U2 have announced details of their new album, a North American tour and a new initiative “to keep tickets out of the hands of scalpers and bots,” according to the band’s official website. The band’s fourteenth studio album Songs of … read more
Tears For Fears have announced details of their first UK tour in over a decade, to take place in May 2018. Supported by Alison Moyet, the Rule The World tour takes in the following venues: Dublin 3Arena (2 May 2018) … read more
After some confusion on Monday night it has been confirmed that Tom Petty has died at the age of 66. Petty suffered a cardiac arrest on Sunday night and was taken to hospital in Santa Monica, California but could not … read more
These days the announcement of a new Madness compilation rarely raises an eyebrow – there have been well over a dozen of them, more than the band’s total number of studio albums, few of which cast their net wider than … read more
Grant Hart, drummer, singer and songwriter with US rock band HΓΌsker DΓΌ, has died of cancer at the age of 56. The band’s official Facebook page posted a black and white photo of Hart earlier today without comment; his former … read more
Influential German avant garde musician Holger Czukay has died at the age of 79. No cause of death has yet been announced. Born Holger SchΓΌring in the Free City of Danzig (now GdaΕsk, Poland) in 1938, Czukay was a student … read more
Morrissey returns to the fray on 17 November with a brand new album Low in High-School, preceded by live performances in the US including a date at the Hollywood Bowl one week earlier. The new album will be Morrissey’s first … read more
Synthpop legends The Human League were forced to pull out of a headline performance at the Lytham Festival last night (4 August) when a member of the band was suddenly taken ill. A statement issued today confirms that “One of … read more
When did the Pet Shop Boys last have three albums in the chart at once? Probably not since 1987, when Actually joined Please and remix album Disco in the listings. This week they’ve done it again with new entries for … read more
Another quiet chart week, the main point of interest being the return of U2′s The Joshua Tree to the top thirty, leaping from 73 to 28 thanks to the band’s UK tour (i.e. two gigs in London) last weekend. This … read more
Tony Hadley has announced his departure from Spandau Ballet in an unexpected and strangely worded statement posted on Twitter and Facebook earlier today. The single-sentence statement reads: “Due to circumstances beyond my control, it is with deep regret that I … read more
As always at this time of year, Glastonbury propels a number of “heritage acts” back into the album chart, not least the Bee Gees whose contradictorily titled Timeless – The All-Time Greatest Hits enters at #9 following Barry Gibb’s performance … read more
