Guardian Music — (Mute)VCMG stands for Vince Clarke and Martin Gore, who were Depeche Mode's original and primary songwriters before the former's 1981 departure to make electronic pop with Yazoo and Erasure. The clamour for the duo's reunion started way back then, bu... more info

XLR8R — Ever since the news broke that Vince Clarke and Martin Gore, two of the founding members of Depeche Mode, had reunited after 30 years to create Berlin-inspired techno under the name VCMG, a strong sense of curiosity has surrounded the music. The duo&... more info

411 Mania — They have about 20 songs ready to go… more info

Guardian Music — Hayward Gallery; Trafalgar Square, LondonYou enter through the teenage bedroom and are instantly back to the 1980s. Arthur Scargill pronounces from the posters, Lord Sutch is still alive and screaming, Jeffrey Archer is foolishly suing the Star. The ... more info

Guardian Music — (Loaf)Michael Lovett, the young Londonder who is NZCA/Lines, has said his desire is to create a solo, British version of the collaborations between the producer Timbaland and the singer Aaliyah that transformed R&B in the late 90s. He hasn't managed ... more info

411 Mania — Their first since 2009... more info

Guardian Music — Depeche Mode 101 DA Pennebaker made his name with the vérité Bob Dylan documentary Don't Look Back; here he follows Depeche Mode in a similar style as they play the 101st gig of their 1989 Music For The Masses tour. Expect topless pinball, leather ... more info

Guardian Music — Format, Pet Shop Boys' new B-sides collection, shows how clever artists can make pop gold from a single's flipsideThe one-word titles of Pet Shop Boys albums always repay a second look and so it proves with Format, the name of their second volume of ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — The last Live Performance for this week comes courtesy of Depeche Mode, filmed and recorded live by MTV in Germany at the Rock am Ring festival on June 4th 2006. Read more » more info

Guardian Music — Barfly, LondonFive years after it was launched by the indefatigable Paul Lester, the Guardian's Band of the Day column has gained a live incarnation. Reflecting the feature's broad musical sweep, this packed showcase for emergent talent was wildly ec... more info