Category: DVD

Squeeze’s Glenn Tilbrook readies ‘Live in New York City’ concert DVD with The Fluffers

Squeeze’s Glenn Tilbrook readies ‘Live in New York City’ concert DVD with The Fluffers

Next month, Squeeze co-founder Glenn Tilbrook will release ‘Live in New York City,’ a DVD chronicling a 2006 concert he performed in the Big Apple backed by The Fluffers.

Sonic Youth’s ‘1991: The Year Punk Broke’ finally to be released on DVD on Sept. 6

Sonic Youth’s ‘1991: The Year Punk Broke’ finally to be released on DVD on Sept. 6

The fabled rock documentary ‘1991: The Year Punk Broke’ — chronicling Sonic Youth’s tour of Europe with opening act Nirvana — finally will be released on DVD this fall in a special 20th anniversary edition featuring 42 minutes of bonus performances and other material.

Primal Scream to release ‘Screamadelica Live’ — filmed in London — on DVD, Blu-ray in May

Primal Scream to release ‘Screamadelica Live’ — filmed in London — on DVD, Blu-ray in May

Primal Scream this May will release a live DVD and Blu-ray capturing its first full-album performance of its classic 1991 record ‘Screamadelica’ — a concert staged last Nov. 26 in London, which has now kicked off months of touring behind the reissue.

Video: ‘A History Lesson Part 1: Punk Rock in Los Angeles in 1984’ DVD preview trailer

Video: ‘A History Lesson Part 1: Punk Rock in Los Angeles in 1984’ DVD preview trailer

While punk rock is most closely associated with the London and New York City scenes of the late 1970s, the Los Angeles strain that erupted in the early ’80s was just as vital — something Dave Travis attempts to document in his forthcoming DVD ‘A History Lesson Part 1: Punk Rock in Los Angeles in 1984.’

Gary Numan’s ‘The Pleasure Principle Live’ captures 2009 London gig on CD, DVD

Gary Numan’s ‘The Pleasure Principle Live’ captures 2009 London gig on CD, DVD

With his 30th anniversary ‘Pleasure Principle’ U.S. tour now underway, synthpop figurehead Gary Numan this week released separate CD and DVD documents of his Dec. 3, 2009, London performance of that landmark 1980 solo debut and other assorted selections from his ample back catalog.

Video: Depeche Mode’s ‘Tour of the Universe: Live in Barcelona’ 6-minute trailer

After teasing fans with a couple 30-second clips from its forthcoming ‘Tour of the Universe: Live in Barcelona’ DVD and Blu-ray, Depeche Mode today offered up something a bit more substantial: a nearly 6-minute electronic press kit for the film, featuring performance footage, backstage clips and interviews with Dave Gahan, Martin Gore and Andy Fletcher.

Heaven 17 details ‘Penthouse and Pavement’ 2CD/1DVD reissue, announces live DVD

Heaven 17 details ‘Penthouse and Pavement’ 2CD/1DVD reissue, announces live DVD

The expanded 2CD/1DVD reissue of Heaven 17’s synthpop classic ‘Penthouse and Pavement’ will pair the remastered 1981 album with 20 previously unreleased ‘demos, instrumentals and experimentation’ from that era, plus a DVD featuring the hour-long documentary ‘The Story of Penthouse and Pavement.’

Video: The Godfathers’ ‘Birth, School, Work, Death’ from ‘Shot Live at the 100 Club’

With The Godfathers’ 24-track live CD/DVD set ‘Shot Live at the 100 Club’ due out in less than three weeks, Secret Records Limited today posted the first clip from the June 17 concert at London’s famed 100 Club: fan favorite ‘Birth, School, Work Death,’ the title track to the reunited band’s 1988 album.

Video: Depeche Mode teases ‘Tour of the Universe’ DVD with ‘Enjoy the Silence’

Ever the teases, Depeche Mode this morning issued a second clip previewing its forthcoming ‘Tour of the Universe: Live in Barcelona’ DVD/Blu-ray, which is due out Nov. 8. This time the excerpt is a whopping 41 seconds long, and shows the band performing ‘Enjoy the Silence’ to an adoring Spanish crowd.

Video: Depeche Mode unveils first clip of ‘Tour of the Universe: Live in Barcelona’ DVD

Fans today got their first glimpse of Depeche Mode’s forthcoming ‘Tour of the Universe: Live in Barcelona’ DVD/Blu-ray as the band posted a 24-second clip that mostly features shots of fans waving their arms and clapping to the strains of ‘Songs of Faith and Devotion’ single ‘I Feel You.’ Plus, there are a couple shots of Dave Gahan waving his arms and clapping, too.

Depeche Mode ‘Tour of the Universe’ DVD and Blu-ray due this fall, remix CD rumored

Depeche Mode ‘Tour of the Universe’ DVD and Blu-ray due this fall, remix CD rumored

A long-rumored concert film of Depeche Mode’s 2009-2010 Tour of the Universe will be released this November in three different DVD/CD and Blu-ray configurations, according to fan site Home, which also reports the famed synthpop act is rumored to be prepping a new remix CD for release next year.

R.E.M. to release ‘Live From Austin, TX’ DVD with complete ‘Austin City Limits’ show

R.E.M. to release ‘Live From Austin, TX’ DVD with complete ‘Austin City Limits’ show

The full 17-song concert R.E.M. recorded for the ‘Austin City Limits’ TV show in 2008 — including three songs that never have been broadcast — will be released on DVD late next month, the band announced today.

Lol Tolhurst: The Cure’s Robert Smith at work on ‘Mixed Up,’ ‘In Orange,’ BBC sets

Lol Tolhurst: The Cure’s Robert Smith at work on ‘Mixed Up,’ ‘In Orange,’ BBC sets

There’s been no official word since last fall’s announcement by Robert Smith of plans for a series of archival releases, but this week ex-keyboardist Lol Tolhurst revealed that Smith is at work on a reissue of ‘Mixed Up,’ a BBC box set and a DVD release of ‘The Cure in Orange.’