The pandemic-canceled Cruel World festival will rise again in 2022 at a different location in the Los Angeles area but with most of the original lineup — including headliners Morrissey, Bauhaus, Blondie and Devo — intact, promoters announced Monday. Get your full details including ticket info right here.
The pandemic-canceled Cruel World festival — a celebration of the ’80s alternative era with a huge bill topped by Morrissey, Bauhaus, Blondie and Devo — on Saturday teased a spring 2022 return, though it’s not known whether the original 2020 lineup will be intact. Check out full details right here.
The Psychedelic Furs’ plans to tour their first new studio album in nearly 30 years were foiled by the pandemic, but the band finally is planning to hit the road behind Made of Rain later this year with a 28-date U.S. tour that runs from September through November. Full dates and details right here.
The Psychedelic Furs today premiered a new music video — for the song “Wrong Train” — off the band’s first new album in 29 years, which came out last summer following a delay brought on by the arrival of the coronavirus pandemic. You can watch the new clip right here.
With The Psychedelic Furs’ first new album in 29 years scheduled to come out this Friday, the band has debuted the music video for the track “Come All Ye Faithful,” which was released last month as the fourth track to premiere off the new album Made of Rain. Watch the video right here.
The Psychedelic Furs this week premiered the fourth song off the band’s first new album in 29 years, the pandemic-delayed Made of Rain. The newest song to debut off that record is the dark, moody “Come All Ye Faithful” — and no, it’s not the Christmas song. Hear the track right here.
The “ongoing uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic” today led promoter Goldenvoice has pulled the plug on the rescheduled Cruel World festival in Los Angeles, which would have celebrate the ’80s alternative era with a bill topped by Morrissey, Bauhaus, Blondie and Devo. Get your full information on refunds here.
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