Cherry Red Records will follow up this year’s Manchester-centric box set with one that examines the legacy of Liverpool’s scene from 1976 to 1988, a 5-disc, 100-song collection that will feature music by Echo & The Bunnmen, The Teardrop Explodes, OMD, Wild Swans, Icicle Works, The La’s and more.

Echo & The Bunnymen announced this week that the band has signed to BMG, marking the group’s return to a major label for the first time since the 1990s. On top of that, the band said, in a Facebook post, that it’s “looking forward to sharing future releases very soon.”

Echo & The Bunnymen have again added three dates onto the end of their summer North American tour, announcing plans to play in Minneapolis, London, Ontario, and Montreal in August. This follows the band’s announcement last month that it would add shows in Edmonton, Calgary and Winnepeg.

Violent Femmes will reinvent their classic catalog on a new live album called 2 Mics & The Truth: Unplugged & Unhinged in America that will be released next month ahead of the band’s eagerly anticipated co-headlining tour with Echo & The Bunnymen. See full tracklist and tour dates here.

Echo & The Bunnymen this week announced a trio of Canadian concerts to follow their co-headlining tour with Violent Femmes this summer, dates in August in the cities of Edmonton, Calgary and Winnipeg. Tickets for the three Bunnymen-only shows will go on sale 10 a.m. local time Friday.

A 1988 live set by The Dream Syndicate could make its first appearance on vinyl in unedited form if enough fans vote for its release through new imprint Run Out Groove, which pits three titles against each other every month and lets fans decide which will be produced and put up for sale.

Violent Femmes and Echo & The Bunnymen will team up this summer for a North American co-headlining tour that will see the two bands play 16 shows in July and August, beginning in Philadelphia and wrapping up in Vancouver, B.C. The tour also plays Boston, Detroit, Chicago, Portland and more