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Contest: Win free Bonnaroo tickets

Contest: Win free Bonnaroo tickets

Our partners at groopEase — a daily deal-style site geared toward helping fans discover new music — are giving away two pairs of three-day passes (valued at $550 per pair) to the fabled Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Manchester, Tenn., June 9-12.

Erasure, Yazoo, members of Depeche Mode to perform at Short Circuit Presents Mute

Erasure, Yazoo, members of Depeche Mode to perform at Short Circuit Presents Mute

A parade of classic synthpop and electronic artists including Erasure, Yazoo, Nitzer Ebb and four current and former members of Depeche Mode will take the stage in London this weekend to celebrate the hugely influential Mute Records label at the annual Short Circuit Electronic Music Festival.

Video: Thurston Moore, 'Benediction'

Video: Thurston Moore, ‘Benediction’

Two weeks out from the release of Thurston Moore’s new solo album, ‘Demolished Thoughts,’ the Sonic Youth frontman has released a video for first single ‘Benediction.’

Video: Depeche Mode, ‘Personal Jesus’ (Stargate Mix), off ‘Remixes 2: 81-11’

We celebrated Dave Gahan’s birthday this morning with some vintage Depeche Mode concert footage, but the band one-upped us with today’s release of a brand-new video for ‘Personal Jesus’ (Stargate Mix) off the upcoming ‘Remixes 2: 81-11’ compilation.

Morrissey fleshes out summer tour with seven new U.K., Scandinavian concerts

Morrissey fleshes out summer tour with seven new U.K., Scandinavian concerts

As promised, Morrissey is adding dates to his previously announced summer tour — and not just the four Scandinavian concerts he touted in a recent and somewhat surly open letter to his fans, but he’s now tacked on three additional shows in his native U.K. as well.

Milestones: Dave Gahan is 49 today; watch full Depeche Mode 'World Violation' concert

Milestones: Dave Gahan is 49 today; watch full Depeche Mode ‘World Violation’ concert

It’s Dave Gahan’s birthday today — he’s turning 49 — so to properly mark the occasion, we present this complete 1-hour, 44-minute Depeche Mode concert filmed during the World Violation Tour stop in Frankfurt, Germany, on Oct. 8, 1990.

Erasure reissuing 'Wonderland,' 'The Circus' in 2CD/1DVD sets with mixes, B-sides, live video

Erasure reissuing ‘Wonderland,’ ‘The Circus’ in 2CD/1DVD sets with mixes, B-sides, live video

The first and second albums from classic synthpop duo Erasure — 1986’s ‘Wonderland’ and 1987’s ‘The Circus’ — will be reissued this summer in deluxe 2CD/1DVD packages stuffed with remixes, B-sides, live sessions, music videos, TV performances and concert footage.