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Simple Minds to release ‘Celebrate’ best-of in March, embark on 28-date U.K. tour

Simple Minds to release ‘Celebrate’ best-of in March, embark on 28-date U.K. tour

After focusing much of this year on performing cuts from the band’s first five albums, Simple Minds next March will release a new best-of collection — featuring two new songs —and then embark on a huge, 28-date greatest-hits tour of the U.K. featuring a career-spanning, two-set show with no opening acts.

Ian Brown of The Stone Roses preps 13-disc ‘Collected’ box set spanning solo career

Ian Brown of The Stone Roses preps 13-disc ‘Collected’ box set spanning solo career

The Stone Roses’ Ian Brown is chronicling his solo career with a limited-edition, 13-disc box set that will include all eight of his albums on CD, plus additional CDs of B-sides and remixes, plus a DVD loaded with all of his music videos and a 12-inch record featuring eight previously unreleased remixes.

Video: Midnight Oil recalls Exxon protest in preview of Australian TV documentary

Video: Midnight Oil recalls Exxon protest in preview of Australian TV documentary

Midnight Oil will be the subject of an all-new Australian TV documentary that promises “the first ever inside story” of the band, thanks to its use of “a wealth of rare archival footage as well as the only interviews with each of the five band members granted in recent years.”

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio; Episode 93, first aired 10/23/12

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio; Episode 93, first aired 10/23/12

This week’s Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio featured new music from Depeche Mode, Crime and the City Solution, Blondie and The Cult, plus old favorites by the likes of Pylon, Lloyd Cole, Hunters & Collectors, Siouxsie and the BAnshees, Midge Ure, The Jam, Flat Duo Jets and more.

Peter Murphy announces first-ever Australian tour, plus concerts in San Diego, Miami

Peter Murphy announces first-ever Australian tour, plus concerts in San Diego, Miami

Peter Murphy will head Down Under early next year for his first-ever tour of Australia — as either a solo artist or as a member of Bauhaus — but not before completing a few more one-off shows in the U.S., including his $500-a-ticket “Halloween Miracula” concert in Los Angeles and newly announced dates in San Diego and Miami.

Depeche Mode debuts new untitled song in Paris with in-studio video — hear it here

Depeche Mode debuts new untitled song in Paris with in-studio video — hear it here

Depeche Mode opened today’s press conference in Paris with an in-studio video set to the sounds of an as-yet-unnamed new song — although it seems likely it’ll be called “Angel of Love” — and you can now hear the track in its entirety via the clip posted above. Also, check out full details of today’s tour announcement.

Depeche Mode: New album cross between ‘Violator,’ ‘Songs of Faith and Devotion’

Depeche Mode: New album cross between ‘Violator,’ ‘Songs of Faith and Devotion’

Depeche Mode held a news conference in Paris today to announce the European leg of its 2013 world tour — the dates mirroring those that leaked yesterday — and tease fans with a preview of a track from the band’s as-yet-untitled album, which Martin Gore characterized as a cross between ‘Violator’ and ‘Songs of Faith and Devotion.’

Public Image Ltd. records 3-song live session at Minnesota’s The Current (audio + video)

Public Image Ltd. records 3-song live session at Minnesota’s The Current (audio + video)

Public Image Ltd. brought its U.S. tour to Minneapolis tonight, and before John Lydon and Co. played their headlining date, the band stopped by the studios of The Current to record a three-song session. Below, you can listen to the whole thing on streaming audio as well as see video of the “Reggie Song” performance.

New releases: Peter Gabriel, The Mission, Heaven 17, Rites of Spring, Andy Partridge

New releases: Peter Gabriel, The Mission, Heaven 17, Rites of Spring, Andy Partridge

This week’s new releases include expanded reissues of Peter Gabriel’s ‘So’ and Heaven 17’s ‘The Luxury Gap,’ plus a new live CD/DVD set from The Mission, the previously unreleased original demo tape from Rites of Spring, a new album from XTC’s Andy Partridge and Peter Blegvad, and vinyl release from The B-52s and Ultravox.

Depeche Mode tour 2013 : European dates surface on eve of press conference

Depeche Mode tour 2013 : European dates surface on eve of press conference

Depeche Mode is set to hold a press conference in Paris tomorrow, where the band is expected to announce details of its next studio album, which is due out next spring, and plans for yet another massive world tour, its first since the global outing in support of 2009’s Sounds of the Universe.

Morrissey postpones next 4 U.S. concerts to return to England to see ailing mother

Morrissey postpones next 4 U.S. concerts to return to England to see ailing mother

Two weeks into his U.S. tour, Morrissey today postponed his next four concerts — in Pittsburgh, Pa.; Columbus, Ohio; Flint, Mich.; and Chicago, Ill. — to return to England to be with is mother, who “has been hospitalized and is unwell,” according to a note posted to quasi-official fansite True To You.

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (10/21/12)

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (10/21/12)

Tonight’s edition of “Dark Wave” — the Sunday night “darker side of alternative” show on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave — featured Revolting Cocks, The Chameleons, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Fad Gadget, The Mission, Soft Cell, The The, Modern English, UK Decay and much, much more.

Contest: Win full set of Sugar’s new expanded CD reissues from Merge Records

Contest: Win full set of Sugar’s new expanded CD reissues from Merge Records

With Bob Mould out on tour this fall supporting both his excellent new studio album and celebrating the 20th anniversary of Sugar’s beloved Copper Blue, the fine folks at Merge Records have hooked us up with a full set of the recently released Sugar reissues to award one lucky Slicing Up Eyeballs reader.