Rolling Stone — The Eighties were a banner decade for British music, with one perma-classic after another – New Order's Technique, the Stone Roses' debut, the Jesus and Mary Chain's Psychocandy, Echo and the Bunnymen's Ocean Rain – but the bellwether m... more info

Guardian Music — Black Grape play the Shiiine On Weekender festival at Butlin’s in Minehead in November. Here, the inimitable frontman picks his favourite acts from the bill Big Day in the North is one of my favourite tracks. It also kicks off the Denzel Washi... more info

Stereogum — Every year, the folks over at A.V. Club make a list of fairly well-known, influential tracks and then invite bands to choose a song and perform a live in-studio cover. To help kick off the fifth season, the Men performed Devo’s “Gates Of Steel,�... more info

NME — Band will also play one-off homecoming gig in Liverpool next year (2015) more info

NME — "We always wrote those songs to be timeless," the frontman says of the band covering 'The Cutter' more info

Stereogum — Last night Arcade Fire covered Echo And The Bunnymen at London’s Earls Court. Tonight they played another show at the venue, and debuted another cover — the Smiths b-side “London” — with Will Butler on lead vocals. (Arcade Fire previously c... more info

Stereogum — Continuing their Reflektor tour tradition of covering songs in locations they’re most relevant, Arcade Fire brought out special guest Ian McCulloch to perform a cover of Echo And The Bunnymen’s 1983 song “The Cutter” in London last night. At ... more info

NME — The Echo and the Bunnymen frontman sang the 1983 single 'The Cutter' with the band at Earls Court more info

NME — The service was attended by members of Echo & The Bunnymen, Shack, Cast, The Lightning Seeds and The Farm more info

ContactMusic — British rockers Echo And The Bunnymen have been forced to cancel a string of shows in England after frontman Ian Mcculloch fell ill.The band was due... more info