SIMPLE MINDS
Simple Minds capture their arena show on a new live album
Live in the City of Diamonds documents Simple Minds’ current concert sound across hits, album favourites and newer material.
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STING
Sting strips the sound back for STING 3.0 Live
STING 3.0 Live presents Police and solo material through the direct sound of Sting’s touring trio.
KYLIE MINOGUE
Kylie takes the Tension era onto the world stage
Kylie Minogue’s Tension Tour opened in 2025 with a career-spanning production built around Tension and Tension II.
U2
U2 uncover a lost companion album from the Atomic Bomb sessions
How to Re-Assemble an Atomic Bomb presents ten songs recovered from the sessions for U2’s 2004 album.
NEW ORDER
New Order revisit Brotherhood with a definitive box set
Brotherhood’s Definitive Edition combines the remastered album with demos, rare mixes and extensive concert and television footage.
TALKING HEADS
Talking Heads give their debut the super deluxe treatment
The expanded Talking Heads: 77 brings together a new remaster, demos, alternate recordings and an unreleased 1977 concert.
ELVIS COSTELLO
Elvis Costello opens the vault for King of America
King of America & Other Realms expands the 1986 album with demos, outtakes, collaborations and a previously unreleased Royal Albert Hall concert.
THE CURE
The Cure return with their first studio album in sixteen years
Songs of a Lost World ended a sixteen-year wait for a new Cure studio album and returned the band to the top of the UK…
TEARS FOR FEARS
Tears for Fears release their first official live album
Songs for a Nervous Planet captures Tears for Fears on tour and adds four newly recorded studio songs.
ARTISTS NEWS
Depeche Mode keyboardist Andy Fletcher dies
Depeche Mode keyboardist Andy Fletcher has died, the band has announced. The band said they were “shocked and filled with overwhelming sadness with the untimely…
ARTISTS NEWS
George Michael Older 2022
A limited edition box set celebrating George’s 1996 album ‘Older’ will be released on July 8th. The album will also be released individually in 2LP,…
ARTISTS NEWS
Bronski Beat founder Steve Bronski dies at 61
Steve Bronski, co-founder and keyboard player in 1980s pop group Bronski Beat, has died at the age of 61. Bronski, from Glasgow, was born Steve…