Pet Shop Boys have remixed ‘lost’ Tina Turner track, Hot For You Baby. Earlier this year, the 40th anniversary celebrations of Tina Turner’s Private Dancer kicked off with the release of…
Gary Kemp – This Destination interview
Despite a late-career flourish with Saucerful Of Secrets, a smash hit podcast and establishing himself as a solo artist, Gary Kemp wasn’t in a good place when he began his…
Top 20 Live Albums
For fans unable to secure a ticket for the hottest seat in town, these classic live albums offer the next best thing. Words by Barry Page Crucial snapshots of an…
Soft Cell to reissue 1982 remix album Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing
Soft Cell will reissue their classic remix album Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing on the 20 June via Universal Music. The 1982 original is fully remastered and bolstered by the inclusion of…
Wendy James announces UK tour
Wendy James announces UK tour in support of her recently released album, The Shape of History. Written, produced and mixed by James and recorded in West London and New York…
Fine Young Cannibals celebrate 40 years with anniversary shows
Roland Gift presents Fine Young Cannibals at 40 anniversary shows. Forty years since double Brit-Award winners, The Fine Young Cannibals (FYC), stormed into the UK charts with their debut single…
Toyah announces two special October shows
Toyah Willcox has announced two special October shows in London and Coventry. Celebrating ‘The Best of Toyah’ will see the singer perform hits from across her career, treating audiences to…
The Cure reveal Mixes Of A Lost World
Mixes Of A Lost World, conceived and compiled by Robert Smith, is a new remix collection of tracks from The Cure’s acclaimed No.1 2024 album, Songs Of A Lost World. The…
One Hit Wonder: Aneka – Japanese Boy
Japanese Boy was a hit pretty much everywhere except, oddly enough, Japan. According to singer Mary Sandeman, it was because the melody sounded too Chinese. No matter, as elsewhere, this throbbing…
Various Artists – More Sin: Box Of Sin 2
Various Artists – More Sin: Box Of Sin 2 (Demon) ★★★★½ Disco Discharge’s second round-up of the tracks that rocked the gay clubs of the 80s is a delight –…