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The English Beat to release 'Live! at the US Festival' CD/DVD in September

The English Beat to release ‘Live! at the US Festival’ CD/DVD in September

First announced as a bonus for pre-ordering the ‘Complete Bea’t box set, a package documenting The English Beat’s appearances at the two massive US Festivals in 1982 and 1983 — with both sets in full on DVD, and a CD featuring highlights from each appearance — will be released separately this September.

New releases: The English Beat reissues, plus Joe Jackson, Ministry, The Flaming Lips

New releases: The English Beat reissues, plus Joe Jackson, Ministry, The Flaming Lips

This week’s new releases include expanded reissues of all three of The Beat’s original albums, plus a new CD of Duke Ellington interpretations from Joe Jackson (‘The Duke’), an alleged expanded reissue of Ministry’s 1983 synthpop debut ‘With Sympathy’ and the CD and digital releases of ‘The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends.’