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The Week in Rock: Feb. 16-22, 2014

The Week in Rock: Feb. 16-22, 2014

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 news about the passing of Devo’s Bob Casale, plus The Afghan Whigs, The Sisters of Mercy, The Smiths, Belly and more — plus we celebrated our fifth birthday.

3,332,838 music fans can't be wrong: Slicing Up Eyeballs turns 5 today

3,332,838 music fans can’t be wrong: Slicing Up Eyeballs turns 5 today

Five years ago today — at precisely 10:37 p.m. MST on Feb. 20, 2009 — Slicing Up Eyeballs launched so very inauspiciously, with just a simple 91-word post announcing plans to provide “the latest info on new albums, reissues, upcoming reunions and tour dates.”

The Smiths' debut turns 30 today — celebrate with a full hour-long concert from 1984

The Smiths’ debut turns 30 today — celebrate with a full hour-long concert from 1984

Today marks the 30th anniversary of the genre-shaping debut album from The Smiths, the John Porter-produced self-titled effort that remains, these three decades later, a point of contention among fans: Did these recordings best represent Morrissey and Marr’s early songs?

Belly's 1993 debut album 'Star' to receive first-ever U.S. vinyl pressing this year

Belly’s 1993 debut album ‘Star’ to receive first-ever U.S. vinyl pressing this year

Originally released in 1993, Star — the debut album from ex-Throwing Muses member Tanya Donelly’s band Belly — will receive its first-ever American vinyl release later this year when Plain Recordings reissues the title on 180-gram vinyl, the label announced on Facebook.

World Party returns to U.S. for 25-date, coast-to-coast tour this May, June

World Party returns to U.S. for 25-date, coast-to-coast tour this May, June

After three brief tours of the U.S. in 2012 in support of 5CD box set Arkeology, Karl Wallinger is bringing World Party back to America this spring for the group’s longest trek in years: a run of 25 dates opening May 24 in Boston and wrapping up June 29 in Solana Beach, Calif.

The Sisters of Mercy expand summer tour with new dates in U.K., Ireland

The Sisters of Mercy expand summer tour with new dates in U.K., Ireland

The Sisters of Mercy continue to expand their summer touring plans, this week adding three more shows in the U.K. and Ireland onto the end of their growing itinerary, which already was hitting Europe for a 12-date run and now goes beyond what had appeared to be an isolated July appearance at Sonisphere.

Video: Bruce Springsteen covers INXS' classic 1982 single 'Don't Change' in Sydney

Video: Bruce Springsteen covers INXS’ classic 1982 single ‘Don’t Change’ in Sydney

Bruce Springsteen & The E-Street Band performed Wednesday night in Sydney, Australia, and, as the band has been known to do, added a bit of local flavor to its set, performing, for the first time ever, a cover of INXS’ classic 1982 single “Don’t Change” to a very appreciative crowd of Aussies.