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David Lynch nabs Ringo, Paul, more for concert benefit
David Lynch turns enough heads just by being David Lynch (Twitter also helps these days), but his emphatic devotion to “transcendental meditation” over the years has occasionally threatened to take him from the king of good-weird to just weird.... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsGrohl, Ledger, Vedder, Norah Jones pay tribute to Drake
Even 35 years after the death of Nick Drake, the gentle-voiced cult figure is still soothing tortured souls with his introspective folk music. The English-born musician, who died at the age of 26 of a prescription drug overdose, has inspired a generation of artists, so it shouldn't come as a surprise that a tribute album is in the works.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsPearl Jam benefit raises $3 million to fight poverty
Pearl Jam recently raised $3 million for the fight against poverty with a benefit concert in New York City.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsBody of War soundtrack features Vedder, Waits
Tomas Young, the disabled Iraq veteran at the center of Phil Donahue and Ellen Spiro’s documentary Body of War, asked Eddie Vedder a favor after the Pearl Jam frontman contributed an original song (“No More War”) to the project. “It dawned on me that there was the possibility of making an album with songs that inspired me to keep going through the anti-war movement,” Young told Rolling Stone. Young, 26, became paralyzed after a bullet hit his spine during combat in Iraq. Body of War chronicles his journey home and transformation into an outspoken anti-war crusader. As the SXSW folks... read more
Found in: Music, NewsNeil Young, John Lennon, more featured in Body of War
Eddie Vedder is currently campaigning for the two-disc effort Body of War: Songs that Inspired an Iraq War Veteran which features John Lennon, Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young, among others. These songs were picked for more than just how they mesh with a visual; Tomas Young had the key role of selecting the 30 songs that were used for the film as they relate to his personal experience. Phil Donahue and Ellen Shapiro’s documentary follows Young’s story after he returns home from Iraq. He was paralyzed from the chest down after less than a week of active service, having not... read more
Found in: Music, NewsEddie Vedder books a handful of pre-Bonnaroo solo dates
Eddie Vedder has announced six North American shows in April. This should suffice for all the west coasters who can't make it to Pearl Jam's headlining performance at Bonnaroo this summer. Kiwi artist Liam Finn will be bringing the lightning as opener. And fans will have the rare opportunity to hear Vedder play his new material from the Grammy-nominated original soundtrack for Into the Wild. Vedder also received a Golden Globe for best original song for the track “Guaranteed.” Tickets start going on sale this Friday and will be $65 plus fees. April 2 - Vancouver (The Centre) 5 -... read more
Found in: Music, NewsEddie Vedder walks hard Into the Wild
At home, writing lyrics of mountain tops with him on top, Eddie Vedder’s has his arms raised in a V. The triumph is all Vedder’s, but the mountains belong to the lead character of Sean Penn’s directorial feature Into the Wild for which the Pearl Jam front man has recorded a solo record. The soundtrack, to be released Sept. 18, features 11 jams Vedder scored for what Sean penned (see what we did there?). Based on the best selling book by Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild follows the true story of college graduate Christopher McCandless (played by Emile Hirsch), who... read more
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