Gothic News

Peterborough Players Celebrates July 4th with Deep Discounts Special Prices Offered for The Breath of Life and Children's Show Peterborough, NH - The Peterborough Players is offering deep discounts for its July 4th performances in celebration of the Fourth of July.

Michael Jackson rehearses for his planned shows in London at the Staples Center on June 23 in Los Angeles.

Vocalist Jape Peratalo of defunct Finnish gothic metallers TO/DIE/FOR has issued the following update: "I have been talking about things with TO/DIE/FOR original drummer Tonmi Lillman , and also with TO/DIE/FOR bassist Josey [a.k.a. Jarkko Strandman ], and it seems like there would be possibility to continue with TO/DIE/FOR and record a sixth ...

Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett werent the only cultural icons to die on the same day, there have been plenty more.

By David Bender "Last week, death came to sit upon the throne of America's Kubla Khan - last week, as it must to all men, death came to Charles Foster Kane."-- Reporter's words on the passing of a fictionalA American icon in "Citizen Kane" It's almost 6:00 AM in Barcelona and I'mA stillA up watching the awakening world's reaction to the sudden, ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Here's a poser for you movie buffs: What do the white dress worn by Marilyn Monroe in "The Seven Year Itch" and the fur coat, muff and hat worn by Orson Welles in "Citizen Kane" have in common? Beyond their obvious status as movie artifacts, they're both part of a lawsuit filed in Johnson County by a 40-year-old Olathe, Kan., ...

1990 - The Cure's Roger O'Donnell was replaced by Perry Bamonte. 2000 - KISS held an auction in which they sold off memorabilia from their touring days.

After a final album together, 2008's Go Away White , Peter Murphy and his former bandmates have finally hammered the last nail in the Bauhaus coffin.

Two weeks ago I wrote a blog post about the Tiananmen Square massacre anniversary, riffing from a bootlegged tape my wife has somewhere in storage of a concert The Cure gave 20 years ago in which lead singer Robert Smith improvised a bunch of weird, emotional lyrics during the song "A Forest," culminating with the repeated line "We will never ...

Ville Valo at the Golden Gods Awards at Indigo at O2 Arena London, England -in 2004 The frontman won an award for Golden God.

Antony and The Johnsons have recorded a cover of Beyonce's 2003 number one 'Crazy In Love'. The British act will release the song as part of a double A-side with new single 'Aeon' through Rough Trade on August 3. The group have performed the Beyonce song during their live sets.

A young man of 21, Luke Rathborne has already defied odds to self-releas a record and fund a move from the deep woods of Brunswick, Maine to the couch-surfing lifestyle of New York City.

Music blog Cosmic Boogie's latest podcast features none other than the ex-Hacienda DJ Greg Wilson on the decks .

Orson Welles once remarked that composer Bernard Herrmann was "50 per cent responsible" for the success of Citizen Kane.

WHEN pint-sized rapper Lady Sovereign first emerged a few years ago as the face of the Save the Hoodie campaign, she could have been a character from Little Britain.

By DOUG JOHNSTONE THE LABEL "SINGER SONGWRITER" doesn't do justice to the talent and ambition of some artists, and so it is with Teitur.

Planning is under way for the annual Gothic Days in this tiny town. The event takes its name from the famous house Grant Wood used in the background of his painting, "American Gothic." The house has been restored and is part of the American Gothic House Center on the edge of the community.

One of the more fascinating career tracks in Gothic music is the long and winding road traveled by Gitane Demone.

Few authors do dread as well as Waters . Her latest novel is a ghost story with elements of both The Fall of the House of Usher and Brideshead Revisited .

Jeannine Kasper as Sam in "Paper Covers Rock" "PAPER COVERS ROCK" Winner of the jury and audience awards at the Ashland Independent Film Festival , Joe Maggio's drama about a woman's battle with depression and self-destruction is $6,000 well spent.