MORRISSEY is lining up two album releases for 2008, a new solo album and a greatest hits compilation that will feature two brand new tracks.??
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ONETWO - the duo consisting of PROPAGANDA singer CLAUDIA BRUCKEN and OMD's PAUL HUMPHREYS - have announced that they will be support at most (but not all!) of the shows on THE HUMAN LEAGUE's upcoming 'Dare' tour. See GIGS for all the dates.
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ANNIE LENNOX will join a bill of artists playing this year's Nobel concert which will take place on December 11th. The show will also include sets from Alicia Keys, Earth Wind & Fire and KT Tunstall among others.
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SCRITTI POLITTI will play a one-off show at London's Luminaire on December 17th.
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THE CURE and DAVID SYLVIAN have both given tracks for 'Waxploitation', a charity album which will be released on November 27th to raise money for Darfur. See NEWS for more information about the album and its tracklisting.
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KYLIE MINOGUE and JASON DONOVAN were reunited in ITV's 'The Kylie Show' which was broadcast at the weekend. The pair appeared in a sketch where Donovan mistakes Minogue for an autograph-hunting fan.
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DEPECHE MODE songwriter MARTIN GORE has recorded backing vocals on a new NITZER EBB track entitled 'Once You See'.
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JOHN FOXX will mount a solo exhibition of prints and photographs entitled 'Cinemascope' at London's Coningsby Gallery between December 3rd and 8th.
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SIMPLE MINDS have signed a new record deal with W14 music - home to SIOUXSIE SIOUX, THE WATERBOYS and ALISON MOYET - and are expected to release a new album, supported by tour dates, in 2008.
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PAT BENATAR, A-HA, MEN WITHOUT HATS, NENA, CYNDI LAUPER and NIK KERSHAW are among forty-six artists featured on a new Irish CD/DVD release 'The Very Best Of MT USA', a compilation of artists featured on the groundbreaking Irish TV show 'MT USA' which ran from 1984 to 1987, released next week.
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HOWARD JONES is to play an acoustic show in New York on January 12th at the APAP showcase at the city's French Institute/Florence Gould Hall.
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CULTURE CLUB's JON MOSS has formed a new band, DanMingo, who have already been tiped for good things. The band - which also features Winston Blissett and Steve Swindells - have recorded a download-only album 'Leap Of Faith'. See NEWS for more information including a link to the band's own website.
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A-HA's MAGNE F is currently finishing work on a new solo album which he hopes to release in the early part of the new year.
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IMAGINATION singer LEEE JOHN has recorded a version of 'Just The Two Of Us' as a duet with former Zouk Machine singer Jane Fostin. Four different mixes of the track are available now from iTunes.
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