Michael Bolton was the big-haired, bigger-voiced balladeer with hits including How Can We Be Lovers? and How Am I Supposed To Live Without You. But when critics lined up to take potshots, the years of mockery took…
This year’s National Album Day will celebrate 80s music
Latest National Album Day set to celebrate the influence of 80s artists National Album Day is back – and its third incarnation is themed around 80s music. Celebrating a resurgence…
Sparks reschedule European tour to next year with added date
Sparks have rescheduled their European tour to May and June 2021 with an added Bexhill date It’s been an exciting year for Sparks fans, with brand new studio album A Steady…
Ultravox to release 40th anniversary box sets of the Vienna album
Chrysalis will release a deluxe edition of Ultravox’s Vienna album Originally released in July 1980, Ultravox’s fourth album Vienna was their most successful, scoring them a No.3 UK album chart…
New release: Låpsley – Through Water
Låpsley – Through Water – XL Recordings “I’ve been working on myself while I’ve been away,” Holly Lapsley Fletcher sings on First, one of her second album’s prettiest songs. Indeed, having shaped…
New Order to release 2020 definitive edition of Power, Corruption & Lies
New Order’s Power, Corruption & Lies will be re-released on 2 October 2020 as a definitive edition boxed set New Order are releasing a definitive edition of their 1983 studio album Power, Corruption…
Donna Summer’s The Wanderer to get 40th anniversary reissue
Donna Summer’s iconic album The Wanderer will be re-released on 16 October 2020 to celebrate its 40th anniversary On 20 October 1980, after leaving Casablanca Records to become the first artist signed to new…
Midnight Oil to release first new music in almost 20 years
Midnight Oil are releasing a brand new track called Gadigal Land on 8 August 2020 Midnight Oil fans can look forward to their first new music in almost 20 years, as the…
The Human League announce tour to celebrate 40 years of DARE
The Human League will be performing the classic album in its entirety on the DARE 40 Tour next year The Human League dominated the charts throughout the 1980s and were…
Sing when you’re winning: The Fizz interview
Nothing in the tumultuous saga of The Fizz – in any of its various incarnations – has ever been simple. Yet the story behind their latest studio album Smoke & Mirrors could be the…