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Smashing Pumpkins are scheduled to appear on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon this evening. Most likely, they’ll perform songs from their brand new double album Cyr, including the driving, techno-oriented title track. 

After the recent box office success of biopics Bohemian Rhapsody and Rocketman, it’s no surprise at least three new films about rock musicians are coming our way.

Stardust features actor-musician Johnny Flynn as a young David Bowie encountering disinterested Americans prior to his hitting the big time. Reviews have not been kind, and from what I’ve read, the creators of Stardust weren’t given permission to use any of Bowie’s songs. I’d much rather see an animated movie based on the graphic novel Bowie - Stardust, Rayguns and Moonage Daydreams created by Michael Allred, Steve Horton, and Laura Allred.

Access to hit songs probably won’t be a problem for the Heart biopic being created by musician-actress Carrie Brownstein of Sleater-Kinney and Portlandia fame. Ann Wilson already sounds excited about the project. Anyone who’s read Ann and Nancy Wilson’s Kicking and Dreaming - A Story Of Heart, Soul, and Rock and Roll book knows there’s plenty of material in their career for a fascinating movie.

Director Julien Temple’s Crock Of Gold is a documentary about the rousing and highly influential Irish band The Pogues, with lead vocalist Shane McGowan taking center stage. According to the film’s IMDb listing, it mixes archival and family footage, with some animation thrown in as well.