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Music guests Jane Birkin and Iggy Pop perform 'Elisa' for the Tonight Show audience.

Actress, singer, songwriter and fashion icon Jane Birkin will pay tribute to late husband Serge Gainsbourg with Birkin Gainsbourg The Symphonic at the Beacon Theatre on Friday, March 6 at 8:00PM.

Heart Bones have released their highly anticipated debut LP, Hot Dish. Heart Bones is a collaboration between Sean Tillmann (aka Har Mar Superstar) and Sabrina Ellis (A Giant Dog / Sweet Spirit). The two became fast friends while touring together in 2016. They recognized a kindred quality of over-the-top showmanship, and their new project became inevitable. Filled with genre-blending nostalgic soundscapes, Hot Dish is sure to captivate and endear with glistening ear-wormy duets.

Today, Heart Bones have returned with the release of 'Open Relations' off of their upcoming LP, Hot Dish, out February 21st on Love OnLine Records. The luminous pop duo of Sean Tillmann (Har Mar Superstar) and Sabrina Ellis (A Giant Dog/Sweet Spirit) bring back groovy sentimental sounds with an ode to the trials of a one-sided open relationship. Fun, clever, and dynamic, 'Open Relations' gives us a lot to anticipate from the eclectic duo in the new year. Filled with genre-blending nostalgic soundscapes, Hot Dish is sure to captivate and endear with glistening ear-wormy duets. 

'Girl, where you been?' asks a voice at the very beginning of the title track, and first release, of A Girl Called Eddy's sublime second album, Been Around. All things considered, it's a fair question. Fourteen years have passed since her self-titled debut, produced by Richard Hawley, became something of a cult favorite with her voice and song-writing talent winning fulsome praise and not-hyperbolic comparisons to Karen Carpenter and Carole King. 

This fall, the French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF) honors the career of the actress Charlotte Gainsbourg with a CinéSalon series devoted to her work on screen. Running from November 5 to December 17, Charlotte Forever presents eight films starring Gainsbourg, spanning four decades and multiple languages. The series also coincides with the presentation of FIAF's Trophée des Arts award to Gainsbourg at its annual gala held at the Plaza hotel on November 4. Tickets for the series are now available at fiaf.org.

Actress, singer, songwriter and fashion icon Jane Birkin will pay tribute to late husband Serge Gainsbourg with Birkin Gainsbourg The Symphonic at the Beacon Theatre on Friday, March 6 at 8:00PM. Birkin will be joined by Iggy Pop and Charlotte Gainsbourg. Tickets are $75, $95 and $125 and will be available through Ticketmaster (866.858.0008, www.ticketmaster.com) starting Friday, October 18 at 10:00AM.

Actress, singer, songwriter and fashion icon Jane Birkin will pay tribute to late husband Serge Gainsbourg with Birkin Gainsbourg The Symphonic at the Beacon Theatre on Friday, March 6 at 8:00PM. Birkin will be joined by Iggy Pop and Charlotte Gainsbourg. Tickets are $75, $95 and $125 and will be available through Ticketmaster (866.858.0008, www.ticketmaster.com) starting Friday, October 18 at 10:00AM.

French classical pop singer Vincent Niclo will present a new series on BBC Radio 2 this autumn featuring exclusive interviews with a range of iconic French artists. Entitled 'Carte Blanche', the 7-part series will provide a rare insight into the lives and musical loves of designer Jean Paul Gaultier, movie star, fashion icon and animal rights activist Brigitte Bardot, jazz pianist and 3-time Oscar winner Michel Legrand and singer and actor Jane Birkin.

Good morning BroadwayWorld! Today's top stories: FIRE AND AIR opens tonight, AMY AND THE ORPHANS begins previews, and more!

Wordless Music presents the U.S. premiere live score in New York (Saturday, February 24) and Los Angeles (Friday, March 2) of Paul Thomas Anderson's PHANTOM THREAD, nominated for six Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Daniel Day-Lewis), and Best Original Score, by Jonny Greenwood. In both cities, Wordless Music Orchestra will team up with principals from London Contemporary Orchestra, who recorded the original score for Nonesuch. Together, the orchestra will perform the entirety of Greenwood's score, which itself is heard in more than 70% of the film, along with selections from Brahms, Schubert, Faur , and Debussy. This event marks the third collaboration between Anderson and Wordless Music, following live score premieres for THERE WILL BE BLOOD and PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE.

From Sympathy for the Record Industry comes Paper-Thin Hotel, the debut double 7' single from Los Angeles-based artists Dosshaus. Known for sculpture, fashion, and installations that present fantasy worlds made entirely of recycled cardboard; Dosshaus has frequently paid homage to the music that has influenced their art. With Paper-Thin Hotel, the creative collective of Zoey Taylor and David Connelly examines the role of visual art in music.

City Winery Chicago, 1200 W. Randolph Street, announces comedy star Kevin Nealon ( Saturday Night Live, Weeds ), rock legend Doyle Bramhall II and more.

On Friday, October 6, Wordless Music returns to Melbourne as part of the 2017 Melbourne Festival, with the world premiere of Terrence Malick's VOYAGE OF TIME: the epic documentary project three decades in the making that sees Malick turning attention to the grandest of stories.

Actress, singer, songwriter and fashion icon Jane Birkin will perform Birkin/Gainsbourg: Le symphonique-her tribute to late husband Serge Gainsbourg-with a symphonic orchestra at Carnegie Hall's Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage on February 1.

Actress, singer, songwriter and fashion icon Jane Birkin will perform Birkin/Gainsbourg: Le symphonique her tribute to late husband Serge Gainsbourg with a symphonic orchestra at Carnegie Hall's Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage on February 1. The concert, presented by Metropolitan Entertainment, marks Birkin's first U.S. performance since 2011 and is part of an extensive international concert tour that has seen her playing to full houses in Montreal, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Paris and London, among many other cities. American Express pre-sale is available from September 20 at 10 a.m. to September 21 at 10 p.m., followed by venue/promoter pre-sale on September 21 (10 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Public on-sale begins September 22 at 10 a.m. all times are Eastern. Tickets are available by visiting Carnegiehall.org, calling CarnegieCharge at 212.247.7800, and in person at the Carnegie Hall Box Office, located at 57th Street and Seventh Avenue in New York City.

Actress, singer, songwriter and fashion icon Jane Birkin will perform Birkin/Gainsbourg: Le symphonique her tribute to late husband Serge Gainsbourg with a symphonic orchestra at Carnegie Hall on February 1.

Drop The Gun is the latest project by Danish singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and DJ Sara Savery. Today, she releases her debut self-titled EP on Fan Out Records and celebration shares a new video for recent single “All I Want”

Ionesco's absurd theatre brought to life in a handsome production that is full of wit and humour, but never loses its avant garde character.

Hong Kong Arts Festival will present the European premiere of Chan Hing-yan's three-act chamber opera, Datong - The Chinese Utopia in London this summer in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China.