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Peter Hook: New Order planning U.S. tour, reuniting 'for financial reasons mainly'

Peter Hook: New Order planning U.S. tour, reuniting ‘for financial reasons mainly’

Peter Hook continues to lash out at his former bandmates, saying he wants to ‘fuck New Order over in any possible way I can’ and that he believes the band — which is reuniting without him for a pair of European charity gigs — is now planning to mount a full American tour as well.

Video: Jane's Addiction plays 'Irresistible Force,' 'Stop!' on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!'

Video: Jane’s Addiction plays ‘Irresistible Force,’ ‘Stop!’ on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’

Making their first U.S. television appearance in eight years, Jane’s Addiction appeared on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ last night to perform their new single ‘Irresistible Force,’ off the upcoming ‘The Great Escape Artist,’ as well as a show-closing take on the classic ‘Stop!’ See both performances here.

Contest: Win The B-52s' 'With the Wild Crowd! Live in Athens, Ga.' live CD

Contest: Win The B-52s’ ‘With the Wild Crowd! Live in Athens, Ga.’ live CD

The B-52s next week will release their first-ever live album — the 18-track With the ‘Wild Crowd! Live in Athens, Ga.’ — and the folks at Universal Music Group have provided us with three copies of the disc to award to lucky Slicing Up Eyeballs readers.

Wall of Voodoo's 'Lost Weekend: The Best of the I.R.S. Years' to be released in November

Wall of Voodoo’s ‘Lost Weekend: The Best of the I.R.S. Years’ to be released in November

Wall of Voodoo this fall will receive a new, nearly career-spanning anthology — the 17-track ‘Lost Weekend: The Best of the I.R.S. Years’ — that combines the highlights of the band’s 1980s output recorded with original lead singer Stan Ridgway and the vocalist who later replaced him, Andy Prieboy.

Video: R.E.M. ‘Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage: 1982-2011’ trailer

Video: R.E.M. ‘Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage: 1982-2011’ trailer

R.E.M. today released a 2:46-long trailer for its upcoming, career-spanning best-of — the 40-song ‘Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage: 1982-2011’ — that also offers up the first taste of ‘We All Go Back To Where We Belong,’ one of three new tracks that will appear on the set, which lands Nov. 15.

Milestones: Depeche Mode's 'Speak & Spell' released Oct. 5, 1981 — 30 years ago today

Milestones: Depeche Mode’s ‘Speak & Spell’ released Oct. 5, 1981 — 30 years ago today

Depeche Mode’s debut ‘Speak & Spell’ was released on Oct. 5, 1981 — exactly 30 years ago today. To mark the occasion, we present the band’s first few appearances on ‘Top of the Pops,’ which find a group of very young men — introduced as ‘Depech-ay Mode!’ — miming along to their early hits.

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio; Episode 42, first aired 10/4/11

Tonight’s episode of Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio featured new music from Erasure, the Bangles and Duran Duran, plus old favorites by the Gun Club, Red Flag, Let’s Active, The Art of Noise, David Byrne, Lou Barlow, Real Life and more.