SIMPLE MINDS have announced nine UK concerts, to support their forthcoming 'Graffiti Soul' album, in November and December with OMD as special guests. Tickets go on general sale today, see GIGS for all the dates.

DEPECHE MODE have confirmed that they will be appearing at this year's Lollapalooza Festival which will take place in Chicago's Grant Park between August 7th and 9th.

SPANDAU BALLET have announced a show at the Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam on November 1st. See GIGS for all the dates announced so far.

GRACE JONES will play a show at London's Somerset House on July 9th as part of the venues series of summer shows.

BANANARAMA will headline Manchester Pride on August 28th and have promised to include some new tracks in the set! See GIGS for all Bananarama's upcoming shows.

THOMAS DOLBY will release a career retrospective 'The Singular Thomas Dolby' on May 18th. The CD/DVD set will include all Dolby's singles and videos to date and will precede reissues of his key catalogue albums and a brand new studio album. See NEWS for the full album tracklisting.

SIMPLY RED are to reissue their 1985 single 'Money's Too Tight (To Mention)' this week in a re-recorded version, produced by frontman MICK HUCKNALL. The release is available as a download only and will also feature six remixes by Haji & Emanuel and Alex Gaudino.

KIM WILDE has reissued her first two albums 'Kim Wilde' and 'Select' in expanded CD editions featuring bonus material. See NEWS for the full tracklisting of both albums.

THE PIXIES will release a collector's box set entitled 'Minotaur' on June 15th. See NEWS for more details.

TOYAH has announced a May 1st release for her latest project, THE HUMANS, with guitarist Chris Wong and REM / NINE INCH NAILS drummer BILL RIEFLIN, and I'm very happy to say that RememberTheEighties.com is the EXCLUSIVE ONLINE RETAILER for the release which is available for PREORDER right now in a very special LIMITED EDITION... see the SHOP section on the website for all the details!

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