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Will this give the Twilight franchise some goth cred? Former Bauhaus frontman Peter Murphy will appear in Eclipse , the upcoming third installment of the Twilight series.

Bauhaus' Peter Murphy When "30 Days of Night" filmmaker David Slade took the reins of the "Twilight" sequel "Eclipse," his appointment seemed to raise more questions than answers.

Billy Corgan recently fought against The Cure's Robert Smith, Bauhaus frontman Peter Murphy and Amanda Palmer in a doll wrestling battle and now he's fighting something else: the new swine flu vaccine.

Trent Reznor is living out some of his childhood fantasies on NIN's farewell tour, inviting his musical touchstones up onstage for one last hurrah.

The Savage Animal 09.02.09: Music Fans Can Be Marks Too Posted by Mikey MiGo on 09.02.2009 In this edition of The Savage Animal, 411's Mikey MiGo compares wrestling fans with music fans.

Nine Inch Nails are about a week into their Wave Goodbye tour, in which the seminal inudtrial rockers are waving goodbye to the touring machine.

On my way into The Opera House to see Peter Murphy , I was excited to hear and see one of the Godfathers of goth.

When you think about it, it'd be hard to pick a more fitting Toronto venue for ex- Bauhaus man Peter Murphy than The Opera House.

Today's Birthdays: Actor Tab Hunter is 78. Actress Susan Seaforth Hayes is 66. Singer Jeff Hanna is 62.

JUANA MOLINA: The Argentine singer/songwriter brings her electronic dance sound to Central Park's SummerStage Wednesday at 7 p.m. Rumsey Playfield; west of Fifth Avenue at 69th Street; 212-350-2756. MATISYAHU: The Jewish reggae artist is joined by jam band Umphrey's McGee for a benefit concert at Central Park's SummerStage.

Murphy's version of "Instant Karma" is on iTunes now. Peter Murphy With the Mission Veo Respectable Street Cafe, West Palm Beach Wednesday, June 26, 2009 Better Than: Being too lazy to make the journey to West Palm.

Bars and Clubs , Concert Reviews , Live Shows , Music , Pop Shop June 25, 2009 It seemed impossible that at 51, Peter Murphy's face is slightly lined but still starkly beautiful, his darkly passionate drone of a voice still unchanged after almost 30 years.

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Weekend's here. Rock 'n' roll and party time. Let's dive right in. First, the shows we've already hipped you to this week... Tonight at the House of Blues, the Meat Puppets will toss you into a "Lake of Fire." Also, up in Denton, there's the Mothfight! , Florene and Red Faced Laughter show at Bee's Manor.

Thirty years is an eon in the world of popular music, so when faced with a band like The Church, who've pumped out 23 albums in that period, one might assume they've settled into Stones territory, the sound of complacent retreads littering their latest turd of a record.

Gothfather: Part II With Bauhaus once again buried, Peter Murphy 's solo career rises from the dead "I enjoy playing with what's at hand, almost like found ideas, something that's here-and-now. Most of my vocals are written in one take, they just need a bit of refining - I don't really want to mess around with the details! Working in music somehow ...

After a recent reformation of his classic post-punk band Bauhaus, Peter Murphy is back to being a solo artist, and he's doing a tour while in the midst of recording his first solo album in five years.

The former Bauhaus frontman kicks things off June 2 in Seattle, and wraps up the 31-city outing seven weeks later in the Midwest.