Echo & The Bunnymen announce 40th anniversary tour dates
Echo & The Bunnymen have announced a UK tour for May 2021 that celebrates the 40th anniversary of the band
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This Day In History : The Smiths released The Queen Is Dead
On this day in history (June 16, 1986), The Smiths released their 3rd studio album The Queen Is Dead featuring the singles The Boy With The Thorn In His Side, Bigmouth Strikes Again and There Is A Light That Never Goes Out.
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Alt.Rewind – with New Order, Pet Shop Boys, Erasure, Elvis Costello, Bob Mould (June 12, 2020)
Velvet Rebel recaps This Week In Music as covered by Strangeways Radio and Slicing Up Eyeballs. This episode features news on concert cancellations and rescheduled dates, new singles from Pet Shop Boys, Erasure, Bob Mould and Wang Chug plus an Under The Radar selection from Algiers
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Abducted By The 80s presents Back To The Basement virtual concert
Back To The Basement is an online virtual concert that will be performed to benefit doctors, nurses and first responded who are in the front lines of battling COVID-19. The event will feature never before seen live performances from the living rooms of 80s bands Wang Chung, A Flock Of Seagulls, Cutting Crew, Naked Eyes, NU Shooz, The Escape Club, Animotion, The Vapors, Farrington & Mann + more
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Alt.Rewind with Billy Bragg, Depeche Mode, New Order and The Vapors (June 05, 2020)
Velvet Rebel recaps This Week In Music as covered by Strangeways Radio and Slicing Up Eyeballs. This episode features a cool performance from Billy Bragg, a brand new extended video from Depeche Mode and excerpts from a Record Store Day Peel Sessions recording from New Order. Plus, brand new music from The Vapors. That’s right, the folks who brought you Turning Japanese.
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Erasure release Hey Now (Think I Got A Feeling), first single off The Neon album
Erasure have released the first single off their forthcoming album titled The Neon. The single is titled Hey Now (Think I Got a Feeling) and it has a disco-soul vibe to it.
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Alt.Rewind – May 8, 2020 with Tanya Donelly, Wire, Quarantine music books and Disintegration poll
Velvet Rebel recaps This Week In Music as covered by Strangeways Radio and Slicing Up Eyeballs. He recaps new music from Tanya Donelly and Wire, a performance from a Depeche Mode cover band that will knock your socks off, Kraftwerk, music books to read during Quarantine and the results of our poll of the best songs on The Cure’s Disintegration
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This Day In History – The Cure released Pornography
On this day in history (May 4, 1982), The Cure released their 4th studio album Pornography featuring the single The Hanging Garden. This album was preceded by the non-album single Charlotte Sometimes. Following the release of Pornography, bassist Simon Gallup left the band and band took on a more radio-friendly new wave sound.
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The Cure – Disintegration anniversary / Favorite song poll
On this day in history (May 2, 1989), The Cure released their 8th studio album Disintegration featuring the singles Lullaby, Fascination Street, Lovesong and Pictures Of You.
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The 80’s Cruise 2021 lineup announced
The lineup for the 2021 80’s Cruise has been announced and it features Human League, Berlin, Belinda Carlisle, Morris Day & The Time, ABC, Modern English, A Flock Of Seagulls and more.
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OMD Album Poll / Junk Culture Anniversary
Today marks the anniversary of the release of OMD’s 5th studio album Junk Culture that featured the singles Locomotion, Talking Loud And Clear, Tesla Girls and Never Turn Away.
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OMD Live From Your Sofa
OMD has announced an online event featuring never before seen footage of last year’s Hammersmith Apollo show. The footage will air at 8pm (UK time) on YouTube on May 9. Fans will be able to interact with each other during the broadcast in the chat room.
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