19 May 2012 - 80's News
TANITA TIKARAM will release a new studio album, 'Can't Go Back', on June 26th. The album tracklisting is still to be announced but is expected to include 'Dust On My Shoes', 'All Things You Do' (a collaboration with Grant Lee Phillips) and 'Keep It Real'. MORE ADAM ANT has announced US dates for September and October, and a new UK tour for November. The US shows were originally scheduled for February but were postponed due to circumstances beyond the singers control and tickets for the original shows remain valid for the new dates. The 19 UK dates announced for November are under the banner of 'The Bluback Hussar Tour' but there is currently no news on the release of the much anticipated new Adam Ant album 'Adam Ant is the Blueblack Hussar in Marrying the Gunner's Daughter'. MORE SCRITTI POLITTI have announced shows in Nottingham and Bristol in August in addition to their previously announced shows and festival appearances. Here's the full list of shows right now??? MORE TOYAH has announced a second leg of her current 'Changeling Resurrection' tour which features a setlist revolving around her classic 1982 album 'The Changeling'. The new shows will take place between September and November and will finish with a return to Brighton's Concorde 2, where the tour began, which will feature a special extended set. You can hear a live version of Toyah's 'Castaways', recorded at London's Bush Hall on the first leg of the tour, by following the link... MORE JOHN FOXX AND THE MATHS are among artists who have provided remixes for new version of Gazelle Twin's album 'The Entire City' which will be released on June 4th. John Foxx and The Maths have remixed 'Changelings' for the remix album, alongside work by Scanner, Maya Postepski and Bernholz. MORE MARC ALMOND and COCTEAU TWINS singer ELIZABETH FRASER are among the artists confirmed for this year's Meltdown Festival - curated this year by Antony Hegarty of Antony & The Johnsons - which will take place at London's Southbank Centre between August 1st and 12th. MORE DURAN DURAN are to appear at a special concert in London's Hyde Park on July 27th to mark the opening of this year's Olympic Games. The band will represent England at the show while the other bands on the bill - Snow Patrol, Stereophonics and Paolo Nutini - will represent Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland respectively. MORE ULTRAVOX have revealed the artwork for their new album 'Brilliant' which will be released on May 28th. Frontman MIDGE URE has described the artwork as 'a scroll in the shape of a question mark'. The band have also made available a 30-second audio extract of the first single from the album - the title track 'Brilliant' - which you can hear on my website. MORE DOLLAR singer THEREZA BAZAR will release a new single, in collaboration with Alan Connor, under the name TnA, 'Hold Me On The Dance Floor' will be released on May 24th and the single will feature remixes from Simon Sinfield, JRMX, Star Control and Marcus Shmitz. There's a preview of the track on my website??? MORE KYLIE MINOGUE will play a special headline show at the BBC's Proms In The Park in London on September 8th. The show will see Minogue backed by the BBC Concert Orchestra to celebrate her 25th anniversary in music with a unique set of orchestral versions of her classic hits. MORE SISTER SLEDGE, INNER CITY, JOHN FOXX and ADAM ANT have all been added to the bill of Bestival which will take place on the Isle of Wight from September 6th to September 9th. The additions join a bill that already includes previously announced performances from NEW ORDER, GARY NUMAN and DE LA SOUL. MORE CARMEL will see all six of her studio albums reissued in expanded editions over the course of this month. 'The Drum Is Everything', 'The Falling', 'Everybody's Got A Little Soul', 'Set Me Free', 'Good News' and 'World's Gone Crazy' are all reissued by Drumfire Records and include bonus material including remixes and b-sides. MORE NEW ORDER will headline a new UK musical festival, 'Number 6', in Portmeirion in North Wales and gets its name from the cult TV series The Prisoner which was filmed in the town in the 1960s. Other bands on the bill include Primal Scream and Spriritualized. The band will also appear on the bill of this year's 'T In The Park' fsstival in Scotland alongside THE STONE ROSES and HAPPY MONDAYS among many others. MORE PROPAGANDA will see their 1985 remix album 'Wishful Thinking' reissued in a special remastered collector's edition on June 4th, with five previously unreleased bonus tracks promised. MORE The long-awaited new material from DALI'S CAR (the side project from BAUHAUS' PETER MURPHY and JAPAN's MICK KARN) has been released as a five-track EP entitled 'InGladAloneness'. The EP, Mick Karn's final project before his death last year, features a reworking of the duo's 'Artemis' as well as a version of Jacques Brel's 'If You Go Away'... MORE THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS have announced a run of US dates between May and September, in addition to their appearance at the UK's Hop Farm Festival, including shows with THE GO-GOS, THE MOTELS and BOW WOW WOW??? MORE CLAUDIA BRÜCKEN will release a live DVD entitled 'This Happened' later this year. The release - recorded at her 'Combined' solo show at London's Scala last year - will feature material from all stages of her career - including songs from PROPAGANDA and ACT - and will feature guest appearances from PROPAGANDA's SUSANNE FREYTAG and RALF DÖRPER, ERASURE's ANDY BELL and HEAVEN 17. MORE BLANK & JONES will release a 2-CD SANDRA retrospective in Germany on April 27th (May 8th in the UK) as part of their SO80S series, featuring a total of 29 remixes, extended versions and rarities from 1984 to 1989. Then on May 11th they will release a new Sandra single, an homage to the 80s entitled 'Maybe Tonight', worldwide that will also feature HUBERT KAH on backing vocals. MORE GARY NUMAN is to headline Guilfest's second stage on the Saturday night of the festival, while THE STRAITS, BUZZCOCKS and THE UNDERTONES also join the bill. The artists join a line-up that already includes BRYAN FERRY, CHIC, JOOLS HOLLAND and ROLAND GIFT. MORE SIMPLY RED will release a classic concert, recorded back in 2003, on DVD and Blu-Ray on May 21st. The show, recorded in Switzerland, will feature 18 tracks, including some of the band's most iconic hits. MORE NIK KERSHAW will release a new album, entitled '8', in the summer and will play the new material live on a special September tour that will also see him play his classic 'Human Racing' album in its entirety. MORE IMAGINATION frontman LEEE JOHN has reissued his 2005 album 'Feel My Soul' in a new edition which includes a bonus DVD featuring interviews, photo galleries, live studio performances and bonus material. MORE THE CURE and STING have both been confirmed as headliners at this year's Paleo Festival in Switzerland, with The Cure topping the bill on July 18th and Sting doing the same on July 19th. MORE KOOL AND THE GANG, PETER HOOK AND THE LIGHT, GARY NUMAN and TANITA TIKARAM have all been added to the bill of this year's Hop Farm Festival which takes place in Kent between June 29th and July 1st. They join a packed bill that will also feature headline performances from PETER GABRIEL, THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS, THE STRANGLERS and BILLY OCEAN. MORE SWING OUT SISTER will play a warm-up show at London's Islington Assembly Hall on July 14th as a warm-up for their appearance at Northamptonshire's Vintage Festival on July 15th. MORE That's all for now, back soon and remember to keep checking the website... :-) Cheers! Richard This Is Not Retro - 80s Music. All Grown Up. |
19 May 2012 - 80's News
DURAN DURAN have revealed the tracklisting and the the artwork for their forthcoming live DVD and Blu-Ray release 'A Diamond In The Mind'. The set was filmed at the band's 'All You Need Is Now' show in Manchester in December last year and is set for release on July 2nd. In addition to the 19-track concert the release will also feature two bonus tracks, interview material and behind the scenes footage. MORE CYNDI LAUPER has announced that she will be publishing her autobiography later this year. The book - entitled 'Cyndi Lauper' - will be published by Atria Books in the Autumn and will cover the legendary singer's life from childhood to today, promising to document the 'ups and downs of her career and private life'. MORE THE CURE's 'Friday I'm In Love' is to be reissued as a very limited edition 7" vinyl single on April 21st as part of Record Store Day. The single - which will also mark the 20th anniversary of its original release - will be available in an edition of just 100 copies, each with a unique sleeve designed by a multitude of artistic and musical contributors (including a design by ROBERT SMITH himself), among them the designers of some of the most iconic record artwork of the past twenty years. The singles will be sold to benefit the Teenage Cancer Trust. MORE SADE will release 'Bring Me Home - Live 2011' in both CD/DVD and Blu-Ray editions on may 21st. The 22-song concert will be released alongside a number of extras including a short behind-the-scenes documentary. Click the link for the full tracklisting. MORE SHEENA EASTON is the subject of a new 2CD compilation entitled 'The Collection' which is released on April 16th. The release features thirty-one tracks including her eleven US top 40 hits. Click the link for the full album tracklisting??? MORE SPARKS have announced the first dates in their upcoming 'Two Hands, One Mouth' tour. So far the band have announced five UK dates with shows elsewhere expected to be revealed shortly. The tour will see the duo 'deconstruct and reinterpret songs from their own extensive and unique catalogue' and for the first time in their career will perform using just vocals and keyboards and without the use of a backing band. Click the link for all the dates??? MORE MORRISSEY has announced a one-off show at Manchester's Arena on July 28th, his first show in his hometown since 2009. Tickets go on sale this Friday (April 13th). MORE EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL will have four of their classic 80s albums - 'Eden', 'Love Not Money', 'Baby The Stars Shine Bright' and 'Idlewild' - reissued on May 28th in very special expanded 2-CD editions contained in hardback-book style packages. Click the link for the full tracklisting for each album??? MORE INNER CITY's career is to be celebrated in 'Big Fun - Big Hits', a new 2CD collection which will be released on April 16th. The thirty-one track retrospective will feature all the band's hits and key tracks alongside a number of remixes and alternate versions. Click the link for the full album tracklisting??? MORE JAKI GRAHAM has collaborated with DJ Paul Rudd to remake her 1986 hit 'Set Me Free'. The new version, 'Set Me Free 2012', features new vocals over Rudd's updated dance track and will be released on May 14th. Graham will follow the release this year with an autobiography and a new solo album as well as being the subject of a TV documentary about her life and career. MORE ULTRAVOX last week released a video of the band in the studio working on their new album, 'Brilliant', including a couple of audio snippets from the new songs. You can see the video by following the link??? MORE BRYAN FERRY and CHIC FEATURING NILE RODGERS have been added to the bill of this year's Guilfest which takes place in Guilford over the weekend of July 13th to July 15th. Bryan Ferry will headline the mainstage on the Sunday night, on a bill that will also include Chic Featuring Nile Rodgers. Other acts across the weekend will include JOOLS HOLLAND's Rhythm & Blues Orchestra with special guest ROLAND GIFT as well as Olly Murs and many more acts to be announced soon. MORE DURAN DURAN have added more dates to their ongoing 'All You Need Is Now' tour, including more dates in the USA, and are expected to continue adding summer shows across Europe and the UK in the coming weeks. MORE THE HUMAN LEAGUE will see their classic album 'Dare' reissued in a new double CD set on June 4th. The reissue features the 2002 remaster of the original album supplemented by newly remastered 12-inch remixes and instrumental versions on the first disc, and a second disc featuring tracks from the band's 1983 'Fascination!' EP. Click the link for the full album tracklisting... MORE DR ROBERT - best known for fronting THE BLOW MONKEYS - has announced that his long awaited solo album 'Flutes & Bones' will be released on April 23rd and is available to pre-order now. Meanwhile 'Coldheart', one of the tracks from the album, is currently available as a free download. MORE That's all for now, back soon and remember the keep checking the website... :-) Cheers! Richard This Is Not Retro - 80s Music. All Grown Up. |
19 May 2012 - Words And Music By Saint Etienne
| Words And Music By Saint Etienne (3 CD set) The 3CD set in unique packaging will include the album and the remixes including ones by the Golden Filter, Erol Alkan, the 2 Bears and Summer Camp. The third CD is an exclusive EP which will only be available in the boxset - it will have 3 tracks not available anywhere else plus our cover of the Beach Boys Wouldn't It Be Nice. The full tracklist is: CD1 - the album 01. Over The Border 02. I've Got Your Music 03. Heading For The Fair 04. Last Days Of Disco 05. Tonight 06. Answer Song 07. Record Doctor 08. Popular 09. 25 Years 10. DJ 11. When I Was Seventeen 12. I Threw It All Away 13. Haunted Jukebox CD2 - the remixes 01. Tonight - 2 Bears 02. Last Days Of Disco - Erol Alkan 03. DJ - Stay+ 04. I've Got Your Music - Golden Filter 05. Popular - Tom Middleton 06. Heading For The Fair - The Time And Space Machine 07. Tonight - Club Clique 08. Answer Song - White Horses 09. Haunted Jukebox - Summer Camp 10. I've Got Your Music - Kisses 11. DJ - Muddyloop 12. Last Days Of Disco - Beat Connection CD3 - the bonus EP 01. Record Doctor Dub 02. Peter Pan 03. Lion Green 04. Wouldn't It Be Nice The boxset also contains a totally exclusive enamel badge, giant Ordnance Survey style fold out map of the front cover, 4 art prints and a beautiful book packed with photography by Paul Kelly not used in any other format. The physical boxset will be with you on 11th June but if you order it now you will get access to a download of all 3CDs on the day of album release, the 21st May. Order it here Remember that the album is also available as a standard CD here and as a Deluxe-double-disc-digi-pack version here which fits perfectly alongside the catalogue Deluxe Editions.  |
19 May 2012 - Marc Almond @ Antony's Meltdown
| TORMENT AND TOREROS - LIVE ?? Marc Almond is proud to announce a special one off performance of the Marc And The Mambas classic album Torment And Toreros at London's Festival Hall on 9 August 2012. Marc has been specially invited by Antony Hegarty to perform the album as one of the main events at his Meltdown Festival at the London Southbank. Antony is the curator of the 2012 Meltdown Festival and he has always cited Torment and Toreros as one of his favourite and most inspiring records. Marc will be presenting the album in its entirety, including some of the extra tracks, with an ensemble of musicians that will include one or two of the original musicians that featured on the album and also Antony himself. ?? Marc Almond has wanted to perform the whole album for some time but hadn't found the right context. It is Marc's hope to perform the album as near as possible to the original, summoning up the emotions, feelings and spirit which it was recorded in. Marc is thrilled and honoured to be performing it for Antony at this most special event. The official press release reads:??Marc Almond, another artist who shot to fame in the 1980s, presents a rare live performance of Marc And The Mambas groundbreaking 1983 release Torment And Toreros (9 August). Antony has said of Almond, "Marc laid out a trail of subcultural breadcrumbs and aesthetic tenets that more than any other single influence formed the artist that I would become. Ten years before I would hear Nina Simone make a similar affirmation, I read Marc saying that he didn't care if he hit the notes, for it was only the feeling that mattered." ?? Also, critically, it was on Marc And The Mambas first album that Antony first heard a cover of Lou Reed's masterpiece Caroline Says, which 20 years later Antony would personally accompany Reed himself in reprising. ?? http://meltdown.southbankcentre.co.uk/ |
