Allow me to introduce you to my new favorite thing in the world right now. Chances are, if it’s not yours too already, it soon will be. In July of last year, Belgian-Australian indie rocker Gotye released a single and a music video called “Somebody That

The big-budget sci-fi adventure film “John Carter” opens March 9. On Friday its director, Andrew Stanton -- who also helmed the animated hits "Finding Nemo" and "Wall-E" -- hit Twitter for some unfiltered talk about his new movie. The film, based on Edga

Daniel Lanois will perform two special concerts next month at Toronto’s Great Hall following his induction into the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame. The Hamilton-raised musician, who skyrocketed to international fame producing Grammy winning albums

WHEN Denis Gagné first took to the stage as Peter Gabriel he probably didn’t expect to still be emulating the rock star 19 years later. Genesis tribute act The Musical Box originally got together to perform concerts over two weekends but are still going

Allstar Weekend The Paramount, Huntington Refugees from the Radio Disney camp that included a cover of the Lion King’s “I Just Can’t Wait to Be King” recorded for the Disneymania 7 collection, Allstar Weekend spent last year on quite the career rollerc

Gotye performing live in concert at City Recital Hall as part of the annual Sydney Festival in Sydney, Australia, Jan. 27, 2011. (Robert Wallace/WENN.COM) Somewhere in Australia there must be a female singer shaking her head. Specifically, the one who ma

Very possibly the world's premier Belgian-Australian, the former Wally Da Backer's Somebody That I Used To Know has now, apparently, been watched by more than 70 million people (the UK's population is a mere 63 million) and unsurprisingly it's Britain's

Cause Celeb highlights a celebrity’s work on behalf of a specific cause. This week we speak with musician Peter Gabriel as well as Graham Nash, David Crosby and Rodrigo y Gabriela about the influence the nonprofit human-rights organization WITNESShas had

It is also Peter Hook's birthday (former bassist of Joy Division & New Order), but since he's being quite difficult these days and the other 3 members of New Order are moving on without him for their new album, I'll stick with celebrating Mr. Gabriel. Pe

Whitney Houston’s sudden death on Saturday at the age of 48 was sad and strange for many reasons, the least of which being that it cast an inescapable pall over the 2012 Grammy Awards before the ceremony even began. (And let’s be honest with ourselves: t

Even if the rest of Making Mirrors were utter crap, the divinely scrumptious song that is currently burning a hole in the airwaves, 'Somebody That I Used To Know' is enough to secure a decent score all by itself. You all know the words by now, and you ar

1950 - Peter Gabriel, former frontman of Genesis prior to establishing himself as a prolific solo artist, turns 62 today. 1972 - Led Zeppelin had to cancel a concert in Singapore after authorities would not let the group off the plane because of their lo

Vampire Weekend have been everywhere in 2008. Arguably the defining crossover band of the year, the fresh-faced foursome have earned both admiration and condemnation for their particular spin on indie-pop. Obviously indebted to Paul Simon's perennially-p

On Thursday February 10 Peter Gabriel formally introduced this year’s WOMAD Sicily festival to the press at the Italina Cultural Institute, London. Joined by Sicilian musician Roy Paci and members of the Sicilian tourism board, a Q&A session took place o

Quick links to other pages on this site | Still can't find it? Actress Kim Novak is 79. Actor George Segal is 78. Actress Carol Lynley is 70. Singer-musician Peter Tork (The Monkees) is 70

Every Grammys features a good David vs. Goliath story, but few compare to Bon Iver’s epic uphill -battle. The nom de band of singer/songwriter Justin Vernon, Bon Iver is the darkest of dark horses at Sunday’s awards. Bon Iver has no gold records, no Top

Q: After starting WITNESS over 20 years ago, did you ever think that it would come this far? Gabriel: I think what we didn’t realize was that our dream of getting cameras to the world and particularly to activists and human rights groups was going to be

You may not know artist Wayne White by name, but if nothing else, your indoor childhood has probably exposed you to his work. He designed puppets and set for Pee-Wee's Playhouse and Beakman's World, provided art direction for the Smashing Pumpkins' Tonig

If there’s a problem with Leonard Cohen (and let’s be clear – there isn’t), it’s that the absolute magnificence of his poetry can disappear into the familiarity of his songs. You remember the words, but with repetition, forget about their brilliance. Put