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10-disc 'G Stands For Go-Betweens Vol. 2' to include unreleased recordings, live album

10-disc ‘G Stands For Go-Betweens Vol. 2’ to include unreleased recordings, live album

Domino this fall will release the long-awaited second volume of its G Stands for Go-Betweens box set series, a 10-disc collection — five LPs and five CDs — that covers the Australian band’s output in the second half of the 1980s and will include unreleased live and studio material. Full details right here.

Listen: R.E.M., 'Let Me In' — 2019 Scott Litt remix (off deluxe 'Monster' reissue)

Listen: R.E.M., ‘Let Me In’ — 2019 Scott Litt remix (off deluxe ‘Monster’ reissue)

R.E.M. continues to tease fans with tastes of its newly remixed version of Monster, this time previewing the massive reissue of the 1994 album with original producer Scott Litt’s new take on “Let Me In,” the spare, wall-of-sound tribute to Kurt Cobain that anchored that record. Check it out right here.

Sinead O'Connor rolling out first U.S. tour in six years with dates in early 2020

Sinead O’Connor rolling out first U.S. tour in six years with dates in early 2020

Sinead O’Connor — who launched a public reemergence last month with a stunning performance on Irish television — will follow up her fall Irish tour with concerts in the United States and Canada early next year, her first North American dates in six years. Full details and dates right here.

a-ha to play 'Hunting High and Low' at three Los Angeles concerts in 2020

a-ha to play ‘Hunting High and Low’ at three Los Angeles concerts in 2020

As promised, Norwegian pop trio a-ha has announced details of its first U.S. concerts in a decade: The group will bring its Hunting High and Low Live tour to this country for just two shows, at Los Angeles’ Wiltern Theater, in late September of 2020. Details right here.

The Jesus and Mary Chain to perform 'Darklands' in UK, Europe on 2020 tour

The Jesus and Mary Chain to perform ‘Darklands’ in UK, Europe on 2020 tour

Five years ago, The Jesus and Mary Chain set out to perform their noise-pop debut Psychocandy in full. Now the Reid brothers will follow that up with a tour of the U.K and Europe early next year during which they’ll perform their follow-up, 1987’s Darkands, each night. See full details right here.

Dead Can Dance announces 'A Celebration — Life & Works 1980-2020' tour of North America

Dead Can Dance announces ‘A Celebration — Life & Works 1980-2020’ tour of North America

The enigmatic Dead Can Dance — led by co-founders and mainstays Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard — today announced it will bring its “A Celebration — Life & Works 1980-2020” tour to North and South America next year, a trek that will include 10 dates in the U.S. Full dates and details here.

Hear R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe's first-ever solo single 'Your Capricious Soul'

Hear R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe’s first-ever solo single ‘Your Capricious Soul’

Michael Stipe today released his debut solo single, the synthy “Your Capricious Soul,” which comes a full eight years after the breakup of R.E.M. The song can be purchased for download from Stipe’s website, with proceeds benefiting the climate action group Extinction Rebellion. Hear it right here.

a-ha returning to U.S. for first time in a decade to play 2 concerts in September 2020

a-ha returning to U.S. for first time in a decade to play 2 concerts in September 2020

Norwegian pop trio a-ha will return to American shores next year for the first time in a decade when they bring their Hunting High and Low Live tour to the U.S. for two as-yet-unannounced concerts in September — and they hope to play more stateside shows in 2021. Details right here.

Kim Shattuck, of The Muffs, The Pandoras and — briefly — the Pixies, dies at age 56

Kim Shattuck, of The Muffs, The Pandoras and — briefly — the Pixies, dies at age 56

Kim Shattuck, the frontwoman and guitarist for Southern California punk trio The Muffs who also played with ’80s rockers The Pandoras and took a brief turn as the Pixies’ post-Kim Deal bassist, died on Wednesday from complications of ALS, her family and bandmates announced. She was 56.

Michael Stipe to release debut solo single 'Your Capricious Soul' this weekend

Michael Stipe to release debut solo single ‘Your Capricious Soul’ this weekend

Eight years after the breakup of R.E.M., the band’s former frontman Michael Stipe is ready to release his debut solo single, a song called “Your Capricious Soul” that he’s been playing live and will be released digitally this weekend to benefit the climate action group Extinction Rebellion. Full details here.

INXS's 1991 concert film 'Live Baby Live' to be screened in movie theaters worldwide

INXS’s 1991 concert film ‘Live Baby Live’ to be screened in movie theaters worldwide

The INXS concert film “Live Baby Live” — capturing the band’s iconic performance before 74,000 fans at London’s Wembley Stadium in 1991 — has been given an “astonishing visual upgrade” and audio makeover, and will be screened in movie theaters worldwide this fall. Check out the trailer here.

Morrissey ejects sign-waving protester from Portland concert, cancels Seattle show

Morrissey ejects sign-waving protester from Portland concert, cancels Seattle show

Declaring “Go! Go! Go!” from the stage, Morrissey ejected a sign-waving protester from the audience of his concert in Portland, Ore., on Monday night, then canceled tonight’s scheduled performance in Seattle — though it’s not clear if the two events are connected in any way. Check out video of the incident right here.

Contest: Win The Cult's 'Sonic Temple' vinyl reissue signed by Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy

Contest: Win The Cult’s ‘Sonic Temple’ vinyl reissue signed by Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy

Beggars Banquet has just released a series of 30th anniversary reissues of The Cult’s smash 1989 album Sonic Temple, and we’re thrilled to be able to give away a copy of the new 2LP vinyl reissue — signed by Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy, no less — to one lucky Slicing Up Eyeballs reader. Details right here.