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Here’s some of the latest news from your favorite ’80s artists, from their weekly newsletter, but definitely go check out the site itself, as it’s very cool…
SHAKESPEAR’S SISTER will release a new compilation next week, ‘Long Live The Queens’ features a tracklisting of rarities and unreleased material including remixes and b-sides.
ERASURE will release a new album ‘Union Street’ on April 3rd next year. The release will feature a number of the band’s previously released songs reinterpreted in an acoustic country and western style!
GARY NUMAN will release his much-anticipated new album ‘Jagged’ – described as ‘one of the heaviest and most electronic albums of his career’ – on March 13th next year, marking the release with a special show at London’s Forum on March 18th
THE POLICE headed the winners at the 2006 BMI Awards this week, collecting an award in honour of eight-million radio plays for ‘Every Breath You Take’, with ELTON JOHN receiving a number of awards – ‘Goodbye Yellow Brick Road’ (4 million), ‘Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me’ and ‘I Guess That’s Why They Call It The Blues’ (3 million), ‘Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting’, ‘Something About The Way You Look Tonight’ and ‘Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word’ (2 million) – while the ‘Pop’ category saw honours for PINK FLOYD (Another Brick In The Wall), PHIL COLLINS (Come With Me), and TALK TALK (It’s My Life).
IRON MAIDEN will release a new DVD in February. ‘Death On The Road’ will feature an entire live show filmed in Dortmund, Germany on the band’s ‘Dance Of Death’ tour in February. The release will also feature a number of extras including a documentary detailing the making of the ‘Dance Of Death’ album.
BLONDIE are filming a documentary on their current UK tour – with a film crew following them through every date gathering footage for a film that will explore the relationship between DEBORAH HARRY and guitarist CHRIS STEIN. Meanwhile Blondie and BLACK SABBATH will join the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on March 13th next year alongside The Sex Pistols and Lynard Skynard…
PAUL WELLER has gone on record saying that THE JAM will never reform, saying “Why would I want to go back? For nostalgic reasons? That’s never good enough.”. The former Jam frontman has also rubbished reports that he is worth around £165 million saying “If anyone knows where all those missing millions have gone, please give me a call.”
PET SHOP BOYS have compelted work on their new studio album. The release, currently untitled, will come out in April 2006 and will feature ten new songs plus a version of Diane Warren’s ‘Numb’ originally recorded for the duo’s PopArt compilation. The album has been produced by TREVOR HORN.
