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Duran Duran preps blue 'Is There Something I Should Know?' 7-inch for Record Store Day

Duran Duran preps blue ‘Is There Something I Should Know?’ 7-inch for Record Store Day

Duran Duran today announced it will mark the 30th anniversary of the band’s first U.K. No. 1 single — “Is There Something I Should Know?,” released on March 9, 1983 — by reissuing the single as a limited-edition blue-vinyl 7-inch for Record Store Day, which this year falls on April 20.

World Party announces 11-date tour of the U.K. this spring in support of 'Arkeology'

World Party announces 11-date tour of the U.K. this spring in support of ‘Arkeology’

After returning to U.K. stages for the first time in a decade last fall for a handful of shows, Karl Wallinger will take World Party out on a proper tour of his home country this spring, performing 11 concerts across two weeks in April in support of last year’s 5CD box set ‘Arkeology.’

 Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio; Episode 108, aired 2/12/13

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio; Episode 108, aired 2/12/13

Tonight’s Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour featured brand-new music from OMD, Depeche Mode, The Butthole Surfers’ Gibby Haynes and New Order, plus old favorites from The Clash, X, Iggy Pop, Camper Van Beethoven, Was (Not Was), Transvision Vamp, Max Q, Simple Minds and more.

Big Country to release new album 'The Journey,' tour U.K., Europe and North America

Big Country to release new album ‘The Journey,’ tour U.K., Europe and North America

The reconfigured Big Country — with The Alarm’s Mike Peters filling in for the late Stuart Adamson and the new addition of original Simple Minds bassist Derek Forbes — will release a new album titled ‘The Journey’ this spring and embark on a world tour that will hit the U.K., Europe and North America.

Dead Can Dance to play 2 California shows between Coachella appearances

Dead Can Dance to play 2 California shows between Coachella appearances

Like New Order, the reunited Dead Can Dance is using its twin appearances at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival this April as an occasion to squeeze in a couple extra performances — in this case, just-announced shows in San Francisco and Napa, Calif., the week between the band’s festival dates.

Stream: Michael Stipe and Courtney Love, 'Rio Grande' — off Johnny Depp's new pirate album

Stream: Michael Stipe and Courtney Love, ‘Rio Grande’ — off Johnny Depp’s new pirate album

It’s not exactly the return to music anyone would have guessed from Michael Stipe, but the former R.E.M. frontman is back with his first new recording since that band split in 2011: a duet with Courtney Love called “Rio Grande” off the new Johnny Depp-curated ‘Son of Rogue’s Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys.’

Stream: OMD, 'Metroland' — 7½-minute lead single off upcoming 'English Electric'

Stream: OMD, ‘Metroland’ — 7½-minute lead single off upcoming ‘English Electric’

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark today premiered “Metroland,” the first official single off the band’s upcoming album ‘English Electric’ following a pair of Kraftwerk-esque teasers. The 7½-minute track — which you can stream below — will be released March 25, ahead of the April 9 release of the full album.