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  • The Jesus and Mary Chain move expanded European ‘Darklands’ tour to late 2021

    The Jesus and Mary Chain move expanded European ‘Darklands’ tour to late 2021

    • 4 February 2021
    • Tour Dates
    • 1 comment

    The Jesus and Mary Chain have rescheduled for a second time — and expanded — their COVID-delayed European tour during which they were to perform 1987’s Darklands in full, with 22 concerts now scheduled in November and December of this year. Full dates and details here.

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  • Gang of Four ‘77-81’ box set rescheduled, will get CD release — hear unreleased demo

    Gang of Four ‘77-81’ box set rescheduled, will get CD release — hear unreleased demo

    • 2 February 2021
    • Box Sets, Digital Music
    • 2 comments

    Matador Records’ delayed Gang of Four vinyl box set has received a new release date — March 12 — and now also will be released as a CD edition, the label announced Tuesday, teasing the release with the premiere of a previously unreleased demo. Hear a previously unreleased track right here.

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  • Depeche Mode inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame — watch their acceptance speech

    Depeche Mode inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame — watch their acceptance speech

    • 7 November 2020
    • Honors, Video
    • 13 comments

    Pioneering synthpop outfit turned stadium rockers Depeche Mode were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame tonight in a pandemic-necessitated virtual ceremony, with Dave Gahan, Martin Gore and Andy Fletcher meeting up in a Zoom call to accept the honor. Watch the video right here.

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  • Nine Inch Nails inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame — watch Trent Reznor’s speech

    Nine Inch Nails inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame — watch Trent Reznor’s speech

    • 7 November 2020
    • Honors, Video
    • 1 comment

    Trent Reznor’s speech inducting The Cure into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last year was one of that ceremony’s highlights, and he’s back this year not as a presenter but as the face of inductees Nine Inch Nails. Reznor and NIN entered the Rock Hall tonight via a virtual ceremony. See it here.

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  • Gang of Four ‘77-81’ box set collects 1st two albums, unreleased live set, rare demos

    Gang of Four ‘77-81’ box set collects 1st two albums, unreleased live set, rare demos

    • 31 October 2020
    • Box Sets, Tracklist
    • 7 comments

    Matador Records will release a new limited-edition Gang of Four vinyl box set in December called 77-81 that will collect the band’s first two albums, singles, a previously unreleased live set from 1980 and 26 never-before-issued outtakes, demos and rarities from the era. Full details and tracklist right here.

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  • Oingo Boingo’s Danny Elfman gets ‘Happy’ with first new solo music in 33 years

    Oingo Boingo’s Danny Elfman gets ‘Happy’ with first new solo music in 33 years

    • 29 October 2020
    • Digital Music, Single News, Video
    • 5 comments

    Former Oingo Boingo frontman and famed film composer Danny Elfman today debuted his first solo music in 36 years — and first rock music since his band’s 1994 swan song — in the form of “Happy,” a characteristically twisted song he’d meant to debut at his planned performance at this year’s Coachella festival.

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  • Here’s who sang what and played which parts on the all-star ‘Tower of Strength’ remake

    Here’s who sang what and played which parts on the all-star ‘Tower of Strength’ remake

    • 21 September 2020
    • Video
    • 4 comments

    If you’ve been listening to the new all-star remake of The Mission’s 1988 anthem “Tower of Strength” and trying to figure out exactly who sings what and who played which instrumental parts, it’s all spelled out in this new lyric video released today. Check it out right here.

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  • Hoodoo Gurus target Trump with new single ‘Hung Out to Dry,’ reschedule rare U.S. tour

    Hoodoo Gurus target Trump with new single ‘Hung Out to Dry,’ reschedule rare U.S. tour

    • 14 August 2020
    • Album News, Tour Dates, Video
    • 6 comments

    ustralian rockers Hoodoo Gurus have begun work on a new studio album they plan to release next year, but have offered fans an early taste of their new music in the form of an uncharacteristically political single called “Hung Out to Dry” that goes after President Donald Trump. Check out the new song right here.

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  • Dinosaur Jr to play 2 socially distanced concerts in New England next month

    Dinosaur Jr to play 2 socially distanced concerts in New England next month

    • 11 August 2020
    • Tour Dates
    • 1 comment

    Dinosaur Jr will make a return to live music with a pair of limited-capacity, socially distanced outdoor concerts — one a “drive-in” show with fans in cars, the other with attendees in spaced-out “grids” — in New England next month, the band announced today. Full details and ticket information right here.

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  • Members of The Cure, Depeche Mode, The Smiths remake ‘Tower of Strength’ for COVID relief

    Members of The Cure, Depeche Mode, The Smiths remake ‘Tower of Strength’ for COVID relief

    • 10 August 2020
    • Causes, Single News
    • 6 comments

    Wayne Hussey has enlisted current and former members of The Cure, Depeche Mode, The Cult, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Bauhaus and The Smiths for an all-star remake of The Mission’s 1988 anthem “Tower of Strength” to benefit “key workers dealing with COVID-19 globally.” Full details right here.

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  • They Might Be Giants reschedule 46-date ‘Flood’ 30th anniversary tour to 2021

    They Might Be Giants reschedule 46-date ‘Flood’ 30th anniversary tour to 2021

    • 27 July 2020
    • Anniversary, Tour Dates
    • 2 comments

    They Might Be Giants have rescheduled their coronavirus-foiled Flood 30th anniversary tour, plotting a new 46-date trek through much of 2021 during which the two Johns will perform their beloved 1990 album in its entirety each night.  Check out the new tour itinerary right here.

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