The Damned--tour canceled

The Damned tour in the U.S. has been canceled, including the Detroit date which was scheduled for this Saturday at St. Andrew's Hall. Refunds should be obtained at point of purchase. According to a posting on the band's website:

Due to circumstances beyond our control, THE DAMNED regret to announce the cancellation of all of their October / Halloween U.S tour dates.

As of today, the band’s U.S. Visas were still not approved, thus forcing the immediate cancellation of the entire tour.

Refunds should be obtained at point of purchase

Cure reissues coming next year

Robert Smith has revealed that the Cure's 1989 cd Disintegration will be reissued next year as a three cd set. The first disc will contain the all the original material from Disintegration, the second disc will contain 20 songs (b-sides, demos, previously unreleased tracks recorded in 1988 & 1989), and the third disc features 12 live tracks from 1990. This box set does not have an official release date, however it is expected in 2010.

Smith also briefly mentioned in the posting on his blog that more Cure reissues will be available in 2010. Clicky here to read Smith's blog and tracklisting for the Disintegration boxset.

Pixies live

Here's video from the Pixies' Doolittle tour...

Ian Brown

Ian Brown (ex-Stone Roses vocalist) just released his 6th solo album, My Way. Brown recently was interviewed by British paper the Guardian and discussed his best and worst Stone Roses moments, ex-bandmate John Squire, the Oasis split and more. Read the article here.