Tag Archives: North American Tour

Gary Numan Giving Telekon’s 45th Birthday A Big Party With UK & North American Tours, New Song

Posted on November 10, 2025 by postpunkmonk

NEW SONG: LIKE A B-FILM Gloryoski! It was a fortnight ago when commenter Echorich in an offline thread told me that Gary Numan had released an unreleased “Telekon” track to herald a 45th Anniversary DLX RM of that album later … Continue reading →

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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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Simple Minds North American Tour + Reissue As 40 Anniversary Victory Lap for “Once Upon A Time”

Posted on January 28, 2025 by postpunkmonk

Of course we’re attuned to all things Simple Minds here at PPM. They are a top three band for me and I’ve stuck with them through thick and thin. The thinnest period being 1985-1994 where I bought the occasional single … Continue reading →

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March Violets Touring North America With Rosegarden Funeral Party To Monastic Delight

Posted on August 19, 2024 by postpunkmonk

I was catching up on the Trouser Press forum last weekend and saw one member discussing the Rebellion Festival held three weeks ago in the UK. The writer of the post, being American, concentrated their attendance on bands who weren’t … Continue reading →

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ABC★★★, Howard Jones, + Haircut 100 Unite To Trek Across North America This Summer

Posted on July 10, 2024 by postpunkmonk

Against all odds, I got a wild hair to visit abcmartinfry.com for my semiannual visit last week and saw they are undertaking a US tour with HoJo (him again) and the original Haircut 100 lineup and they are in Cleveland … Continue reading →

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Two Years Later, Heaven 17 Are Mounting A North American Tour That’s Twice The One They Booked In 2020

Posted on March 25, 2022 by postpunkmonk

It’s been two years now and I’ve tried to leave the huge disappointment behind of my first trip to the UK to see Heaven 17 play the first two Human League albums being scuttled by a global pandemic that’s about … Continue reading →

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Nick Cave + Warren Ellis Taking “Carnage” Across North America Next Year With Tickets On Sale Tomorrow

Posted on November 18, 2021 by postpunkmonk

This was a fast happening story, but we received an email this week from the Nick Cave mailing list and stating that he and the stalwart Warren Ellis are touring across North America next year with tickets on sale tomorrow … Continue reading →

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