Looks like a lot of David Bowie fans went to the movies this year. BMG reports that BoxOfficeMojo figures show the Bowie doc Moonage Daydream is 2022’s highest-grossing documentary, grossing more than $12.2 million.
Just how big is that? Well, to put it in perspective, the doc at #2, 2000 Mules, brought in just $1.4 mil — and it came out in May, while the Bowie doc was released in September.
Moonage Daydream, directed by documentary filmmaker Brett Morgen, focused on Bowie’s catalog from 1970 to 1977. It was described as “a sublime kaleidoscopic experiential cinematic odyssey that explores Bowie’s creative, spiritual, and philosophical journey.”
Siouxsie and the Banshees frontwoman Siouxsie Sioux hasn’t performed live since 2013, but that’ll change next year.
The “Kiss Them For Me” artist is confirmed to perform at the United Kingdom’s 2023 Latitude Festival, taking place July 20-23.
The bill also includes Pulp, George Ezra, Paolo Nutini and The Kooks. For the full lineup and all ticket info, visit LatitudeFestival.com.
When Sioux takes the stage at Latitude next year, she might see some younger fans in the audience. The music of Siouxsie and the Banshees has been reaching Generation Z this year with a placement on the Stranger Things season 4 soundtrack, while Sioux helped influence the viral Wednesday dance scene.
Meanwhile, a new Banshees compilation titled All Souls dropped in October.
As previously reported, The Rolling Stones are dropping the new live album and DVD GRRR Live! on February 10, and to celebrate they’ve announced a new interactive virtual concert event with Kiswe.
The online screening will take place February 2 at 8 p.m. Thanks to the Kiswe Live platform, viewers from across the globe can be part of the excitement. They can share short video selfies, and they’ll be able to see themselves on screen and be seen by others as the performance airs.
GRRR Live!, recorded December 15, 2012, at Newark’s Prudential Center during the band’s 50 & Counting tour, was the final of four shows in the New York area and was a pay-per-view event. It featured guest appearances by such big names as Bruce Springsteen, Lady Gaga, John Mayer, Gary Clark Jr., Mick Taylor and The Black Keys.
Tickets for the interactive experience go on sale Thursday at 3 p.m. ET at RollingStonesNewark.com.
AXS TV is helping music fans ring in the new year with a lineup of iconic concerts to keep folks entertained.
The party kicks off at 3:30 p.m. with Def Leppard: Hits Vegas, a concert from Sin City featuring classic tunes and rare cuts like “Too Late For Love” and “Two Steps Behind,” followed by Kid Rock: Live From The Artists Den at 7 p.m.
As we get closer to midnight, fans get another Sin City concert, KISS Rocks Vegas, which was filmed during their residency at the Hard Rock Hotel, airing at 8 p.m. That’s followed by Mötley Crüe: The End – Live In Los Angeles, which has them returning home for a concert that features such hits as “Girls Girls Girls” and “Shout at the Devil.”
Finally, as the clock strikes midnight, fans can chill out with Stevie Nicks – 24 Karat Gold, in which she performs such classics as “Landslide” and “Gypsy.”
And then, on New Year’s Day, fans can look back on some of the important moments in music history with a day of A Year in Music programming, looking back on 1963, 1973, 1983, 1993 and 2003.
A new cover of Jim Croce’s classic tune “Walkin’ Back to Georgia” has just been released to help raise money for Georgia Music Foundation. Butch Walker, Elizabeth Cook and Katie Pruitt team up for the new take on the song, which appeared on his 1972 album, You Don’t Mess Around with Jim. They performed it live earlier this year at a benefit in Nashville.
“My parents used to listen to Jim Croce all the time in the house and I realized how they would always play ‘Walkin’ Back to Georgia’ on summer days when we were living in Cartersville,” Georgia native Walker tells Rolling Stone. “It brought a rush of memories back, and when we were getting ready to soundcheck I hit up Katie and Elizabeth and asked if they knew the song.”
He adds, “We thought it went over really well, so we all agreed that recording a version of it for the cause was the right thing to do.”
Like the benefit show, proceeds from the song will go to Georgia Music Foundation, a nonprofit that supports music education programs in the state.
New Order‘s Bernard Sumner and The Patti Smith Band will perform during the 2023 Tibet House US Benefit Concert, taking place March 1 at New York City’s Carnegie Hall.
The annual event, which will return to an in-person celebration in 2023 after the COVID-19 pandemic forced it to go virtual the past two years, raises money for Tibet House US, a nonprofit organization founded in 1987 that works to preserve Tibetan culture.
Other artists on the lineup include Laurie Anderson, Gogol Bordello, Allison Russell and artistic director Philip Glass.
For more info, visit the Tibet House US website, THUS.org.
A previous version of this story published on 12/13/2022 erroneously stated Patti Smith was confirmed to perform instead of The Patti Smith Band. The text above has been updated to correct the error.
The new Abbey Road documentary If These Walls Could Sing was incredibly important to its director, Mary McCartney, daughter of Paul McCartney. Paul recorded many of the Beatles’ albums at the studio, including Abbey Road, Revolver and Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.
“Some of my earliest memories as a young child come from time spent at Abbey Road,” she tells Far Out. “I’ve long wanted to tell the story of this historic place.”
Mary says when she started the process she didn’t know the studio was over 90 years old, so she spent time researching its history and the artists who had recorded there. She wanted to show the studio was more than just where the Beatles made records, although she wasn’t able to cover all the artists who recorded there.
“I picked the famous names, like the Beatles and Pink Floyd when they did Dark Side of the Moon,” she says. “I was also really happy to explore the lesser-known artists … and peppered it with stories that I think will surprise and entertain the viewer.”
The doc features appearances by Paul, Ringo Starr, Elton John, Liam Gallagher and more. Mary ends the film with a performance by Celeste, noting it was important to her to show that to this day “Abbey Road is a really active studio.”
If These Walls Could Sing debuts Friday, December 16, on Disney+.
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Earlier this year, 16-time Grammy winner Paul Simon was honored with a special Grammy tribute concert in Los Angeles, and now the public is finally going see what went down. Homeward Bound: A GRAMMY Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon is set to air Wednesday, December 21, at 9 p.m. ET on CBS.
The two-hour concert, filmed back in April at the Hollywood Pantages Theater, has a whole host of artists performing Simon’s tunes, including Sting, Dave Matthews, Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood, Stevie Wonder, The Bangles’ Susanna Hoffs, Jonas Brothers, Brad Paisley, Eric Church and Billy Porter. Simon also performed at the tribute and was introduced to the crowd by Oprah Winfrey.
In addition to Oprah, the two-hour concert features special appearances by Elton John, Sofia Carson, Herbie Hancock, Woody Harrelson and Dustin Hoffman.
(NOTE LANGUAGE) David Bowie’s wife, supermodel Iman, graces the cover of January’s British Vogueand while the rocker died of cancer in 2016, Iman cautions anyone from referring to him as her late husband.
“He is not my ‘late husband.’ He is my husband,” she tells the mag. “I don’t mind at all being referred to as ‘David Bowie’s wife.’” But, Iman says she and the rocker made it a point to remind people she was more than just married to him. “He never introduced me by saying, ‘Meet my wife.’ He’d always say, ‘Meet Iman, my wife,'” she says. “So we both already had our own identity. We were separate but together.”
Iman shares that it was hard to grieve the loss of her husband because of all the media attention surrounding Bowie’s death. She noted she and her daughter were very private and it all got to be “too much,” so they eventually had to leave their New York home “because the public were always at the front door.”
She says that while she understood all the attention his death received, “there was a point where it was like: ‘OK, go home now.’” Iman explains, “You had people who would take your picture, sell it and then come to you and say, ‘I feel your pain,’” adding, “And, I’m like, ‘No, b****, you don’t feel my pain, get away from me.’”
Well, there’s no doubt Elton John’s Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour is one of the hottest shows out there, and it’s earned Elton yet another honor.
StubHub is out with its 2022 Year In Live Experiences report and, thanks to the tour, which wrapped in the U.S. in November, Elton earns the honor of Top Global Touring Artist of the Year. He beats out Harry Styles for the top spot, with a third British act, Coldplay, landing at three. The rankings are based on cumulative ticket sales on StubHub North America and Viagogo international marketplaces over the past year.
Bad Bunny lands in the number four spot, with veteran rockers Mötley Crüe rounding out the top 5, thanks to their big stadium tour with Def Leppard.
