PETER MURPHY and MICK KARN are to reunite as Dali's Car to make a new album once Murphy has finished his current run of live dates. The 80s Updated 03 Sep 2010

ORANGE JUICE will release a 6-CD and 1-DVD boxset on November 8th. The release, entitled 'Coals To Newcastle' will contain sixteen previously unreleased tracks alongside the band's entire catalogue recordings, plus videos for 'Rip It Up' and 'What Presence?!' as well as live footage and video from their performances on TV show The Old Grey Whistle Test. The 80s Updated 26 Aug 2010

MOTORHEAD have announced a run of seven German shows as part of their upcoming winter tour, see GIGS for all the dates. The 80s Updated 26 Aug 2010

FLESH FOR LULU singer NICK MARSH is putting the finishing touches to a new solo album, 'A Universe Between Us' which will be released on September 6th. You can download some tracks from the record for free by following the links on his official Facebook page. The 80s Updated 26 Aug 2010

BLONDIE's new album will be called 'Panic Of Girls' and is scheduled for release i Australia in November and elsewhere early next year… The 80s Updated 26 Aug 2010

TONY HADLEY and MARTI PELLOW will be among the acts celebrating the life of Elvis Presley at BBC Radio 2's upcoming Elvis concert 'Elvis Forever' which will take place in London's Hyde Park on September 12th. The 80s Updated 26 Aug 2010

OMD have announced that their new album 'History of Modern', which will be released on September 20th, will be available in five different formats; a standard CD edition; a deluxe edition featuring the CD alongside a documentary DVD (featuring new interviews and studio footage) in a special digipac; a double vinyl edition; a download (which comes bundled with an OMD vs Aretha Franklin mash-up entitled 'Save Me' and the b-side 'Idea 1' at iTunes) and a special collectors boxiest containing the album on CD and vinyl, the documentary DVD packaged in a hardback book, and two 12" prints. The 80s Updated 26 Aug 2010

CHRISSIE HYNDE has announced her new project - JP, Chrissie and the Fairground Boys - who will release an album, 'Fidelity', on August 24th. The 80s Updated 26 Aug 2010

WANG CHUNG will release 'Rent Free', a new four-track EP via download on September 20th. The release is the second part of the band's two-part EP set and features the tracks 'Rent Free', 'Stargazing', 'London Orbital' and the full length version of 'Abducted By The 80s'. The 80s Updated 26 Aug 2010

BLACK is inviting fans to a special performance to take place during his next recording session. The live show will take place in front of an audience of just 25 fans, each of whom who will receive a CD and a DVD of the performance. The show will take place at London's The Aquarium on October 30th. The 80s Updated 26 Aug 2010

UNTIL DECEMBER's only album - also called 'Until December' - has been reissued by the US label Wounded Bird in an expanded 2CD edition featuring the original album plus a host of bonus tracks including b-sides and remixes.
TRACKLISTING - CD1 - No Gift Refused, Heaven, Sequence Line, Mirrors , Call Me, Forgive And Still Forget, Free Again, Zodiac Drum Solo, Slave, Geisha, Secrets (I Won't Tell) (Single Version), We Are The Boys (Single Version), Until December (Single Version), Live Alone In Shame (Single Version), Bela Lugosi's Dead (Single Version). CD2 - Secrets (I Won't Tell) (Extended Version), We Are The Boys (Extended Version), Heaven (Extended Version), Heaven (Dub Version), Call Me (12" Version), Call Me (13" Version), Free Again (My Sin - Sylvester Mix , Free Again (Touch Me - Live Hooker Mix), Live Alone In Shame (Berlin Mix), Until December (12" Version), Live Alone In Shame (Cotati Mix), Bela Lugosi's Dead (12" Version) The 80s Updated 26 Aug 2010

HEAVEN 17's classic single 'Let Me Go' has been covered by German act Nude and will be released as a single in the first week of September. You can listen to their version online by following this link. The 80s Updated 26 Aug 2010

MATT GOSS has announced a rare UK show at London's Royal Albert Hall on October 19th. The 80s Updated 26 Aug 2010

MODERN ENGLISH are to release a new digital single 'Blister' from their recent album which will feature three previously unreleased tracks; 'Happiness Training', 'It's OK (demo)' and 'Here Comes The Failure (demo)'. The 80s Updated 26 Aug 2010

PUBLIC ENEMY will play a one-off show at London's Indigo2 on November 14th, the band's only UK show this year. The 80s Updated 26 Aug 2010

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