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

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.’