Category: Photos

Photos: Cocteau Twins’ Liz Fraser shocks superfan Shirley Manson at Garbage gig

Photos: Cocteau Twins’ Liz Fraser shocks superfan Shirley Manson at Garbage gig

Five days after shocking fans with a rare, unbilled live performance in London, former Cocteau Twins frontwoman Elizabeth Fraser surfaced again, showing up backstage at Garbage’s concert in Bristol on Friday night — much to the shock and delight of singer Shirley Manson. Two photos have now surfaced.

Photo: Blondie and Devo backstage in Chicago on final date of joint U.S. tour

Photo: Blondie and Devo backstage in Chicago on final date of joint U.S. tour

Blondie and Devo last night wrapped up their joint U.S. tour with a concert at the Chicago Theatre, and Debbie Harry marked the occasion today by tweeting this photo of the two bands backstage together. Blondie still has a few scattered U.S. dates planned in the coming weeks.

Photo: Billy Bragg and Morrissey — in shorts and a Hawaiian shirt — circa 1985

Photo: Billy Bragg and Morrissey — in shorts and a Hawaiian shirt — circa 1985

Now here’s something you don’t see every day: A snapshot of Billy Bragg and Morrissey — clad in knee-bearing shorts and some sort of floral or Hawaiian shirt, with his tongue jutting out — at Canada’s Wonderland amusement park in Toronto while on tour with The Smiths in 1985.

Photo: Jesus and Mary Chain’s William Reid stakes his Twitter claim with pen, paper

Photo: Jesus and Mary Chain’s William Reid stakes his Twitter claim with pen, paper

It’s not unusual, of course, for bands these days to set up on Twitter, but William Reid — one half of The Jesus and Mary Chain — wants to make it known that the seminal noise-pop group’s new @jamcofficial account is, well, official.

Hey, look, it’s another picture of Morrissey with a cat sitting on top of his head

Hey, look, it’s another picture of Morrissey with a cat sitting on top of his head

Let’s be honest: Can there be too many photos of Morrissey with a cat sitting on top of his head? Here’s another one.

Morrissey wears a cat on his head, says ‘the Chinese are a subspecies’ in the Guardian

Morrissey wears a cat on his head, says ‘the Chinese are a subspecies’ in the Guardian

No stranger to oddball photo shoots, Brit-rock iconoclast Morrissey appears on the cover of tomorrow’s Guardian Weekend magazine with a cat perched atop his unsmiling head for a feature headlined ‘Bigmouth strikes again: Morrissey lets rip.’

Photo: Morrissey and Rick Astley backstage at the BBC’s ‘Top of the Pops’ in 1989

Photo: Morrissey and Rick Astley backstage at the BBC’s ‘Top of the Pops’ in 1989

Morrissey fan site True To You today posted this 21-year-old photo of Moz (smiling, no less) and Rick Astley backstage at BBC’s ‘Top of the Pops,’ where the two appeared following the February 1989 release of their ‘The Last of the Famous International Playboys’ and ‘Hold Me In Your Arms’ singles, respectively.

Photos: R.E.M.’s Peter Buck in the studio with Colin Meloy and The Decemberists

Photos: R.E.M.’s Peter Buck in the studio with Colin Meloy and The Decemberists

Word emerged this spring — via bandleader Colin Meloy’s Twitter feed — that R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck would be contributing to The Decemberists’ upcoming sixth album — and we’ve now got photographic evidence, thanks to a series of snapshots posted on R.E.M.’s official site today.