Mark Lanegan: Last News

Chrissie Hynde has shared her “personal highlights” of 2024.The Pretenders frontman shared a whole list of her favourite things of the year and one of them was seeing Taylor Swift perform at London’s Wembley Stadium as part of her ‘Eras’ tour over the summer.Listing her favourite live show she said the concert was “beautiful and inspiring”. Hynde also drew attention to Ukraine rock band Okean Elzy’s performance at The Forum in the capital.She went on to hail Mark Lanegan‘s London tribute show earlier this month which she performed at alongside Queens Of The Stone Age‘s Josh Homme, Depeche Mode‘s Dave Gahan and Primal Scream‘s Bobby Gillespie.Hi All!My end of ’24 good wishes to all.

The Kills‘ Alison Mosshart has reflected on the star-studded Mark Lanegan tribute show that took place last week.Mosshart along with the likes of Queens Of The Stone Age‘s Josh Homme, Depeche Mode‘s Dave Gahan, Primal Scream‘s Bobby Gillespie, Chrissie Hynde and many more all took part in a tribute show in honour and celebration of the late former Screaming Trees frontman, QOTSA collaborator, grunge icon and solo pioneer’s 60th birthday at London’s Roundhouse back on December 5.The ‘Future Starts Slow’ singer took to her official Instagram account and shared an image carousel featuring photos of the night. Reflecting on the show a week later (last night, December 5), Mosshart wrote: “It’s taken me a week a digest this gig and I still feel dizzy.

Mark Lanegan took place in London last night (Thursday December 5) – featuring friends and collaborators Queens Of The Stone Age‘s Josh Homme, Depeche Mode‘s Dave Gahan, Primal Scream‘s Bobby Gillespie, Chrissie Hynde and many more. Check out photos, footage, the mammoth setlist and more below.The former Screaming Trees frontman, QOTSA collaborator, grunge icon and solo pioneer passed away in February 2022 at the age of 57.

Depeche Mode’s Dave Gahan has spoken to NME about what the future holds for the band.The iconic frontman caught up with NME recently to discuss his upcoming show in London, celebrating the life of Mark Lanegan at a tribute gig at The Roundhouse. Set to be held tonight (December 5), the show is held at the Camden venue as it was the last venue the former Screaming Trees played in the city, and the date marks what would have been his 60th birthday.Gahan and Lanegan became friends after touring together in the ’00s, before going on to record together with Soulsavers and Humanist.Opening up about his time working with the grunge icon, who passed away in February 2022 at the age of 57, the Depeche Mode singer also told NME about what’s next for the band.Reflecting on life after the 2023 tour he and bandmate Martin Gore embarked on to celebrate the release of ‘Memento Mori’, Gahan said: “To be honest it’s taken me quite a while just to recover after the tour… It was fantastic and ended up being more than what Martin and I could have imagined in many ways.”He continued: “It was a great tour and I’ve just spent the last five months since I got home just trying to get back into my regular life of family, friends, a little bit of writing here and there, but to be honest I’m not that inspired by anything.”Later, he went on to reveal that he had begun the writing process again, but not with any plans for new material in mind.

Depeche Mode frontman Dave Gahan has spoken to NME about the late Mark Lanegan ahead of a special London gig in his honour this week.The former Screaming Trees frontman, Queens Of The Stone Age collaborator, grunge icon and solo pioneer passed away in February 2022 at the age of 57. This Thursday (December 5), a tribute gig for Lanegan will be held at The Roundhouse – the venue of his last live appearance in the city – marking what would have been the legend’s 60th birthday.The night will feature performances from friends and collaborators including Gahan, QOTSA’s Josh Homme and Troy Van Leeuwen, Chrissie Hynde, Primal Scream‘s Bobby Gillespie, Greg Dulli, The Kills‘ Alison Mosshart, Soulsavers and more, all delivering songs from throughout Lanegan’s catalogue.Gahan became friends with Lanegan when they toured together in the ’00s, before going on to record together with Soulsavers and with the Depeche Mode man singing songs penned by and for Lanegan with Humanist.Having also lost Depeche Mode’s Andy Fletcher in the run-up to recording the band’s 2023 album ‘Memento Mori‘, Gahan explained how he was feeling the profound impact of his friends’ passing.“It’s time; you start thinking about time,” he told NME of the shadow cast by Lanegan’s death.

Chrissie Hynde has announced an upcoming London art show titled ‘Hynde Sight – Recent Paintings’.On Tuesday (October 2), The Pretenders frontwoman unveiled the exhibition of her latest paintings, with over 60 works available for viewing. Among them are still life works, self portraits and paintings of “dear friends” including Brian Eno and Paul Weller.Opening on November 21 and running until December 12 at 4 Cromwell Place in London, the Hynde Sight exhibition was arranged in association with Broadbent Gallery, and follows a recent showing of Hynde’s paintings at the 2024 British Art Fair at Saatchi Gallery.Painting has become entwined with the ‘Brass in Pocket’ singer’s wider creative output, with her artwork providing the cover for 2019’s ‘Valve Bone Woe’, as well as providing inspiration for Vivienne Westwood’s Spring-Summer 2021 collection.Touching on the upcoming exhibition, Hydne said in a statement: “What was a meditative practice had turned into something more substantial and could not now be ignored.“Like lyrics for a song waiting to be written, the paintings kept accumulating, wanting to be seen.

Depeche Mode‘s Dave Gahan, Queens Of The Stone Age‘s Josh Homme, Chrissie Hynde and more have been announced as performers for a Mark Lanegan tribute show this winter.Titled “Mark Lanegan – A celebration”, the one off show will celebrate the late singer and songwriter who passed away at the age of 57 back in early 2022. It will take place on December 5 on what would have been his 60th birthday at London’s Roundhouse which was where he made his final live appearance in the city.Other musicians set to perform at the show include the likes of Primal Scream‘s Bobby Gillespie, Greg Dulli, The Kills‘ Alison Mosshart, Soulsavers and more.

Mark Lanegan track, has been released ahead of the ‘Bubblegum’ reissue.Back in July, a post was shared on the late Screaming Trees frontman’s social media accounts which first hinted at a possible posthumous release.“We appreciate your kind & loving words over the last 2 years. There is lots of news to share with you very soon,” read the caption of the post – which marked the first to be shared on Lanegan’s social media accounts since his passing in 2022.It was then announced by Lanegan’s estate that a ‘Bubblegum’ boxset would be released to celebrate the album’s 20th anniversary – and would include 12 previously unreleased songs.Now, an outtake from the 2004 album, ‘Heard a Train’, is available for streaming.‘Bubblegum XX’ will arrive on August 23 through Beggars Arkive, the catalogue and archive department of Beggars Group.

Mark Lanegan’s estate has announced a ‘Bubblegum’ box set to celebrate the album’s 20th anniversary – and it’ll include 12 previously unreleased songs.The release, ‘Bubblegum XX’, is set to arrive on August 23 through Beggars Arkive, the catalogue and archive department of Beggars Group. There’s a remastered double LP edition of the album, as well as a 4XLP/3XCD/Digital release with 40 mastered tracks.Not only that, but the 4XLP box also contains a 64-page hardcover book with essays by Lanegan’s former collaborators and Queens of the Stone Age bandmates Josh Homme and Troy Van Leeuwen, as well as the likes of Duff McKagan and Greg Dulli.

The Duke Spirit, the singer-songwriter also has a fruitful solo career, which took off in 2008 with the release of her debut solo album ‘My Name Is Safe In Your Mouth’.Now, the latest release marks her first new music for 2024 and sees her advancing into a more daring musical direction.Titled ‘Reward’, the track comes as one of her most ominous and brooding songs to date, and drips with confidence as she introduces woozy synths, distorted beats and intense, commanding vocals. The lyrics also see Moss look to challenge the feeling of shallowness in today’s culture.“This is me staring directly into feelings of insufficiency and asking, ‘What is this tension, this holding on?’,” the singer explained of the motif behind the song.“I want a life where well-being is not dependent on outcome, and I want to feel like I ride in a clear space.

Eddie Vedder has said that he thinks Pearl Jam have “one or two” good records left in them, ahead of the release of their new album.The singer was speaking to MOJO Magazine a month ahead of the release of ‘Dark Matter’, their 12th studio record.“The older you get the better you are at living in the present,” he said. “The understanding you have less time is the biggest number in the quotient. The goal is to keep making music.”Vedder reflected on the fact that a number of his friends have passed away, including Chris Cornell, Mark Lanegan and Layne Stanley.

Josh Homme has said he is now “all clear” after being treated for cancer, and opened up about the “heartache” he’s experienced over the past 18 months.The Queens Of The Stone Age frontman spoke to ITV News recently while out on the group’s current UK and Ireland tour, which kicked off in Manchester on Tuesday (November 14).Homme told the programme that nine people he knew had passed away in the last year-and-a-half, including his former QOTSA bandmate Mark Lanegan and Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins.“I had a little heartache, and I had a little of this and a little of that,” the musician said. “But also I’ve never learned so much so quickly.

Queens Of The Stone Age closed out Glastonbury’s Other Stage Sunday (June 25) with a high-energy set and request for fans to “fuck shit up together.” View exclusive photos from NME below.“Hello Glastonbury, my name is Elton John,” joked frontman Josh Homme, a nod to the ‘Rocket Man’ singer headlining the Pyramid Stage at the same time as their set. The singer was met by kind cheers of “we love you Elton” from the crowd.Homme kept the energy high throughout the night as he encouraged the crowd to “fuck shit up together”.

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A signed guitar once owned by Kurt Cobain has sold at auction for nearly $600,000, Billboard reports. The black Fender Stratocaster was initially listed at $60,000 but bidding on the memorabilia was fiercely contested, pushing the price up way beyond expectations.

Kurt Cobain has sold for just shy of $600,000 (£480,000) at auction.The instrument in question is a black Fender Stratocaster, which was reportedly broken by the frontman around the same time that Nirvana were releasing their now-iconic second album, ‘Nevermind’.Hosted by Julien’s Auctions, it sold on Saturday (May 20) at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York City, and exceeded all expectations by reaching 10 times the expected value. Originally, the axe was thought to bring in between $60,000 and $80,000 at the event, namely due to the period the musician used it and the details it included on the body.Not only was the Stratocaster reportedly used by the musician around 1991, but it also features signatures from all three band members – Cobain, Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic.

Mark Lanegan “co-wrote” Nirvana’s closing ‘Nevermind’ track ‘Something In The Way’.An excerpt from the new book Lanegan featuring former Queens Of The Stone Age bandmate Nick Oliveri claims that the late Screaming Trees frontman helped write lyrics for the track with Kurt Cobain, which went uncredited.“Mark said he wrote some lyrics on ‘Something In The Way’ with Kurt on ‘Nevermind’,” Oliveri told author Greg Prato via Consequence. “But Kurt had played on some of Mark’s solo stuff, ‘The Winding Sheet’.“So, instead of getting paid, they just did this thing where, ‘Hey man, I added a lyric on your song and you added a lyric on my song. Let’s just call it even.

Van Conner, co-founder and bassist of the grunge band Screaming Trees, has died at age 55 following a battle with an 'extended illness.'His brother Gary Lee Conner announced the death on his Facebook on Wednesday, revealing Conner had been suffering from a prolonged illness for some time before ultimately losing a battle with pneumonia.'Van Conner bassist and song writer of Screaming Trees died last night of an extended illness at 55 It was pneumonia that got him in the end. He was one of the closest friends I ever had and I loved him immensely.

Van Conner, the Screaming Trees co-founding bassist who played on the rock band’s hits including “All I Know” and “Nearly Lost You,” died Tuesday of pneumonia. He was 55. His brother and bandmate, Gary Lee Conner, posted the news on social media.

The Afghan Whigs’ Greg Dulli has spoken to NME about his band’s new album ‘How Do You Burn?’, which features contributions from his late friend and collaborator Mark Lanegan.Work on the Whigs’ ninth studio album, which arrived on Friday (September 9), began in 2020 after COVID-19 curtailed Dulli’s plans to tour his solo record ‘Random Desire’.Forced to record much of the record remotely, Dulli, guitarist/co-producer Christopher Thorn and drummer Patrick Keeler formed a bubble together in California, while bassist John Curley, guitarist Jon Skibic and keyboardist/strings player Rick G. Nelson laid down their parts in Cincinnati, New Jersey and New Orleans respectively.“Most of the records I do are reactions to the one before it, so the solo record was more of a muted affair [while] I went in the opposite direction for ‘How Do You Burn?’,”  Dulli told NME about the latter’s grandiose, energetic sound.“Luckily, Patrick, Christopher and I live in California so I was able to play live with them, [which] gave the record the immediacy I think it has.

Queens Of The Stone Age bassist Nick Oliveri has said that he “took some time to heal” following his departure from the band.The musician was a core member of the Josh Homme-led group between 1998 and 2004, contributing to their albums ‘Rated R’ (2000) and ‘Songs For The Deaf’ (2002).Oliveri was fired by Homme in 2004, with the frontman accusing him of disrespecting QOTSA’s fans with his on-tour behaviour.The bassist reunited with the band in 2013 when he provided backing vocals on ‘If I Had A Tail’, which appears on their sixth record ‘…Like Clockwork’. He then joined Queens Of The Stone Age on-stage for the first time in 10 years in Portland, Oregon the following year.Speaking to Eonmusic recently, Oliveri opened up about his relationship with Homme.“You know, we’ve know each other for so long it’s just weird to be at each others’ throats,” he explained.