Tag: Communards

New releases: Duran Duran live album/film, plus Bronski Beat, Communards reissues

New releases: Duran Duran live album/film, plus Bronski Beat, Communards reissues

This week’s new releases include the U.K. edition of ‘A Diamond in the Mind,’ the new concert CD and live Blu-ray and DVD filmed on the band’s 2011 tour, plus expanded reissues of three Jimmy Sommerville albums, including the debut by Bronski Beat (‘The Age of Consent’) plus both Communards records (‘Communards,’ ‘Red’).

The Week in Rock: May 27-June 2, 2012

The Week in Rock: May 27-June 2, 2012

Welcome to the Week in Rock, where we round up all of the headlines posted on this site over the past week. This edition includes news about Jah Wobble and Keith Levene, The Cure, The Pogues, The Smithereens, World Party, Bronski Beat and Communards, The Waterboys’ Mike Scott and much, much more.

Jimmy Somerville's Bronski Beat, Communards catalog reissued as 2CD sets

Jimmy Somerville’s Bronski Beat, Communards catalog reissued as 2CD sets

Jimmy Somerville’s three mid-’80s studio albums with synthpop groups Bronski Beat and the Communards each will be reissued this summer as expanded double-disc sets loaded with a host of B-sides, remixes, live tracks and more — with some of the material making its way to CD for the first time ever.