A-HA have announced the tracklisting for their forthcoming album 'Analogue' which is due to be released in November. The new single 'Celice' is out now! THE SMITHS ' 'Please Please Please Let Me get What I Want', SADE 's 'No Ordinary Love', COCTEAU TWINS ' 'Wax And Wane' and THE CURE 's 'If Only Tonight We Could Sleep' have all been covered by the Deftones on their new 14-track compilation 'B-Sides &rarities'. DURAN DURAN frontman SIMON LE BON 's birthday will be honoured at the next 'Smash Hits 7' clubnight in London. The club, dedicated to playing music from the bands of the first seven years of Smash Hits magazine (1978-1985), will be playing extra Duran Duran tunes at Holloway road's Nambucca between 7pm and midnight on October 27th to mark the singers birthday... a percentage of the bar price will also be donated to Save The Children! A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS have announced more UK shows in December along with shows in Germany, Belgium and Poland. THE DAMNED will celebrate the release of a new single, 'Little Miss Disaster', with UK and Irish dates through November and into early December. The tour starts on November 11th, the day of the single release and runs until December 4th. HOWARD JONES has added concerts in Sweden and the US to his forthcoming schedule. The singer, who releases a new album 'Revolution Of The Heart' next week, will play two Swedish shows in November and six US shows in January and February. PSYCHEDELIC FURS frontman RICHARD BUTLER has signed a new record deal with Koch Records who will release his forthcoming solo album 'Richard Butler' in early 2006. GARY NUMAN will launch his new album 'Jagged Halo' with a special London gig on March 18th next year. The gig, which will be recorded for possible CD and DVD release, is likely to feature the new album in its entirety alongside various other new songs which may appear as bonus tracks, b-sides etc for the project. And... congratulations to GARY NUMAN and wife Gemma (who it turns out I first met when we were both teenage Toyah fans hanging round the same stage doors!) who had a new baby this week. The couple have had a baby girl, a sister to their daughter Raven, who will be called Persia - all the very best to the Numans! |