Leonard Cohen: Last News

Courteeners‘ Liam Fray debuted the new Manchester United away shirt for the new season during a festival set this weekend.The Manchester band were headlining Sheffield’s Tramlines on Saturday night (July 22) and Fray emerged on stage in the white and green kit.“Fantastic night tonight,” Fray wrote on Instagram after the show. Headlining Tramlines whilst being asked to debut the new United shirt. Crowd were incredible, from start to finish…always have been here.”He added: “We’re off for a bit to do some new music.

A.D. Amorosi Once you put into perspective that chart-topping pop and R&B vocalist-composer Roberta Flack started her career accompanying opera vocalists on piano at one club, performing quiet jazz and blues at another, and playing the sacred music of the Methodist church at home, a fuller picture of the artist is revealed.

A much-loved BBC comedian overlooked a common cancer symptom before being diagnosed with the life-threatening disease.

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Leonard Cohen has been announced to take place next month.Entitled “Leonard Cohen: The Collections of Aviva Layton, Anjani Thomas & More,” the auction is set to take place on February 28 in Los Angeles via Julien’s Auction. The lot is comprised of 164 items, with the majority of them coming from the collections of Cohen’s longtime friend Aviva Layton and romantic and creative partner Anjani Thomas.Among the items in the collection set to go under the hammer are various typed and handwritten works by Cohen including lyrics, letters, poems, postcards and manuscripts.

Marianne Faithfull fans have been sharing footage from the final concert she ever played, following the news of her passing.Earlier today (January 30), Faithfull’s representatives shared the news that the iconic singer and actress had died at the age of 78. “Marianne passed away peacefully in London today, in the company of her loving family,” the message read.

Jeff Buckley’s mother, Mary Guibert, has revealed in a new documentary why she turned down Brad Pitt’s offer to play the late musician.It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley, which Pitt executive produced, premieres at Sundance on January 24. In it, Guibert recalls that in 2000, the Fight Club star invited her to lunch at his home, and even to his wedding to Jennifer Aniston, in attempts to convince her he was right for the role.“If there’s 20 people calling you, and Brad Pitt is one of them, who are you gonna pick to go see?” she asks with a laugh.

Tatiana Siegel For more than two decades, filmmakers chased the lightning-in-a-bottle story of Jeff Buckley, one of the most gifted and promising musicians of his generation, who drowned in a Memphis river in May 1997 at the age of 30. Back in 2000, Brad Pitt courted Buckley’s mother, Mary Guibert, inviting her to lunch at his Los Feliz home and adding her to the VIP guest list for his wedding to Jennifer Aniston. It didn’t require much arm-twisting before she granted the actor permission to make a biopic about her son, the tortured singer-songwriter who is best known for performing the greatest version ever of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah.” “If there’s 20 people calling you, and Brad Pitt is one of them, who are you gonna pick to go see?” Guibert says with a laugh.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Barry Goldberg, a blues-rock keyboard player whose work with the Paul Butterfield Blues Band led to playing with Bob Dylan in the 1960s, including the notorious 1965 Newport Folk Festival concert dramatized in “A Complete Unknown,” died Wednesday at 83. Bob Merlis, a representative, said that Goldberg died in hospice care after a 10-year struggle with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, with his wife of 53 years, Gail Goldberg, and son, Aram, at his bedside.

Sum 41 are set to be inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, just weeks after they play their final ever show.The pop-punk band were formed in Ajax, Ontario in 1996, and earlier this year, they announced they would be breaking up after the release of their eighth studio album ‘Heaven :x: Hell‘, and its subsequent accompanying world tour.The album arrived in March, and the final dates of the tour see the band tour their home country throughout January, with a final date at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena on January 30.Now, it has been revealed that at the 54th annual JUNO Awards in Vancouver on March 30, they will become the latest inductee into the Hall of Fame.“We’re excited to be back at the JUNOS and to receive this recognition,” the band have said. “We’ve come so far as a band since we first started and we look forward to celebrating in Vancouver with our fans and fellow Canadian artists.”Sum 41 will join the likes of Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Leonard Cohen, Alanis Morissette, k.d.

Geese’s Cameron Winter has spoken to NME about his new eccentric debut solo album ‘Heavy Metal’, opening up about his fearless Tom Waits and Leonard Cohen-inspired approach. Check it out below along with new single ‘$0’.The frontman of the former NME Cover artist has announced today (November 19) the release of his first solo LP – a 10-track record that sees Winter embrace a unique sound influenced by the likes of Tom Waits and Bob Dylan and unleash his creativity with songs that explore chaos and existential dread.Winter released his first offering of the LP in the form of the song ‘$0’ – a spiralling six-minute piano ballad with whimsical strings and brooding melancholy.

PJ Harvey has covered Joy Division‘s ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’ – check it out below.For the cover, Harvey has re-teamed with composer Tim Phillips after the pair last collaborated on covers of the traditional American folk song ‘Run On’ and Leonard Cohen’s ‘Who By Fire’ in 2022. Both of those covers were released as part of the soundtrack for Apple TV+‘s first season of Bad Sisters.Now, for the newly released second season of Bad Sisters, Harvey and Phillips have once again shared a new cover, this time putting an atmospheric take on the Joy Division classic ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’.Listen to PJ Harvey’s and Tim Phillips’ ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’ cover below.Harvey said of the cover via a statement to Stereogum: “Our version of ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’ is full of the passion we hold for the original song, but also imbued with the spirit of the new series and its narrative.”The cover comes after Harvey most recently exclusively shared with NME the first song from the London Tide soundtrack in September.

Chris, has announced her debut single ‘Sunset Of Your Love’ – pre-save it here.The 20-year-old shared on Instagram that the track will be released next Thursday (November 21) and revealed that it was written by MoZella, who co-wrote Miley Cyrus’ 2013 hit ‘Wrecking Ball’, and produced by Dave Hamelin, who worked on Beyoncé’s Grammy-nominated single ‘16 Carriages’.In her post, she gave fans a preview, showcasing lyrics including, “All I know is I’m not ready/ ‘Til you find me/ I’ll be waiting in the sunset of your love.”While she describes it as her “first song”, she did release a track, ‘Far Away Places’, back in 2019. She recorded the song in 2017, three months before her father died that May at the age of 52, and it features production from the Soundgarden and Audioslave icon too.A post shared by Toni (@tonicornell)Over the years, Toni has performed a range of covers, too, including Temple Of The Dog’s ‘Hunger Strike’, Pearl Jam’s ‘Black’, Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’, and Prince’s ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’, which was her dad’s favourite song to cover.In 2018, she released a duet of ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’, which she performed alongside her father, and donated the proceeds to the International Rescue Committee (IRC).

From playing Leonard Cohen to a conflicted frat boy, Alex Wolff’s recent on-screen roles span life on idyllic Greek islands to toxic college parties. Next up is his second directing effort, If She Burns.

Geese‘s Cameron Winter has shared two new singles ‘Vines’ and ‘Take It With You’, marking the beginning of his solo era.The two tracks have been paired together under the title ‘Singles’. ‘Vines’ is a piano ballad that sees Winter tackle early-20’s self-reckoning, reminiscent of a confessional Harry Nilsson would create.

Leonard Cohen TV series So Long Marianne.The show, which is currently streaming on ITVX, is based on the relationship between the late Canadian singer and Marianne Ihlen, who inspired the titular song.Alex Wolff (A Quiet Place: Day One) plays Cohen and Thea Sofie Loch Naess (The Last Kingdom) Marianne.The bulk of the show was filmed on the Greek island of Hydra where the pair lived in the 1960s.Many fans have been praising the show with one writing: “I’ve watched the first two episodes of So Long Marianne on ITVX and am completely hooked. It has a gorgeous setting, great performances and real emotional grit.”I’ve watched the first two episodes of So Long Marianne on ITVX, and am completely hooked.

EXCLUSIVE: Leonard Cohen drama So Long, Marianne will play in a raft of new territories after Cineflix cut new distribution deals for the buzzy project, which played in competition at Series Mania.

Rufus Wainwright was not flattered that former president Donald Trump used his cover of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” during last night’s strange town hall turned listening party in Pennsylvania. In fact, the singer called the candidate’s music choice “the height of blasphemy.”

Rufus Wainwright has spoken out against Donald Trump using his cover of Leonard Cohen‘s ‘Hallelujah’ at a campaign rally, labelling it “the height of blasphemy”.Trump’s Town Hall on Monday (October 14) took a turn for the unexpected earlier, as he was seen dancing along to music for 30 minutes. The event was reportedly interrupted by medical emergencies multiple times – something outlets such as Consequence have reported as being due to the warm temperatures inside the venue.As it progressed, the former POTUS and current Republican party leader eventually stopped answering political questions, and instead hosted a 30-minute listening party using songs from his personal playlist.

Thania Garcia Rufus Wainwright has joined the extensive list of musicians to condemn Donald J. Trump for using their music at a presidential campaign rally. Wainwright slammed the Republican candidate for featuring his cover of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” at town hall in Oaks, Pa.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic It’s not nearly often enough that we get to say, “And in the world of Leonard Cohen news…” But many devotees of the late, great singer-songwriter-poet have the “I’m Your Man” man on their minds this weekend, for two reasons: It’s the occasion of his 90th birthday. And Perla Batalla, a familiar face and voice to fans with having sung with Cohen live and on record though one of his most celebrated periods, in the 1980s and ’90s, is releasing “A Letter to Leonard Cohen: Tribute to a Friend,” in digital formats.

Bastille’s Dan Smith has shared two new songs from his upcoming solo album ‘&’ and announced a series of live shows for the project. Check out the tracks ‘Blue Sky & The Painter’ and ‘Leonard & Marianne’ below, alongside NME’s exclusive chat with Smith.‘&’ finds the musician writing about the stories of real and mythological people throughout history, including Leonard Cohen and Marianne Ihlen, Marie Curie, Edvard Munch and Chinese pirate Zheng Yi Sao.“I’ve always written music via other stories and nodded towards history or pop culture and narratives that we know, the lives of my friends, and mixed in things I read in the news,” Smith told NME.