Twenty-five years ago today, Depeche Mode released its fifth album, the landmark ‘Black Celebration,’ which opened a dark trilogy — including 1987’s ‘Music for the Masses’ and 1990’s ‘Violator’ — that cemented the synthpop act’s evolution from underground cult faves to global chart-toppers.

With a new orchestral album on its way, Peter Gabriel today announced he’ll bring his New Blood orchestra back to North America this summer for a 12-date tour that’ll see him performing classic songs such as ‘Red Rain,’ ‘Don’t Give Up’ and ‘San Jacinto.’

With the long-awaited ‘Upside Down: The Creation Records Story’ making its North American debut last night at South By Southwest, the documentary’s makers have issued a new trailer for the film — now set for DVD/Blu-ray release in the U.K. on May 9.

For our latest installment of Vintage Video, we bring you a complete mid-’80s concert by Aussie powerhouse Midnight Oil — the landmark ‘Oils on the Water’ concert staged Jan. 13, 1985, on Sydney’s Goat Island as part of Australian radio station Triple J’s 10th anniversary.

When last week checked in with MBV Watch, the long-rumored, near-mythical reissues of My Bloody Valentine’s ‘Isn’t Anything’ and ‘Loveless’ were due to come out this week. Of course that didn’t happen.

Our latest roundup of stuff includes a stream of the NME’s seminal C86 cassette, plus a swanky photo gallery featuring Dave Gahan, Nick Cave, Bryan Ferry and more; some live video by The Church; and a look back at The Cure circa 1991.

This week’s episode of Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio featured new music by The Smithereens, J Mascis, Meat Puppets and the Primitives, plus favorites by The Church, Depeche Mode, The Dead Milkmen and Midnight Oil.