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The Week in Rock: March 24-30, 2013

The Week in Rock: March 24-30, 2013

Welcome to the Week in Rock, where we round up all of the headlines posted on this site over the past week. This week featured posts about Wire, Depeche Mode, Morrissey, The Call, Living Colour, Ministry, The Cure, Nine Inch Nails, Dave Wakeling, Pet Shop Boys, Big Country, Record Store Day and much more.

Morrissey to resume touring this summer with concerts set for Mexico, South America

Morrissey to resume touring this summer with concerts set for Mexico, South America

Just two weeks after canceling the remainder of his troubled U.S. tour over his ongoing “medical mishaps,” Morrissey tonight announced plans to resume touring in June and July, with seven concerts planned in Mexico — including a show in Mexico City — followed by performances in Brazil, Argentina, Peru and Chile.

The Call launches Pledge Music campaign to fund live reunion CD/DVD, possible box set

The Call launches Pledge Music campaign to fund live reunion CD/DVD, possible box set

The upcoming reunion of The Call — featuring the band’s original members plus Robert Levon Been of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club filling in for his late father Michael Been — will be filmed and recorded for a live DVD, CD and vinyl release, and the band has just launched a Pledge Music campaign to help fund the project.

Contest: Win tickets to see Living Colour play 'Vivid' at New York City's Iriving Plaza

Contest: Win tickets to see Living Colour play ‘Vivid’ at New York City’s Iriving Plaza

Living Colour is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its groundbreaking debut album Vivid with new tour in which the band is performing the 1988 album in full. And we’ve got a pair of tickets to aware one lucky Slicing Up Eyeballs reader to see the New York City stop at Irving Plaza on April 6.

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Martha Quinn shines the ‘120 X-Ray’ on Hoodoo Gurus — 1986

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Martha Quinn shines the ‘120 X-Ray’ on Hoodoo Gurus — 1986

For this week’s “120 Minutes” Rewind, we flash back to the very first year of the show, 1986, for this “120 X-Ray” segment that finds Martha Quinn digging into Australia’s Hoodoo Gurus around the time of the release of “Death Defying,” the third single off 1985’s ‘Mars Needs Guitars!’

The Cure, Nine Inch Nails, New Order among Lollapalooza 2013’s expected headliners

The Cure, Nine Inch Nails, New Order among Lollapalooza 2013’s expected headliners

We’ve already speculated as to why there’s a good chance we’ll see The Cure and New Order on the bill of August’s Lollapalooza, and now comes a photo of what’s purported to be a poster featuring the Chicago festival’s yet-to-be-announced lineup, headlined by Robert Smith and Co.

Al Jourgensen ends Ministry (again) with final album 'From Beer to Eternity,' autobiography

Al Jourgensen ends Ministry (again) with final album ‘From Beer to Eternity,’ autobiography

It’s been less than two years since Al Jourgensen reunited his iconic industrial/metal act Ministry, but after a mid-tour health scare and the loss of sideman and best friend Mike Scaccia late last year, Uncle Al his putting an end to the band once and for all with a final album, ‘From Beer to Eternity,’ and an autobiography.

Depeche Mode premieres 'Soothe My Soul' video, adds Las Vegas concert in October

Depeche Mode premieres ‘Soothe My Soul’ video, adds Las Vegas concert in October

With their new album ‘Delta Machine’ out this week, Depeche Mode today announced a new stop on its North American tour — Oct. 6 in Las Vegas — suggesting that the band will be filling in that conspicuous nine-date gap between its Los Angeles shows and the tour-closing gig in Phoenix.

Glastonbury 2013: Nick Cave, Primal Scream, PiL, Tom Tom Club, Johnny Marr — and more

Glastonbury 2013: Nick Cave, Primal Scream, PiL, Tom Tom Club, Johnny Marr — and more

The lineup for this summer’s Glastonbury festival was announced today, and it’s an utter monstrosity, with headliners The Rolling Stones, Arctic Monkeys and Mumford & Sons joined by a seemingly endless list of bands, including Primal Scream, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Elvis Costello, Billy Bragg and more.

Nine Inch Nails' [After All Is Said And Done] — watch and download NIN's 'final' concert

Nine Inch Nails’ [After All Is Said And Done] — watch and download NIN’s ‘final’ concert

Three years ago, we reported on plans to release a fan-produced concert film documenting Nine Inch Nails’ purportedly final concert: a monster 3.5-hour, 37-song set performed Sept. 10, 2009, at Los Angeles’ Wiltern Theatre. Now, with Trent Reznor having just announced plans to reunite NIN, the film is here.

Wire streams new album 'Change Becomes Us,' announces U.S. tour dates

Wire streams new album ‘Change Becomes Us,’ announces U.S. tour dates

Wire this week released their 13th studio album ‘Changes Becomes Us,’ and instead of offering the increasingly popular pre-release stream, the band is going for post-release: the full album, billed as an “exploration of unrecorded material originally written in 1979-80,” is now streaming over at Pitchfork.

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio; Episode 113, aired 3/26/13

Exploring the legacy of ’80s college rock, Slicing Up Eyeballs airs every Tuesday at 10 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Pacific on Strangeways Radio. If you caught tonight’s episode, pop over to the Strangeways message board to leave comments or requests for future shows.

Video: Depeche Mode live at South By Southwest — watch full 50-minute set

Video: Depeche Mode live at South By Southwest — watch full 50-minute set

Depeche Mode’s new studio album ‘Delta Machine’ is released in the U.S. today, and the band is marking the occasion with the release of Yahoo! Music’s belated webcast of the band’s appearance at the South By Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas, on March 15. Check out the full 50-minute set.