Category: Anniversary

The Alarm's Mike Peters sets acoustic 30th anniversary concerts in U.S., U.K.

The Alarm’s Mike Peters sets acoustic 30th anniversary concerts in U.S., U.K.

Mike Peters continues this year’s 30th anniversary celebration of The Alarm with a special solo-acoustic tour that hits the U.S. for just three dates beginning this weekend, followed by a run of 20 concerts in the U.K. later this fall.

Video: The Damned rehearses 1980's 'Black Album' for this fall's 35th anniversary tour

Video: The Damned rehearses 1980’s ‘Black Album’ for this fall’s 35th anniversary tour

With the band’s 35th anniversary tour still two months away, The Damned isn’t wasting time boning up on their 1980 release ‘The Black Album,’ which the goth-punk legends will perform each night of the tour. In this video, Captain Sensible talks about making the album and the upcoming tour.

Nirvana 'Nevermind' 20th anniversary reissue to include Butch Vig's original mix

Nirvana ‘Nevermind’ 20th anniversary reissue to include Butch Vig’s original mix

The mammoth 4CD/1DVD 20th anniversary reissue of Nirvana’s game-changing ‘Nevermind’ will include producer Butch Vig’s original, rejected mix of the album, plus the band’s initial Smart Studios demos and a full 1991 Halloween concert on both CD and DVD.

Milestones: Lollapalooza debuted 20 years ago today; watch MTV '120 Minutes' coverage

Milestones: Lollapalooza debuted 20 years ago today; watch MTV ‘120 Minutes’ coverage

Twenty years ago today, the Perry Farrell-spawned Lollapalooza festival — which, in retrospect, joins Nevermind as perhaps the best historical encapsulation of ‘the year punk broke’ — made its debut in the sun-baked Arizona desert with performances by Nine Inch Nails, Living Colour, Siouxsie and the Banshees and Jane’s Addiction.

Pixies bringing ‘Doolittle’ back to U.S. for 19-date ‘Lost Cities’ tour this fall

The Pixies will bring their seemingly never-ending tour celebrating the 20th anniversary of ‘Doolittle’ — a record that’s now actually 22 years old — back to the U.S. for another round of 19 dates in October and November, this time ‘playing cities we’ve never visited across the U.S. of A.’

Peter Murphy solo debut 'Should the World Fail to Fall Apart' to be reissued as 2CD set

Peter Murphy solo debut ‘Should the World Fail to Fall Apart’ to be reissued as 2CD set

It’s a great year for Peter Murphy fans, with new album ‘Ninth’ in stores and a Dalis Car sequel on the horizon — and now comes an expanded 25th anniversary reissue of the former Bauhaus leader’s solo debut ‘Should the World Fail to Fall Apart,’ complete with an unreleased mix of the title track.

The Alarm celebrates 30th anniversary with 'The Sound and The Fury' album, film

The Alarm celebrates 30th anniversary with ‘The Sound and The Fury’ album, film

Mike Peters is marking the 30th anniversary of The Alarm with ‘The Sound and The Fury,’ a 12-track collection of “brand-new recordings of songs that have been written at various stages throughout (his) songwriting history” that will come with a 90-minute making-of documentary.