Category: Concerts

Bob Mould to perform Sugar's 'Copper Blue' on 'very limited' 20th anniversary tour

Bob Mould to perform Sugar’s ‘Copper Blue’ on ‘very limited’ 20th anniversary tour

Bob Mould will mark the 20th anniversary of ‘Copper Blue’ — the classic debut from his early-’90s trio Sugar — by performing the album in full with his current band at a ‘very limited’ number of concerts next year, the former Hüsker Dü frontman announced during a tribute concert celebrating his career last week in Los Angeles.

The Dead Milkmen to play new album 'The King in Yellow' in Philadelphia next month

The Dead Milkmen to play new album ‘The King in Yellow’ in Philadelphia next month

The Dead Milkmen will hold a belated hometown album-released party for ‘The King in Yellow’ — their first album in 15 years, which the band self-released in March but is now set for wider distribution — when they perform the record in its entirety (‘with limited commercial interruptions’) at a Philadelphia club next month.

The Mission taps Fields of the Nephilim, Gene Loves Jezebel for 25th anniversary concert

The Mission taps Fields of the Nephilim, Gene Loves Jezebel for 25th anniversary concert

Frontman Wayne Hussey has tapped goth-rock contemporaries Fields of the Nephilim and Gene Loves Jezebel to open The Mission’s upcoming 25th anniversary concert in London — and recently announced plans to add a second U.K. performance and ‘some mainland European shows’ in October.

Robert Smith hints The Cure may perform more concerts after 'Reflections'

Robert Smith hints The Cure may perform more concerts after ‘Reflections’

With The Cure’s first performances in more than two years just weeks away, Robert Smith is now hinting there could be more activity from his no-longer-dormant band than just the upcoming full-album shows in Sydney and an appearance at the U.K.’s Bestival this September.

Heaven 17 to perform 'Luxury Gap' at 2-day B.E.F. fest with Andy Bell, Boy George

Heaven 17 to perform ‘Luxury Gap’ at 2-day B.E.F. fest with Andy Bell, Boy George

Heaven 17 will perform its 1983 album ‘The Luxury Gap’ in its entirety for the first time this fall in London when the band stages a two-day festival with its experimental spinoff B.E.F. — an event that will feature Erasure’s Andy Bell, Midge Ure, Scritti Politti’s Green Gartside and Boy George.

'Our Band Could Be Your Life' concert honors Replacements, Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr

‘Our Band Could Be Your Life’ concert honors Replacements, Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr

Contemporary indie acts such as Ted Leo, St. Vincent and Dan Deacon will cover the music of their predecessors at this May’s Our Band Could Be Your Concert, a 10th anniversary celebration of Michael Azerrad’s ’80s underground bible ‘Our Band Could Be Your Life’ and a tribute to the bands that book chronicled.

World Party cancels SXSW and NYC gigs, but promises 'whole tour of the U.S.A.'

World Party cancels SXSW and NYC gigs, but promises ‘whole tour of the U.S.A.’

Citing an ‘unforeseen illness,’ the Karl Wallinger-led World Party today canceled a string of upcoming concerts in New York City and at South By Southwest in Austin, Texas — but promised to ‘return this summer for a whole tour of the U.S.A.’