DEPECHE MODE are to release fifty official bootleg recordings of shows on their current 'Playing The Angel' tour. The band will start recording shows from the end of April onwards and each concert will be available as a double CD set with packaging designed by Anton Corbijn. The concerts will be available to order at the shows on the night or online.

ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN have announced US dates for June followng South American shows later this month. The seventeen-date US tour starts in Chula Vista on June 9th and ends in New York on July 1st.

THE CULT have announced more reunion shows. The band, who have just played four weeks of shows in the US, have announced a run of Canadian shows as well as some US festival appearances in April, May and June. Plans for shows in Europe and the UK later in the year are to be announced soon.

THOMAS DOLBY has announced a UK headline show in advance of his support slot for DEPECHE MODE at London's Wireless Festival in June. Dolby will play his own show at London's Scala on June 23rd.

MADONNA has added a number of new US shows to her upcoming 'Confessions On A Dancefloor' tour.

TEARS FOR FEARS are finally releasing the long awaited double CD version of their classic 'Songs From The Big Chair' album on May 1st. The release will feature original remastered album tracks and b-sides aongside bonus tracks including remixes and previously unreleased versions.