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Depeche Mode add more North American dates to their Global Spirit tour

Reach out and touch Dave… Depeche Mode are set to return to North America once again for another round of shows in May and June. The beloved post-punk and synth-pop legends…

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Matt Johnson announces more The The concerts

Matt Johnson has added more dates to the live return of his seminal post-punk The The—which is making it’s return to the stage after 16 years of mostly soundtrack work and…

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The Cure’s Robert Smith, David Sylvian, and other New-Wave icons in bizarre Japanese Manga

Japan is known for being a country that loves both Fan Service and Fanfiction, and both are in full Otaku effect in the 1980s Japanese music magazine called 8 Beat Gag.…

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The Damned go Sci-Fi in their video for ‘Standing On The Edge Of Tomorrow’

“Emigrate or Degenerate.” The Damned have returned with the fantastic new single ‘Standing On The Edge Of Tomorrow’ off of their upcoming 11th studio LP Evil Spirits, their first new album in ten years, following…

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On This Day in 1978, Joy Division Played Their First Gig

On January 25th, 1978, Ian Curtis, Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, and Stephen Morris made their live debut as Joy Division at Pips Disco in Manchester, initially being billed as Warsaw…

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Mark E. Smith of The Fall has passed away

Mark E. Smith, singer and brainchild of Manchester based post-punk band The Fall, has died today at the age of 60. The news broke via band manager Pamela Vander (via…

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Hansa Studios: By The Wall 1976-90 | Watch the 90 min documentary about the important Berlin recording studio

One of the most important studios in music history is Berlin’s Hansa Studios—just around the corner from Potsdamer Platz in West Berlin. This is where David Bowie recorded his masterpiece Heroes,…

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Classically Smiths cancelled as Mike Joyce follows suit with Andy Rourke in not participating

In news that comes as no surprise, Classically Smiths, the event that was to see Mike Joyce, Andy Rourke, and Craig Gannon of The Smiths perform with the backing of…

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The Human League announce US gigs and European tourdates

The band that for many people is synonymous for synthpop, new-romantic, and new-wave—Sheffield’s The Human League have announced three stateside gigs this May in the US, and an extensive European and…

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Depeche Mode return Music For The Masses ballad ‘I Want You Now’ to their set

Last night while in Nürnberg Germany, Depeche Mode performed a track they hadn’t included in their setlists since the final date of the Exotic Tour on July 8th, 1994 in Noblesville Indiana.…

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