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Bryan Ferry has announced details of Retrospective: Selected Recordings 1973-2023. The 81-track collection is the first ever career-spanning release to fully explore and celebrate the depth of Bryan Ferry’s work…
Depeche Mode to release Spirit | The 12″ Singles boxset
Depeche Mode are to release Spirit | The 12″ Singles, the 14th volume in the band’s 12″ series. The collector’s edition boxset, featuring the first-ever official 12″ vinyl pressing of…
Rhoda Dakar Sings The Bodysnatchers
Rhoda Dakar is to release a 10th Anniversary remaster of her 2014 recording Rhoda Dakar Sings The Bodysnatchers. Featuring The Specials’ Lynval Golding and Horace Panter, three unreleased tracks including…
Art Of Noise announce London show
Avant-garde synth-pop pioneers, Art Of Noise, have announced details of a one-off headline London show for next March. Co-founders JJ Jeczalik, Paul Morley and Gary Langan are to celebrate the…
ViX Fuzzbox and Frankie Goes To Hollywood guitarist play Bright Red charity event
Vickie Perks, aka ViX Fuzzbox, will join a whole host of artists including Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s Brian Nash, at the Bright Red fundraising music festival in Newcastle on Friday…
Phil Manzanera celebrates 50 year solo career with 11-disc collection
Roxy Music guitarist Phil Manzanera celebrates solo career with epic 50 Years Of Music boxset collection. Since joining Roxy Music in 1972, Phil Manzanera has been an art-household name, however,…
Mick Hucknall awarded honorary degree for contribution to music
Manchester Met has presented Simply Red’s Mick Hucknall with an honorary degree in recognition of his contribution to music. The singer was awarded with the honorary Doctorate of Arts (DArt)…
Razorlight reunite for new album, Planet Nowhere
After reuniting for live shows in 2021, the classic Razorlight line-up of Johnny Borrell (vocals/guitar), Björn Ågren (guitar), Carl Dalemo (bass) and Andy Burrows (drums), will release a new album,…
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Live review – Pet Shop Boys at London’s Royal Opera House
Pet Shop Boys live at London’s Royal Opera House 23 July 2024 Rating: 5/5 Since they became the first electronic artists to play London’s Royal Opera House in 2016, Pet…
Pixies announce new album The Night The Zombies Came
Pixies are set to release their new studio album, The Night The Zombies Came, on 25 October. It has been 35 years since their groundbreaking Platinum-certified album Doolittle catapulted the…