennifer Hudson is also slated [to hit the stage]." The concert — which is intended to celebrate New York City’s revival after the COVID-19 lockdowns — is set to take place on the Great Lawn on Aug.

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Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorNew York’s City Parks Foundation returns to live, in-person performances this summer with the announcement of the shows planned for the 2021 season of Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage, New York City’s largest free outdoor performing arts festival. SummerStage shows will be returning to Rumsey Playfield in Central Park, Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens, and The Coney Island Amphitheater.

Jonathan Cohen Top rock photographer Danny Clinch’s two-day Sea.Hear.Now festival will return to the beach at Asbury Park, N.J., this fall, with that includes Pearl Jam, Patti Smith, Smashing Pumpkins, Billy Idol and more. (See the full lineup and ticket information at SeaHearNowFestival.com.)Clinch, who grew up in Toms River not far from Asbury Park, first saw Pearl Jam on Aug.

Julian Casablancas, Rage Against The Machine and Patti Smith are among 600 artists who have signed an open letter in support of Palestinian rights.Run The Jewels, Roger Waters and Questlove have also pledged their support to #MusiciansForPalestine, a document that calls for an end to human rights abuses to Palestinians in the Occupied Territories and worldwide.It comes following the recent Israel-Gaza conflict.The letter, which you can view below, calls for “justice, dignity and the right to

Damon Albarn has joined the line-up for this year’s Manchester International Festival.The event will take place between July 1 and July 18, and will see its participating artists reflect on ideas such as love and human connection in a post-coronavirus world.

Chris Willman Music WriterTwo weeks after the L.A. Philharmonic Association announced the schedule for the Hollywood Bowl’s summer season, the org has done the same for the Bowl’s more modest cousin across the canyon, the Ford (formerly known as the John Anson Ford Theater).

Patti Smith has spoken of her forthcoming “special” concerts marking Bob Dylan‘s 80th birthday, while recalling the first time she met the legendary artist.As announced back in March, Smith will take to the stage at Kaatsbaan Cultural Park’s outdoor Spring Festival in Tivoli, New York for a pair of live performances on May 22/23 – two days before Dylan’s milestone birthday (on May 24).Appearing alongside her longtime bandmate Tony Shanahan, she will perform “original songs and poetry as well as

Patti Smith and Arlo Parks are among the acts set to perform at this year’s Manchester International Festival, which will also screen a new film starring Cillian Murphy.The event will take place between July 1 and July 18, and will see its participating artists reflect on ideas such as love and human connection in a post-coronavirus world.As per a press release, MIF 2021 will offer up “a unique snapshot of these unprecedented times” while playing “a key role in the safe reopening of the city’s

Arlo Parks has taken on a Patti Smith classic, performing a rendition of the latter’s hit ‘Redondo Beach’.Presented by Parisian La Blogothèque, Parks’ performance was captured as part of the film-making publication’s Reprise series, which showcases ten artists from various music backgrounds as they cover a cult track from a different part of the music scene to their own.Parks’ rendition of the song – taken from Smith’s 1975 debut album ‘Horses’ – explores the similarities between pop and punk

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorPatti Smith — singer, songwriter, poet, author and icon — will be sharing her writing in a new weekly newsletter on Substack.In a message posted Wednesday on her highly entertaining Instagram page, Smith wrote that she aims to use the newsletter to “form an inter-connective body of work for a responsive community,” posting “weekly ruminations, shards of poetry, music, and musings on whatever subject finds its way from thought to pen, news of the mind, pieces of this