Echo & The Bunnymen’s U.S. tour canceled over IRS issues, band to return in 2010
Tweet Echo & The Bunnymen today announced it was forced to cancel this month’s eight-date American tour “due to unreasonable demands (that have) been presented […]
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Vintage Video: The Cure’s ‘Wish’ TV commercial, from MTV’s ‘120 Minutes’
Tweet We here at Slicing Up Eyeballs World HQ recently had a stash of old VHS tapes — filled with vintage “120 Minutes” and “MTV […]
The Alarm’s Mike Peters reschedules fall U.K. tour to April to care for his ailing wife
Tweet The Alarm’s planned “Release the Pressure” tour of the U.K. this November and December has been bumped until April as frontman Mike Peters deals […]
Video: Pixies ‘Doolittle’ tour stage production
Tweet With the Pixies set to open the U.S. leg of their Doolittle 20th anniversary tour Wednesday in Los Angeles, we thought we’d offer American […]
New releases: Devo, Paul Weller, Freur reissues, plus Nirvana’s ‘Bleach’
Tweet Record Rack: A round-up of the week’s new albums, reissues and/or box sets. ARTIST: Devo RELEASES: Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are […]
Einstürzende Neubauten’s ‘Elektrokohle (Von Wegen)’ DVD shows 1989 East Berlin concert
Tweet German avant garde/industrial act Einstürzende Neubauten marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall next month with the release of “Elektrokohle […]
‘This Is Big Audio Dynamite’ reissue due in February, will include unreleased tracks
Tweet The expanded 2CD reissue of This Is Big Audio Dynamite — the 1985 debut from Mick Jones’ post-Clash project, Big Audio Dynamite — that […]
Vintage Video: Oingo Boingo complete 1990 Halloween concert at Irvine Meadows
In honor of Halloween, this installment of Flashback Video features, song-by-song, an entire Oingo Boingo concert — 35 songs total — from the band’s 1990 run at Irvine Meadows (the band played Oct. 26, 27 and 28; I’m not entirely sure which show this is).
X to release Christmas single, play California holiday concerts in late December
Tweet Legendary L.A. punk act X will celebrate the holidays this year by releasing a Christmas single — just like Ministry’s Al Jourgensen! — and […]
Video: Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder joins Social Distortion for ‘Ball and Chain’ in Philadelphia
Tweet L.A. punk vets Social Distortion wrapped up their two-night stint opening for Pearl Jam in Philadelphia last night, with the latter band’s Eddie Vedder […]
Video: U2 live at the Rose Bowl via YouTube
Tweet If you missed U2’s live YouTube webcast from the Rose Bowl on Sunday night, the band has kindly archived the whole 2-hour-and-20-minute concert — […]
Video: Morrissey returns to stage at London’s Royal Albert Hall, 3 nights after collapse
Three nights after collapsing on stage and being rushed to the hospital, Morrissey resumed his fall European tour tonight at London’s famed Royal Albert Hall […]
Hüsker Dü’s Grant Hart announces fall North American tour in support of ‘Hot Wax’
Former Hüsker Dü drummer Grant Hart will hit the road next month for a 17-date North American tour in support of the just-released Hot Wax, […]
