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Erasure's Andy Bell says he can't commit to Regeneration Tour until lineup fixed

Erasure’s Andy Bell says he can’t commit to Regeneration Tour until lineup fixed

Just days after The Human League pulled out of this summer’s planned Regeneration Tour saying the group had been “promised one thing and delivered something so completely different,” another act on the bill, Erasure frontman Andy Bell, is warning fans that he might not be joining the tour, either.

The Primitives to reissue debut album 'Lovely' as 2CD set, play 25th anniversary gigs

The Primitives to reissue debut album ‘Lovely’ as 2CD set, play 25th anniversary gigs

The Primitives will follow up their recently released collection of early singles, demos and live tracks with an expanded double-disc reissue of 1988 debut album Lovely, which then will be followed this September by six concerts across the U.K. dedicated to celebrating the 25th anniversary of that album’s release.

New releases: Iggy and The Stooges, Melvins, Blow Monkeys, Big Country, Midnight Oil

New releases: Iggy and The Stooges, Melvins, Blow Monkeys, Big Country, Midnight Oil

This week’s new releases include brand-new studio albums from Iggy and The Stooges (‘Ready to Die’), The Blow Monkeys (‘Feels Like a New Morning’) and Big Country (‘The Journey’), plus a Melvins cover album (‘Everybody Loves Sausages’) and a Midnight Oil best-of (‘Essential Oils’).

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (4/28/13)

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (4/28/13)

Tonight’s edition of “Dark Wave” — the Sunday night “darker side of alternative” show on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave — featured music by Shriekback, Pigface, The Sound, Front 242, The Sisters of Mercy, For Against, Echo & The Bunnymen, The Creatures, Cocteau Twins and much, much more.

The Week in Rock: April 21-27, 2013

The Week in Rock: April 21-27, 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 The Divinyls’ Chrissy Amphlett, Depeche Mode, Siouxie, David Byrne, The Human League, Pet Shop Boys, Peter Murphy, The Ocean Blue, The Cure and more.

Video: Depeche Mode plays 'But Not Tonight' for first time ever at L.A. club gig

Video: Depeche Mode plays ‘But Not Tonight’ for first time ever at L.A. club gig

The Depeche Mode promo juggernaut continued Friday night with the band performing a tiny club gig at The Troubadour in Los Angeles to a crowd of about 400 KROQ contest winners and VIPs — and then proceeding to stun fans with the first-ever live performance of “But Not Tonight.”

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Sinead O'Connor hangs out with host Kevin Seal — 1988

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Sinead O’Connor hangs out with host Kevin Seal — 1988

For this week’s “120 Minutes” Rewind, we once again return to 1988 for an appearance by Sinead O’Connor, who spends part of this episode of “120 Minutes” hanging out and chatting with ever-odd host Kevin Seal. The appearance comes after the release of her single “Mandinka.”