3/15/2006

Living In The Eighties News.


This post is dedicated to my #1 fans Bake Town and Todd.

HEAVEN 17's entire back catalogue of albums are to be reissued shortly in remastered and expanded editions featuring bonus tracks and a DVD of videos and TV appearances.

THE HUMAN LEAGUE have announced a short Irish tour in March. The band will play six shows including two in Dublin.

ABC have added more US shows and some Canadian gigs to their upcoming dates in May and June and MARTIN FRY will also be playing a series of dates in Belgium in August and is expected to join TOYAH and HOWARD JONES for a UK tour in October.

AZTEC CAMERA mainman RODDY FRAME has announced an extensive UK tour through May and June in support of his forthcoming, and currently untitled, solo album which is scheduled for an April 24th release.

THE MISSION will release a 2-CD retrospective, Anthology: The Phonogram Years, on March 13th which includes alternative versions, live and session versions and unreleased material. The release is followed, on March 20th, by the release of a DVD, Waves Upon The Sand which compiles two previous Mission video releases Carved In Sand and Crusade.

PET SHOP BOYS' new album, Fundamental, will be released on May 22nd and will be preceded by a single, "I'm With Stupid" on May 8th.

TEARS FOR FEARS have released a 2-disc live album, Secret World, the release features a CD of live tracks as well as a live concert DVD. The release which initially is only available in France also includes a radio edit of "Secret World" as well as two unreleased tracks "Floating Down The River" and "What Are We Fighting For."

All material courtesy: remembertheeighties.com