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A new documentary about John Lennon will make its debut at the Cine International Film Festival in London in May.

Borrowed Time: Lennon’s Last Decade, from director Alan G. Parker, will be shown on May 9 at the Karma Soho Sanctum Hotel. The screening will feature a talk with Parker.

The film is a British documentary that explores Lennon’s post-Beatles career using archival footage and never-before-seen interviews with musicians, journalists and close friends. There are also archival interviews from Lennon, Yoko Ono and Paul McCartney.

Info on purchasing tickets can be found at cineinternationalfilmfestival.com.

The news comes as another Lennon documentary, One to One: John & Yoko, opens exclusively in IMAX theaters on Friday. It follows the 18 months John and Yoko lived in New York’s Greenwich Village in the early ’70s and features archival footage of the pair’s 1972 One to One concert, Lennon’s only full-length performances after The Beatles’ 1970 breakup.

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A new track has been released off Burning Moonlight, the upcoming posthumous EP from Marianne Faithfull, who passed away in January at the age of 78.

The latest is “She Moved Thru’ The Fair,” a new take on a song Faithfull first recorded in 1966. This is the second song released from the EP following the title track.

“She Moved Thru’ The Fair” is now available via digital outlets.

The four-song Burning Moonlight will be released as a limited-edition vinyl for Record Store Day on Saturday, with a digital EP to follow on June 6. It was recorded to celebrate Marianne’s 60 years in music. A press release notes the songs mix “her pop roots with her folk influences.”

Burning Moonlight is available for preorder now.

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Elton John and Brandi Carlile hit the promo trail hard for their new album, Who Believes In Angels?, and it’s paid off … with Elton’s second U.K. #1 album in six months.

Back in January, Elton’s best-of album Diamonds hit #1 after being on the charts for 374 weeks. Now, Who Believes In Angels? has also topped the chart. That makes Elton one of only five artists in the past 35 years who’ve had two number ones within a six-month period. The others? David Bowie, Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift and Ariana Grande.

In an email to members of his Rocket fan club, Elton writes, “Who Believes In Angels? is officially my tenth Number One album in the UK! I can hardly believe it. I’ve had the most extraordinary career, but this moment feels deeply special.”

“This album came from a very personal place. It was born from love and the desire to challenge myself and say something new,” he continues. “I had nerves going into it – real nerves. After all these years, I still feel the weight of wanting to do something that moves people, that challenges me, and most of all, that lives up to the extraordinary talents I was lucky enough to collaborate with.”

“I wanted this record to rise to the occasion. I hoped it would speak to where I am now – as a musician, as a father, as a husband,” he notes. “That it has resonated means more to me than I can express. To reach #1 with this album… it’s overwhelming. I am so proud of what we created, and so thankful to you for supporting it.”

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A newly restored version of Pink Floyd’s 1972 concert film, Pink Floyd at Pompeii – MCMLXXII, is set to hit theaters and IMAX on April 24, and the band is now giving fans a taste of what to expect.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers just released a music video of the Meddle track “One of These Days,” featuring footage from the concert film.

The movie is a recording of Pink Floyd’s October 1971 performance at the ancient Roman amphitheater in Italy, which was the first live concert ever to take place at the site. The performance happened just before they released Meddle, their sixth studio album.

Tickets for Pink Floyd at Pompeii – MCMLXXII are on sale now.

In addition to the theatrical release, Pink Floyd will release the live album Pink Floyd at Pompeii – MCMLXXII on May 2, marking the first full-length live record of the concert. It will be released on CD, LP, Blu-Ray, DVD, digital audio and Dolby Atmos.

It is available for preorder now.

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Pretenders frontwoman Chrissie Hynde is giving fans an update on their plans for 2025.

The rocker shared a note on social media, writing, “The sun is shining where we are and I hope wherever you are. Best time of the year. Flowers in bloom. We will be going back on the road soon. A short tour this time, mainly around South America. We are soooo looking forward to it. We love South America!”

And while they won’t be touring the U.S. this year, Pretenders are giving all of their fans a way to enjoy their live show at home: the upcoming release of the live album Pretenders Live – Kick ‘Em Where It Hurts, with Chrissie telling her followers it will give them “a chance to experience some of the magic.”

Pretenders Live – Kick ‘Em Where It Hurts, dropping June 13, was recorded during the band’s 2024 theater tour. It features performances of songs like “Talk of the Town,” “Boots of Chinese Plastic,” “Back on the Chain Gang,” “Middle of the Road” and more.

Pretenders Live – Kick ‘Em Where It Hurts is available for preorder now on limited-edition heavyweight black double vinyl. Below is the track list for the live album:
“Losing My Sense of Taste”
“Turf Accountant Daddy”
“Talk of the Town”
“The Buzz”
“Thumbelina”
“The Losing”
“Private Life”
“You Can’t Hurt A Fool”
“Don’t Cut Your Hair”
“Let The Sun Come In”
“I Think About You Daily”
“Biker”
“Boots of Chinese Plastic”
“Back On The Chain Gang”
“Time The Avenger”
“Hate For Sale”
“Middle of the Road”

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Mick Jagger’s girlfriend, Melanie Hamrick, has appeared to confirm that she and the rock star are engaged.

In a new interview with the French magazine Paris Match, Hamrick confirms that she’s been wearing the engagement ring Mick gave her for “two or three years.” She notes, “Maybe one day we’ll marry, maybe not. We are so happy in our current life that I would be too afraid to change anything.”

Jagger, 81, and Hamrick, 37, met in 2014 and welcomed son Devereaux in 2016.

“We try to support each other, be there for each other, and make sure everyone is happy,” she says about their relationship. “That’s all that matters to me and all I strive for.”

This isn’t the first time Hamrick revealed the depth of their commitment to each other. In a 2023 interview with People, Hamrick shared that Jagger had given her what at the time she described as a promise ring. Asked then whether they planned to marry, she replied, “I don’t know. I’m kind of like, a live-in-the-moment type of person, so who knows.”

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AC/DC returned to the stage Thursday, launching the U.S. leg of their Power Up tour in Minneapolis. It marks their first non-festival show in the U.S. since their 2015-2016 Rock or Bust tour.

According to setlist.fm, the rockers treated the crowd to a set filled with hits, kicking off the show with “If You Want Blood (You Got It)” and following that up with such AC/DC classics as “Back in Black,” “Thunderstruck,” “Hells Bells,” “Highway to Hell,” “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap,” “You Shook Me All Night Long” and more.

They wrapped the show with a two-song encore of “T.N.T” and “For Those About To Rock (We Salute You).”

AC/DC launched their Power Up tour in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, in May 2024. It was their first tour since releasing their most recent album, Power Up, in 2020, as they were unable to support it on the road due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

While their last U.S. tour ended in 2016, the last time AC/DC played the U.S. was at the Power Trip festival in Indio, California, in October 2023.

The 13-date Power Up stadium tour hits Dallas on Monday and runs through May 28 in Cleveland. A complete list of dates can be found at acdc.com.

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On This Day, April 11, 1961…

Bob Dylan played his first professional live gig at Gerde’s Folk City in Greenwich Village, New York. He was the opening act for blues singer John Lee Hooker.

Dylan, born Robert Zimmerman, came to New York in January of that year to visit his musical idol Woody Guthrie.

The early days of Dylan’s career were the focus of the recent biopic A Complete Unknown, directed by James Mangold and starring Timothée Chalamet as Dylan. The film earned eight Oscar nominations, including best picture and best actor. It is currently streaming on Hulu.

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John Lennon and Yoko Ono are the subject of a new documentary, One to One: John & Yoko, which opens exclusively in IMAX theaters on Friday.

The film features a treasure trove of archival material of the couple in New York in the early ’70s. The film’s director, Kevin Macdonald, tells ABC Audio the footage helped him realize the story he wanted to tell.

“I thought, actually, this is gonna be a film about the times,” he says, “about this year which John and Yoko spent living in New York in this tiny apartment in the West Village, as much as it is a sort of story of just them.”

That archival material includes audio recordings the couple made of themselves when they feared the FBI was listening in to their phone calls, and Macdonald says it gives fans a new perspective on the rock star couple.

“I think there’s something just about hearing their voices in this very casual way when they’re not … being interviewed,” he says. “I think you get a different feeling for who these two people are as people.”

Macdonald notes the real “center of the film” is footage of John and Yoko’s One to One concerts, which took place at Madison Square Garden in August 1972; they were the only full-length concerts Lennon gave after The Beatles‘ 1970 breakup.

“We had access for the first time to this concert,” he says, noting everything else in the documentary is “really giving context to that concert.”

And Macdonald hopes that after seeing the film, fans “feel like they get more intimate with John than they ever have before” and get to appreciate him as a performer.

“I think that you can’t underestimate how rare and special it is to see John performing live,” he says. 

(Video includes uncensored profanity.)

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Bon Jovi is set to perform together for the first time since 2024.

The New Jersey rockers are set to play an “intimate private performance” as part of a tour package in Nashville from June 13 to June 15. The performance will be held at a “secret location” in Music City and will be for anyone who purchases what’s being called an “ultimate fan experience.”

Those booking the three-day weekend event will be put up at the JW Marriott Nashville. The package also comes with a party at Jon’s Nashville bar, JBJ Nashville, an autographed photo of Jon, a trip laminate, custom lanyard and more.

More info can be found at runawaytours.com. Reservations open Monday at 12 p.m. ET.

Bon Jovi’s last major performance took place in February 2024 at the MusiCares Person of the Year celebration for Jon. It was the first performance from the band since Jon underwent vocal cord surgery in 2022. In June 2024 they also performed a short set at the opening of JBJ Nashville.

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