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Video: New teaser from Das Shadow

Das Shadow kicks off 2009 with a brand new teaser video, 'live' from their hide out at the real North Pole, in which they, in addition to new sounds also reveal the title of their forthcoming release. Enjoy!

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Imposter Pitching Fake Depeche Mode Shows

Last tour was marred by wide spread ticket scams in Germany, but this time making illegal money off an impending Depeche tour has gone to a whole new level. Instead of selling fake tickets to real shows, someone's trying to sell FAKE SHOWS to local promoters, Depeche Mode agent Andrew Zweck tells Pollstar.com. Hit the jump for the full article. An imposter is trying to con promoters into paying deposits for bogus Depeche Mode shows, according to Sensible Events managing director Andrew Zweck. For the past month, someone appears to have impersonated Zweck and tried to pass him or herself off as Depeche...

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Martin duets with Nouvelle Vague

French producer Marc Collin and his band Nouvelle Vague have won fans and foes aplenty with their fresh takes on New Wave classics. [...] The new album will [...] feature duets with the original singers of the some of the featured songs, including Depeche Mode's Martin Gore. "It will bring a kind of credibility and it will be funny because obviously a lot of people who were fans of the Specials, of Depeche Mode, it will be hard for them to say that we are doing bad work because we are working with the original singers," Collin says. "It is quite a funny and lovely story. We were fans of all these...

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SOTW: frYars feat. Dave Gahan ‘Visitors’

Dave Gahan recently recorded backing vocals for the band frYars's debut effort, and the resulting track, "Visitors", is now yours to get at the highly competitive price of absolutely free. Combining absolutely free with Gahan's vocals makes frYars Home's Single Of The Week this week. Go register here for your download!

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L.A. Times: Depeche Mode finishes new album, reveals new songs

"We’ve completed the record," the band’s frontman, Dave Gahan, told Pop & Hiss on Thursday via phone from New York. "There might be a couple of bits and pieces we’ve got to clean up, but I feel really good about the fact that we’re finished," he continued. "I think we’ve made a great record." Gahan said the as-yet-untitled album, slated for release this coming spring, will have about 12 tracks. "We’ve been spoiled for choice with this one because we recorded more songs for this record than we ever had for any [other] record," he said. "Maybe I’m old school or whatever but once...

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