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Kings of Leon‘s Caleb Followill tied the knot with Victoria’s Secret model girlfriend Lily Aldrige on May 12 in Santa Barbara, CA. Followill’s bandmates, Coldplay‘s Chris Martin and wife Gwyneth Paltrow), and other celebrities attended the ceremony. “It was a perfect day,” Followill said. [MTV]
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Bono has opened up about the new version of U2‘s Spider-Man musical, after the play experienced a run of injury-riddled previews and underwent re-writes following the ousting of director Julie Taymor. “What was great about [the original play] was unusual and rare: magic, a pop-up Pop-Art opera with a bit of rock’n’roll circus thrown in,” he said. “What was not right about it was a catalog of commonplace problems – story knots, bad sound, and finally a failure to cohere, meaning that the whole was not greater than the sum of the parts.” The production resumed previews last week after a three-week hiatus. [The New York Times]
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NPR has a full-album stream of Thurston Moore‘s third solo album Demolished Thoughts, which was produced by Beck. The Sonic Youth singer-guitarist’s record will be released on May 24; head over here to hear it.
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SebastiAn has tapped M.I.A. for a hot new single titled “C.T.F.O,” which will be featured on the French artist’s album Total, out May 30. Stream it below (via Pretty Much Amazing).
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Buzzy New York duo Cults have released a stark, cinematic video for their bright, girl-group-throwback single “Abducted.” Watch it over at Pitchfork.
