Tag: BBC

Quick Spins: The Chills, Peter Gabriel, Pixies, The Primitives, The Cure

Quick Spins: The Chills, Peter Gabriel, Pixies, The Primitives, The Cure

  Tweet This Thursday, Radio New Zealand will broadcast part of a concert staged last June by reformed indie heroes The Chills to celebrate the […]

Video: John Lydon's reunited Public Image Ltd. play 'Rise' for BBC2's 'Culture Show'

Video: John Lydon’s reunited Public Image Ltd. play ‘Rise’ for BBC2’s ‘Culture Show’

Tweet The first glimpse — and unfortunately, it really was just a glimpse — of John Lydon’s reformed Public Image Ltd. emerged last night when […]

Audio: Hear the Cure's 'A Forest' from 'Kats Karavan: The History of John Peel' box set

Audio: Hear the Cure’s ‘A Forest’ from ‘Kats Karavan: The History of John Peel’ box set

For fans of The Cure, the highlight of the forthcoming 4CD box set Kats Karavan: The History of John Peel on the Radio no doubt […]

The Cure's 'Disintegration' gets 3CD deluxe reissue in 2010, plus 'In Orange' on DVD

The Cure’s ‘Disintegration’ gets 3CD deluxe reissue in 2010, plus ‘In Orange’ on DVD

The Cure will reissue its 1989 masterwork Disintegration in an expanded and remastered 3CD edition next spring, Robert Smith announced today, the first salvo in what appears to be a flood of new archival releases from the legendary band — including the first-ever DVD release of 1987’s long-out-of-print “In Orange” concert film.

BBC releasing Peel Sessions, live sets from Gang of Four, PiL, Duran Duran, The Specials

BBC releasing Peel Sessions, live sets from Gang of Four, PiL, Duran Duran, The Specials

  The BBC and EMI recently struck a new partnership to digitally release archival recordings — mainly Peel Sessions and In Concert episodes recorded between […]

John Peel box set to feature unreleased session tracks by The Cure, Elvis Costello

John Peel box set to feature unreleased session tracks by The Cure, Elvis Costello

The late John Peel — the legendary BBC DJ who turned generations of music fans on to new and obscure bands during his nearly 40-year career — will be celebrated this fall with a 4CD, 73-track box set called Kats Karavan: The History of the John Peel Show that features 21 never-before-released recordings.