Hi all,

Hope you had a restful, meaningful and enjoyable Xmas and New Year! No doubt like you, we are sailing into 2009 on a sea of iTunes gift cards, new sweaters, bottles of bubbly, and a solid determination to beat the winter blues...

A kickin' start to the year, it has to be said. EMI, one of our old record labels, is releasing "The Hue And Cry Collection" on the 9th of February this year. It's a fascinating album and will hopefully fill up some gaps in your own collections.

And just after that we start our second UK tour titled "Open Soul... Open Road”, in February and March. We're extremely excited to be covering cities and regions in this longer tour that we haven't hit in years - Durham, Birmingham, Dunfermline, and a trip over the water to Belfast and Dublin, as well as major big-city gigs like London (in a much bigger venue this time, the Empire in Shepherd's Bush), Glasgow (our favourite venue in the city, The ABC), and Edinburgh (please note venue change below)

As before, we'll be setting up our digicams and recording every minute of the gigs - you'll see clips of those on the Hue And Cry Music Club throughout the rest of the year. And make sure you come to the??History City??section of the Music Club, and visit the??'Open Soul... Open Road' gig pages??there - we want some input on the songs you want to hear. And after the gigs, give us your reviews and phone cam clips as well! This is Hue And Cry 2.0, remember!

best, pat and greg x??

Tickets are selling fast for all dates on the Hue and Cry ‘Open Soul???Open Road’ tour in February & March 2009, when the full band will undertake an eight date tour of the UK and Ireland. All information on how to get your hands on these (competitively priced!) ??tickets ??can be found on the Hue and Cry website.

Please be aware that due to recent fire damage, The Liquid Rooms in Edinburgh will be closed for the foreseeable future.?? However we are pleased to announce that Hue and Cry will still be playing in Edinburgh on Friday 20th February 2009 at the Edinburgh Picture House on Lothian Road instead.?? Please note, any tickets bought for the Liquid Rooms gig will still be valid for the Edinburgh Picture House.

We are pleased to announce that EMI will be releasing an album of Hue and Cry hits, rare mixes, extended versions, B sides and album tracks from their Virgin Records period 1987-1991.?? Many of the tracks have been digitally remastered for ‘The Collection’ which will be released on 9th February 2009.

Click HERE??for the official music video for Paola Iezzi's new single Alone!

Her first EP as a solo artist Alone, will be released on CD on January 16th 2009!
The EP includes 5 tracks: 2 remixes, english and italian version of Alone and a cover Wrapped Around Your Finger, a song originally recorded by Police!

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ULTRAVOX have added a second London date to their forthcoming reunion tour. The show will take place at the Roundhouse on April 30th and will also be filmed for a special DVD release. The band will also release a CD/DVD edition of their 1983 live release 'Monument' on February 16th. 'Monument' was originally released as a six-track mini album and a live VHSand the new edition features the original six tracks plus a number of bonus tracks. See NEWS for the full CD an DVD tracklistings.

PET SHOP BOYS will release their new album 'Yes' at the end of March and will precede the album with a single entitled 'Love, Etc'. See NEWS for the full album tracklisting.

BANANARAMA are currently mixing their new album with a view to annoucing a release date shortly. The album will feature five new tracks and five covers of classic disco anthems.

DURAN DURAN, YAZOO, ABC, PET SHOP BOYS, THE HUMAN LEAGUE, THE CURE and IMAGINATION are among artists featured on a forthcoming mix album entitled '80s Niteclub' which will be released on February 2nd. The 3-CD collection features fifty key 80s tracks, many in their 12" versions, presented in the mix. See NEWS for the full album tracklisting.

DEPECHE MODE's hit 'Personal Jesus' has been sampled on 'Reach Out', the new single from Hilary Duff which will be released in the UK on January 19th. The song has been recorded as one of two new tracks on the retrospective album 'The Best of Hilary Duff' which will be released a week later.

GO WEST will release a new single 'Man On Fire' on April 6th following their UK 'Go West By Request' dates in February and March. The single will feature a single remix of the track that features on their recent album 'Futurenow' which the band will be repromoting at the same time. See GIGS for all the dates.

UB40 will release a twenty-track collection of their best known ballads as 'Love Songs' on February 2nd, in time for Valentine's Day. The band are also expected to announce dates for 2009 in the near future. See NEWS for the full album tracklisting.

BILLY OCEAN will release a new album 'Because I Love You' to coincide with his forthcoming UK dates which start at the end of January. A live album, recorded on the 2008 Billy Ocean dates will also be available at the forthcoming shows. See GIGS for all the dates.

KAJAGOOGOO have announced three shows in Poland in February. See GIGS for all the dates.

HUE AND CRY will release a new single 'Heading For A Fall' on January 12th in advance of a short UK tour in February and March. See GIGS for all the dates.

MORRISSEY has announced three US shows to support his forthcoming new album 'Years Of Refusal'. The shows will all take place in New York, the first at the Bowery Ballroom on March 21st followed by shows at Webster Hall and Carnegie Hall.

KRAFTWERK will support Radiohead on their forthcoming South American tour in March, followed by a German tour in April although the line-up will not feature FLORIAN SCHNEIDER who this week announced that he is leaving the band, leaving just one original member, RALF HUETTER, in the line-up.

PRINCE is apparently planning three album releases for 2009, including 'Lotus Flower', some of the tracks of which have already been played on US radio, an electro-pop collection tentatively entitled 'MPLSound' and 'Elixir', a collaboration with his new protege Bria Valente.

MADNESS are to host the fifth Madstock Festival, which they will also headline, in London's Victoria Park on July 17th.

ELVIS COSTELLO, STING, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN and STEVIE WONDER are all expected to play at Barack Obama's forthcoming inauguration concert on January 20th, or at other music events in Washington DC to mark the presidential inauguration.

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