Category: Reunions

Video: The Mission opens 25th anniversary reunion tour in Bristol, U.K. (setlist)

Video: The Mission opens 25th anniversary reunion tour in Bristol, U.K. (setlist)

Check out the setlist and a generous serving of video highlights from The Mission’s concert in Bristol, England, on Monday night — the first date on the reunited band’s 25th anniversary tour of Europe and the U.K. Includes video of ‘Beyond the Pale,’ ‘Tower of Strength’ and more.

Video: The Mission rehearses ‘Beyond the Pale’ for 25th anniversary reunion tour

Video: The Mission rehearses ‘Beyond the Pale’ for 25th anniversary reunion tour

With their 25th anniversary tour opening in 10 days, The Mission has shared footage of the reunited band — original members Wayne Hussey, Simon Hinkler and Craig Adams, plus new drummer Mike Kelly — rehearsing Thursday. Check out footage of the band playing ‘Beyond the Pale.’

Scruffy the Cat cancels reunion concerts

Scruffy the Cat cancels reunion concerts

Boston college-radio favorites Scruffy the Cat — part of the late-’80s cowpunk scene that helped spawn the alt-country movement — have canceled a pair of reunion shows that had been scheduled for Oct. 21 and 22 at the band’s old haunt T.T. the Bear’s Place in Cambridge, Mass.

Peter Hook: ‘New Order without Peter Hook is like Queen without Freddie Mercury’

Peter Hook: ‘New Order without Peter Hook is like Queen without Freddie Mercury’

Peter Hook this morning called New Order’s surprise decision to reunite without him ‘very sad,’ saying ‘the other three’ didn’t tell him they’d decided to play two October concerts — and that, ultimately, ‘everyone knows New Order without Peter Hook is like Queen without Freddie Mercury, U2 without The Edge, Sooty without Sweep!’

New Order to reunite — without Peter Hook — for October concerts in Paris, Brussels

New Order to reunite — without Peter Hook — for October concerts in Paris, Brussels

Five years after splitting up, New Order will reunite — with a lineup featuring keyboardist Gillian Gilbert, but not bassist Peter Hook — for a pair of live shows this October in Paris and Brussels to benefit ailing artist and film producer Michael Shamberg.

Ministry announces Relapse Tour 2012 shows in Denver, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York

Ministry announces Relapse Tour 2012 shows in Denver, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York

Al Jourgensen today announced the brief U.S. leg of the reactivated Ministry’s upcoming Relapse Tour 2012, five concerts in just four cities — Denver, Los Angeles, New York and Chicago — with no plans to add additional American destinations to the trek.

Inspiral Carpets reunite with original singer Stephen Holt for new ‘garage’ album, tour

Inspiral Carpets reunite with original singer Stephen Holt for new ‘garage’ album, tour

Madchester veterans Inspiral Carpets today announced they are reuniting with their original, ’80s-era lead singer Stephen Holt and plan to record their first new material in 15 years and embark on a world tour that’s likely to open in South America this November.

Al Jourgensen reforms Ministry for ‘Relapse’ album, 2012 concerts in U.S., Europe

Al Jourgensen reforms Ministry for ‘Relapse’ album, 2012 concerts in U.S., Europe

Al Jourgensen has reunited Ministry three years after vowing he was finished with the industrial-metal juggernaut, and says he’ll record and release a new album dubbed ‘Relapse’ before the end of the year and play a limited run of U.S. and European concerts in 2012.

a-ha to reunite for memorial service honoring victims of last month’s Norwegian attacks

a-ha to reunite for memorial service honoring victims of last month’s Norwegian attacks

Just eight months after a-ha’s farewell concert in Oslo, the Norwegian pop trio — saying they were ‘shaken to the soul’ — have announced they will reunite later this month to perform at the national memorial service honoring the victims of last month’s mass killings in that country.

Scruffy the Cat reunites after 20 years, will play two Boston concerts in October

Scruffy the Cat reunites after 20 years, will play two Boston concerts in October

Members of long-lost Boston college-radio favorites Scruffy the Cat — part of the so-called late-’80s cowpunk scene that helped spawn the alt-country movement — have reunited around cancer-stricken frontman Charlie Chesterman after two decades apart and will play two headlining shows in their hometown this October.

Dalis Car releases reworking of ‘Artemis’ off new EP — first new track in 27 years

Dalis Car releases reworking of ‘Artemis’ off new EP — first new track in 27 years

The briefly reunited Dalis Car — Peter Murphy and late Japan bassist Mick Karn — today released its first new music in 27 years in the form of a newly reworked version of the instrumental ‘Artemis’ with new vocals and lyrics by the former Bauhaus singer.

Video: The Cars, ‘Free’ — off ‘Move Like This’

Video: The Cars, ‘Free’ — off ‘Move Like This’

Reunited New Wave legends The Cars this week debuted a new music video for ‘Free,’ off their comeback album ‘Move Like This.’ Watch it right here.

Dalis Car ‘InGladAloneness’ EP tracklist, cover art revealed — possibly out next month

Dalis Car ‘InGladAloneness’ EP tracklist, cover art revealed — possibly out next month

The second and final release by Dalis Car — recorded by Peter Murphy and a dying Mick Karn last fall — will be a five-track EP titled ‘InGladAloneness’ and out as early as next month.