Open Road Films Acquires Worldwide Rights to Horror Comedy STUDIO 666, Starring Foo Fighters

Wide Domestic Theatrical Release set for February 25, 2022

Open Road Films has acquired worldwide rights to horror comedy STUDIO 666, starring Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Pat Smear, Chris Shiflett & Rami Jaffee. The all-star cast also includes Whitney Cummings, Leslie Grossman, Will Forte, Jenna Ortega and Jeff Garlin. The film, directed by BJ McDonnell, is set for a wide domestic theatrical release in 2,000+ theatres on February 25, 2022. The film’s international release date will be announced soon. 

The announcement was made by Open Road’s Tom Ortenberg and Foo Fighters.  

In STUDIO 666, the legendary rock band Foo Fighters move into an Encino mansion steeped in grisly rock and roll history to record their much anticipated 10th album.  Once in the house, Dave Grohl finds himself grappling with supernatural forces that threaten both the completion of the album and the lives of the band.

“After decades of ridiculous music videos and numerous music documentaries under our collective belts, it was finally time to take it to the next level… A full length feature horror comedy film,” said Dave Grohl. “Like most things Foo, STUDIO 666 began with a far fetched idea that blossomed into something bigger than we ever imagined possible. Filmed at the same house where we recorded our latest album “Medicine at Midnight” (told you that place was haunted!) we wanted to recapture the classic magic that all of our favorite rock and roll movies had, but with a twist: hilarious gore that fucking ROCKS. And now, with the help of Tom Ortenberg and the team at Open Road Films we can finally let this cat out of the bag after keeping it our best kept secret for two years. Be ready to laugh, scream, and headbang in your popcorn. STUDIO 666 will fuck you up.”

“We couldn’t be more excited to team up with Foo Fighters for a movie sure to make audiences scream and laugh,” said Ortenberg. “The Foos bring their comedic chemistry and the musical talent we all love to the big screen in this hysterical horror film.”

Commented director BJ McDonnell: “STUDIO 666 is a perfect combination of all things I love. Rock, horror, and comedy all tied together in a very thrilling motion picture. I am so excited to have teamed up with the Foo Fighters to create an old school “Band” movie. It’s been years since we’ve seen something like the Beatles “Help!”, The Monkees “Head”, or “KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park”. Take that 60’s / 70’s old school band film fun, mix it with horror and STUDIO 666 is born! I am so ecstatic for audiences of film and music to come together and enjoy our film.”

“Over the past decade we have had the good fortune to collaborate with Foo Fighters on a variety of great projects,” said producers John Ramsay and James A. Rota. “Whether it be documentary films, TV series or music videos, they always bring their great talents and legendary sense of humor. STUDIO 666 takes this to a whole new level and we couldn’t be more proud of this movie. We can’t wait to share it with the world.

Based on a story by Dave Grohl and screenplay by Jeff Buhler and Rebecca Hughes, STUDIO 666 is produced by Roswell Films’ and Therapy Studios’ John Ramsay & James A. Rota. Executive Producers are John Silva, Kristen Welsh, John Cutcliffe, Gaby Skolnek, Dave Grohl, Nate Mendel, Taylor Hawkins, Pat Smear, Chris Shiflett, Rami Jaffee, James Masciello, Matthew Sidari, Mitchell Zhang and Tom Ortenberg.

The deal was negotiated by Tom Ortenberg and Matthew Sidari on behalf of Open Road Films and by WME Independent on behalf of the filmmakers.

For more information visit studio666movie.com.

ABOUT OPEN ROAD FILMS:
In a partnership with Raven Capital Management, industry veteran Tom Ortenberg relaunched Open Road Films, of which Ortenberg was formerly the Founding CEO. Key past Open Road titles include the Academy Award winner for Best Picture Spotlight, The Grey, Chef, The Nut Job, End of Watch and Nightcrawler. Most recently Open Road released back-to-back Liam Neeson box office hits Honest Thief and The Marksman, as well as CopShop starring Gerard Butler. Open Road is set to open Foo Fighters horror comedy Studio 666 on February 25, 2022. 

ABOUT THERAPY STUDIOS:
Founded in 2006 by executive producer John Ramsay, VFX artist Wren Waters, and editor Doobie White, Therapy Studios is an Emmy award-winning production and post-production company in West Los Angeles, CA. With projects ranging from feature films, television, commercials and music videos, the company’s work includes original content from feature documentaries like Transcendent Man and Sound City to the HBO docu-series Sonic Highways.

GORILLAZ

20TH ANNIVERSARY REISSUE

SUPER DELUXE VINYL BOXSET
OUT 10th DECEMBER

SONG MACHINE LIVE
COMING TO CINEMAS GLOBALLY ON 8th DECEMBER

http://songmachineliveincinemas.com

It is now 20 years since Gorillaz’ eponymous debut album was released and this event weirdly coincides with the announcement today by the Department of Music Correction of previously sensitive documents being de-classified and made available, causing an uncovering of early demos and rarities from the world’s most successful penciled troubadours. 

Back then, 2D, Murdoc Niccals, Russel Hobbs and guitar prodigy Noodle burst onto the global stage (with the help of Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett) following a collision of mishaps, meetings and pure luck to blow up a pre-digital world with their colorful backstory and ground-breaking virtual ways.

And now, Gorillaz (20^th Anniversary Super Deluxe Vinyl Boxset) collects together the previously unknown 27-page DMC dossier of leaked documents, memos, faxes and some early Jamie Hewlett drawings (assumed lost in a fire), complete with an 8-disc vinyl set, for a very special super deluxe vinyl boxset of the album that started it all. A limited run First Edition will be released on 10^th December 2021, ahead of a wider drop coming next Autumn. Pre-order First Edition here.

This special birthday feast comprises over four hours of music including the never-before-released Demoz, favorites G-Sides, Laika Come Home (first time on vinyl), the never released Live At The Forum, 2001, and of course Gorillaz which famously brought us Clint Eastwood (ft Del the Funky Homosapien),19-2000, and Tomorrow Comes Today.

Gorillaz drummer Russel Hobbs said – “Whistles have been blown. Truths have come to light. What started out as a trip down memory lane took a damn sideways turn into the heart of darkness. They say the past is another country. Turns out, it’s a whole other dimension.”

Gorillaz are coming to the big screen for one day only on Wednesday 8th December! The band’s acclaimed live show, the glorious, star studded virtual experience SONG MACHINE LIVE, captured at the band’s Kong Studios HQ in London in December 2020 will come to cinemas globally via Trafalgar Releasing, along with the cinema-exclusive behind-the-scenes featurette, ‘Live Inside From Kong’ with unseen interview footage and commentary from Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett. Details here.

Also announced today, the latest collaboration from Gorillaz and vinyl toy brand Superplastic, two limited edition toy drops The Gorillaz Spacesuit Set, a series of 12-inch vinyl toys which feature all four members of the band in day-glow moon landing outfits; and an exclusive Gorillaz Mini Blind Box series created in celebration of the band’s 20th anniversary, available to pre-order from 18th November.

Frontman 2D said – “Alright guys have a look at these new Superplastic spacesuit sets. They are well lifelike, it’s like looking in a really small mirror! Check ‘em out, yeah.”

This December, explore the whole new Christmas themed Gorillaz store featuring all of the band’s festive favorites. Available from today at here.

Further Information:

Download press shots here. 

Pre-order Gorillaz (20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Vinyl Boxset)here. 

Gorillaz (20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Vinyl Boxset) – Full Tracklisting:

Gorillaz – Disc 1 & 2

1. Re-Hash
2. 5/4
3. Tomorrow Comes Today
4. New Genious (Brother)
5. Clint Eastwood
6. Man Research (Clapper)
7. Punk
8. Sound Check (Gravity)
9. Double Bass
10. Rock The House
11. 19-2000
12. Latin Simone (Que Pasa Contigo)
13. Starshine
14. Slow Country
15. M1 A1
16. Clint Eastwood (Ed Case/ Sweetie Irie Refix)

G-Sides – Disc 3

1. 19-2000 (Soulchild Remix)
2. Dracula
3. Rock The House (Radio Edit)
4. The Sounder (Edit)
5. Faust
6. Clint Eastwood (Phi Life Cypher Version)
7. Ghost Train
8. Hip Albatross
9. Left Hand Suzuki Method
10. 12D3

Laika Come Home – Disc 4 & 5

1. Jungle Fresh
2. Strictly Rubbadub
3. Bañana Baby
4. Monkey Racket
5. De-Punked
6. P45
7. Dub Ø9
8. Crooked Dub
9. Mutant Genius
10. Come Again
11. A Fistful of Peanuts
12. Lil’ Dub Chefin’
13. Strictly Rubbadub (Extended)
14. A Fistful of Peanuts (Extended)

Live At The Forum, 2001 – Disc 6 & 7

1. M1 A1 (Live)
2. Tomorrow Comes Today (Live)
3. Slow Country (Live)
4. 5/4 (Live)
5. Starshine (Live)
6. Man Research (Live)
7. Sound Check (Live)
8. Re-Hash (Live)
9. Clint Eastwood (Live)
10. Rock The House (Live)
11. Dracula (Live)
12. 19-2000 (Live)
13. Punk (Live)
14. 5/4 (Reprise) [Live]
15. Clint Eastwood (Reprise) [Live]

Demoz – Disc 8

1. 1st Idea
2. Shaga Laga
3. Genious
4. Hand Clapper
5. Acoustic 2

www.Gorillaz.com

About Gorillaz:

With seven albums to their name, Gorillaz (2001), Demon Days (2005), Plastic Beach (2010), The Fall (2011), Humanz (2017), The Now Now (2018) and Song Machine: Season One – Strange Timez (2020), Gorillaz is a truly global phenomenon, achieving success in entirely new and unique ways, touring the world from San Diego to Syria, Montevideo to Manchester and winning numerous awards including the coveted Jim Henson Creativity Honor.

JENNY LEWIS
“PUPPY AND A TRUCK”

BRAND NEW SONG AVAILABLE NOW VIA LOVES WAY

As if supporting Harry Styles every night of his Love on Tour, and releasing four collaborative tracks with Serengeti over the last year wasn’t enough, Jenny Lewis has found yet another way to help us shake off our collective 2021 blues: The brand new “Puppy and a Truck,” out today and available via Loves Way.

Written by Jenny and produced by Dave Cobb, “Puppy and a Truck” is an ode to letting go of negativity and focusing on life’s simple joys. With wistful swells of pedal steel and irresistibly buoyant percussion, the track offers a few words of advice for these upside-down times:

My 40s are kicking my ass
And handing em to me in a margarita glass….
Like a shot of good luck
I got a puppy and a truck
If you feel like giving up
Shut up
Get a puppy and a truck

Listen to “Puppy and a Truck” here: https://jennylewis.lnk.to/PAAT

And speaking of Love on Tour, those who have been fortunate to catch Jenny opening for Harry Styles may already be familiar with “Puppy and a Truck,” as it’s quickly become an instant favorite of Jenny’s current live set:

“Lewis adeptly drew from her critically acclaimed catalog, but may have scored the most points with ‘Puppy And a Truck’”—BEAVER COUNTY TIMES

“a winning opening set”—OAKLAND PRESS

“She dazzled”— LOYOLA PHOENIX

“spectacular”— POINT PARK GLOBE

“Jenny Lewis took command of the stage”—303 MAGAZINE
“a stellar performance”—STUDY BREAKS

Keep your eyes peeled and stay tuned…

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SPIRITUALIZED

NEW ALBUM 
Everything Was Beautiful

OUT FEBRUARY 25TH

Following this year’s acclaimed reissue of their classic first four albums, Spiritualized today announce news of their new studio album, Everything Was Beautiful, released 25th February 2022via Fat Possum and available to preorder here. To mark the occasion the band have shared a video for lead track and album opener “Always Together With You” – watch HERE – and announced an extensive tour running from March through to May, including the following North American dates:

Mar 31, 2022 – Dallas, TX, Granada Theater
Apr 01, 2022 – Austin, TX – Scoot Inn
Apr 03, 2022 – Santa Fe, NM – Meow Wolf
Apr 04, 2022 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre
Apr 05, 2022 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Commonwealth Room
Apr 07, 2022 – Seattle, WA – Neptune
Apr 08, 2022 – Portland, OR – Revolution Hall
Apr 09, 2022 – Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom

While some people imploded in the lockdowns and isolation of the epidemic, others were thriving. “I felt like I’d been in training for this my whole life” says J Spaceman.

He was referring to his fondness for isolation and when you reframe loneliness as “beautiful solitude” then it isn’t so bad. He would walk through an empty “Roman London” where “even the sirens had stopped singing” and where the world was “full of birdsong and strangeness and no contrails.” He used the birdsong walks to listen and try and make sense of all the music playing in his head. The mixes of his new record, a ninth studio album, weren’t working out yet. 

Spaceman plays 16 different instruments on Everything Was Beautiful which was put down at 11 different studios, as well as at his home. He also employed more than 30 musicians and singers including his daughter Poppy, long-time collaborator and friend John Coxon, string and brass sections, choirs and finger bells and chimes from the Whitechapel Bell Foundry. So there’s a lot going on. 

“There was so much information on it that the slightest move would unbalance it, but going around in circles is important to me. Not like you’re spiraling out of control but you’re going around and around and on each revolution you hold onto the good each time. Sure, you get mistakes as well, but you hold on to some of those too and that’s how you kind of… achieve. Well, you get there.”  

Eventually, the mixes got there and Everything Was Beautiful was achieved. The result is some of the most “live” sounding recordings that Spiritualized have released since the Live At The Albert Hall record of 1998, around the time of Ladies & Gentlemen, We Are Floating In Space. 

The opening track “Always Together With You” is a reworking / supercharging of a track originally released in demo quality in 2014. This new version is a perfect Spiritualized song; a breathtaking, hard edged, psychedelic pop tune where themes of high romance and space travel collide.

The artwork is designed once again with Mark Farrow. If you buy the vinyl you can pop a pill box out of the sleeve, revealing gold foil underneath, and assemble the Braille-embossed little thing and put it somewhere in the house. The box set has 8 of them. Literally a boxset. It looks more beautiful in the flesh. “Farrow and I were talking about what we should do and we just said, ‘It’s called Everything Is Beautiful, how could you not have a pill?’” All these layers, all these details, the year-long mixes, the making sense of it all and the lives lived within these lyrics; for somebody so famously unconfident of his own abilities, isn’t this a punishing thing to keep doing? “Yeah, but I like what I do. There’s a line from Jonathan Meades that’s about having all the attributes to being an artist. ‘Paranoia, vanity, selfishness, egotism, sycophancy, resentment, moral nullity and more idiot than idiot savant.’ “And that’s what it feels like, this kind of thing. You’re your own worst enemy and biggest supporter. “There’s a ‘Of course this is worth it. It’s me’ and then this kind of deep doubt of ‘What the fuck is this all about?’ “And then ‘Why is it important?’ and then knowing there’s no easy answer. But it’s there. I know it’s there.”

Everything Was Beautiful tracklist:

1. Always Together With You

2. Best Thing You Never Had (The D Song)

3. Let It Bleed (For Iggy)

4. Crazy

5. The Mainline Song

6. The A Song (Laid In Your Arms)

7. I’m Coming Home Again

RADIOHEAD REVEAL FOLLOW ME AROUND AS NEW SINGLE
 
PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED, RARELY PERFORMED LIVE FAN FAVORITE
 
TAKEN FROM RADIOHEAD’S UPCOMING KID A MNESIA RELEASE, OUT NOVEMBER 5TH
 
WATCH THE VIDEO FOR THE TRACK HERE

Radiohead have today revealed their previously unreleased song Follow Me Around ​​and its accompanying video, directed by Us (The Rolling Stones, Harry Styles, Hozier) and featuring Guy Pearce (‘Memento’, ‘L.A. Confidential’, ‘Mare of Easttown’). Follow Me Around dates back to the 1997 O.K. COMPUTER era, where it was often performed at soundchecks on the tour, quickly becoming a fan favorite. The band have occasionally posted different pieces of the song’s lyrics on their website, linking it to other songs, including Kid A and Where I End and You Begin. Some of the lyrics to Follow Me Aroundalso appear in the hidden booklet to KID A.
 
The first (and only) somewhat official recording of the song appears in the 1998 documentary Meeting People is Easy, where the band performed it at a soundcheck in Fukuoka, Japan. Follow Me Around made its proper live debut at a Toronto concert in October 2000, when Thom performed the song acoustically, after fans campaigned for it to be played live on the Radiohead fan site followmearound.com.
 
Follow Me Around is taken from KID A MNESIA, which collects Radiohead’s fourth and fifth albums, alongside the debut of a newly compiled third disc, titled KID AMNESIAE. Exclusive to this release, KID AMNESIAE is made up of unearthed material from the KID A / AMNESIAC sessions.

NICK CAVE
& THE BAD SEEDS

B-SIDES & RARITIES – Parts I & II
OUT NOW

DELUXE VINYL BOX SET, VINYL & CD

BUY ALBUM HERE

“Rich and revelatory” MOJO

“A transformative treasure trove for the faithful” CLASH

“This is rarified rapture” CLASSIC ROCK

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds today release B-Sides & Rarities Part II, the long-anticipated follow up to 2005’s B-Sides & Rarities, on double vinyl, double CD, deluxe double CD and all digital platforms.

B-Sides & Rarities Part I and Part II is released together as a Limited Edition Deluxe 7 Vinyl Box Set including 83 rare tracks and exclusive sleeve notes. 

B-Sides & Rarities Part II was compiled by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, and contains 27 rare and unreleased tracks from 2006-2020, including the first recordings of ‘Skeleton Tree’, ‘Girl In Amber’ and ‘Bright Horses’.

The original B-Sides & Rarities Part I was released in 2005 – compiled by Mick Harvey it comprises 56 tracks including rarities, outtakes, covers and B-sides from 1988-2005. This is the first time the album is available on vinyl.

“I always liked the original B-Sides & Rarities more than any of our other albums. It’s the only one I’d listen to willingly. It seems more relaxed, even a bit nonsensical in places, but with some beautiful songs throughout. There is something, too, about the smallness of certain songs that is closer to their original spirit.

B-Sides & Rarities Part II continues this strange and beautiful collection of lost songs from The Bad Seeds. I love the final side of the last disc because it reveals the small and fragile beginnings of some of my favorite Bad Seeds songs. ‘Waiting For You’ complete with bizarre ‘canning factory’ rhythm track, a gorgeous ‘Life Per Se’ deemed too sad for Skeleton Tree, and ‘Earthlings’ that some consider the finest track of the Ghosteen sessions.” – Nick Cave

In the build up to release, the band shared 3 unreleased tracks. 

Previously unreleased song ‘Vortex’was written and recorded in 2006 by Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, Martyn Casey and Jim Sclavunos. 

Another unheard track, ‘Earthlings’  originated in the 2018/2019 sessions that became the acclaimed album ‘Ghosteen’. 

‘Push The Sky Away’, the title track to the 2013 album of the same name was performed as part of ‘Film Music – Nick Cave & Warren Ellis’ at Hamer Hall in Melbourne in 2019, with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.  

To celebrate the release, two new audio conversations will be released on YouTube between Nick Cave & Mick Harvey and Nick and Warren Ellis.

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds will headline European festivals shows in Summer 2022

2022 – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
June 4 – Primavera Sound, Barcelona, Spain
June 6 – Les Nuits de Fourvière, Lyon, France
June 7 – Les Nuits de Fourvière, Lyon, France
June 9 – Primavera Sound, Porto, Portugal
June 15 – Release Athens Festival, Athens, Greece
June 21 – INmusic, Zagreb, Croatia
June 23 – Metronome Festival, Prague, Czech Republic
June 25 – TW Classic, Werchter, Belgium
June 27 – Lanxess Arena, Cologne, Germany
June 29 – Waldbühne, Berlin, Germany
July 1 – Les Eurockéennes de Belfort, Belfort, France
July 4 – Arena di Verona, Verona, Italy
July 7 – Pohoda Festival, Trencin, Slovakia
July 8 – Exit Festival, Novi Sad, Serbia
August 3 – Residenzschloss, Rastatt, Germany
August 5 – Castle Clam, Klam, Austria
August 7 – Arena Gliwice, Gliwice, Poland
August 8 – Ergo Arena, Gdansk, Poland
August 11 – Øyafestivalen, Øya, Norway
August 12 – Way Out West, Gothenburg, Sweden
August 16 – Vingis Park, Vilnius, Lithuania
August 19 – Palace of Sports, Kyiv, Ukraine
August 26 – Rock En Seine, Paris, France

DAMON ALBARN

NEW TRACK 
‘The Tower Of Montevideo’ 
OUT TODAY

LISTEN + WATCH HERE

THE NEARER THE FOUNTAIN, 
MORE PURE THE STREAM FLOWS
New Solo Album Out 12th November 2021
 

On Transgressive Records
PRE-ORDER HERE

The Tower Of Montevideo is the new track from Damon Albarn, out today. Inspired by Palacio Salvo, an iconic 1920s building in Uruguay, it explores Albarn’s melancholic wonder at this part of South America, where Rio De La Plata meets the South Atlantic, a place he has described as both “familiar and utterly otherworldly.” Listen here.

To accompany the song’s release, a new special, cinematic performance film from a series entitled ‘Sublime Boulevards – Performance Films’ is available today on YouTube. Watch here. 

The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows is the new studio album from Damon Albarn, out 12th November 2021 on Transgressive Records. Originally intended as an orchestral piece inspired by the landscapes of Iceland, 2020 saw Albarn return to the music in lockdown and develop the work to 11 tracks which further explore themes of fragility, loss, emergence and rebirth. The result is a panoramic collection of songs with Albarn as storyteller. The album title is taken from a John Clare poem Love and Memory. 

In a career of perpetual musical shifts and exploration, the record uncovers more ground, finding expansive orchestral arrangements nestling with intimate melodies, discordance brushing up against infectious majesty, all set to some of Albarn’s most arresting vocal performances to date. Much like the beauty and chaos of the natural world it soundtracks, The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows vividly documents the emotional ebb and flow of the human condition, in all its extremes, serving as a soul enriching document for our times.

The tracklisting for The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows is:

1. The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows
2. The Cormorant
3. Royal Morning Blue
4. Combustion
5. Daft Wader
6. Darkness To Light
7. Esja
8. The Tower Of Montevideo
9. Giraffe Trumpet Sea
10. Polaris
11. Particles

Alongside a digital release, there will be limited edition vinyl formats, plus CD and cassette, with the CD edition including ‘Huldufólk’ a 20-minute “hidden” track of a new and original recording that inspired some of the record’s themes. There will also be a super deluxe version of the album, taking the form of a casebound book with additional photography, original scanned lyrics and artwork from Damon, alongside a white vinyl version of the album, a high quality digital file and a bonus 7” featuring an exclusive song from the recording sessions.

2022 Tour Dates

21 & 22 February – London (Barbican) 
23 & 24 February – Dublin (National Concert Hall)
26 February – Luxembourg (Philharmonie)
28 February – Brussels (Bozar)
1 March – Brussels (Bozar)
2 March – Eindhoven (Muziekgebouw)
4 & 5 March – Paris (Philharmonie)
6 March – Lyon (Auditorium)
7 March – Hamburg (ElbPhilharmonie)
9 March – Copenhagen (KB Hallen)
11 March – Reykjavik (Harpa)

Tickets and information here. Pre-order the album here.

Further Information:

Download high res press images HERE

Damon Albarn is a singer, songwriter, producer and composer whose eclectic musical style and observational lyrics have made him one of the UK’s most influential and consistently interesting musicians.

A founder member of Blur, Gorillaz and The Good, The Bad & The Queen, he is the recipient of six Brits, two Ivor Novello Awards and a Grammy Award. Outside of Blur and Gorillaz, Albarn has a number of other releases, including Mali Music (2002), The Good The Bad and The Queen (2006), Monkey: Journey to the West (2007), Kinshasa One Two (2011), Rocket Juice & The Moon (2012), Dr Dee (2012), Africa Express Presents: Maison Des Jeunes (2013), Africa Express Presents: The Orchestra of Syrian Musicians (2016), Merrie Land (2018), Africa Express Presents: Egoli (2019), as well as his Mercury Award-nominated debut solo album Everyday Robots (2014).

CELEBRATE 75 YEARS OF DAVID BOWIE 

WITH TWO LIMITED-TIME POP-UP EXPERIENCES BEGINNING OCTOBER 25, 2021

NEW YORK CITY – 150 WOOSTER STREET
Open seven days 11am – 7pm

LONDON – 14 HEDDON STREET
Open Monday to Saturday 11am – 8pm, Sunday 12pm to 6pm.

www.bowie75.com

“New York’s a go-go” and “Things seem good again” as the David Bowie Estate launches Bowie 75, a year-long celebration marking David Bowie’s 75th birthday, with the openings of two curated experiential pop-up shops—one at the site of the earliest confirmed Ziggy Stardust sighting, and one in the adopted hometown where Bowie’s final album ★ (pronounced “Blackstar”) was created.

For a very limited window beginning October 25, 2021, 75 days before the anniversary, through late January 2022, the Bowie 75 locations will be up and running at 150 Wooster Street — steps away from Bowie’s longtime downtown New York City neighborhood — and 14 Heddon Street — the London location where the cover of The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars was shot.

The pop-ups will offer visitors a unique and immersive career-spanning deep dive into the sound and vision of David Bowie, with features including:

Immersive audio and HD video screening rooms in partnership with 360 Reality Audio, an immersive music experience using Sony’s spatial sound technologies.  With music in 360 Reality Audio, fans will be able to hear and see Bowie content available for the first time in immersive audio, exclusively in the Bowie 75 locations. 

Hours of video content including previously unseen behind-the-scenes material, rare footage from the Heathen and Reality eras, and more.

Opportunities to purchase limited edition releases of exclusive Bowie apparel and collectibles, as well as limited run LPs and CDs.

Exclusive fine art photography including gallery installations documenting Bowie’s many iconic eras, personae, and Ch-changes.

Intimate special guest events to be announced. 

Fans can place themselves in iconic costumes and set pieces to create fun and shareable social media moments

And more— For store hours, events calendars and other announcements and information, sign up and stay tuned to www.bowie75.com

ABOUT DAVID BOWIE
David Bowie redefined musical genres and the potential of live performance for generations of music lovers. Creating and discarding a variety of personae and restlessly challenging musical boundaries, Bowie released timeless albums including The Man Who Sold The World, Space Oddity, Hunky Dory, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust…, Aladdin Sane, Diamond Dogs, Young Americans, Station to Station, Low, “Heroes,”  Lodger, Scary Monsters..., Let’s Dance, Heathen, The Next Day and many more. ★ (pronounced “Blackstar”), Bowie’s 28th and final studio album, was released on his 69th birthday—January 8, 2016—and charted at #1 in more than 20 countries (including his first #1 in the U.S.), later winning five Grammy Awards. David Bowie died on January 10, 2016, two days after the release of ★.  His body of work, his influence on the worlds of music, art, fashion, film, theater and beyond, and his legacy of fearless innovation and endless reinvention will live on forever.

ABOUT Sony’s 360 Reality Audio
360 Reality Audio is a new immersive music experience that uses Sony’s object-based 360 Spatial Sound technologies. Individual sounds such as vocals, chorus, piano, guitar, bass and even sounds of the live audience can be placed in a 360 spherical sound field, giving artists and creators a new way to express their creativity. Listeners can be immersed in a field of sound exactly as intended by artists and creators. Music content created in this new format for 360 Reality Audio can be enjoyed through compatible music streaming services Amazon Music HD, Deezer, nugs.net and TIDAL.

​​About Perryscope Productions, LLC:
Perryscope Productions, LLC is a New York-based global licensing and merchandising company proudly representing “iconic and eclectic” clients including  Aretha Franklin Charlie Parker, Pink Floyd, Genesis, Janis Joplin, The Band, Etta James, Humble Pie, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Sonny & Cher, The Police (in association with Easy Partners, LLC), Syd Barrett and David Gilmour, and Whitney Houston. Perryscope also represents AC/DC, Bon Scott, Bad Company, David Bowie, and Woodstock in association with partner Epic Rights.  In addition to maximizing its clients’ licensing and Ecommerce opportunities, Perryscope also manages live events merchandise for its clients’ concert tours, as well as a number of shows and special events in other Entertainment areas such as Broadway and West End, and touring Exhibitions. For more information, visit www.perryscope.us. 

About Epic Rights: 
Epic Rights is an industry-leading branding, merchandising, and artist’s services company representing a diverse roster of iconic music artists and brands such as KISS, Aerosmith, John Lennon, Def Leppard, Britney Spears, *NSYNC, Eric Clapton and more. We also represent AC/DC, David Bowie and Woodstock in conjunction with Perryscope Productions. Epic Rights offers a broad range of services, including retail licensing, tour merchandising, D2C e-commerce, VIP/fan experiences, merch bundles, and fan engagement opportunities. Epic Rights is headquartered in Santa Monica, California. For more information, visit: www.epicrights.com. 

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Iconic Images is one of the world’s leading photography owners and agents, specializing in fine-art, licensing and merchandising, editorial and publishing. Representing more than 35 of the world’s most renowned photographers, including Terry O’Neill, Gavin Evans and Norman Parkinson, Iconic Images proudly holds one of the most extensive career spanning archives of David Bowie.

For additional details:

360 Reality Audio official website: https://www.sony.com/electronics/360-reality-audio

Creating music in 360 Reality Audio: https://www.sony.net/Products/create360RA/?j-short=create360RA 

NICK CAVE
& THE BAD SEEDS

B-SIDES & RARITIES – Parts I & II

LISTEN TO PREVIOUSLY UNAVAILABLE TRACK ‘PUSH THE SKY AWAY’ LIVE WITH MELBOURNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA HERE

DELUXE VINYL BOX SET, VINYL & CD
OUT 22 OCTOBER

PRE-ORDER ALBUM HERE

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds will release B-Sides & Rarities Part II, the long-anticipated follow up to 2005’s B-Sides & Rarities, on 22 October on double vinyl, double CD, deluxe double CD and all digital platforms.

Today they share a previously unavailable live version of ‘Push The Sky Away’, the title track to the 2013 album of the same name. It was performed as part of ‘Film Music – Nick Cave & Warren Ellis’ at Hamer Hall in Melbourne in 2019, with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.  The acclaimed performance of selections from Nick and Warren’s film soundtrack collaborations featured ‘Push The Sky Away’ during the encore.  Both artists rank that night as a career high.

‘I never had more fun on stage than with the MSO…’  Nick Cave

‘Beautiful hometown Melbourne Symphony Orchestra – one of the best shows of my life’  Warren Ellis

B-Sides & Rarities Part I and Part II will also be released together as a Limited Edition Deluxe 7 Vinyl Box Set including 83 rare tracks and exclusive sleeve notes.  

B-Sides & Rarities Part II was compiled by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, and contains 27 rare and unreleased tracks from 2006-2020, including the first recordings of ‘Skeleton Tree’, ‘Girl In Amber’ and ‘Bright Horses’.

Previously unreleased song ‘Vortex’ is available to stream now. Taken from B-Sides & Rarities Part II, it was written and recorded in 2006 by Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, Martyn Casey and Jim Sclavunos. As the band were never able to define the song as either Grinderman or Bad Seeds, it remained unreleased. 

Another unheard track, ‘Earthlings’ is also available from B-Sides & Rarities Part II,  originating in the 2018/2019 sessions that became the acclaimed album ‘Ghosteen’. 

‘Earthlings is the missing link that binds Ghosteen together. A lovely song that just got away…’  Nick Cave

The original B-Sides & Rarities Part I was released in 2005 – compiled by Mick Harvey it comprises 56 tracks including rarities, outtakes, covers and B-sides from 1988-2005. This is the first time the album is available on vinyl.

“I always liked the original B-Sides & Rarities more than any of our other albums. It’s the only one I’d listen to willingly. It seems more relaxed, even a bit nonsensical in places, but with some beautiful songs throughout. There is something, too, about the smallness of certain songs that is closer to their original spirit.

B-Sides & Rarities Part II continues this strange and beautiful collection of lost songs from The Bad Seeds. I love the final side of the last disc because it reveals the small and fragile beginnings of some of my favourite Bad Seeds songs. ‘Waiting For You’ complete with bizarre ‘canning factory’ rhythm track, a gorgeous ‘Life Per Se’ deemed too sad for Skeleton Tree, and ‘Earthlings’ that some consider the finest track of the Ghosteen sessions.” – Nick Cave

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds will headline European festivals shows in Summer 2022

2021 – Nick Cave and Warren Ellis
October 7 – The Royal Albert Hall, London, UK
October 9 – Kings Theatre, Portsmouth, UK
October 10 – Brighton Dome Concert Hall, Brighton, UK
October 12 – Salle Pleyel, Paris, France
October 13 – Salle Pleyel, Paris, France
October 16 – Koninklijk Theater Carré, Amsterdam, Netherlans
October 17 – Koninklijk Theater Carré, Amsterdam, Netherlands
October 19 – Stadsschouwburg, Antwerp, Belgium
October 20 – Stadsschouwburg, Antwerp, Belgium

2022 – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
June  4 – Primavera Sound, Barcelona, Spain
June 6 – Les Nuits de Fourvière, Lyon, France
June 7 – Les Nuits de Fourvière, Lyon, France
June 9 – Primavera Sound, Porto, Portugal
June 15 – Release Athens Festival, Athens, Greece
June 21 – INmusic, Zagreb, Croatia
June 23 – Metronome Festival, Prague, Czech Republic
June 25 – TW Classic, Werchter, Belgium
June 27 – Lanxess Arena, Cologne, Germany
June 29 – Waldbühne, Berlin, Germany
July 1 – Les Eurockéennes de Belfort, Belfort, France
July 4 – Arena di Verona, Verona, Italy
July 7 – Pohoda Festival, Trencin, Slovakia
July 8 – Exit Festival, Novi Sad, Serbia
August 3 – Residenzschloss, Rastatt, Germany
August 5 – Castle Clam, Klam, Austria
August 7 – Arena Gliwice, Gliwice, Poland
August 8 – Ergo Arena, Gdansk, Poland
August 11 – Øyafestivalen, Øya, Norway
August 12 – Way Out West, Gothenburg, Sweden
August 16 – Vingis Park, Vilnius, Lithuania
August 19 – Palace of Sports, Kyiv, Ukraine

nickcave.com

TRACKLISTINGS:

B-SIDES & RARITIES PART I & II
LIMITED EDITION DELUXE 7 VINYL BOX SET:

PART I VINYL 1:
A1. Deanna (Acoustic Version)
A2. The Mercy Seat (Acoustic Version)
A3. City of Refuge (Acoustic Version)
A4. The Moon Is in the Gutter
A5. The Six Strings That Drew Blood
A6. Rye Whiskey
A7. Running Scared
B1. Black Betty
B2. Scum
B3. The Girl at the Bottom of My Glass
B4. The Train Song
B5. Cocks ‘n’ Asses
B6. Blue Bird

PART I VINYL 2:

A1. Helpless
A2. God’s Hotel
A3. (I’ll Love You) Till the End of the World
A4. Cassiel’s Song
A5. Tower of Song
A6. Rye Whiskey
B1. What Can I Give You?
B2. What a Wonderful World
B3. Rainy Night In Soho
B4. Lucy (Version #2)
B5. Jack the Ripper (Acoustic Version)

PART I VINYL 3

A1. The Ballad of Robert Moore and Betty Coltrane
A2. The Willow Garden
A3. King Kong Kitchee Kitchee Ki-Mi-O
A4. Knoxville Girl
A5. There’s No Night Out in the Jail
A6. That’s What Jazz Is to Me
B1. Where the Wild Roses Grow
B2. O’Malley’s Bar Pt. 1
B3. O’Malley’s Bar Pt. 2
B4. O’Malley’s Bar Pt. 3
B5. O’Malley’s Bar Reprise

PART I VINYL 4

A1. Red Right Hand
A2. Time Jesum Transeuntum Et Non Riverentum
A3. Little Empty Boat
A4. Right Now I’m A-Roaming
B1. Come Into My Sleep
B2. Black Hair
B3. Babe, I Got You Bad
B4. Sheep May Safely Graze
B5. Opium Tea

PART I VINYL 5

A1. Grief Came Riding
A2. Bless His Ever Loving Heart
A3. Good Good Day
A4. Little Janey’s Gone
A5. I Feel So Good
A6. Shoot Me Down
B1. Swing Low
B2. Little Ghost Song
B3. Everything Must Converge
B4. Nocturama
B5. She’s Leaving You
B6. Under This Moon

PART II VINYL 6

A1. Hey Little Firing Squad
A2. Fleeting Love
A3. Accidents Will Happen
A4. Free To Walk (With Debbie Harry)
A5. Avalanche*
A6. Vortex *
B1. Needle Boy
B2. Lightning Bolts
B3. Animal X
B4. Give Us a Kiss
B5. Push The Sky Away (Live with The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra)*

PART II VINYL 7

A1. First Skeleton Tree*
A2. King Sized Nick Cave Blues*
A3. Opium Eyes*
A4. Big Dream (With Sky)*
A5. Instrumental #33*
A6. Hell Villanelle*
A7. Euthanasia*
A8. Life Per Se*
B1. Steve McQueen*
B2. First Bright Horses*
B3. First Girl in Amber*
B4. Glacier*
B5. Heart that Kills You*
B6. First Waiting for You*
B7. Sudden Song*
B8. Earthlings*

UNRELEASED TRACKS *

B-SIDES & RARITIES PART I
3CD: 

PART I CD 1:

1. Deanna (Acoustic Version)
2. The Mercy Seat (Acoustic Version)
3. City of Refuge (Acoustic Version)
4. The Moon Is in the Gutter
5. The Six Strings That Drew Blood
6. Rye Whiskey
7. Running Scared
8. Black Betty
9. Scum
10. The Girl at the Bottom of My Glass
11. The Train Song
12. Cocks ‘n’ Asses
13. Blue Bird
14. Helpless
15. God’s Hotel
16. (I’ll Love You) Till the End of the World
17. Cassiel’s Song
18. Tower of Song
19. What Can I Give You?

PART I CD 2:

1. What a Wonderful World
2. Rainy Night In Soho
3. Lucy (Version #2)
4. Jack the Ripper (Acoustic Version)
5. Sail Away
6. There’s No Night Out in the Jail
7. That’s What Jazz Is to Me
8. The Willow Garden
9. The Ballad of Robert Moore and Betty Coltrane
10. King Kong Kitchee Kitchee Ki-Mi-O
11. Knoxville Girl
12. Where the Wild Roses Grow (Original Guide Vocal Version)
13. O’Malley’s Bar Pt. 1
14. O’Malley’s Bar Pt. 2
15. O’Malley’s Bar Pt. 3
16. Time Jesum Transeuntum Et Non Riverentum
17. O’Malley’s Bar Reprise
18. Red Right Hand (Scream 3 Version)

PART I CD 3:

1. Little Empty Boat
2. Right Now I’m A-Roaming
3. Come Into My Sleep
4. Black Hair
5. Babe, I Got You Bad
6. Sheep May Safely Graze
7. Opium Tea
8. Grief Came Riding
9. Bless His Ever Loving Heart
10. Good Good Day
11. Little Janey’s Gone
12. I Feel So Good
13. Shoot Me Down
14. Swing Low
15. Little Ghost Song
16. Everything Must Converge
17. Nocturama
18. She’s Leaving You
19. Under This Moon

B-SIDES & RARITIES PART II
DOUBLE VINYL, DELUXE 2CD, STANDARD 2CD, DIGITAL:

PART II CD 1 /  VINYL 1:

A1. Hey Little Firing Squad
A2. Fleeting Love
A3. Accidents Will Happen
A4. Free To Walk (With Debbie Harry)
A5. Avalanche*
A6. Vortex
B1. Needle Boy
B2. Lightning Bolts
B3. Animal X
B4. Give Us a Kiss
B5. Push The Sky Away 

(Live with The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra)*

PART II CD 2 / VINYL 2

A1. First Skeleton Tree*
A2. King Sized Nick Cave Blues*
A3. Opium Eyes*
A4. Big Dream (With Sky)*
A5. Instrumental #33*
A6. Hell Villanelle*
A7. Euthanasia*
A8. Life Per Se*
B1. Steve McQueen*
B2. First Bright Horses*
B3. First Girl in Amber*
B4. Glacier*
B5. Heart that Kills You*
B6. First Waiting for You*
B7. Sudden Song*
B8. Earthlings

UNRELEASED TRACKS *

THE STORYTELLER
Tales of Life and Music
by Dave Grohl

*On Sale: October 5, 2021*

EARLY PRAISE FOR THE STORYTELLER:

“Grohl candidly shares his reverence for the enduring power of music…Reflecting on his fame, Grohl writes, ‘I have never taken a single moment of it for granted.’ Paired with his sparkling wit, this humility is what makes Grohl’s soulful story a cut above typical rock memoirs. There isn’t a dull moment here.” ─ Publishers Weekly, starred review

“Nirvana drummer and Foo Fighters frontman Grohl joyfully recounts his life in this memoir…Grohl bares his soul and shares his passion in this must-read memoir, which will resonate with music lovers and his fans.” ─ Library Journal, starred review

“Kinetic…Grohl writes with equal fervor about his path from ‘that guy from Nirvana’ to the leader of the uber famous Foo Fighters and his parenting experiences. An exciting read for fans and a remarkable perspective on the last 30 years of rock music.” ─ Booklist

Dey Street Books is thrilled to publish THE STORYTELLER by Grammy-winning musician, documentary filmmaker, and debut author Dave Grohl.

Dave Grohl has been one of the most beloved and respected figures on the international music scene since his recorded debut with Nirvana on 1991’s generation-defining Nevermind. Grohl took center stage with Foo Fighters’ 1995 self titled debut, the first of 10 albums in a massive 12-Grammy winning streak, most recently including the #1 album sales charting Medicine at Midnight. For more than three decades, Grohl has travelled the planet doing the thing he loves most playing rock n roll marathons for tens of thousands of ecstatic Foo Fighters fans. But when the pandemic necessitated going into lockdown, he took stock of how he might use this moment of pause. Channeling his creativity into writing and using his remarkable skill for storytelling, Grohl’s Instagram account @davestruestories was born. This new platform became a way for Dave to share his extraordinary stories with fans and fellow music nuts and now, he has written his first book.

THE STORYTELLER has finally provided Dave with the opportunity to shed some light on the fascinating life he has led while living out his dreams. From teaching himself to drum on pillows to leaving high school to tour European clubs and squats at 18 years old, his years in Nirvana and decades in Foo Fighters, playing with Tom Petty on Saturday Night Live, jamming with Iggy Pop, swing dancing with AC/DC and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, having Paul McCartney over for a visit, bedtime stories with Joan Jett or a chance meeting with Little Richard, to the simple pleasures of family life…Dave shares his amazing world with readers while poignantly touching on the impact that his friends, bandmates, and family have had on him throughout the years.

THE STORYTELLER is as much a celebration of music as it is about the moments that have molded Dave into the man he is today. Dave says that every day is a blank page, waiting to write itself. THE STORYTELLER proves him a natural writer, with a life worthy of the 400 pages that make up this very special book. We are eager to share this book with fans and readers, and we can’t wait for this next chapter of Dave’s life, as an author, to begin.
 “Since I was a child, I have always measured my life in musical increments rather than months or years. My mind faithfully relies on songs, albums, and bands to remember a particular time and place. From seventies AM radio to every microphone I’ve stood before, I could tell you who, what, where, and when from the first few notes of any song that has crept from a speaker to my soul. Or from my soul to your speakers. Some people’s reminiscence is triggered by taste, some people’s by sight or smell. Mine is triggered by sound, playing like an unfinished mixtape to be sent. Though I have never been one to collect ‘stuff,’ I do collect moments. So, in that respect, my life flashes before my eyes through my ears every single day. In this book, I’ve captured some of them, as best I can. These memories, from all over my life, are full of music, of course. And they can be loud at times. Turn it up. Listen with me.”
─ Dave Grohl from the Introduction of The Storyteller

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

DAVE GROHL, a 16-time Grammy-winning musician and 2-time Emmy-winning director, has been one of the most beloved and respected figures on the international music scene since his recorded debut with Nirvana on 1991’s generation-defining Nevermind. Grohl took center stage with Foo Fighters’ 1995 self titled debut, the first album in massive 12-Grammy-winning catalogue that now includes The Colour & The Shape (1997), There Is Nothing Left To Lose (1999), One By One (2002), In Your Honor (2005), Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace (2007), Wasting Light (2011), Sonic Highways (2014), Concrete and Gold (2017) and, most recently, Medicine at Midnight (2021).

Grohl has a well-earned reputation as a prolific collaborator: His various endeavors have included “Cut Me Some Slack,” written and recorded with Paul McCartney and Grohl’s Nirvana bandmates Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear; Them Crooked Vultures, formed with Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones and Queens of the Stone Age’s Joshua Homme, late legends David Bowie and Lemmy Kilmister of Motorhead, as well as Mick Jagger, Neil Young, Elton John, Nine Inch Nails, Roger Taylor and Brian May of Queen, to name a few. In 2013, Grohl made his debut as a feature director/producer with the acclaimed documentary Sound City. Named for the Van Nuys CA studio where Nirvana recorded Nevermind in 1991, which would sell more than 30 million copies and transform the modern musical landscape. Premiering to unanimous raves at Sundance and achieving a 100% Rotten Tomatoes rating, Sound City focused both on the history of the legendary studio and on the ongoing fight to preserve the human element of music. Hailed by Peter Travers of Rolling Stone as an “exhilarating documentary about what makes life worth living,” by The New York Times as “candy to several generations’ worth of rock fans” and NPR as “a celebration of just how unbelievably awesome it is to make rock music for a living,” Sound City has since been certified as a Gold Longform Video by the RIAA, while the Sound City—Real To Reel companion album took the 2013 Grammys for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media and Best Rock Song (“Cut Me Some Slack”).

Grohl also directed the eight-part HBO docuseries Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways, which premiered in October 2014 and went on to win two of the four Emmys for which it was nominated (outstanding sound mixing for nonfiction programming and outstanding sound editing for nonfiction programming). Described by Grohl as a love letter to the history of American music, Sonic Highways was comprised of eight one-hour episodes, each chronicling the creation of one song on Foo Fighters’ Sonic Highways album, each written and recorded in a different American musical landmark — Austin, Chicago, Los Angeles, Nashville, New Orleans, New York, Seattle, and Washington, D.C.