Music News Net — MUSIC NEWS - The organizers of the upcoming summer ReGeneration Tour have announced changes to the line up and itineary after HUMAN LEAGUE pulls out of the run. After first losing ULTRAVOX, the tour's been scaled back and will hit... more info

NME - Radar — The Sonic Aesthetic is Mark Barrott, an electronic composer based in Ibiza by way of Sheffield, Uruguay and Berlin. The Human League, Cabaret Voltaire and Steve Reich are some of Barrott's influences, as is the concept of decluttering: moving aw... more info

NME - Radar — France's Transmusicales festival is a thing of pure beauty. Situated in Rennes, the notorious new music behemoth returned for its 33rd year last month. The gist of it? Well, things don't really kick off until about 3am, and most of the gigs take plac... more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — BMG has acquired the worldwide rights to several music catalogues, a deal that will give it songs from artists including Kurt Cobain, Tears for Fears, The Human League, Iggy Pop, and Take That. more info

Guardian Music — Conventional wisdom held that boys weren't supposed to like early Depeche Mode. Conventional wisdom was wrong Reading on mobile? Watch hereWhen I was in my mid-teens in the early 80s I had a small fan club. The consensus among them seemed to be that ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Vince Clarke (Depeche Mode, Yazoo etc) and Martyn Ware (The Human League, Heaven 17) released two albums on Mute, Pretentious (1999) and Spectrum Pursuit Vehicle (2001), both capturing the nether world of ambient sculpturing and atmospheric soundsca... more info

The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — Green Day came out at a time when rock ruled the planet.  Decades ago.  The fact that they've hung around despite the pop and schlock is comforting...but it's not the same.  If music is cyclical, then we're right around the time of the early 80s.  Th... more info

Guardian Music — Let bygones be bygones as sonofwebcore picks a playlist from last week's topicForgiveness connects from many angles for differing reasons: for profit, or sometimes simply to ease the pain of daily life. Billy Corgan confronts his difficult childhood ... more info

Guardian Music — Singles' resurgence put down to advent of digital downloads, which have brought down cost from equivalent of £5.84 to 99pData blog: the full list of UK million-sellersIt is a music chart in which Don't You Want Me? by the Human League sits outside th... more info

Guardian Music — To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the official singles chart, the Official Charts Company has ranked the top UK million-selling singles. See which songs make the list and which have sold the most• Get the data• More dataThe most author... more info