Bono, Elton John, Iggy Pop, Tom Waits… The red carpet at Cannes is getting down to look like a dream rock festival line-up.
Also Rihanna and a couple of the enduring individuals from Led Zeppelin, who may yet put in an appearance at the world’s greatest film festival, which begins today.
The opening film alone, the tongue-in-cheek zombie flick The Dead Don’t Die, is loaded with A-list musicians. Just as Waits and Pop – who plays a rampaging individual from the undead – it likewise stars singer Selena Gomez and rapper RZA.
What’s more, that is all before the promise of John conveying his excellent piano to the Croisette to play at the debut of his biopic Rocketman.
With Bohemian Rhapsody taking more than US$900 million (S$1.2 billion) at the box office, cinema bosses are wetting their lips over the amount a film about the medication fuelled biography of the author of such standards as I’m Still Standing will rake up.
Dissimilar to the Freddie Mercury movie, which avoided around the singer’s complex personal life, the John picture prides itself on its warts-and-all portrayal.
Distributors at Cannes will likewise get a sneak preview of the first authorised documentary on legendary rock band Led Zeppelin.
Individuals Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones and the late John Bonham all spoke to director Bernard McMahon, creator of the acclaimed TV series on roots music, American Epic.
Speculation is additionally rising that pop idol Rihanna – who is going to launch her new luxury Paris-based fashion house Fenty – could likewise turn up on the Riviera.
U2 frontman Bono will definitely be there to support the documentary 5B, which is appearing in the official selection and tells to the tale of the San Francisco General Hospital ward that was the first in the United States to treat patients with Aids.