Section 25 releasing ‘Retrofit,’ remix CD finished before Larry Cassidy’s death

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The surviving members of Factory Records post-punk outfit Section 25 next month will release ‘Retrofit,’ a remix disc — completed before the untimely death last February of frontman Larry Cassidy — that features 10 of the band’s favorite tracks ‘remade and remodeled using new technology.’

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Coachella update: Bad Lieutenant, Johnny Marr cancel; Gary Numan doubtful

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As feared, Bernard Sumner’s Bad Lieutenant has joined the growing list of bands — including Johnny Marr and The Cribs — to cancel their appearances at the just-underway Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival because a cloud of volcanic ash has grounded thousands of European flights.

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Spoiler: Bernard Sumner’s Bad Lieutenant announces its Coachella festival setlist

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Bernard Sumner’s New Order spinoff Bad Lieutenant is one of the myriad bands set to play this weekend’s Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival — and the group today went ahead and announced (spoiler alert) its setlist for Saturday night’s performance.

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Bad Lieutenant to play Coachella, concerts in San Francisco, New York, Chicago in April

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Bad Lieutenant, the new band from New Order’s Bernard Sumner, will make its belated U.S. debut this April with an appearance at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival and club dates in New York, Chicago and San Francisco, the group announced Monday.

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Bad Lieutenant, Bernard Sumner’s New Order spinoff, announces five U.K dates in March

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While U.S. fans await word of Bad Lieutenant’s stateside debut — following last fall’s aborted showcase concerts in New York and Chicago — Bernard Sumner’s New Order spinoff on Wednesday announced five new live dates in the U.K. next month.

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Milestones: New Order’s ‘Technique,’ flavored by Ibiza, released 21 years ago today

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Revered as an iconic singles band, New Order delivered, with its fifth album “Technique,” what now holds up — alongside 1985’s “Low-Life” — as its strongest front-to-back effort. The album was released on this date in 1989.

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New releases: David Bowie live, reissues from The Other Two, Beat Farmers, Rain Parade

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Record Rack: A round-up of the week’s new albums, reissues and/or box sets. This week sees new releases from David Bowie, The Other Two, The Beat Farmers, Hurrah!, Big Country and Rain Parade.

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New Order spinoff The Other Two reissuing ‘The Other Two & You,’ ‘Super Highways’

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[tweetmeme]The two studio albums by The Other Two — the New Order spinoff featuring husband-and-wife team Stephen Morris and Gillian Gilbert — will be reissued next month in digitally remastered editions featuring nine bonus remixes.
Due out Jan. 26 in Europe, the synthpop duo’s 1993 debut The Other Two & You comes with new artwork and [...]

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Bernard Sumner’s Bad Lieutenant cancels debut U.S. concerts over immigration issues

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[tweetmeme]Visa problems have scuttled the debut American concerts by New Order spinoff Bad Lieutenant — including two dates opening for the Pixies in New York and Chicago — the band announced today, just the latest bureaucratic setback for U.K. acts attempting to tour the United States.
The Bernard Sumner-led act posted on its website today that [...]

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Bernard Sumner’s Bad Lieutenant playing Chicago, New York; full U.S. tour in 2010

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Bad Lieutenant, Bernard Sumner’s just-launched New Order spinoff, will make it U.S. debut this fall with headlining concerts in New York and Chicago — in addition to a slot opening for the Pixies in the Big Apple — as it plans a full North American tour for 2010.
The band — Sumner, late-era New Order [...]

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Peter Hook’s Freebass finishes first album, preps debut EP ‘Two Worlds Collide’

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Former New Order bassist Peter Hook’s long-gestating Freebass project — which also features the four-stringed talents of The Smiths’ Andy Rourke and Gary “Mani” Mounfield of The Stone Roses and Primal Scream — is poised to release its debut EP, dubbed Two Worlds Collide.
The four-track collection will be released “soon” by Hook’s just-launched — and [...]

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Bernard Sumner’s Bad Lieutenant to open for the Pixies during New York ‘Doolittle’ concerts

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Bad Lieutenant, Bernard Sumner’s brand-new New Order spinoff, has announced its first-ever live dates this fall in the UK and France, as well as plans to play select U.S. concerts, including opening for the Pixies at one of the band’s New York City shows.
The band — Sumner, late-era New Order guitarist Phil Cunningham and [...]

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