After a decade of inactivity, The The is back with its second album in just two years, another film score, this time for the documentary ‘Moonbug,’ about photographer Steve Pyke’s journey to document America’s space pioneers, bandleader Matt Johnson announced today on the group’s newly revamped website.
Twenty years ago tonight, U2 opened its ZOO TV Tour in Lakeland, Fla. — debuting a high-tech stage show that not only redefined the Irish rockers, but changed the way arena and stadium tours have been staged ever since, incorporating dazzling visual imagery and extending the performance space out into the audience.
Not sure how this one escaped our notice, but it’s better late than never: On Sept. 21, 2010, ChameleonsVox — the band featuring frontman Mark Burgess and drummer John Lever of post-punk favorites The Chameleons — stopped by the studios of Seattle’s KEXP radio to perform a four-song, on-air set.
Morrissey opened up his 11-date South American tour with a headlining slot at the Viña del Mar International Song Festival in Viña del Mar, Chile, on Friday night, and since the whole festival was webcast, you can now watch Moz’s full 80-minute performance right here.
Former Jam frontman Paul Weller today premiered the video for the first single off his new album ‘Sonik Kicks,’ the fuzzed-out rocker ‘That Dangerous Age,’ which you can watch here. As you can see, the effects-heavy performance clip adopts the same dayglo style as the album’s cover.
Last fall, Eagle Rock Entertainment released the first-ever live album from The B-52s, the 18-track ‘With the Wild Crowd! Live in Athens, Ga.’, recorded in the group’s hometown earlier that year. On March 20, the imprint will release the DVD and Blu-ray companions, featuring two more songs than the CD version. T
Hoodoo Gurus have released a new music video for ‘Use-By Date,’ a song previously available as digital bonus track on 2010’s ‘Purity of Essence’ that serves as the new single off the band’s upcoming best-of ‘Golden Watch: 20 Golden Greats,’ which will be released March 16 in Australia.
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