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The Week in Rock: July 22-28, 2012

The Week in Rock: July 22-28, 2012

Welcome to the Week in Rock, where we round up all of the headlines posted on this site over the past week. This edition includes items about New Order, Pet Shop Boys, The Cure, Depeche Mode, Steve Kilbey, The Stone Roses, The Mission, Bad Religion, Killing Joke, Sex Pistols, They Might Be Giants and more.

Pet Shop Boys to launch world tour with 'totally new production' in early 2013

Pet Shop Boys to launch world tour with ‘totally new production’ in early 2013

The Pet Shop Boys this week announced what may or may not end up being the final two dates of the duo’s long-running ‘Pandemonium’ production — which debuted in 2009 following the release of ‘Yes’ — while also promising that a new world tour ‘with a totally new production’ is planned to kick off ‘early next year.’

Video: Steve Kilbey joins The Afghan Whigs to perform The Church's 'One Day' in Sydney

Video: Steve Kilbey joins The Afghan Whigs to perform The Church’s ‘One Day’ in Sydney

The newly reunited Afghan Whigs this week are in the midst of playing their first-ever concerts in Australia, and, on Thursday night at a club date in Sydney, Greg Dulli and Co. paid tribute to a key early influence by bringing Steve Kilbey up on stage to help perform ‘One Day’ off The Church’s 1983 album ‘Seance.’

Vintage Video: New Order enlists David Hasselhoff for 'Baywatch'-themed 'Regret' clip

Vintage Video: New Order enlists David Hasselhoff for ‘Baywatch’-themed ‘Regret’ clip

The U.K. arm of Rhino Records this week uploaded a series of classic New Order videos to the label’s YouTube channel, giving us the perfect excuse to dedicate this installment of Vintage Video to one of our favorite clips: the band’s 1993 “Baywatch”-themed performance of “Regret,” filmed for “Top of the Pops.”

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio; Episode 80, first aired 7/27/12

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio; Episode 80, first aired 7/27/12

xploring the legacy of ’80s college rock, Slicing Up Eyeballs normally airs every Tuesday at 10 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Pacific on Strangeways Radio. But due to the ineptitude of the host this week, a repeat aired Tuesday night and we’re debuting this week’s show in our normal replay slot at 2 p.m. Eastern/11 a.m. Pacific on Friday at strangewaysradio.com.

Video: The Stone Roses, 'I Wanna Be Adored' in Spain — 1st pro-shot footage of reunion

Video: The Stone Roses, ‘I Wanna Be Adored’ in Spain — 1st pro-shot footage of reunion

The Stone Roses are about two-thirds of the way through their summer tour of Europe and so far most fans only have witnessed the reunion through grainy, camera-shot fan footage. Until now: As The Stone Roses Fansite points out, the very first pro-shot footage of the Roses’ reunion finally has emerged.

Video: Ceremony covers Violent Femmes' 'Kiss Off' for The A.V. Club

Video: Ceremony covers Violent Femmes’ ‘Kiss Off’ for The A.V. Club

This week’s installment of The AV Club’s Undercover 2012 series — in which bands that show up at the site’s Chicago offices pick a song off a pre-chosen list to cover — finds Bay Area punk act Ceremony taking a stab at the Violent Femmes’ “Kiss Off,” off that band’s classic self-titled debut.

Free MP3: Chelsea Light Moving, ‘Frank O'Hara Hit’ — 3rd track from Thurston Moore project

Free MP3: Chelsea Light Moving, ‘Frank O’Hara Hit’ — 3rd track from Thurston Moore project

Wednesday was Thurston Moore’s birthday, and the Sonic Youth frontman saw fit to give fans another gift: ‘Frank O’Hara Hit,’ the third free track from his new band Chelsea Light Moving — which you can stream and/or download below, via Matador Records, which will put out the group’s debut album at some point in the future.

Vintage Video: The Cure's 'Just Like Heaven' — 38 minutes of behind-the-scenes footage

Vintage Video: The Cure’s ‘Just Like Heaven’ — 38 minutes of behind-the-scenes footage

For our latest installment of Vintage Video we turn back to 1987 with this 38-minute reel of rare behind-the-scenes footage of The Cure during the making of its classic video for ‘Just Like Heaven.’ As the indispensable Chain of Flowers points out, this French-produced footage was posted to Vimeo by director Tim Pope.

Wayne Hussey: The Mission to record new album over next year for fall 2013 release

Wayne Hussey: The Mission to record new album over next year for fall 2013 release

The ongoing 25th anniversary reunion of goth-rock legends The Mission will lead to new music after all as frontman Wayne Hussey this week announced that he and his bandmates plan to write and record a new album over the next year with an eye toward a fall 2013 release.

Sex Pistols' 'Never Mind the Bollocks' box set to feature demos, live disc, 'Spunk' bootleg

Sex Pistols’ ‘Never Mind the Bollocks’ box set to feature demos, live disc, ‘Spunk’ bootleg

The Sex Pistols this week revealed the full tracklist to this fall’s super-deluxe ‘Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols’ box set, a 3CD/1DVD collection that will mark the classic punk album’s 35th anniversary with demos, B-sides, live cuts and a remastered edition of the record using newly re-discovered original master tapes.

Photo: Bad Religion enters Los Angeles studio to begin work on 16th album

Photo: Bad Religion enters Los Angeles studio to begin work on 16th album

Epitaph Records this week announced that punk legends Bad Religion have checked into Joe Barresi’s JHOC Studio in Los Angeles to begin work on the band’s as-yet-untitled 16th studio album — and released the photo posted above as visual evidence.

Killing Joke quits U.K. tour with The Cult, The Mission over venue downsizing?

Killing Joke quits U.K. tour with The Cult, The Mission over venue downsizing?

Rumors have circulated that Killing Joke, displeased with the change in venues, has quit the September tour with The Cult and The Mission. The band hasn’t made an official statement, although a scathing note about the tour, purportedly written by Jaz Coleman, was posted then removed from the band’s Facebook page.