We’ve been busy bees recently with all manner of promotion for ‘Xmasday’ and the History City Xmas Weekend so hopefully you’ll have read about us, heard us on the radio, or seen us on the TV!!

We've not been so busy that we've not been paying attention to the Hue and Cry Music Club where we’re thrilled to see that you all seem to be enjoying Xmasday and are loving the personalised Deluxe Limited Edition Gift Boxes. Every time we go near Blairhill HQ, we’re mucking in with packing the Gift Boxes and personalising the ‘Xmasday’ Christmas Cards. There’s still a minute amount of the boxes left, so while stock lasts you can still get yours delivered in time for Christmas. Full details can be found on the Hue and Cry Shop.

It was nice to see some of you at the recent Homecoming Live show, we’ve put some footage up in the music club for those of you who missed out. It was a short and well received set and those who’ll be attending the History City Xmas Weekend will get to see a whole lot more including a few surprises we have up our sleeve! We know that the Friday night show is sold out, but there’s still a handful of tickets left for the Saturday night and this is where we need your help - what would you like us to consider playing at these shows? Head over to the Hue and Cry Music Club and let us know!

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Hue and Cry on radio and TV this week!

Following their BBC Radio London appearance on Friday, Pat and Greg joined respected Scottish broadcaster and comedian Fred MacAuley on his BBC Radio Scotland show 'McAuley and Co' this morning where they chatted about their new album ‘Xmasday’ and the forthcoming History City Xmas Weekend in Glasgow. They also played a special acoustic version of ‘Players of Games’. If you missed the show you can listen again online.

On Friday (11 December), they will be appearing on Scottish lifestyle show ‘The Hour’ on Scottish Television (STV) where they will be chatting to hosts Michelle McManus and Stephen Jardine and performing a special acoustic track. The Hour is broadcast on STV from 5pm but don’t worry if you miss it or don’t have acces to STV - the interview and performance will be available to view online at stv.com following the broadcast.

DEPECHE MODE have been nominated for two Grammys - 'Best Alternative Music Album' and 'Best Short Form Music Video' - at this year's awards. Elsewhere in the nominations BON JOVI and HALL & OATES are competing for 'Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals' and PET SHOP BOYS are up for 'Best Electronic/Dance Album' while PRINCE, U2, AC/DC, BRIAN SETZER, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, JUDAS PRIEST and ZIGGY MARLEY are also up for awards. The awards will take place in Los Angeles on January 31st.

RICH KIDS forthcoming one-off reunion show at London's Islington Academy will feature a number of special guests including SPANDAU BALLET's GARY KEMP and CARBON/SILICON. See NEWS for more details.

BLONDIE and SQUEEZE will be among the artists appearing at next year's Isle of Wight Festival on a bill that will also include sets from The Strokes, Pink, Orbital and Jay-Z.

BOY GEORGE will release his take on the classic Christmas track 'White Christmas' as a download on December 13th. George has also announced UK tour dates for April 2010 in addition to his previously announced HERE AND NOW appearances. See GIGS for all the dates. Boy George will also play live on Jools Holland's New Year's Eve TV special which will broadcast live on BBC2 on December 31st at 11pm.

THE HUMAN LEAGUE, MADNESS, BILL DRUMMOND and THE FALL have all been confirmed for next year's Camp Bestival which takes place in Dorset over the weekend July 30th to August 1st.

KYLIE MINOGUE will release a live album entitled 'Kylie Live In New York' as a download on December 14th. The show was recorded at Kylie's recent show at New York's Hammerstein Ballroom and features 25 tracks while iTunes customers will also receive a further three bonus tracks. See NEWS for the full album tracklisting.

MADONNA will release 'Revolver' as a single on December 14th. The track, one of two new tracks included on Madonna's recent 'Celebration' compilation, features vocals from Lil Wayne.

NITZER EBB will release a new album 'Industrial Complex' on January 22nd. The band are currently playing US shows and will join DEPECHE MODE as support for some of their shows in early 2010. See GIGS for all their dates.

LEVEL 42 have announced live dates for October next year, see GIGS for all the details.

ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN are believed to be planning special shows during which they will perform their first two albums - 'Crocodiles' and 'Heaven Up Here' - in their entirety. The rumours come from comments made by frontman Ian McCulloch in a recent interview to promote the band's new album 'The Fountain'.

JAMES have announced that they will release two mini-albums in 2010 and will be playing live shows in April next year. The first of the releases will be released before the live shows and will be entitled 'The Night Before'. See GIGS for all the dates.

Thanks to: www.remembertheeighties.com

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Tracklist of "One Life Stand":
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