Depeche Mode cancels San Diego concert as Dave Gahan continues to rest vocal cords
Dave Gahan’s vocal problems have derailed yet another Depeche Mode concert, as the band has just announced it won’t perform tonight at San Diego’s Cricket […]
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Simple Minds to play ‘Don’t You (Forget About Me)’ nightly in memory of John Hughes
Simple Minds will perform “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” nightly in memory of “The Breakfast Club” director John Hughes during the band’s upcoming European tour, […]
Fun Boy Three’s debut album to be reissued with six bonus B-sides, 12-inch remixes
The 1982 self-titled debut from Fun Boy Three — which spun off from ska revivalists The Specials — will be reissued in expanded form next […]
Skinny Puppy to tour U.S. this fall, cEvin Key and Ogre say new album in the works
Groundbreaking electro-industrial act Skinny Puppy this week unveiled a 30-date fall tour of the U.S. as it works on a follow-up to 2007’s Mythmaker, the […]
Depeche Mode cancels San Francisco concert so Dave Gahan can rest his voice
Dave Gahan’s health once again has disrupted Depeche Mode’s Tour of the Universe, as the legendary synthpop act hastily canceled its concert tomorrow night at […]
No Age drafts Bob Mould to cover Hüsker Dü album at All Tomorrow’s Parties
Noise-rock duo No Age has enlisted Bob Mould to help perform an entire Hüsker Dü album at the second-annual All Tomorrow’s Parties New York, set […]
New releases: Stone Roses 20th anniversary reissue, Erasure ‘Club’ EP, ZE Records comp
Record Rack: A weekly round-up of the pertinent new albums due out Tuesday. ARTIST: The Stone Roses RELEASE: The Stone Roses BACKSTORY: The U.S. editions […]
‘Urgh! A Music War’ finally released on DVD
The classic 1981 concert film “Urgh! A Music War” — which captured dozens of punk, New Wave and post-punk bands live on stage — quietly […]
Morrissey: Don’t buy my new box sets, Smiths reissues — I’m not making money off them
Morrissey is asking fans not to buy a pair of just-announced box sets of his solo 7-inch singles — in addition to recent singles boxes […]
Morrissey to release vinyl box sets of solo singles spanning 1988 to 1995
Morrissey will release a pair of new limited-edition box sets this fall collecting reissued 7-inch singles spanning his initial solo foray in 1988 through his […]
John Hughes, 1950-2009
Pitchfork: John Hughes R.I.P. Jim DeRogatis: John Hughes, writer, director and music fan Spin: Our 7 favorite John Hughes musical moments Kurt Loder: John Hughes, […]
Q&A: Daniel Ash closes door on Love and Rockets: ‘It’s boring for me to do those songs’
To mark last week’s release of New Tales to Tell: A Tribute to Love and Rockets, Slicing Up Eyeballs caught up with that band’s frontman, […]
Sonic Youth plots mini-tour of U.S. southwest
Nearing the end of its summer tour of the U.S., Sonic Youth this week announced a seven-date “southwest mini-tour” this fall as it extends its […]
