Magnet Magazine — Happy birthday Marc Almond (Soft Cell). You only live twice. Read our Q&A with Almond: The post Happy Birthday Marc Almond (Soft Cell) appeared first on Magnet Magazine. more info

Stereogum — Later this year, the veteran super-producer Trevor Horn will release his new all-star covers album Echoes – Ancient & Modern. Horn has teamed up with a bunch of famous singers, most of whom are past collaborators, to cover a bunch of big songs, ... more info

Sweeping The Nation — It's STN's fourth grandest annual tradition - the music-related programming between this Saturday and the first Friday of space year 2019. And this year we're not going to just list every last Sky Arts repeat and chat show performance, th... more info

Guardian Music — O2 Arena, LondonPerforming their final concert, Marc Almond and Dave Ball get thousands of people screaming lyrics about sexual degradationA pale figure in black leather jacket and sunglasses, Marc Almond’s first words to the audience at Soft ... more info

Guardian Music — Northern soul-inspired single is exclusively available first on the Guardian, as synthpop duo prepare for farewell concertSoft Cell have released their first new song in 15 years, Northern Lights.The catchy synthpop track – described by the ba... more info

Dlisted — Tom Hanks (62) Douglas Booth (26) Mitchel Musso (27) Rebecca Sugar (31) Kiely Williams (32) Christina El Moussa (35) Morgana Mcnelis (35) Ashly Costa (36) Toby Kebbell (36) Fred Savage (42) Jack White (43) Enrique Murciano (45) Courtney Love (54) Jor... more info

Stereogum — T. Rex have had a pretty big year for an old band after being prominently featured in Baby Driver (maybe unauthorized) and it looks like the glam-rock group will continue to have a moment in the spotlight. In a recent New York Times profile of prod... more info

The Quietus — Marc Almond reunites with figures of his past on new video for previously unreleased track more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions' Until the Hunter and Lambchop's FLOTUS are my favorite new albums this week. Archival releases include Marc Almond's 10-CD career-spanning box set Trials Of Eyeliner: Anthology 1979-2016 and two Stevie Nicks album... more info

BBC News - UK — Marc Almond leads the tributes to singer Pete Burns, describing him as "a one-off creation, a fabulous, fantastic, brilliant creature". more info