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Nick Cave and Jarvis Cocker will both appear at the Cheltenham Literature Festival 2022 this autumn.Set to take place from October 7-16, the event will welcome “the world’s foremost writers, thinkers and performers… for a jam-packed week of fascinating discussion and unforgettable memories”.From the world of music, Cave, Cocker, U2 frontman Bono, Mel C and Michael Ball will all appear at events across the Cheltenham Literature Festival 2022.Cave will speak with his friend, co-author and Observer journalist Sean O’Hagan about his book Faith, Hope and Carnage on October 14, while Cocker will “reveal secrets from his early life in Sheffield” from his book Good Pop, Bad Pop during an event on October 15.Bono will appear at the festival’s The Times & Sunday Times Forum on the final day (October 16) to discuss his upcoming memoir Surrender.

Matt Smith is to star in and EP a Sky adaptation of Nick Cave‘s sophomore novel The Death of Bunny Munro.

The Coral have shared their latest song ‘Oceans Apart’ featuring Cillian Murphy from their forthcoming album ‘Sea of Mirrors’.‘Oceans Apart’ serves as the forthcoming album’s closing track. The Peaky Blinders star provides a vocal cameo towards the end of the song. Murphy’s collaboration with the band stemmed from the LP’s co-producer Sean O’Hagan.The band have described the track as “The ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Queen would’ve written if, instead of touring the world, they stayed in watching cinecittà studios films and listening to Gene Clark’Speaking to NME about the unlikely team-up, The Coral frontman James Skelly recalled: “Sean was like, ‘Oh I know someone.

Cathal Coughlan, frontman with acclaimed indie bands Fatima Mansions and Microdisney, has died, aged 61.His family announced the news, saying he “slipped away peacefully in hospital after a long illness”.The statement added: “It is with deep sadness that we have to inform you of the passing of Cathal Coughlan on 18th May 2022.“Cathal Coughlan first came to prominence as the singer and songwriter, alongside Sean O’Hagan, of their band, Microdisney. Formed in 1980 in Cork, Ireland, the duo relocated to London, became a five-piece, and recorded five albums for Rough Trade Records, first, and then Virgin Records.

tragically died at the age of 30.Jethro’s family confirmed the sad news in a statement released by his dad.The Bad Seeds frontman wrote: “With much sadness, I can confirm that my son, Jethro, has passed away."We would be grateful for family privacy at this time.”The news of the former model’s death comes just two days after he was released from prison on bail after admitting to attacking his mother. Jethro was Nick’s second son to die in seven years, as his teenage boy Arthur died back in 2015 after falling 60ft from a cliff in Ovingdean, near Brighton. In September 2021, Nick announced he would be releasing a memoir called Faith, Hope and Carnage, documenting his grief following Arthur’s death. The book was due to be published in Autumn 2022 and had been drawn from over 40 hours of interview time with friend Sean O'Hagan, who Nick has known for 30 years.Arthur died from "multiple traumatic injuries due to a fall from a height” and the pathologist told the court the teenager had LSD in his system at the time of his death.An inquest at Woodvale Crematorium in Brighton heard how Arthur was seen "staggering" and "zig zagging" on his own moments before he fell off the cliff.The teenger was rushed to the Royal Sussex County Hospital but died that evening.Nick’s second eldest child Jethro’s cause of death is not yet known. The 30-year-old was jailed back in April after assaulting his mother, Beau Lazenby, and had only just been let out of prison. Jethro kneed Beau in the face during an argument, which caused bleeding and bruising, the court heard. While he admitted to one count of unlawful assault and breaching court orders, any charges of intentionally causing injury were dropped. Jethro’s lawyer, Sean Ghattas, told the court

Nick Cave has announced his new memoir, Faith, Hope And Carnage.The book is set to be published by Canongate in the autumn of next year, and is drawn from more than 40 hours of conversation between The Bad Seeds frontman and Observer journalist Sean O’Hagan.Faith, Hope and Carnage will cover Cave’s perspective and personal life over the six years since the death of his son Arthur, who died in July 2015 at the age of 15.“Faith, Hope & Carnage promises to be a thoughtful book about Cave’s inner life over the last six years, a meditation on big ideas including, faith, art, music, grief and much more,” a synopsis for the memoir states.