The news of Alex Chilton's sad death sent shockwaves through music fans everyone, many of them whom were convened at the SXSW attendees. On Saturday night, Big Star were slated to perform at SXSW this year and it seemed likely that the show would be cancelled, but in a surprise move, the remaining band members have decided to go on with the show as a star-studded tribute to Alex Chilton.

"We've decided to still put on some kind of performance in tribute to Alex," Stringfellow, bassist for Big Star since 1993, told NME's sister publication Uncut. "There's already a lot of people stepping forward, interested in augmenting the band and singing some of Alex's songs. We drew up a shortlist of people we knew were playing at SXSW who might be interested, but I'm not sure exactly who can actually do it yet.

"Jon [Auer, guitarist for Big Star and the Posies] has already spoken to M Ward, John Doe and Chuck Prophet. There's also Cheap Trick, who are known for doing a Big Star song on a television show in the States ['In the Street' is the theme to That 70s Show], so they might be possible.

"And I'm pretty sure that [REM bassist] Mike Mills is coming to join us. I'm sure there are a lot more people too, who we don't realise want to get involved yet."