Rolling Stone — Sting, Elton John and Lady Gaga will perform together at the Rainforest Fund’s 21st annual Carnegie Hall benefit on May 13th, Reuters reports. Phoenix are offering up a free download of their Live in Sydney disc on their official website. The eigh... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — In an interview with Pedestrian.TV, filmmaker David Jordan Miller discusses his Daniel Johnston biopic. How are you going to portray older Daniel Johnston? That's a really good question. We're either putting Gabriel in a fat suit or there's so many..... more info

Guardian Music — Director hints that the award-winning actor might play the cult singer-songwriter in a biopic of Johnston's lifePhilip Seymour Hoffman could be in the running to play Daniel Johnston in an upcoming biopic, the film's writer/producer said this week. D... more info

The Playlist — It's pretty much dream casting at this point, but consider us officially stoked at even the possibility.Speaking to Pedestrian (via ONTD), independent writer and filmmaker David Miller ("My Suicide") revealed that he was hard at work with his son Jor... more info

DrownedInSound — Daniel Johnston and Jeffrey Lewis have announced a show together at the Troxy on Friday 2nd April. Johnston is playing the East London venue as part of a European tour and will be backed by BEAM, an 11-piece orchestra from The Netherlands. Lewis will... more info

NME — Johnston will be joined by an orchestra for the show more info

Guardian Music — Singer-songwriter who made haunting music under the name SparklehorseThe American singer-songwriter Mark Linkous, who has killed himself aged 47, worked with the Flaming Lips, Daniel Johnston and Danger Mouse, but is best known for the spectral count... more info

Guardian Music — Patti Smith, Steve Albini and Radiohead's Colin Greenwood have paid tribute to the late singer, who took his own life on SaturdayNews of Mark Linkous's death has led to an outpouring of tributes, including remembrances by Patti Smith, Steve Albini an... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by James Cadden This weekend, we learned the sad news that Sparklehorse frontman Mark Linkous had taken his own life. The New York Times reports that Linkous shot himself in the heart in Knoxville, Tennessee. He was 47. Over the course of his c... more info

Guardian Music — The genius of Mark Linkous, who died tragically on Saturday, was to transform the twisted and cruel into the tender and transcendentMy introduction to Sparklehorse was an ugly and brutal experience. Detuned guitars hammering away relentlessly, as unf... more info