Tag: Information Society

New releases: The Waterboys, Jellyfish, Pixies, Rollins Band, Information Society

New releases: The Waterboys, Jellyfish, Pixies, Rollins Band, Information Society

This week’s new releases include a brand-new studio album from Mike Scott and The Waterboys, plus expanded CD reissues of Jellyfish’s two studio albums, as well as vinyl reissues of classic albums from the Pixies (‘Doolittle’), Rollins Band (‘Weight’) and Information Society (‘Information Society’).

New releases: Erasure, Information Society, Thompson Twins, David Bowie

New releases: Erasure, Information Society, Thompson Twins, David Bowie

This wee’s new releases include brand-new studio albums form Erasure (‘The Violet Flame’) and the Information Society (‘_hello world’), plus a new collection of remixes and rarities from the Thompson Twins, and a reissue of David Bowie’s seminal box set ‘Sound + Vision.’

Regeneration Tour adds 2 dates in New York with Erasure’s Andy Bell, Howard Jones

Regeneration Tour adds 2 dates in New York with Erasure’s Andy Bell, Howard Jones

Turns out the slimmed-down Regeneration Tour won’t be a West Coast-only trek after all: The organizers of the ’80s synthpop package tour have announced a pair of dates in New York this August, two concerts that will feature Erasure frontman Andy Bell and will feature Howard Jones.

Regeneration Tour scales back, announces new West Coast dates, confirms lineups

Regeneration Tour scales back, announces new West Coast dates, confirms lineups

Still struggling from the loss of planned headliner The Human League, the promoters of this summer’s Regeneration Tour today announced they’ve been forced to scale back to a West Coast-only trek, unveiling new shows and lineups in Portland, Ore., Sacramento and Mexico City while also canceling a date in Atlanta.

Update: Tom Tom Club not joining lineup-challenged Regeneration Tour after all

Update: Tom Tom Club not joining lineup-challenged Regeneration Tour after all

Despite fans’ concerns that the entire trek had been scrubbed, it appears the Regeneration Tour is still on this summer, with Talking Heads spinoff Tom Tom Club and New Wave stars A Flock of Seagulls filling in at certain dates for The Human League, which quit the tour late month.

Erasure’s Andy Bell says he can’t commit to Regeneration Tour until lineup fixed

Erasure’s Andy Bell says he can’t commit to Regeneration Tour until lineup fixed

Just days after The Human League pulled out of this summer’s planned Regeneration Tour saying the group had been “promised one thing and delivered something so completely different,” another act on the bill, Erasure frontman Andy Bell, is warning fans that he might not be joining the tour, either.

The Human League drops out of Regeneration Tour: ‘We just could not make it work’

The Human League drops out of Regeneration Tour: ‘We just could not make it work’

The Regeneration Tour, which bills itself as “North America’s premier ’80s tour,” has lost another high-profile act, as The Human League this week pulled out of the summer trek, announcing “we were promised one thing and delivered something so completely different we just could not make it work, much as we wanted to.”

Regeneration Tour 2013: Andy Bell, Human League, Howard Jones, Information Society

Regeneration Tour 2013: Andy Bell, Human League, Howard Jones, Information Society

Billing itself as “North America’s premier ’80s tour,” the semi-annual Regeneration Tour returns this August for an undisclosed number of U.S. concerts featuring Erasure frontman Andy Bell, The Human League, Howard Jones and Information Society — but not, as tour promoters originally had hoped, the reunited Ultravox.