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Contest: Win signed Heaven 17 'Penthouse and Pavement: Live in Concert 2010' DVD

Contest: Win signed Heaven 17 ‘Penthouse and Pavement: Live in Concert 2010’ DVD

Last fall, Heaven 17 released a 2DVD set called ‘Penthouse and Pavement: Live in Concert 2010’ — and if you haven’t seen it yet, now’s your chance to win an autographed copy from Slicing Up Eyeballs.

Pet Shop Boys to release 'The Most Incredible Thing' 2CD ballet score next month

Pet Shop Boys to release ‘The Most Incredible Thing’ 2CD ballet score next month

Pet Shop Boys next month will release a 2CD set featuring their score to the Hans Christian Andersen adaptation ‘The Most Incredible Thing,’ the duo’s first-ever full-length ‘narrative ballet,’ set to debut in London in mid-March.

Playlist: ‘Slicing Up Eyeballs’ on Strangeways Radio; Episode 10, first aired 2/1/11

This week’s installment of Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio featured new tracks by The Feelies, OMD and Gang of Four, plus favorites by The Jesus and Mary Chain, PiL, Ministry, The Railway Children and The Cure. Replay at 2 p.m. EST Friday.

Duran Duran joins Erasure on first night of Miami's Ultra Music Festival in March

Duran Duran joins Erasure on first night of Miami’s Ultra Music Festival in March

The first night of next month’s Ultra Music Festival in Miami will take on something of a New Wave/synthpop vibe, with Duran Duran this week joining the already-announced Erasure at the electronic music bash.

Bauhaus’ Peter Murphy to tour U.S. this spring

Peter Murphy will tour the U.S. in March and April, hitting, at a minimum, cities on the East and West coasts, with at least one Texas stop in between, judging from preliminary dates we’ve been able to assemble from venue and ticketing websites.

Video: R.E.M., ‘Mine Smell Like Honey’

As promised last week, R.E.M. today premiered its first music video from the forthcoming ‘Collapse Into Now’: a clip for radio single ‘Mine Smell Like Honey.’

Kate Bush reissuing 4 albums from 1982-1993, may also release new music in 2011

Kate Bush reissuing 4 albums from 1982-1993, may also release new music in 2011

Kate Bush is set to reissue four key albums — 1982’s ‘The Dreaming,’ 1985’s ‘Hounds of Love,’ 1989’s ‘The Sensual World’ and 1993’s ‘The Red Shoes’ — later this year as rumors continue to swirl that she plans to release brand-new material in 2011 as well.