The Waterboys have joined forces with Fiona Apple, Bruce Springsteen, Steve Earle, and other artists to make a concept album about the late, great actor Dennis Hopper. Life, Death and Dennis Hopper is ...

Over four decades ago, when Mike Scott started The Waterboys, the very first song they released saluted the art of somebody else. “A Girl Named Johnny”, issued in 1983, swooned over the androgynous ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The most audacious Waterboys album yet, Life, Death And Dennis Hopper is the epic ...

The Waterboys were one of the biggest bands of the 80s but almost four decades on from their commercial heyday, leader Mike Scott remains a thrilling creative livewire. Over the past few years, the ...

Waterboys leader Mike Scott said in a statement: The arc of [Hopper’s] life was the story of our times. He was at the big bang of youth culture in Rebel Without A Cause with James Dean; and the ...

The Waterboys have announced a fall North American tour in support of their upcoming album Life, Death & Dennis Hopper. Anna Tivel will be along as tour opener and things start September 4 in ...

One of my favorite lyrics of the past 40 or 50 years, a lyric you’ve likely never heard, a lyric I’ve never quite understood myself despite the fact that it goes into deep rotation in my skull every ...

As promised, the Waterboys have shared the first single from their upcoming concept album about the life of actor Dennis Hopper, “Hopper’s on Top (Genius).” Keeping with the spirit of that film ...

Although he started his musical career in a punk band, Waterboys frontman Mike Scott is best known for the sweeping Celtic folk-rock of 1985's "This Is the Sea" and the equally Celtic but less rocking ...