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Juliana Hatfield rejoins The Lemonheads for fall U.S. dates with The Psychedelic Furs

Juliana Hatfield rejoins The Lemonheads for fall U.S. dates with The Psychedelic Furs

The Psychedelic Furs are rolling out concert dates across the West, Southwest and East Coast as part of a new U.S. tour planned for this fall, and they’ll be joined for at least some of the shows in October by Evan Dando and The Lemonheads — with former member Juliana Hatfield back on bass.

My Bloody Valentine to headline ATP's I'll Be Your Mirror Melbourne in February

My Bloody Valentine to headline ATP’s I’ll Be Your Mirror Melbourne in February

The reactivated My Bloody Valentine will follow up its trio of dates in Japan by headlining All Tomorrow’s Parties’ just-announced I’ll Be Your Mirror Melbourne festival next February, marking Kevin Shields and Co.’s first Australian concert in more than 20 years.

Video: New Order live at Berlin's Tempodrom — 45 minutes of pro-shot footage

Video: New Order live at Berlin’s Tempodrom — 45 minutes of pro-shot footage

We’ve seen some fairly good webcast footage this summer of the Peter Hook-less New Order playing at various European festivals, but this is far and away the best live film to emerge of the reunited band’s summer touring: a 44-minute reel of footage from the band’s June 21 performance at Berlin’s Tempodrom.

Billy Bragg takes on Morrissey over slam of London Olympics' 'blustering jingoism'

Billy Bragg takes on Morrissey over slam of London Olympics’ ‘blustering jingoism’

Morrissey, as he’s wont to do, made headlines this week with a typically acerbic attack on his native England, this time blasting the London Olympics over “the blustering jingoism that drenches the event” and suggesting that the “spirit” of Nazi Germany no pervades modern-day Britain. Billy Bragg disagrees.

Video: Edwyn Collins, Tim Burgess, Roddy Frame perform 'A Girl Like You'

Video: Edwyn Collins, Tim Burgess, Roddy Frame perform ‘A Girl Like You’

Two weekends ago, Charlatans frontman Tim Burgess brought to life a “virtual cafe” called Tim Peaks Diner at the UK’s Kendal Calling 2012 festival and invited some of his favorite musicians to play. Here we see Burgess and Aztec Camera’s Roddy Frame backing up Edwyn Collins on his1995 solo hit “A Girl Like You.”

Vintage Audio: Peter Buck's introduction to 'Document' at 1987's New Music Seminar

Vintage Audio: Peter Buck’s introduction to ‘Document’ at 1987’s New Music Seminar

R.E.M. formally announced its 25th anniversary expanded reissue of ‘Document’ on Tuesday, and offered up a short recording made by guitarist Peter Buck to be played at 1987’s New Music Seminar in which he “introduced” the attendees to the band’s then-forthcoming and heavily anticipated fifth album

Public Image Ltd. expands North American tour with new shows in San Diego, Tempe

Public Image Ltd. expands North American tour with new shows in San Diego, Tempe

Public Image Ltd.’s first North American tour in two years grew by two dates this week as John Lydon and Co. announced new late-October shows in San Diego and Tempe, Ariz., now bringing the fall trek to an even 20 dates. The tour opens Oct. 3 in Orlando, Fla., wraps up in Texas at the FunFunFun Fest in Austin, Texas, on Nov. 3.