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Peter Gabriel sets 12-date 'New Blood' orchestral tour of North America

Peter Gabriel sets 12-date ‘New Blood’ orchestral tour of North America

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.’

Trailer: 'Upside Down: The Creation Records Story,' out on DVD/Blu-ray in U.K. in May

Trailer: ‘Upside Down: The Creation Records Story,’ out on DVD/Blu-ray in U.K. in May

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.

Vintage Video: Watch Midnight Oil's complete 'Oils on the Water' concert from 1985

Vintage Video: Watch Midnight Oil’s complete ‘Oils on the Water’ concert from 1985

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.

MBV Watch: My Bloody Valentine’s ‘Loveless,’ ‘Isn’t Anything’ reissues delayed until May

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.

Linkage: Stream NME's C86 cassette; plus The Church, The Cure, 'Godfathers of Glam'

Linkage: Stream NME’s C86 cassette; plus The Church, The Cure, ‘Godfathers of Glam’

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.

Playlist: ‘Slicing Up Eyeballs’ on Strangeways Radio; Episode 16, first aired 3/15/11

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.

Dead Can Dance’s Brendan Perry taps Cocteau Twins’ Robin Guthrie for North American tour

His planned tour with Peter Murphy ended in nasty name-calling, but former Dead Can Dance member Brendan Perry has tapped another storied contemporary to join him on a just-announced 13-date North American tour: ex-Cocteau Twins member Robin Guthrie.