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Linkage: 20 years of 'Losing My Religion,' plus OMD, Dream Syndicate, 'Reggae Britannia'

Linkage: 20 years of ‘Losing My Religion,’ plus OMD, Dream Syndicate, ‘Reggae Britannia’

This latest round of links and stuff includes a look back at 20 years of R.E.M.’s ‘Losing My Religion,’ a talk with OMD’s Andy McCluskey, a long-lost Dream Syndicate interview and a link to watch the BBC’s ‘Reggae Britannia’ documentary.

Martin Gore/Vince Clarke dance CD ‘almost’ done, Depeche Mode remix disc due in April

Updating a couple Depeche Mode-related items we reported on, Erasure’s Vince Clarke this week tweeted that the joint album he’s working on with former bandmate Martin Gore is ‘almost done,’ while Andy Fletcher revealed that DM’s new remix album will arrive in April.

Contest: Win tickets to Back To The Phuture with Gary Numan, John Foxx in London

Contest: Win tickets to Back To The Phuture with Gary Numan, John Foxx in London

The promoters of the Gary Numan-headlined Back To The Phuture concerts taking place this April in the U.K. are offering up a pair of free tickets to the London event — also featuring John Foxx and a DJ set by Daniel Miller — for one lucky Slicing Up Eyeballs reader.

The Mission reissuing '90s albums 'Neverland,' 'Blue' next month with bonus tracks

The Mission reissuing ’90s albums ‘Neverland,’ ‘Blue’ next month with bonus tracks

Two mid-period albums by goth-rock icons The Mission — 1995’s Neverland and 1996’s Blue — are set to be reissued in the U.K. next month, expanded to include B-sides, remixes and covers of John Lennon’s “Instant Karma” and “Pictures of Matchstick Men” by Status Quo.

Playlist: ‘Slicing Up Eyeballs’ on Strangeways Radio; Episode 13, first aired 2/22/11

Tonight’s special all-covers edition of Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio features The Smiths covering James, The Replacements covering the Pixies, Sonic Youth covering Neil Young and Bernard Sumner covering Elvis Presley.

Morrissey releasing new ‘Very Best Of,’ will issue 2 ‘Viva Hate’ outtakes as B-sides

Morrissey in April will release a new greatest-hits collection — the 18-track ‘The Very Best of Morrissey’ — featuring an unreleased, Siouxsie-less version of ‘Interlude,’ and will precede the set with a single backed by two unreleased ‘Viva Hate’ outtakes.

Free MP3: Bernard Sumner's Bad Lieutenant, 'Twist of Fate' (Reeder's No Fate Radio Mix)

Free MP3: Bernard Sumner’s Bad Lieutenant, ‘Twist of Fate’ (Reeder’s No Fate Radio Mix)

To promote the release of its new ‘Twist of Fate’ digital remix bundle, Bad Lieutenant — featuring New Order frontman Bernard Sumner — is offering up a free download of a bonus mix not included on the five-track EP: Mark Reeder’s No Fate Radio Remix