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Morrissey announces his 16 date US Tour beginning this Halloween

Stop me if you think that you’ve heard these tourdates before Morrissey has followed up his tweet of states with the announcement that he will indeed be hitting the road this…

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David J Haskins and Peter Murphy are reuniting to perform Bauhaus songs together for the first time in over a decade

Half of Bauhaus are to reunite! David J Haskins is joining Peter Murphy on bass for the final three Mr. Moonlight shows during the ex-Bauhaus vocalist’s expanded 16-night residency in San…

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New Order announce legal settlement with Peter Hook

Having just finished their Hollywood Bowl gig, New Order have announced that the band has reached “a full and final settlement” in the long running disputes with former bassist and founding member Peter…

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The Fall have released a massive 7-disc singles box set spanning Mark E. Smith’s career over 4 decades

Mark E Smith had a prolific music career—spanning forty years and frequent lineup changes with his legendary Manchester Post-Punk band The Fall. This past November Cherry Red Records had compiled a new…

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Blancmange premieres ‘Gratitude’ from new album ‘Unfurnished Rooms’

Legendary New-wave and Synthpop act Blancmange is releasing its 9th studio album Unfurnished Rooms on September 29th. The Neil Arthur helmed project’s new LP was produced by his bandmate in Fader—’analog synth wizard’ Benge—and…

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Morrissey premieres ‘Spent the Day in Bed’

Morrissey has premiered the first single from his upcoming 11th studio album Low in High School. As yesterday’s inaugural Tweet indicated the song is indeed called “Spent the Day in Bed”. The…

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New My Bloody Valentine album in the works for 2018 release

Icelandic Post-Rock pioneers Sigur Rós announced earlier today their holiday arts festival Norður og Niður to be held from December 25th-31st in Reykjavík . This seemed fantastic news in itself, with My Bloody Valentine…

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OMD announce extensive North American tour

Legendary Synthpop band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark aka OMD have just released their fantastic LP The Punishment of Luxury earlier this month, and now in wake of that release Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys have…

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‘To the Outside of Everything’ A 5-disc box highlighting UK Post-Punk from 1977 to 1981

This December Cherry Red Records is set to release To the Outside of Everything: A Story of U.K. Post-Punk 1977-1981. It is a 5-disc box set that collects more than 100 songs…

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Update: Morrissey makes first Tweet “Spent the Day in Bed…”

“Spent the day in bed…” Verified with a blue checkmark—Morrissey’s Twitter account is now live @officialmoz is now live having appeared over the weekend with the first official Tweet today being exactly…

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