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Peter Murphy solo debut 'Should the World Fail to Fall Apart' to be reissued as 2CD set

Peter Murphy solo debut ‘Should the World Fail to Fall Apart’ to be reissued as 2CD set

It’s a great year for Peter Murphy fans, with new album ‘Ninth’ in stores and a Dalis Car sequel on the horizon — and now comes an expanded 25th anniversary reissue of the former Bauhaus leader’s solo debut ‘Should the World Fail to Fall Apart,’ complete with an unreleased mix of the title track.

Video: Wire plays 4 songs at Seattle's KEXP

Video: Wire plays 4 songs at Seattle’s KEXP

Back in April as Wire toured the U.S. in support of its new album ‘Red Barked Tree,’ the U.K. post-punk legends dropped by the studios of Seattle radio station KEXP to perform ‘Clay,’ ‘Bad Worn Thing’ and ‘Moreover’ from the new album, plus 1988 favorite ‘Kidney Bingos.’

'Fuck Morrissey-solo.com': Morrissey attacks his own fansite with naughty T-shirt

‘Fuck Morrissey-solo.com’: Morrissey attacks his own fansite with naughty T-shirt

Leave it to Morrissey to attack his own fans: At a gig Monday night in Bradford, England, the former Smiths frontman and his band took the stage for an encore of ‘This Charming Man’ wearing matching black T-shirts emblazoned with an all-caps declaration, ‘FUCK MORRISSEY-SOLO.COM.’

The Psychedelic Furs, Tom Tom Club set to join forces for fall tour of the U.S.

While neither band has formally announced the trek, The Psychedelic Furs — hot off this summer’s 30th anniversary ‘Talk Talk Talk’ dates — have enlisted New Wave contemporaries Tom Tom Club for what appears to be at least a three-week tour of the United States this fall.

The Alarm celebrates 30th anniversary with 'The Sound and The Fury' album, film

The Alarm celebrates 30th anniversary with ‘The Sound and The Fury’ album, film

Mike Peters is marking the 30th anniversary of The Alarm with ‘The Sound and The Fury,’ a 12-track collection of “brand-new recordings of songs that have been written at various stages throughout (his) songwriting history” that will come with a 90-minute making-of documentary.

X to play 1980's 'Los Angeles,' screen 'The Unheard Music' on 10-date fall tour

X to play 1980’s ‘Los Angeles,’ screen ‘The Unheard Music’ on 10-date fall tour

After marking the 30th anniversary of their debut ‘Los Angeles’ with a run of West Coast dates last Christmas, roots-punk legends X will reprise that show — featuring a screening of ‘X: The Unheard Music’ and a performance of the 1980 album front-to-back — on a 10-date tour this fall.

Video: Erasure plays ‘Oh L'Amour’ in 1986 — off ‘Wonderland’ reissue (unreleased)

Video: Erasure plays ‘Oh L’Amour’ in 1986 — off ‘Wonderland’ reissue (unreleased)

Synthpop greats Erasure have shared a second preview of the bonus DVD that comes with its reissue of 1986 debut ‘Wonderland,’ which arrives Monday in the U.K. alongside a reissue of 1987’s ‘The Circus.’