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Slicing Up Eyeballs marks first anniversary

Slicing Up Eyeballs marks first anniversary

Slicing Up Eyeballs today marks its first anniversary, and to commemorate the occasion, we’re looking back at the last year’s 10 most-viewed stories, from items on The Cure’s ‘Disintegration’ reissue to news just this past week that Alan Wilder performed with Depeche Mode for the first time in 16 years.

U2 taps Interpol, Lenny Kravitz, Fray to open 360° Tour in North America this summer

U2 taps Interpol, Lenny Kravitz, Fray to open 360° Tour in North America this summer

U2 today announced that Lenny Kravitz, The Fray and Interpol will open most of the band’s 360° Tour stadium concerts in North America this summer when the massive trek returns for a second round.

Echo & The Bunnymen’s post-Coachella tour taking shape with Reno, SF, NYC dates

Echo & The Bunnymen are set to unveil a “large” post-Coachella tour of the U.S. next week, although several dates — April 18 in Reno, April 19 in San Francisco and May 1 in New York City — already have emerged.

The Church plots 'An Intimate Space' 30th anniversary acoustic tour of U.S.

The Church plots ‘An Intimate Space’ 30th anniversary acoustic tour of U.S.

Australian rockers The Church will return to North America in April and May for “An Intimate Space,” a special 30th anniversary tour that will find the band performing unplugged — and running through three decades’ worth of material in reverse chronological order.

The Charlatans to reissue 'Some Friendly,' play 20th anniversary shows in May

The Charlatans to reissue ‘Some Friendly,’ play 20th anniversary shows in May

Beggars Archive will release an expanded 2CD reissue of The Charlatans’ 1990 debut “Some Friendly” — although not the larger “Omnibus” set originally planned — to coincide with the band’s 20th anniversary performance of the full album in London and Barcelona this May.

Pixies sell out! Visa commercial uses 'Isla de Encanta' off 1987's 'Come On Pilgrim' EP

Pixies sell out! Visa commercial uses ‘Isla de Encanta’ off 1987’s ‘Come On Pilgrim’ EP

The Pixies have licensed “Isla de Encanta,” off the band’s 1987 debut EP ‘Come On Pilgrim,’ to Visa for a (admittedly quite clever) World Cup-themed TV commercial called “Football Evolution.”

Steven Severin: Siouxsie and the Banshees' reissue program dumped by Univeral Music

Steven Severin: Siouxsie and the Banshees’ reissue program dumped by Univeral Music

Universal Music Group is scrapping its Siouxsie and the Banshees reissue program midstream, meaning the band’s’ final four albums — 1987’s Through the Looking Glass 1988’s Peepshow, 1991’s Superstition and 1995’s The Rapture — will not receive expanded re-releases as originally planned, ex-bassist Steven Severin reports.