Huge, huge day for on sales (Thom Yorke, Rufus Wainwright, Florence and The Machine) and presales (Broken Social Scene, Mumford and Sons, Massive Attack, Sting, PiL, OK Go, Corinne Bailey Rae and many others). All links listed below. Thom Yorke at All Points West 2008 Photo: Abbey Braden/Punkphoto Today’s On Sales: Wednesday, March 3 Apr…
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Partial New Yorker Festival Lineup Revealed (Matt Weiner, Rufus Wainwright, Rachel Maddow)
The New Yorker Festival has put out a series of “Just Asking” posts which go a little ways towards revealing this year’s festival lineup. Here are my guesses at the “not-so” blind items that have been posted thus far: Just Asking: Round One Which author said that her most famous short story took twice as…
Another Spectacle Taping with… Rufus Wainwright
Elvis Costello Another free Spectacle taping coming up, this time it’s Rufus Wainwright and Elvis at the historic Apollo Theatre. Be part of the audience for Rufus’ appearance on Elvis Costello’s TV show! Hello fans! Exciting news: Rufus will be appearing on Sundance Channel’s new show, “Spectacle: Elvis Costello with…” hosted by Elvis Costello himself….
No Met For Rufus
According to NY Times, Rufus Wainwright has dropped his plans to compose a work for the Metropolitan Opera in a dispute over the language of the libretto (they wanted English, he wanted French). In a telephone interview Wednesday, Mr. Wainwright said another stumbling block was the date of a potential production at the opera house….
Stephen Petronio Company @ The Joyce (w/ Lou Reed, Antony, and Rufus Wainwright)
The Company’s Joyce program features the full-length premiere of This is the Story of a Girl in a World, a group of five related works set to songs and music by the extraordinary Antony, Lou Reed and Nico Muhly; the world premiere of Beauty and the Brut set to a commissioned score by art-rock band…