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DURAN DURAN TO SEE FOUR-TRACK EP OF 1979 DEMO VERSIONS RELEASED
A four-track EP featuring DURAN DURAN demos from September 1979, when the band were still unsigned and before SIMON LE BON had joined the group, with original singer ANDY WICKETT on vocals is being released [...]
LISTEN TO 'IDEAL HOME' FROM NEIL ARTHUR (BLANCMANGE) & BERNHOLZ'S NEAR FUTURE COLLABORATION
BLANCMANGE mainman NEIL ARTHUR is currently working with art-pop electro artist Bernholz under the collaboration name Near Future. The duo's first single 'Ideal Home' will be released on Arthur's Blanc Check label on April 22nd [...]
JIMMY SOMERVILLE ANNOUNCES 'CLUB HOMAGE' REMIX ALBUM, PLUS 'LOVERS UNLIMITED' EP
JIMMY SOMERVILLE will release an album of remixed versions of tracks from his 2015 disco-themed solo album 'Homage' on April 29th. 'Club Homage' will be released via Download and also in a limited-edition CD edition [...]
B-MOVIE MARK 'CLIMATE OF FEAR' ALBUM RELEASE WITH TWO UK DATES
B-MOVIE's new album 'Climate of Fear' was released last week and the band have two UK shows lined up to celebrate. The shows will take place in Glasgow where the band will be supported by [...]
MARI WILSON TO RELEASE 'POP DELUXE' COVERS ALBUM IN MAY
MARI WILSON will release an album of cover versions, featuring some of her favourite songs, on May 13th. The twelve-track 'Pop Deluxe' album will feature songs made famous by a range of iconic artists including [...]
ABC TO RELEASE 'THE LEXICON OF LOVE (PART 2)'?
Songwriter MARCUS VERE from LIVING IN A BOX has been talking to BlastEcho about collaborating with ABC's MARTIN FRY on songs for an album sequel to ABC's classic 'Lexicon of Love' album which is reportedly [...]
JOHN FOXX TO RELEASE '21ST CENTURY: A MAN, A WOMAN AND A CITY' COMPILATION FEATURING NEW TRACKS INCLUDING COLLABORATIONS WITH OMD AND GARY NUMAN
JOHN FOXX will release a new compilation, '21st Century: A Man, A Woman And A City', on May 6th. The release consists of a compilation of tracks from some of Foxx's various projects since 2000 [...]
THE JAM'S BRUCE FOXTON REUNITES WITH PAUL WELLER ON FORTHCOMING NEW SOLO ALBUM 'SMASH THE CLOCK'
Former THE JAM bassist BRUCE FOXTON has announced that he will release a new studio album, 'Smash The Clock', on May 20th via a campaign on Pledge Music. PRE-ORDER The album was co-written with Russell [...]