BANANARAMA are to play a live show at London's The Garage on October 5th. The hour-long show will be the band's longest show since their last tour twenty years ago and will feature a mixture of new tracks and clasic material performed with a live band. Bananarama's new single 'Love Comes' is released this week with the new album, 'Viva', set to follow on September 14th.

DEAD OR ALIVE singer PETE BURNS' recent collaboration with The Dirty Disco on a track called 'The Art' is being previewed right now on The Dirty Disco's MySpace page... see NEWS for all the details.

SPANDAU BALLET will release a new edition of their compilation 'Gold - The Best Of Spandau Ballet' on October 12th in an expanded edition which will see a seventeen-track DVD accompany the original CD. See NEWS for the full CD and DVD tracklistings.

MADNESS have announced eleven UK shows in December, with more dates in the pipeline to be announced shortly. The band will also play a set at the free Regent Street Festival in London's Regent Street on September 27th, and will release a new CD/DVD hits collection 'Total Madness' on September 21st. See GIGS for all the details.

M are to release a remix album - 'Pop Muzik, The Remix Album' - on November 16th. The release will compile all the original versions, demos, and remixes of the track, including a number of remixes commissioned by U2 for use on their Pop Mart tour, and a DEVO remix. See NEWS for the full album tracklisting.

MADONNA has confirmed the tracklisting for her forthcoming CD and DVD hits collections, both entitled 'Celebration'. The audio edition will be available in single and double CD editions and will feature remastered versions of some of Madonna's key tracks, while the DVD will feature 18 videos including unedited and previously unreleased footage of 'Justify My Love'. See NEWS for the full tracklistings.

RICK ASTLEY, HOWARD JONES, TOYAH, KIM WILDE, NIK KERSHAW, BILLY OCEAN, ABC and GO WEST are among artists interviewed at the recent 80s REWIND FESTIVAL by BFBS Radio for a special show which was broadcast on Bank Holiday Monday. See NEWS for information about how to listen online.

BAD LIEUTENANT, the new project featuring former NEW ORDER mainmen BERNARD SUMNER and STEPHEN MORRIS, have announced a short run of UK shows to take place in October to coincide with their forthcoming album 'Never Cry Another Tear', and single 'Sink Or Swim'. See GIGS for all the dates.

PREFAB SPROUT's new album 'Let's Change The World With Music' has been reviewed in the REVIEWS section.

KYLIE MINOGUE has joined the bill of the upcoming ABBA tribute gig in London, the appearance being her only live show in the UK this year. The show, 'Thank You For The Music: A Celebration of the Music of ABBA', will take place in Hyde Park on September 13th and will also see performances of ABBA hits from a range of artists including CHAKA KHAN, JASON DONOVAN and MARTI PELLOW alongside original ABBA members Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus.

MARC ALMOND will release a new album, 'Orpheus in Exile', on September 7th. The release is a tribute to Russian gypsy-folk and torch-song artist Vadim Kazin and consists of a collection of Marc Almond's own interpretations of key songs from Kazim's catalogue.

MICA PARIS is playing a UK tour to support her recently released new album 'The Hardest Thing' with dates around the country confirmed for September, October and November. See GIGS for all the dates.

THE BLOW MONKEYS frontman DR ROBERT's solo career is to be celebrated on a new compilation album entitled 'The Coming of Grace - An Introduction to Dr Robert' which is to be released on September 14th. The album covers Dr Robert's eight solo albums and comes with sleevenote contributions from some of the artists he has worked with in the past including PAUL WELLER, MICK TALBOT and RHODA DAKAR.

PUBLIC IMAGE LIMITED are to reform for five UK shows in December to mark the 30th aniversary of the release of the band's classic 'Metal Box' album. The tour will feature frontman JOHN LYDON but neither of his original bandmates, JAH WOBBLE or KEITH LEVENE, are involved in the shows. See GIGS for all the dates.

PSYCHEDELIC FURS have announced a rare UK show at London's Kentish Town Forum on November 12th, with more European shows to be announced soon.

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Hi all,

The Homecoming celebrations, timed to the 250th anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns, have been a great year so far for Scotland - and we've done our bit by playing at the Burns Festival in Ayr earlier this year, and at Vogrie Homecoming Festival just recently. So we're particularly proud to be on the main line-up for the major Homecoming gig at Glasgow's SECC on November 28th. It's a scene of some of our greatest triumphs, and it's a delight to be playing the venue again. With so many bands appearing, it will be a brief set but we're sure we'll fit in a Scottish song or two! It should be a fantastic night - so Scottish or not (it's only a state of mind, after all!), we look forward to seeing you there.

Hard on the heels of that gig will be the History City Xmas Weekend shows in Glasgow – which we’re preparing furiously for - and boy do we have some special surprises in store for those attending! In the mean time, pop onto the History City page on the Hue And Cry Music Club and let us know about the songs you'd like us to consider playing, as well as make plans to meet friends (and seek friends!).

And don't forget that every Wednesday on the Music Club at 7pm, there is an hour-long Live Chat on the site with at least one of us Kane brothers. Maybe see you there too!

Pat and Greg

HISTORY CITY XMAS WEEKEND

As previously announced via the Hue and Cry Music Club, this Christmas Hue and Cry are presenting The History City Xmas Weekend. These shows have now been announced to the general public and are selling fast, so make sure you don’t miss out!

From today you can purchase individual tickets for the Friday night Piano & Vocal show and the Saturday night full band show separately. VIP Platinum Passes are still available but please note that there will be no separate sale at any time of the ‘extras’ included in the platinum pass package. All ticket links for the History City Xmas Weekend can be found on the Hue and Cry website.

The History City Xmas Weekend - two special Hue and Cry shows over one weekend in their home town of Glasgow at the renowned ABC venue on Sauchiehall Street. Friday 18 December will see Pat and Greg Kane perform an up close and personal piano & vocal performance in the intimate surroundings of the venue’s ABC2 room. Saturday 19 December will see the brothers line up as part of the full seven piece band for a spectacular event in the venue’s main ABC hall.

HUE AND CRY CONFIRMED FOR HOMECOMING LIVE