Day: February 22, 2010

Echo & The Bunnymen set 10-date North American tour to follow Coachella

Echo & The Bunnymen set 10-date North American tour to follow Coachella

Echo & The Bunnymen today unveiled a 10-date North American tour in April and May that will follow the band’s appearance at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival — a run of dates that serves as a make-up for the November trek derailed by the group’s much-publicized IRS issues.

Video: Depeche Mode’s Martin Gore, Alan Wilder discuss Royal Albert Hall reunion

Depeche Mode’s Martin Gore and former member Alan Wilder discuss their reunion onstage at Royal Albert Hall in London last week in this short reel of pro-shot news footage from the event.

New releases: Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Buggles, Madness reissues, plus live Plimsouls

New releases: Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Buggles, Madness reissues, plus live Plimsouls

This week’s new releases include reissues from Frankie Goes to Hollywood (‘Welcome to the Pleasuredome’), Buggles (‘Adventures in Modern Recording’), Madness (‘Absolutely,’ ‘7’), Julian Cope (‘Peggy Suicide’) and A Certain Ratio (‘Force’), plus a new Plimsouls live album from 1981.