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Leonard Cohen‘s final book of poetry, The Flame, will be published in October 2018, the Guardian reports. Cohen finished the book just months before his death, in November 2016, at age 82. The collection will include mostly new material, according to the publisher, Canongate. Cohen’sformer manager and the trustee of …

Tom Petty, the dynamic and iconoclastic frontman who led the band the Heartbreakers, died Monday. He was 66.Petty’s death was confirmed by Tony Dimitriades, longtime manager of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, on behalf of the family. “On behalf of the Tom Petty family, we are devastated to announce the …

Bob Dylan’s Born Again Christian period of 1979 to 1981 – an intense, wildly controversial time that produced three albums and some of the most compelling and confrontational concerts of his long career – will be chronicled on the next chapter of Dylan’s ongoing Bootleg Series. Trouble No More – …

The Long Way Back, a new Sublime documentary, details how drug addiction ravaged the California ska-punk band after frontman Bradley Nowell’s 1996 death from a heroin overdose. The film premieres October 17th via VOD platforms, including iTunes and Amazon. The doc’s gripping trailer, premiering at Rolling Stone, highlights how Nowell’s …

Jack Johnson unearthed a song from his high school-era Minor Threat cover band during a visit to Mike D’s Beats 1 radio show The Echo Chamber. As Johnson told the Beastie Boys rapper, he and his band Limber Chicken initially planned on starting a Fugazi cover band before realizing that …

Grant Hart, drummer and singer of the seminal alternative rock band Hüsker Dü, has died at 56 after being diagnosed with liver cancer. The news wasconfirmed by his bandmate Bob Mould on Facebook. “The tragic news of Grant’s passing was not unexpected to me,” Mould wrote. “My deepest condolences and …

Stevie Wonder delivered a rousing rendition of Bill Withers’ “Lean on Me” to open the Hand in Hand telethon to benefit victims of Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma. Prior to his performance, Wonder delivered a poignant message about equality and unity, as well as a sharp remark about climate change: …

Beyoncé delivered an emotional speech to Hurricane Harvey evacuees Friday at Houston’s St. John’s Church. “This today is a celebration of survival,” Beyoncé told her hometown crowd. “Y’all are my family. Houston is my home. I thank God that y’all are safe, that your children are safe. The things that …

Girls actress Jemima Kirke and Zayn Malik are a modern day Bonnie and Clyde in the new clip for his throbbing ballad “Dusk Till Dawn.” “Dusk Till Dawn” is a duet with Sia and leans close to her trademark style: the verses are spare and unadorned, while the hook comes …