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Video: Behind the scenes of Peter Murphy's forthcoming 'I Spit Roses' music video

Video: Behind the scenes of Peter Murphy’s forthcoming ‘I Spit Roses’ music video

While he hasn’t yet premiered the music video for ‘Ninth’ lead-off single ‘I Spit Roses,’ Peter Murphy has certainly teased it, first with a Facebook gallery of on-set photos, and now this nearly 3-minute behind-the-scenes clip.

Free MP3: Gary Numan, 'The Fall' — off 'Dead Son Rising,' new album due in September

Free MP3: Gary Numan, ‘The Fall’ — off ‘Dead Son Rising,’ new album due in September

Gary Numan is set to release a new album called ‘Dead Son Rising’ this September that will feature ‘a mixture of new songs, instrumental tracks and specially commissioned remixes’ that he will sell exclusively through his website and on a just-announced seven-date U.K. tour.

Free MP3s: Echo & The Bunnymen, 'Pride' and 'Show of Strength' — off 'Do It Clean' live CD

Free MP3s: Echo & The Bunnymen, ‘Pride’ and ‘Show of Strength’ — off ‘Do It Clean’ live CD

Fans of Echo & The Bunnymen can commemorate the band’s recent gigs performing their first two albums — 1980’s ‘Crocodiles’ and 1981’s ‘Heaven Up Here’ — back-to-back with a brand-new live CD called ‘Do It Clean.’

Peter Hook bringing Joy Division’s ‘Closer,’ ‘Unknown Pleasures’ to North America

After bringing his ‘Unknown Pleasures’ tour to the U.S. late last year, bassist Peter Hook will return to North America this September to perform Joy Division’s second album, ‘Closer,’ at five select dates — and play ‘Unknown Pleasures’ in three cities skipped by the first tour.

Download: Full Duran Duran concert recorded at RDS Radio in Rome, Italy, on May 12

Download: Full Duran Duran concert recorded at RDS Radio in Rome, Italy, on May 12

As a ‘thank you’ to fans who’ve put up with the band’s recent spate of tour cancellations, Duran Duran over the weekend posted a free download of its nine-song concert for contest winners at RDS Radio in Rome, Italy, on May 12.

Martin Gore: Techno album with Vince Clarke ‘might not see the light of day for awhile’

Martin Gore and Vince Clarke are finished recording a new all-instrumental dance record and must now mix the project — but Gore warns in a new interview with Billboard.com that ‘even though it probably will be finished quite soon, it might not see the light of day for awhile.’

Stream: The Japanese Popstars featuring The Cure's Robert Smith, 'Take Forever'

Stream: The Japanese Popstars featuring The Cure’s Robert Smith, ‘Take Forever’

Back in March, we brought you a teaser of ‘Take Forever’ by The Japanese Popstars featuring Robert Smith of The Cure on lead vocals — and today, with the single finally released in the U.K., the Northern Ireland dance act has made the track available for all to hear.