The  forthcoming movie  about  CBGB , which stars  Alan Rickman  as the nightclub's founder  Hilly Kristal , just got another  Harry Potter cast member. Variety  reports that  Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley!) will play Cheetah Chrome , the guitarist for the Dead Boys . Also, Malin Akerman ( Rock of Ages ,  Watchmen ) is tapped to play Blondie 's Debbie Harry . Here's Blondie performing at CBGB in 1975:

It seems Malin Akerman is impressing all the right people with her pipes. The actress will be showing the world her take on Foreigner's "I Want To Know What Love Is" in the upcoming "Rock Of Ages," and she's graduating from that '80s neon-colored musical to something a bit grimier, but no less musical. Akerman is set to take on music legend, style icon and all around badass Debbie Harry in "CBGB." Before Blondie blew up on the charts, they could be found haunting New York City's famed punk clubs Max's Kansas City and, yes, CBGB ...

Music programme set to make comeback featuring tracks from Blur, Oasis, David Bowie and Blondie

Eighties legends Blondie and Devo are teaming up for a short stint along the Pacific coast this September....

Top Of The Pops has announced its plans to return. Unfortunately not returning to television but instead coming in the form of a live production. The theatre production will tour around the UK starting from October 18th and onwards. Produced in association with Thriller Live’s Derek Nicol and Paul Walden the show will host a number of different singers and dancers tackling Top Of The Pops classics including T-Rex, Madonna and Blondie. With the audience being allowed to choose the finale song from a list of memorable moments. Alongside the production, vintage TOTP performances will be screened. [via FACT ]

Pianist Lynne Arriale’s trio delivered a sparkling performance at Ronnie Scott’s club last night. From bassist Geoff Gascoyne ’s opening bass figure into their first number, Blondie’s ‘Call Me’, they established an immediate rapport with their audience who appreciated their faultless grooves, subtle reworkings of familiar songs and solos in which every note has a purpose. ‘Call Me’, with its bitter-sweet minor bluesy feel, showcased Gascoyne’s playing, which was simply stunning in the clarity of its ideas, its expressive quality and his great double bass sound. Arriale stretched out to great effect on her own ‘Crawfish ...

Perhaps the 1980s finally sensed that the 1990s have been encroaching on its nostalgia-du-jour territory, because today Blondie, Devo, and Peter Gabriel all announced fall U.S. tour dates. Debbie Harry and Co...

Night Surgeon , a duo from Portland, OR composed of Patrick Replogle and John Boyd are into melodic synth pop with a twist. Their new self-titled EP, produced and mixed by Gabriel Espinosa (Blondie, Fischerspooner, Mobile), is built around early Eighties New Wave pop interacting with a pulsating back beat. Both Berklee graduates, they have found a middle ground between complexity and accessibility. Progressive pop that could cross over to the mainstream. Touches of Depeche Mode ( Let Love In , Changes ) and The Pet Shop Boys ( Magnets ). Night Surgeon is released via Too Dark Records . Buy it from the band's website ...

Anton Newcombe is on a mission. The enigmatic frontman from The Brian Jonestown Massacre wants to “Rip the lungs outta of pop culture and smoke ‘em”. At Sydney’s Metro show – the first on this tour – he did all this and then some. But then, this came after he’d passed the dutchie to the sole support of the evening, another fellow cult band. The Raveonettes are Sune Rose Wagner and Sharin Foo . They play garage rock and punk music. At different times this can sound like anything from The Vaccines to The Breeders, The White Stripes to Dum Dum ...

Alan Rickman will portray Hilly Kristal in a new movie about Kristal, who founded the legendary NYC club CBGB. The film, called CBGB, will shoot in Savannah, Georgia this summer with actors and actresses playing members of The Ramones, Blondie, Television, Talking Heads and Patti Smith, since all of

The hits, deep cuts, and songs the disco queen inspired, from "Love to Love You Baby" to Blondie's "Heart of Glass."

Brisbane Jazz Club – Sat May 5 Performing in a red light-bathed room, like one of the less lavish clubs in Scorsese’s New York New York, local jazz singer Sarah Collyer holds court with her excellent band. Unlike many performers of smooth vocal jazz, Collyer frequently deviates from standards with her own heart-on-sleeve originals and interpretations from non-jazz sources such as Paul Kelly, Leonard Cohen and even Blondie. Debbie Harry and co’s Call Me is converted from propulsive Morod ...

Catcall’s ‘The Warmest Place’ is a timely reminder of why we loved pop music so much in the first place, writes CAITLIN WELSH . As a female fan of pop music or a pop music fan who is also a fan of women, it’s been a largely heartening century so far. For every gross character like Brian McFadden or Chris Brown, there are the Robyns, Washingtons, Santigolds, Beyonces, Florences and, yes, Adeles, who perform variously with strength, subtlety, subversiveness, self-assurance and shit-kicking glee. But if you apply a sort of Bechdel test to pop music, it doesn’t fare ...

Self-directed clip inspired by duo’s favorite David Lynch, Tim Burton films. +++ Lux (L-R): Leah Rosen and David Chandler. Photo by The Ripper. +++ PLAY, POST & SHARE “The Window” by Lux is “…a perfect fit for your summer mix” – KEXP “Song of The Day” ( LINK )   [SOUNDCLOUD]: http://soundcloud.com/fanaticpro/lux-the-window   [VIDEO]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAgshevQ3yc [MP3]: http://www.fanaticpromotion.com/projects/lux/mp3/lux-thewindow.mp3   +++   "...emulating their musical heroes with intoxicating enthusiasm.  It's a total charmer." - Black Book Seattle-based duo Lux has revealed the video for “The Window” from its debut album We Are Not The ...

From wiki:- The Cinematics were an alternative rock band from Scotland, consisting of Scott Rinning (vocals and guitar), Larry Reid (lead guitar), Adam Goemans (bass) and Ross Bonney (drums). The original line-up, with Ramsay Miller on lead guitar, formed in Glasgow, however, the members originally met at school in Dingwall.  The band were signed to TVT Records in 2005 after playing at an In the City showcase gig in Manchester. Their debut album A Strange Education was produced by Simon Barnicott (Arctic Monkeys, Kasabian, Editors, Kaiser Chiefs) and Stephen Hague (New Order, Blur, Pet Shop Boys), and released on March ...