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Depeche Mode has announced the vinyl reissue box set of ‘Delta Machine | The 12″ Singles’, set for release on October 6.  ‘Delta Machine | The 12″ Singles’ consists of six 12-inch vinyl discs featuring various recordings and remixes of three singles off the band’s album Delta Machine (2013): “Heaven,” “Soothe My Soul” and “Should Be Higher.”

A press release says: “Each box set in the series contains the singles from an individual Depeche Mode album pressed on audiophile-quality 12″ vinyl. The artwork for the exterior of each of the box sets draws on iconography inspired by the original releases, while the vinyl sleeves themselves feature the original single artwork.”  To preorder, head here.

Depeche Mode released their latest album, Memento Mori, in March; the first since the death of band member Andy Fletcher in 2022. They will ansi return to the U.S. for a tour in continued support of Memento Mori on September 29 in Austin, TX.

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Peter Gabriel has released Love Can Heal, the ninth track from his album i/o. Gabriel says of the song is “a dreamy, experiential piece with some abstract imagery…a carpet of sound, a tapestry where things are woven together, but not necessarily supposed to stick out, but just form part of a whole”.

The first version of Love Can Heal, written and produced by Gabriel, is the Bright-Side Mix, by Mark ‘Spike’ Stent.  Other versions include one from Tchad Blake (Dark-Side Mix) and Hans-Martin Buff’s Atmos mix (In-Side Mix), which will be released in mid-September.

Gabriel originally debuted Love Can Heal live during Sting’s Rock, Paper, Scissors tour across North America in 2016. Said Gabriel: “Love Can Heal was written around 2016 and I did start playing it midway through the tour and dedicated it to Jo Cox, who was the British MP brutally murdered by an extremist and someone that I had met at a leadership conference. I think the song fits right in to the themes of the album in the sense that i/o is about feeling and being connected to everything and in a way, the next evolution of being connected to things is a feeling of love for everything”.

Take a listen to “Love Can Heal/Brite-Side Mix” – here.

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Former Smash Mouth singer Steve Harwell has died at 56. Per The New York Times, Harwell’s cause of death was liver failure. Smash Mouth’s manager Robert Hayes confirmed to Rolling Stone that Harwell that died at his home in Boise, Idaho, “surrounded by family and friends.”  TMZ  had just reported on Sunday that Harwell had entered hospice care “after battling medical complications for years.”

Harwell left the band in 2021 to deal with health issues, shortly after a performance in Upstate New York where he was seen slurring his words and appearing disoriented.  The singer struggled with alcohol abuse for years; in 2013, Harwell was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy (a form of heart disease that causes the heart muscle becomes enlarged and weak), an acute neurological condition called Wernicke encephalopathy, and heart failure.

Smash Mouth formed in San Jose, California in 1994, with the quartet earning their first hit three years later in “Walkin’ on the Sun,” which hit No. 1 on Billboard‘s US Adult Top 40 and US Alternative Airplay charts. The band released their hit song “All Star” on the soundtrack of the 1999 superhero film, Mystery Men, and the song achieved huge success when it soundtracked key sequences in the 2001 films Shrek and Rat Race, which helped to send the song to No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts.

The band posted on X (Twitter) on Harwell’s death: ‘Steve Harwell was a true American Original. A larger than life character who shot up into the sky like a Roman candle. Steve will be remembered for his unwavering focus and impassioned determination to reach the heights of pop stardom. Rest in peace knowing you aimed for the stars, and magically hit your target. Rest easy. ‘

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In tandem with the opening of U2’s Las Vegas residency  ‘U2:UV Achtung Baby Live At Sphere’ on September 29th, the band will launch a special fan portal called ‘Zoo Station: A U2:UV Experience.’

Zoo Station: A U2:UV Experience, designed by U2 and the band’s longtime creative director Gavin Friday, will boast over 12,000 square feet of space across two floors within The Venetian Resort in Las Vegas. Fans will be able to access interactive exhibit space inside Zoo Station, which includes Anton Corbijn Gallery, featuring five decades’ worth of video footage and photography work from photographer and curator Anton Corbin. Fans can also purchase merchandise from the U2 Pop-Up Shop, which will offer music titles from U2, as well as brand-new merchandise.

The ground floor of Zoo Station will hold the gallery, the pop-up shop, and interactive installations, and will be open to the public and free to enter. The top floor will feature Zoo TV Cinema (curated by U2’s The Edge), will show five film screenings daily including rare and unreleased concert footage from international U2 shows, as well as new documentary films, like Beyond The Tour and A Day In The Life Of The Edge.  Only ticket-holders will be granted access to to this floor. Visit U2’s Vibee page for more information.

Zoo Station: A U2:UV Experience opens September 28, one day prior to the opening of U2:UV Achtung Baby Live At Sphere, running from September 29-December 16 at The Sphere venue.

U2 Announces ‘Zoo Station’ Fan Portal At The Venetian Resort

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Greta Van Fleet have shared the new video for their song “The Falling Sky,” directed by Gus Black along with the band. The song is taken off the band’s critically acclaimed new album Starcatcher, which is out now. To buy or stream Starcatcher, head here.

Director Gus Black shares: “I’d say we pushed even harder on this one to create something visceral and visually stunning. I felt a deeper connection to the band during the process of creating the video and I value that aspect of our collaboration as much as the work itself.”  The band added: “A peer into the wilds of a starlit oblivion, this visual representation of ‘The Falling Sky’ demonstrates the darkness and barbarity in a world filled with such duality. In essence, a reminder of the complexity of the human soul and all it is capable of enduring; a letter of love written to the rising sun.”

Greta Van Fleet is currently on the road with their Starcatcher World Tour in support of the album; the tour includes support from special guest performers Surf Curse, Mt. Joy and more.

Take a look at the video for ‘The Falling Sky’- here.

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Sevendust has announced a new box set titled Seven of Sevendust, a 9-LP set coming October 13th, with a 7-CD set to follow on October 27th.

The collection consists of seven albums from the band: 2005’s Next, 2007’s Alpha, 2008’s Chapter VII: Hope & Sorrow, 2010’s Cold Day Memory, 2013’s Black Out the Sun, 2014’s Time Travelers & Bonfires and 2015’s Kill the Flaw.

Sevendust – comprised of vocalist Lajon Witherspoon, guitarist Clint Lowrey, bassist Vince Hornsby, drummer Morgan Rose, and guitarist John Connolly – just released their 14 studio LP, Truth Killer, in July.

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