This Much: Last News

Rick Rubin curated a “secret” music festival in Tuscany, Italy this past weekend, which featured performances from James Blake, Gossip and more.The under-the-radar festival – named Festival of the Sun – kicked off on June 21 and ran until June 22. The festival was an intimate and exclusive affair, with only 150 invitations sent out.Majority of the festival took place at the Collegiata di Santa Maria Assunta church, where most of its performances were held.

Nick Cave and Warren Ellis teamed up for a performance of ‘Ghosteen Speaks’ on The Late Late Show last night (March 2) – check it out below.The track was originally released as part of Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds’ 2019 album ‘Ghosteen’ and last night, Cave teamed up with Ellis for a soaring, slow-burning rendition of the track.The performance comes ahead of the release of the Andrew Dominik-directed documentary This Much I Know To Be True which will explore Cave and Ellis’ creative relationship and feature songs from their last two studio albums, ‘Ghosteen’ and last year’s ‘Carnage’.The film will be released in cinemas globally on May 11, with tickets going on sale on March 23 from here.Check out Nick Cave and Warren Ellis’ performance of ‘Ghosteen Speaks’ here.Last year, Cave shared the secrets of his friendship with long-time collaborator Warren Ellis in his latest entry for The Red Hand Files.After being asked by multiple fans about their friendship and songwriting, Cave shared his theory that there are three levels of friendship: essentially those defined by “a shared experience,” “someone who has your back,” and ones who can “bring the best out in you”.“None of these levels are mutually exclusive and sometimes you find someone who fulfils all of these categories. If you find a friend like that, hang on to him or her.

Warren Ellis has revealed that he is working on new music with Mazzy Star’s Hope Sandoval.According to The Line Of Best Fit, a now-deleted tweet by the musician was shared on Sunday (January 23) teasing the collaboration.Ellis reportedly wrote, “Been in the studio working on some new Hope Sandoval tracks. What a voice she has.”Since the tweet’s deletion, there have been no further news about the collaboration from Ellis or Sandoval.

EXCLUSIVE: While the film world eagerly awaits the release of Andrew Dominik’s Marilyn Monroe biopic Blonde, scored by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, we can reveal details about the latest collaboration between the filmmaker and musicians: documentary This Much I Know To Be True.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus is giving us an update on how she’s doing while quarantined.