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Music History Television 

Today’s trailers, part 2: The Sex Pistols series, Pistol

May 4, 2022May 4, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Biopic, Danny Boyle, Disney+, Sex Pistols, Steve Jones

Johnny Lydon isn’t happy about it, but Academy Award-winning director Danny Boyle has turned the memoir of Pistols’ guitarist Steve

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Television 

What if “Frasier” was more into Seattle grunge? Then the show might have looked like this?

April 17, 2022April 16, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Frasier, Frasier Crane, Grunge, Kelsey Grammar, NBC, Seattle

In case you’ve forgotten, Kelsey Grammar’s Frasier Crane (from NBC’s Frasier, of course) was a stuffy psychologist who hosted a

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Television 

The next artist to show up on The Simpsons will be Billie Eilish

April 15, 2022April 15, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Billie Eilish, Finneas, The Simpsons

Billie Eilish drops into Springfield as part of a Simpsons short. Lisa, looking for a place to practice her saxophone,

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The Kids in the Hall have been exhumed thanks to Amazon. Here’s the red band trailer.

April 15, 2022April 15, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Amazon Prime Video, Kids in the Hall

Canada’s most famous comedy ensemble, The Kids in the Hall, will return on May 13 thanks to Amazon Prime Video.

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Music News Television 

ICYMI: The Grammys tribute video to the Foo Fighters’ Taylor Hawkins

April 4, 2022April 5, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Foo Fighters, Grammys, Taylor Hawkins, Tribute

A couple of weeks ago, the Foo Fighters were set to perform at the Grammy Awards. But then… (Via Variety)

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Television 

Missed the UK’s Concert for Ukraine? Watch here.

March 30, 2022March 30, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Concert for Ukraine, Russia, Ukraine

A big special was broadcast on ITV in the UK last night. So far, £13.4 million (CAD$22 million) has been

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Music History Television 

The upcoming Disney+ biopic on the Sex Pistols will get its own compilation

March 30, 2022March 30, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Danny Boyle, Disney+, Pistol, Sex Pistols

Pistol, Danny Boyle’s six-episode series based on a book by guitarist Steve Jones entitled Lonely Boy: Takes from a Sex

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Television 

Arcade Fire to perform at 2022 Junos

March 23, 2022March 23, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2022, Arcade Fire, Budweiser Stage, Juno Awards, Junos, Toronto

I’m going to guess that Arcade Fire‘s performance at the 2022 Junos was a done deal weeks or even months

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Movies Television 

JJ Abrams is working on a scripted bio of U2 for Netflix

March 19, 2022March 19, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bad Robot, Biopic, JJ Abrams, U2

There’s a lot to unpack in that headline, isn’t there? And there’s more. JJ Abrams’ Bad Robot production company has

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Music History Television 

This is cool: 19-year-old Courtney Love fronting Faith No More

March 13, 2022March 13, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment 1984, Courtney Love, Faith No More

It’s a well-known piece of Faith No More and Courtney Love lore that she was briefly the band’s lead singer

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Music History Television 

That time in the 90s when Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, and Nirvana appeared on a cable access comedy show

March 9, 2022March 9, 2022 Alan Cross 2 Comments Cable Access, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Rock Star Fantasy Camp

Remember when public access TV was the place to see some of the most subversive local stuff? LouderSound found this

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The Backstage Project Podcast with Mark Silver focuses on the stories behind the biggest and best entertainment products, events, and companies. We go behind the scenes with amazing people who have done or are doing extraordinary things to entertain you, the audience. From sporting events to concerts, from cable tv to music apps; if it’s made an impact on the entertainment world, we cover it.

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