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The Human League drops out of Regeneration Tour: 'We just could not make it work'

The Human League drops out of Regeneration Tour: ‘We just could not make it work’

The Regeneration Tour, which bills itself as “North America’s premier ’80s tour,” has lost another high-profile act, as The Human League this week pulled out of the summer trek, announcing “we were promised one thing and delivered something so completely different we just could not make it work, much as we wanted to.”

Vintage Video: David Byrne's 'Between the Teeth' — watch full 1993 concert film

Vintage Video: David Byrne’s ‘Between the Teeth’ — watch full 1993 concert film

For this week’s installment of Vintage Video, we flash back 20 years to present one our all-time favorite concert films here at Slicing Up Eyeballs HQ, the long out-of-print — and yet-to-be-released on DVD — “Between the Teeth” from ex-Talking Heads leader David Byrne.

Video: Depeche Mode performs 'Soothe My Soul,' 'Heaven' on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!'

Video: Depeche Mode performs ‘Soothe My Soul,’ ‘Heaven’ on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’

Depeche Mode returned to “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on Wednesday night for a follow-up to the band’s 2009 mini-concert, performing a short five-song set for a throng of fans, including its Delta Machine singles “Soothe My Soul” and “Heaven,” both of which were broadcast on the late-night show.

‘Scared To Get Happy: A Story of Indie-Pop 1980-1989’ final tracklist: 5 CDs, 134 songs

‘Scared To Get Happy: A Story of Indie-Pop 1980-1989’ final tracklist: 5 CDs, 134 songs

Back in February, Cherry Red Records unveiled the tracklist for its massive, 5-disc box set Scared To Get Happy: A Story of Indie-Pop 1980-1989 via the project’s Facebook page — and then almost immediately began adding more tracks to the 127-song collection.

Friends of Game Theory's Scott Miller launch fund to support daughters' education

Friends of Game Theory’s Scott Miller launch fund to support daughters’ education

In the wake of the death last week of Scott Miller — the 53-year-old frontman of ’80s college-rock act Game Theory and later, through much of the ’90s, The Loud Family — friends have launched an online funding drive to raise money to support the “educational future” of his daughters Valerie, 10, and Julianne, 7.

Pet Shop Boys to announce North American tour, 'Electric' release details next week

Pet Shop Boys to announce North American tour, ‘Electric’ release details next week

The Pet Shop Boys today revealed that the final mix of their new Stuart Price-produced album Electric is due to be finished by week’s end and that full details of the record, including the final tracklist and release date, are scheduled to be announced next Tuesday — along with the duo’s full North American tour itinerary.

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio; Episode 116, aired 4/23/13

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio; Episode 116, aired 4/23/13

This week’s installment of the Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio featured brand-new music from Paul Weller, Miracle Legion’s Mark Mulcahy and Edwyn Collins of Orange Juice, plus old favorites form The Mighty Lemon Drops, The Call, Gamey Theory, Big Audio Dynamite and more.

Video: Peter Murphy opens all-Bauhaus tour in San Antonio, Texas

Video: Peter Murphy opens all-Bauhaus tour in San Antonio, Texas

Peter Murphy last night opened his world tour celebrating the 35th anniversary of Bauhaus, performing, as promised, a set of songs by his former band at a club in San Antonio, Texas — hitting everything from classics “Bela Lugosi’s Dead” and “Dark Entries” to deeper album cuts like “King Volcano.”

Video: Carbon/Silicon, 'Big Surprise' — new single from The Clash's Mick Jones

Video: Carbon/Silicon, ‘Big Surprise’ — new single from The Clash’s Mick Jones

Despite suggestions he might make new music with Big Audio Dynamite, it appears Mick Jones has moved on to other projects — namely re-teaming with Tony James of Generation X in their band Carbon/Silicon, which has just released a mellow, uplifting new single called “Big Surprise.”

Video: The Ocean Blue, 'Sad Night, Where is Morning?' — off 'Ultramarine'

Video: The Ocean Blue, ‘Sad Night, Where is Morning?’ — off ‘Ultramarine’

The reunited indie-pop outfit The Ocean Blue has debuted a dark, moody video for”Sad Night, Where is Morning?.” the lead single off Ultramarine, the band’s first new album since 2000′s Davy Jones’ Locker. You can check out the Christian Erickson-directed clip, which premiered on Paste last week, right here.

The Cure's Robert Smith celebrates birthday with 4-hour, 50-song concert in Mexico City

The Cure’s Robert Smith celebrates birthday with 4-hour, 50-song concert in Mexico City

We’ve been marveling at the length of The Cure’s sets on the band’s just-completed Latin American tour, but last night’s concert in Mexico City took the (birthday) cake: Celebrating his 54th birthday, Robert Smith led the band through a 50-song set that lasted 4 hours and 16 minutes.

Depeche Mode to play 400-capacity Troubadour in Los Angeles this Friday

Depeche Mode to play 400-capacity Troubadour in Los Angeles this Friday

Depeche Mode will warm up for the opening of its Delta Machine world tour in Nice, France, early next month with a just-announced free concert in Los Angeles this Friday at The Troubadour, a 400-capacity club that radio station KROQ is calling “the smallest venue the band has played in L.A…. EVER!”

Chrissy Amphlett, of the Divinyls, 1959-2013

Chrissy Amphlett, of the Divinyls, 1959-2013

Chrissy Amphlett — the sultry lead singer of Australian rockers Divinyls, who released four albums in the ’80s before hitting it big with their risque smash single “I Touch Myself” — died in New York on Sunday following a long battle with cancer, according to Australian media reports.