Category: Reunions

The Mission taking 25th anniversary reunion tour to Mexico, South America this spring

The Mission taking 25th anniversary reunion tour to Mexico, South America this spring

Wayne Hussey will extend the 25th anniversary celebration of The Mission — featuring a reunited lineup of original members Simon Hinkler and Craig Adams, plus new drummer Mike Kelly — by taking the band to Latin America late this spring and performing at least one European festival date this summer.

Dead Can Dance at work on reunion album, 2012 world tour ‘taking shape’

Dead Can Dance at work on reunion album, 2012 world tour ‘taking shape’

Last May, Dead Can Dance announced it would be reuniting, and while not much has been heard since, Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard today informed fans via Facebook that ‘we have started working on the album and the world tour is taking shape… we will be announcing news in the coming weeks.’

Ministry to release pro-Occupy single ‘99 Percenters’ in advance of ‘Relapse’

Ministry to release pro-Occupy single ‘99 Percenters’ in advance of ‘Relapse’

Al Jourgensen’s newly reformed Ministry will release its first original music in four years later this week in the form of the pro-Occupy Wall Street single ’99 Percenters,’ which will go on sale digitally on Friday and then be streamed from the industrial juggernaut’s Facebook page beginning Christmas Day.

New Order to headline Australia’s 5-city Future Music Festival in March

New Order to headline Australia’s 5-city Future Music Festival in March

New Order is headed Down Under in the new year, having just been announced as one of the headliners next March of Australia’s traveling Future Music Festival, which also will feature performances by acts including Swedish House Mafia, Fatboy Slim, Skrillex and Aphex Twin.

Video: Stone Roses’ Ian Brown, John Squire reunite onstage at Mick Jones’ benefit gig

Video: Stone Roses’ Ian Brown, John Squire reunite onstage at Mick Jones’ benefit gig

The Stone Roses’ reunion is still six months out, but frontman Ian Brown and guitarist John Squire gave fans a preview last night when they performed on stage together for the first time in 16 years at the Manchester stop of the “Justice Tonight” tour headlined by The Clash’s Mick Jones — who is performing his old band’s songs.

Howard Devoto to rejoin Buzzcocks for 2 ‘Back to Front’ concerts in U.K. next May

Howard Devoto to rejoin Buzzcocks for 2 ‘Back to Front’ concerts in U.K. next May

More than 30 years after leaving the band he co-founded, original frontman Howard Devoto will rejoin the Buzzcocks for part of the punk legends’ two ‘Back to Front’ concerts in Manchester and London next May, shows that will feature three different lineups of the band performing music from their respective eras.

The Dead Milkmen to play new album ‘The King in Yellow’ in Philadelphia next month

The Dead Milkmen to play new album ‘The King in Yellow’ in Philadelphia next month

The Dead Milkmen will hold a belated hometown album-released party for ‘The King in Yellow’ — their first album in 15 years, which the band self-released in March but is now set for wider distribution — when they perform the record in its entirety (‘with limited commercial interruptions’) at a Philadelphia club next month.

New Order in South America: Reunited band announces 3 concerts in December

New Order in South America: Reunited band announces 3 concerts in December

Having sold out its upcoming London concert this morning, the reunited New Order — with keyboardist Gillian Gilbert back in the fold, but without departed bassist Peter Hook — today announced it will perform three South American concerts in December.

Video: Ministry’s ‘The Making of Relapse’ — in the studio with Al Jourgensen and Co.

Video: Ministry’s ‘The Making of Relapse’ — in the studio with Al Jourgensen and Co.

Al Jourgensen not only has reactivated Ministry for a new album and tour next summer, but he’s decided to chronicle the recording of the ‘Relapse’ record with a series of short ‘webisodes,’ the first of which can be watched here. The album is due out in spring, with a limited number of U.S. dates next summer.

New Order to play London’s Troxy in December; first U.K. concert in 5 years

New Order to play London’s Troxy in December; first U.K. concert in 5 years

Following the success of its two sold-out benefit gigs in Brussels and Paris, the reunited New Order — with keyboardist Gillian Gilbert back in the fold, but without departed bassist Peter Hook — today announced its first London concert in five years.

The Stone Roses reunite for Manchester gigs in 2012, world tour and ‘new songs’ (VIDEO)

The Stone Roses reunite for Manchester gigs in 2012, world tour and ‘new songs’ (VIDEO)

The Stone Roses — Ian Brown, John Squire, Gary “Mani” Mounfield and Alan “Reni” Wren — this morning announced they are reuniting for the first time since the mid-’90s to play two hometown concerts next June in Manchester followed by a world tour — and they’re writing new songs.

Video: New Order reunites in Brussels with Gillian Gilbert, without Peter Hook (setlist)

Video: New Order reunites in Brussels with Gillian Gilbert, without Peter Hook (setlist)

New Order reunited on stage tonight in Brussels for its first concert in five years, the first of two planned European charity gigs that find the dormant group performing without long-feuding bassist Peter Hook — but with keyboardist Gillian Gilbert for the first time in a decade. See video here.

Stone Roses reunion: Buzz builds for reported announcement of shows, possible album

Stone Roses reunion: Buzz builds for reported announcement of shows, possible album

The buzz about a possible reunion of The Stone Roses built over the weekend, with no official denial from the band’s members and seeming confirmation from friends such as Shaun Ryder and Tim Burgess — plus fresh rumors that not only are the Roses mounting a series of concerts, but recording a new album as well.