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New Order, Pixies, JAMC, Bauhaus, Wire, Bob Mould among acts canceling concerts worldwide

New Order, Pixies, JAMC, Bauhaus, Wire, Bob Mould among acts canceling concerts worldwide

The coronavirus pandemic is wreaking havoc on live music across the globe, with giant festivals — including Coachella and South By Southwest — postponed or canceled and tours in the U.S. and around the world being canceled or curtailed in an effort to protect large crowds from transmitting COVID-19.

The Psychedelic Furs debut 'You'll Be Mine' — second song off first new album in 29 years

The Psychedelic Furs debut ‘You’ll Be Mine’ — second song off first new album in 29 years

The Psychedelic Furs today debuted the second track off the band’s first album in 29 years, a song called “You’ll Be Mine” that has a slight Celtic tinge and will be featured on the eagerly awaited Made of Rain, which is due out May 1 via Cooking Vinyl. Hear it right here.

Watch: Strangeways Radio + Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Week in Review: March 7-13, 2020

Watch: Strangeways Radio + Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Week in Review: March 7-13, 2020

Check out the latest installment right here — this week’s episode covers news about the major Record Store Day releases from The The, New Order, The Cure, Wire and The Pretenders, plus a countdown of the top 10 albums by U2 as voted by Strangeways Radio fans.

Pretenders' 'Live! At the Paradise Theater' promo live LP to get Record Store Day release

Pretenders’ ‘Live! At the Paradise Theater’ promo live LP to get Record Store Day release

Chrissie Hynde and the Pretenders will celebrate Record Store Day this year by reissuing a 1980 live set recorded at Boston’s Paradise Theater on colored vinyl — a performance that originally only was available as a promo-only Warner Bros. Music Show platter. Full details and tracklist right here.

Wire to release ‘10:20’ — album of outtakes from 2010 and 2020 — on Record Store Day

Wire to release ‘10:20’ — album of outtakes from 2010 and 2020 — on Record Store Day

Post-punk heroes Wire will release a new vinyl LP of outtakes on Record Store Day called 10:20 that collects outtakes from the band’s sessions for 2010’s Red Barked Tree on one side and a second side of leftovers from the recording of 2020’s Mind Hive. Full details and tracklist right here.

Tones on Tail's album 'Pop' to be reissued on vinyl for first time on Record Store Day

Tones on Tail’s album ‘Pop’ to be reissued on vinyl for first time on Record Store Day

Beggars Banquet will reissue the lone studio album from Bauhaus offshoot Tones on Tail — 1984’s nine-song set Pop — for the first time ever on Record Store Day, packing the album in a new sleeve featuring revised artwork and silver foil text. Full details and tracklist right here.

The Replacements' 'Complete Inconcerated Live' gets 3LP Record Store Day release

The Replacements’ ‘Complete Inconcerated Live’ gets 3LP Record Store Day release

Rhino Records will release one of the highlights of The Replacements’ recent Dead Man’s Pop box set — the 29-song The Complete Inconcerated Live set — in a standalone 3LP, 140-gram black vinyl edition for this year’s installment of Record Store Day. Full details right here.