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Pic credit: Randee St. Nicholas A boxset of Prince & The New Power Generation’s multi-platinum Diamonds And Pearls album has been announced featuring a wealth of unheard material. On 27…
Exclusive first review: Pet Shop Boys – SMASH
The synth-pop duo’s singles across the past 35 years are collected on a gamechanging compilation. We dive in and take stock of a landmark pop release. Rating: 10/10 When Classic…
Belinda Carlisle takes on 2021 with 16-date UK tour
Belinda Carlisle has been at the forefront of American pop for more than four decades and this year, under the umbrella of ‘Decades’, three of the singer’s musical anniversaries will…
Boxset review – EMF 30th Anniversary Boxset
Self-released through a Kickstarter campaign, EMF’s career-spanning £60 boxset puts many bigger-budget reissues to shame. It houses vinyl editions of all three albums, new rarities compilation Flipsides And Bona Fides…
Shakin’ Stevens announces singles collection and 19-disc anthology
Shakin’ Stevens – officially the UK’s biggest-selling singles artist of the 1980s – will celebrate his impressive back catalogue this November. BMG will release the lavish, 19-disc anthology boxset Fire…
Elton John to release deluxe career-spanning boxset
On 13 November, Elton John will release Elton: Jewel Box, a deluxe, career-spanning 148-song boxset containing some 60 previously unreleased songs. The set revolves around some of the singer’s lesser-known…
Q+A: Johnny Marr
Celebrating the first 10 singles of his solo career with a new boxset, Johnny Marr tells John Earls he won’t be looking back for long… It’s rare that Johnny Marr…
Depeche Mode to release 12″ collector’s boxset of ‘Violator’ singles
This release follows on from last week’s announcement that a special edition of SPiRiTS in the Forest is coming to DVD and Blu-ray… Sony Music Entertainment are continuing their Depeche…
Review: The Go-Betweens – G Stands For Go-Betweens: Volume 2 – 1985-1989
Formed by Robert Forster and Grant McLennan in 1977, the Go-Betweens were one of Australia’s most electrifying musical exports, as this 129-track boxset proves… “Don’t the sun look good…
Review: Supergrass – The Strange Ones 1994-2008
One of Britpop’s greatest, and least celebrated, bands are back in business. the perfect time then for a comprehensive boxset looking back at their career… When Supergrass announced their reunion…