FESTIVALS
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Marc Almond has been confirmed for three festivals later this year:
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May 28, 2010
Primavera Sound Festival, Parc Del Forum, Barcelona, Spain.
For tickets and further info visit www.primaverasound.com
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August 1, 2010
Camp Bestival (festival), Dorset, UK.
For further info visit www.campbestival.net
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August 22, 2010
Rewind Festival, Henley On Thames, UK.
For further info visit www.rewindfestival.com
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There is, of course, also the German tour which starts in March (see??his website for full details).
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ASK MARC ALMOND
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As Marc Almond's "30 Years Of Music" celebrations are now underway we are giving you another opportunity to put your questions to Marc Almond regarding his career and the year ahead. To??ask a question please send an??email by??March 7.
Marc Almond's responses to many will appear on??his website shortly after.
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www.marcalmond.co.uk

PAUL YOUNG, TOYAH, CAROL DECKER, BROTHER BEYOND and THE CHRISTIANS will appear across two special 48 HOUR PARTY events taking place at the Southport and Camber Sands Pontins sites in March, see the event website for all the details!

PET SHOP BOYS have announced five summer concerts around the UK in July. See GIGS for all the dates.

JOHN FOXX will play a special analogue show - with GARY NUMAN playing a DJ set in support - as part of the forthcoming Short Circuit Festival at London's Roundhouse on June 5th. A new single, from John Foxx & The Maths, is also scheduled for release on March 15th as well as a CD/DVD compilation 'Metatronic (30th Anniversary Collection)' which will, for the first time, include the videos for 'Underpass', 'No One Driving' and 'He's a Liquid'.

GARY NUMAN has announced a US show at San Francisco's Fillmore on April 20th as a follow-up to his appearance at the Coachella festival on April 18th.

TEARS FOR FEARS will play a one-off show at The Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles in March as a warm-up for their forthcoming Australian and Asian dates. See NEWS for more details.

PAUL HEATON - formerly with THE HOUSEMARTINS and THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH - has announced that he will embark on a fifteen date tour of pubs the UK in May and will cycle between shows, a journey of 720 miles. Dates are to be announced shortly.

NIK KERSHAW has announced five Irish dates in April and May as part of his run of acoustic dates to support his current acoustic album 'No Frills'. See GIGS for all the dates.

BOY GEORGE is to be played by actor Douglas Booth in a forthcoming BBC drama about the star's life entitled 'Worried About The Boy'. Mat Horne has reportedly signed on to play the part of CULTURE CLUB drummer JON MOSS.

A-HA have added a third New York City show to their upcoming 'Ending On A High Note' tour with news of a May 8th date at the city's Nokia Theatre. See GIGS for all their dates.

IMAGINATION are lining up a full UK tour which is expected to culminate in a special show at London's Hammersmith Apollo on May 23rd. Dates for the tour are expected to be released shortly.

FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD's classic album 'Welcome To The Pleasuredome' is set to be reissued in a deluxe 2-CD edition with bonus material on April 26th. The second CD will feature previously-unheard studio demos of 'War', 'Two Tribes' and 'Pleasuredome', an early, eleven-minute version of 'The Ballad of 32', a completely unreleased song, 'Watusi Love Juicy', and many others.

ULTRAVOX fans have organised a special pre-show fan party and concert in advance of Ultravox's forthcoming show at London's Hammersmith Apollo on Sunday April 11th. The 'Return to Eden Part II' event will take place at the 100 Club between 3pm and 7pm and will feature two live acts, Messengers and Party Fears Three. See NEWS for more details.

MORRISSEY's 'When Last I Spoke To Carol' (Toy Selectah Mix) is one of twenty-six tracks featured on a downloadable album which is being offered free by Voto Latino in exhange for more US Latinos to complete the 2010 US census forms.

THE BUGGLES are to release an expanded edition of their 'Adventures in Modern Recording' album, described as a 'deluxe reboot' and featuring the orginal album alongside ten bonus tracks including demos, b-sides and remixes. The album is due for release on April 19th.

TOYAH's current project THE HUMANS have announced two free performances as warm-up shows for their upcoming UK tour. Both shows will take place in churches, one in Gloucestershire on February 20th and one in Worcestershire on February 21st. See NEWS for more details.

MADNESS have announced dates and festival appearances in Russia, Spain, Italy, Germany, France, Ireland, the Netherlands and the UK in April, May and June. See GIGS for all the dates.

Thanks to: www.remembertheeighties.com

ANDY BELL SOLO SINGLE 'WILL YOU BE THERE?' OUT NOW
You can still listen to 'Will You Be There?' on Andy's website (the Seamus Haji mix is proving to be particularly popular!), and of course it is available to download from the usual outlets in the UK and around Europe. To answer a couple of recurring questions following my last newsletter; The US release of 'Will You be There?' will be in March, and the single is a download release only and isn't available on CD.

TRACKLISTING:
Will You Be There? (Original Mix)
Will You Be There? (Seamus Haji Big Love Radio Edit)
Will You Be There? (French Horn Rebellion Mix)
Will You Be There? (Sonic C Vocal Mix)
Will You Be There? (Seamus Haji Big Love Remix)
DOWNLOAD - iTUNES UK / AMAZON UK / PLAY.COM

MORE MIMÓ MUSIC!
I didn't mention this last week because I didn't want to overwhelm you with Andy Bell news and I wanted to focus on the release of 'Will You be There?', however 'Will You be There?' is actually the second release under the Mimó name, the first - entitled 'Running Out' - was released last year, mainly for clubs and media, and is also available to download via the usual online shops (including iTunes in the USA!). You can have an advance listen at Andy's website...

TRACKLISTING:
Running Out
Running Out (Fenech-Soler Remix)
Running Out (VEGA Italo Dub Mix)
Running Out (VEGA Italo Dub Mix Extended)
DOWNLOAD - iTUNES UK / iTUNES USA

ALISON MOYET UK DATES
I also added approximately a million Alison Moyet dates to the Yazoo website this week (well, perhaps not a million but it's a LOT of shows!)... she's supporting Jools Holland and the tour goes pretty much everywhere in the UK if you fancy popping along to have a look. She is brilliant live and there's usually one or two Yazoo songs in the set!