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The New York Theatre Workshop has announced that David Bowie will collaborate on a stage version of his 1976 movie “The Man Who Fell to Earth” with playwright Enda Walsh. The show will be titled “Lazarus”.

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Cynthia Lennon, the former wife of John Lennon, passed away yesterday after a short battle with cancer. The 75-year-old died at her home in Mallorca, Spain, with her son Julian by her side.

Cynthia met John Lennon when she was 18 and the pair were both students at the Liverpool College of Art. They were married in 1962, just before the Beatles hit it big, and would remain married for six years. Their son, Julian Lennon, posted a moving video tribute to his mother on YouTube today titled “In Loving Memory”:

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US rocker and producer, Jack White, will release a single featuring Elvis Presley’s first recordings for Record Store Day on April 18.

White has been revealed as the bidder who paid $300,000 for the Elvis acetate at an auction earlier this year. The acetate features “My Happiness” on the A-side and “That’s When Your Heartaches Begin” on the B-side. The songs were recorded by Elvis at the Memphis Recording Service in Memphis in the summer of 1953, a full year before the release of his first professional recording.

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Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams have been ordered to pay Marvin Gaye’s family $7.4 million for copying elements of Gaye’s 1977 song “Got to Give It Up” in their song “Blurred Lines”.

Gaye’s family will now ask the courts to prohibit sales of “Blurred Lines” until an agreement on future royalties has been established.

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The New Releases page has been updated to include this month’s music CD, DVD and Blu-ray releases from classic artists.

Highlights for March include:

• Madonna’s “Rebel Heart” (10 Mar)
• Mark Knopfler’s “Tracker” (17 Mar)
• Van Morrison’s “Duets: Re-Working The Catalogue” (23 Mar)
• “Bee Gees – 1974-1979” 5-CD box set (23 May)
• “A MusiCares Tribute To Paul McCartney” on DVD and Blu-ray (23 May)
• Glen Campbell’s “Rhinestone Cowboy – 40th Anniversary Edition” (31 May)
• Ringo Starr’s “Postcards From Paradise” (31 Mar)
• Simple Minds’ “Sparkle in the Rain – 30th Anniversary” deluxe and super deluxe editions (31 Mar).