Category Archives: Tourdates

MONK MELTS DOWN: DEVO and The B-52’s Join Together For North American Tour…WITH LENE LOVICH OPENING!!

Posted on June 19, 2025 by postpunkmonk

Great Googley Moogley!! Yesterday I heard in comments from strange_idol asking if I knew that Lene Lovich was the opening act on a tour with DEVO and The B-52’s teaming up even though the latter had officially “retired?” Uh, “NO!!!” … Continue reading →

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Thomas Dolby Is Planning An East Coast Jaunt This Fall Break

Posted on June 17, 2025 by postpunkmonk

Thomas Dolby has recently announced a Brief East Coast US tour and not surprisingly, it coincides with the fall break at The Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University, where the popstar adds frissons of celebrity as he has taught there … Continue reading →

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Chopper Franklin Back With A New Dark Dub Single “The Hexed”

Posted on May 19, 2025 by postpunkmonk

Chopper Franklin: The Hexed Dub – US – DL [2025] We were in the middle of a thread last week when we got wind of the new single from one man musical gene splicer Chopper Franklin, so we’re directing our … Continue reading →

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Pulp Provide “More” North American Tourdates And A Little Mojo Besides

Posted on April 23, 2025 by postpunkmonk

Was it really just a week ago when we posted on the miraculous second coming of Pulp? How a new album was recorded and ready and the tour was scraping around the globe, hitting strategic festivals and a few gigs … Continue reading →

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Sparks Keep The Tempo Moving With Their 28th Album And World Tour

Posted on April 9, 2025 by postpunkmonk

Not for Sparks the slow, lethargic tempo of Legacy Rock! Where an album every 5-10 years has some Senior Citizens of Rock™ attempting to shovel lucre into their coffers before The Reaper removes their right to enjoy the fruits of … Continue reading →

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Blancmange and Midge Ure Join Up For North American Mini-Tour This May

Posted on February 28, 2025 by postpunkmonk

We’ve already written about the Cruel World Festival that brings a mixture of New Wave vets and contemporary Darkwave bands into a large pot and applies the heat. It’s a huge, fun show that often sees PPM royalty jetting over … Continue reading →

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America’s In His Head: Peter Godwin Joins Expanded Lost 80s Live North American Tour

Posted on February 25, 2025 by postpunkmonk

Stop the presses! Now that we’re out of the Steve Strange rabbit hole [we had to do it] there are a lot of new happenings that demand our attention, and this one was number one with a bullet: the mysterious … Continue reading →

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