Haircut One Hundred- Pelican West Live

Haircut One Hundred, one of Britain’s leading iconic 1980s funk/pop bands will reform for a special one-off concert when they will perform their debut album 'Pelican West' in its entirety for the very first time at the prestigious London IndigO2. BBC 6 Music DJ Mark Jones of 'Back to the Phuture' will spin all the 80s’ pop classics. Support comes from “The Quotes” who take to the stage at 19:45, followed by Haircut One Hundred at 21:00.

Tickets are available from Ticketmaster on 0844 844 0002 or can be booked online from www.ticketmaster.co.uk or www.ticketline.co.uk.

R.E.M.- Überlin Premiere

R.E.M. willl have their brand new song "Überlin" premiered on Monday, January 24th, on BBC Radio 2's Ken Bruce Show. This song also announces the release of their fifteenth studio album which is due to be released in March.

http://remhq.com/news_story.php?id=1277

80's Duets: Barbara Gaskin & Dave Stewart- "It's My Party"

After the successful 'Nude Wave' series which was featured last year we will serve you the best duets from the 80's decade during this year. Every month will feature one special video and we will start things of with with Barbara Gaskin & Dave Stewart and their 30 years anniversary cover "It's My Party".

 

John Foxx and the Maths- Interplay

Interplay is the hotly anticipated new album from John Foxx and The Maths. This is a collaboration between John Foxx and electronic composer and synthesizer collector, Benge (Ben Edwards) who's best known for his 2008 album "Twenty Systems" which was described by Brian Eno as 'a brilliant contribution to the archaeology of electronic music'.

Moody and atmospheric, but also full of songs that are actually more 'pop' than avant-garde, 'Interplay' pulls various strands of electronic music together - from early electro to 70s Krautrock. One of the tracks, "Watching A Building On Fire", features Mira Aroyo from Ladytron who also came up with the original synth riff.

blog.thequietman.co.uk

New Ultravox Album Confirmed

After the successful return to the music scene in 2009 with the Return to Eden tour, Ultravox have signed a recording deal with Universal Records and have been working on a new album since late 2010 which is nearing completion. The band has also announced the release of the brand new EP, 'Moments from Eden', due to be released by 'Eden Recording Ltd' on February 21,2010. The 4 track CD is also comes out as a Limited Edition 10" vinyl disc and features "New Europeans", "White China", "Love's Great Adventure" and "Herr X" - a special version of "Mr X", with Warren Cann vocalizing in German.

http://www.ultravox.org.uk/

New Musik- New Reissues

All three albums by New Musik which is the featured band of January have been reissued. This is the second/third time that the New Musik material is getting a new release. It is reported that the new Cherry Red 2011 re-master will likely sound clearer and more dynamic than the previous ones and the new thing is the the first two albums come as a 2CD set. The third album 'Wrap' sees the second reissue with the same bonus tracks which were included on the Japanese release in 2001.

www.cherryred.co.uk/newreleases