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Video: The Godfathers debut first new songs in 15 years at St. Valentine’s Day Massacre

The reunited Godfathers debuted their first new songs — “I Can’t Sleep Tonight” and “Back Into the Future” — in 15 years at last weekend’s St. Valentine’s Day Massacre concert in London.

Dream Syndicate reissuing ‘Medicine Show,’ Steve Wynn playing albums live in Atlanta

Dream Syndicate reissuing ‘Medicine Show,’ Steve Wynn playing albums live in Atlanta

The Dream Syndicate’s long-out-of-print sophomore album ‘Medicine Show’ will be reissued this spring in remastered and expanded form, and to mark the occasion, former frontman Steve Wynn will perform the record and its predecessor, ‘The Days of Wine and Roses,’ in their entirety at a pair of Atlanta concerts.

Slicing Up Eyeballs marks first anniversary

Slicing Up Eyeballs marks first anniversary

Slicing Up Eyeballs today marks its first anniversary, and to commemorate the occasion, we’re looking back at the last year’s 10 most-viewed stories, from items on The Cure’s ‘Disintegration’ reissue to news just this past week that Alan Wilder performed with Depeche Mode for the first time in 16 years.

U2 taps Interpol, Lenny Kravitz, Fray to open 360° Tour in North America this summer

U2 taps Interpol, Lenny Kravitz, Fray to open 360° Tour in North America this summer

U2 today announced that Lenny Kravitz, The Fray and Interpol will open most of the band’s 360° Tour stadium concerts in North America this summer when the massive trek returns for a second round.

Echo & The Bunnymen’s post-Coachella tour taking shape with Reno, SF, NYC dates

Echo & The Bunnymen are set to unveil a “large” post-Coachella tour of the U.S. next week, although several dates — April 18 in Reno, April 19 in San Francisco and May 1 in New York City — already have emerged.

The Church plots ‘An Intimate Space’ 30th anniversary acoustic tour of U.S.

The Church plots ‘An Intimate Space’ 30th anniversary acoustic tour of U.S.

Australian rockers The Church will return to North America in April and May for “An Intimate Space,” a special 30th anniversary tour that will find the band performing unplugged — and running through three decades’ worth of material in reverse chronological order.

The Charlatans to reissue ‘Some Friendly,’ play 20th anniversary shows in May

The Charlatans to reissue ‘Some Friendly,’ play 20th anniversary shows in May

Beggars Archive will release an expanded 2CD reissue of The Charlatans’ 1990 debut “Some Friendly” — although not the larger “Omnibus” set originally planned — to coincide with the band’s 20th anniversary performance of the full album in London and Barcelona this May.

Pixies sell out! Visa commercial uses ‘Isla de Encanta’ off 1987’s ‘Come On Pilgrim’ EP

Pixies sell out! Visa commercial uses ‘Isla de Encanta’ off 1987’s ‘Come On Pilgrim’ EP

The Pixies have licensed “Isla de Encanta,” off the band’s 1987 debut EP ‘Come On Pilgrim,’ to Visa for a (admittedly quite clever) World Cup-themed TV commercial called “Football Evolution.”

Steven Severin: Siouxsie and the Banshees’ reissue program dumped by Univeral Music

Steven Severin: Siouxsie and the Banshees’ reissue program dumped by Univeral Music

Universal Music Group is scrapping its Siouxsie and the Banshees reissue program midstream, meaning the band’s’ final four albums — 1987’s Through the Looking Glass 1988’s Peepshow, 1991’s Superstition and 1995’s The Rapture — will not receive expanded re-releases as originally planned, ex-bassist Steven Severin reports.

Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore blogs about new solo album/book, Yoko Ono collaboration

Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore blogs about new solo album/book, Yoko Ono collaboration

Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore today took to his new blog — Flowers & Cream, which he quietly launched earlier this month — to announce a pair of intriguing musical projects: a new solo album and book, plus a “trio” record with wife/bandmate Kim Gordon and Yoko Ono.

Pet Shop Boys’ Pandemonium Tour returns to the UK this summer for 5 more shows

Pet Shop Boys’ Pandemonium Tour returns to the UK this summer for 5 more shows

The Pet Shop Boys not only released their new Pandemonium live CD/DVD package in the UK this week — just two months after it was filmed in London — but the duo also announced the concert film’s namesake tour will play a five-date encore in England this summer.

Video: Alan Wilder joins Depeche Mode on stage at Royal Albert Hall in London

Video: Alan Wilder joins Depeche Mode on stage at Royal Albert Hall in London

Alan Wilder shocked Depeche Mode fans around the world tonight, joining the band onstage for the first time since 1994 to accompany Martin Gore on piano during a performance of “Somebody” during a Teenage Cancer Trust charity concert at London’s Royal Albert Hall.

John Hughes wrote a screenplay inspired by The Cure’s ‘Lovecats,’ Molly Ringwald says

John Hughes wrote a screenplay inspired by The Cure’s ‘Lovecats,’ Molly Ringwald says

Molly Ringwald tells Vanity Fair that the late John Hughes started work on a script based on The Cure’s 1983 single “The Lovecats” — and even assembled a hypothetical soundtrack for the film — after finishing “The Breakfast Club.”