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next week’s Glastonbury Festival in Somerset, England, with her longtime band, Blondie, and she wouldn’t have it any other way. “We’re still playing music and being creative and that’s the essence of it all, isn’t it?” she told The Times of London Friday. Harry, who has been fronting Blondie since 1974 save for a 15-year hiatus between 1982 and 1997, will play Glastonbury for the third time on Sunday, between Yusuf/Cat Stevens and Lil Nas X. The band performed in 1999 and 2014, and the fashion icon fondly remembers what she wore for her inaugural show. “The first time I was wearing an Elsa Schiaparelli hat, so I think I was very happy about that. It was red flowers on a straw bucket, and I thought I was really chic.” Harry also recalled a very punk-rock moment on one of the Glastonbury trips — when her bandmates broke into Stonehenge. “The boys were all very excited, and they climbed over the fence, ran over and touched the stone,” the “Heart of Glass” singer said.

she sued singer Joey Ramone’s brother Mitchel Hyman and his manager David Frey for allegedly trying to cut her out of the film and the band’s merchandising deals.But Hyman — who countersued last month — told The Post the movie isn’t a band biopic.“It’s not a book about the Ramones,” Hyman told The Post of his 2009 memoir “I Slept with Joey Ramone,” which the movie is set to be based on.“It’s not a Ramones story,” he said of the book, which outlines growing up with the singer who battled debilatating OCD before his 2000 death. “It’s a story about growing up with a guy … who defeated the odds and became an inspiration to millions.

Machine Gun Kelly fans are mourning the loss of his Cleveland-inspired chest tattoos — and others are accusing him of wanting to be black — upon the reveal of his massive blackout tattoo. The Grammy-nominated “Bloody Valentine” rapper showed off his new art piece Tuesday on Instagram, which turned his entire upper chest black — including his nipples — and also covered a majority of his arms.

dated Joey years before marrying Johnny, contends the brother, Mitchel Hyman, just wants to push her out of Ramones Productions Inc., the company in charge of the band’s work. “Their main objective is to torment Ms.

Avril Lavigne just announced her massive summer 2024 ‘Greatest Hits Tour’ featuring special guests Simple Plan, All Time Low, Girlfriends and Royal and The Serpents on select dates.Along the way, the Canadian pop-punk princess will make a few stops in the Northeast.First up, she’ll swing into Buffalo’s Darien Lake Amphitheater on Tuesday, Aug. 20.After that, Lavigne hits Holmdel, NJ’s PNC Bank Arts Center on Friday, Aug.

Sum 41 just announced that their forthcoming double album “Heaven :x: Hell” and global ‘Tour of the Setting Sum’ will be their last.“Once I heard the music, I was confident enough to say, ‘This is the record I’d like to go out on,’” frontman Deryck Whibley explained in a statement. “We’ve made a double album of pop punk and metal, and it makes sense.

Fall Out Boy is planning on creating a few more Mmrs.The pop-punk rockers are heading out on the second North American leg of their ‘The So Much for (2our) Dust’ tour with special guest Jimmy Eat World starting on Feb. 28.Along the way, the ’00 icons will stop into New York City’s Madison Square Garden on Friday, March 22 and Albany’s MVP Arena on Sunday, March 24.But wait! There’s more!On select dates, fan favorite acts like The Maine, Hot Mulligan, Daisy Grenade, Games We Play and Carr on select dates will serve as the opening acts for the co-headliners.Plus, if you’re overseas, you can catch FOB perform a handful of international shows later this year.

The Offspring, Simple Plan and Sum 41 will share the stage for their 24-concert ‘Let The Bad Times Roll Tour’ all over North America.Midway through the run, the co-headliners that brought the world “Pretty Fly,” “I’m Just A Kid” and “Fat Lip” are coming to NY for a pair of gigs.First, they’ll play Darien Center’s Darien Lake Performing Arts Center on Aug. 20 and next the trio hit Wantagh’s Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater on Sept.

the Sex Pistols for trying to profit off the death of Queen Elizabeth II, but the band says they have no idea what he’s talking about. The crooner released a statement saying he “wishes to distance himself from any Sex Pistols activity which aims to cash in on Queen Elizabeth II’s death,” referring to the group’s anti-monarchy anthem, “God Save the Queen,” which he co-wrote.He said that “the timing for endorsing any Sex Pistols requests for commercial gain in connection with ‘God Save The Queen’ in particular is tasteless and disrespectful to the Queen and her family at this moment in time.”But the group shot back, telling Deadline that “we cannot understand what he would be referring to.“Other than a couple requests for use of imagery or audio in news reports on The Queen and her impact on culture, there’s nothing new relating to ‘God Save The Queen’ being promoted or released in any way,” the Pistols said.A representative for the band said Lydon’s comments amounted to a “strange rant” and called them “baffling.”“There’s really nothing planned to release or promote at all at this time,” the rep told Deadline.Lydon, aka Johnny Rottten, has a complicated history with the band and lost a court battle last year against former bandmates. The song in question, “God Save the Queen,” was released during Queen’s Silver Jubilee in 1977 and takes its title from the country’s national anthem. The tune calls the monarchy “a fascist regime” and says the Queen is “not a human being.” It was banned from some airwaves at the time of its release.The Sex Pistols re-released the song ahead of Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee celebration with a new music video.The Pistols also released the “Pistol Mint Commemorative Coin” to honor the

a recent profile with the Times UK, the aging punk rocker decried “cancel culture” and the activists who campaigned to tear down national monuments which they say promote historical racism. The statues include that of Winston Churchill, one of the UK’s most revered prime ministers.

many of his most valued possessions, which are maintained by his younger musician-brother Mickey Leigh. A talented guitarist in his own right, Leigh, who’ll be putting on the 20th annual Birthday Bash for Joey on May 19, allowed The Post to check out key items from the archive, including those stored at Joey’s former East Village apartment.

premiering Friday on Showtime, runs down the band’s rocky history: the artistic clashes, the messy breakups and, most pervasively, the drinks and drugs.The iconic image of the “Vacation” music video, with the women on water-skis wearing pink swimsuits and white tutus, was an apt depiction of the band, as it turns out. The colorful Go-Go’s were being dragged along by speedy fame — and belly-flopped.The ladies — Belinda Carlisle, Margot Olavarria, Elissa Bello, Jane Wiedlin and Charlotte Caffey — started out innocently with the goal of making an all-girl punk group full of self-proclaimed misfits.

“Ace Up Your Sleeve” tour book, a comic and a reproduction of the Dutch seven-inch for “Ace of Spades.” It also contains five poker dice, which can be used for a board game printed on the inner lid.Motörhead will also release a hardback, two-CD set, and a triple-LP version of the reissue that features one of the concerts.“It’s still very popular,” Motörhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister said of the song “Ace of Spades” in a 2016 Rolling Stone interview. “When we do it onstage, everyone loves it.

Record stores may be closed right now, but one legendary punk purveyor just made its entire discography free to stream.