Madness’s brand new studio album, ‘Can’t Touch Us Now’ will be released on October 28^th. To celebrate, the band’s profile will be sky high for the rest of the year, with their ‘House Of Common’ show pulling in more than 20,000 people to Clapham Common recently, plus the new album, then their annual House Of Fun Weekender in November and their Christmas arena tour in December. Crikey, that’s a lot of Madness! To remind yourself why they are still the nation’s favourite national treasure, check out their performance of The Prince on Later With Jools Holland last Tuesday, performed as a tribute to Prince Buster, who sadly died on 8 September.

And, of course, to see our myriad classic Madness releases click here.

The Slade boxset "When Slade Rocked The World" has been nominated for this year’s AIM Awards in the "Special Catalogue Release Of The Year" category.

We’re thrilled to be nominated for the release and let’s hope "When Slade Rocked The World" comes out on top!

In the meantime, you can order the boxset from Amazon here:

2016 marks the 40th Anniversary of The Undertones and birth of punk, and to celebrate this milestone, Union Square Music are pleased to announce the 2016 vinyl remaster and digital release of the band’s highly acclaimed first two albums; ‘The Undertones – The Undertones’ + ‘The Undertones – Hypnotised’. Released 7^th October, both LPs are remastered from the original tapes and produced on 180g heavyweight vinyl with original replicated artwork. Also released is a 2016 7” remix of the classic 1979 single ‘Get Over You’. Remixed by Kevin Shields (My Bloody Valentine/Primal Scream), the single was remixed from the original multi track tape and available on 180g heavyweight red vinyl.

UK tour dates:

AUGUST

Fri 26^th                    YORK                                     Fibbers                                  Tickets                  

Sat 27^th                  STOKE ON TRENT              The Sugarmill                      Tickets                                  

OCTOBER

Thur 20^th                SOUTHAMPTON                 Engine Rooms                     Tickets                                  

Fri 21^st                    BRISTOL                               O2 Academy                        Tickets                                  

Sat 22^nd                  LEAMINGTON SPA             The Assembly                      Tickets

Thur 27^th                GATESHEAD                       Sage                                      Tickets                                  

Fri 28^th                    HOLMFIRTH                         The Picturedrome               SOLD OUT

Sat 29^th                  MANCHESTER                    Academy                               Tickets 

NOVEMBER

Fri 11^th                    ABERDEEN                          The Garage                          Tickets

Sat 12^th                  GLASGOW                            The Garage                          Tickets

Sun 13^th                 AYR                                        Town Hall                              Tickets

Thur 17^th                BURY ST EDMUNDS          The Apex                               Tickets 

Fri 18^th                    NORWICH                             The Waterfront                     Tickets

Sat 19^th                  LONDON                               O2 Forum                              Tickets

For all our Undertones releases, click here

Amazing news! The Slade box set "When Slade Rocked The World" has been nominated for Reissue Of The Year at this year’s Classic Rock Awards. The award show is on 11th November and will come live from Ryogoku Kokugikan Arena in Tokyo.

When Slade Rocked The World is available here

Tony Joe White is about to embark on an extensive US/European tour taking in the US, UK, Netherlands, Germany, France and Belgium.

Salvo UK are looking forward to attending his show at the atmospheric Union Chapel in London on 31st October 2016.

Click here to view all the current tour dates

As part of their fortieth birthday celebrations, The Undertones will be performing a special hour-long concert.

Recorded in front of a capacity audience at the BBC?s Blackstaff Studios in Belfast. ?The Undertones At The BBC?

will be broadcast on BBC Radio Ulster/Foyle on Monday 30 May at 3pm. Available here

Hot on the heels of Sunny Afternoon, the hugely successful, award-winning Kinks musical, comes All Or Nothing, a musical re-telling of the story of mod icons The Small Faces. The musical opens in London in late March; details at the link.

Their Immediate records era recordings are available in the UK in expanded CD editions from Sanctuary/BMG.

http://allornothingthemusical.com/

April

22^nd – Scarborough Spa Theatre
23^rd – Lincoln Drill Hall
24^th – Carlisle Sands Centre
25^th – Ilkley King’s Hall
27^th – Bournemouth Pavillion Theatre
28^th – Bath The Forum
29^th – Worcester Huntingdon Hall
30^th – Wrexham William Aston Hall

May

1^st – Crewe Lyceum Theatre
3^rd – Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
4^th – Sheffield Lyceum
5^th – 02 Shepherd’s Bush Empire

Gilbert O’Sullivan has announced 2016 live dates in the UK, Ireland and Austria.  He’ll being performing his classics including ‘Clare’ and ‘Alone Again’ and ‘Get Down’ as well as selections from his recent album Latin Ala G.

1/30/2016 - Dublin, Ireland @ St. Patrick’s Cathedral

2/15/2016 - Darlington, UK @ Darlington Civic Theatre

2/16/2016 - Buxton, UK @ Buxton Opera House

2/18/2016 - Dartford, UK @ The Orchard Theatre

2/20/2016 - Liverpool, UK @ Philharmonic Hall

2/21/2016 - Preston, UK @ The Guild Hall

2/24/2016 - St. Albans, UK @ The Albans Arena

2/25/2016 - Cheltenham, UK @ Cheltenham Town Hall

2/28/2016 - Huddersfield, UK @ Huddersfield Town Hall

2/29/2016 - Birmingham, UK @ Birmingham Town Hall

4/15/2016 - Vaz St. Polten, Austria @ St. Polten Event Center

For links to buy tickets go here

2016 is the 40th Anniversary of The Undertones and they are delighted to announce that they will be celebrating this anniversary with national and international live shows and some exciting releases.

The first of the live shows that can be confirmed are part of a UK tour:

The Undertones 40th Anniversary Tour

Plus Special Guests

October

20  Southampton - The 1865 - 0844 478 0898 http://www.the1865.com/

21  Bristol - O2 Academy - 0844 478 0898 https://academymusicgroup.com/o2academybristol/

22  Leamington - The Assembly - 0844 478 0898 http://leamingtonassembly.com/

27  Gateshead - Sage - 0191 443 4661 http://www.sagegateshead.com/

28  Holmfirth - The Picturedrome - 0844 478 0898 www.picturedrome.net

29  Manchester - Academy - 0161 832 1111 http://www.manchesteracademy.net/

November

11  Aberdeen - The Garage - www.gigsinscotland.com

12  Glasgow - The Garage - www.gigsinscotland.com

13  Ayr - Town Hall twistedlemon.bigcartel.com

17  Bury St Edmunds - The Apex - 01284 758000 https://www.theapex.co.uk/

18  Norwich - The Waterfront - 01603 508050 https://thewaterfront.ticketabc.com/listings/

19  London - O2 Forum Kentish Town - 0844 478 0898 http://o2forumkentishtown.co.uk/

Tickets on sale from Friday 4th December

Details of releases, tour dates and festival appearances will be announced in 2016

The Undertones emerged from Derry in 1976, the result of five friends learning how to play basic rock and roll. Even by the standards of that decade Derry was not the rock and roll capital of anywhere. With no live bands worth watching, they learned by listening to mail order records, reading one of the few copies of NME that made it to Derry, but most of all from listening to John Peel’s wonderful show on BBC Radio One.

Practicing in their bedrooms eventually led to the band recording ‘Teenage Kicks E.P.’ in 1978 on Terri Hooley’s Good Vibrations label in Belfast. The legendary DJ John Peel received a copy and liked it so much he played it twice in a row on his radio show.

You can find all of our Undertones releases here

Buy the box at the link - http://amzn.to/1Fl9tKo

When Slade Rocked The World 1971-1975

Deluxe Slade box set available in two configurations from PledgeMusic from 30^th October

Described as ‘the missing link between the Beatles and Oasis’ (the latter having covered `Cum On Feel The Noize’), Slade are never far from British ears and hearts, having created some of the most beloved, indelible songs in the history of popular music. 

Their six UK #1 singles spent 20 weeks at the top of the chart, and overall they spent a phenomenal 211 weeks in the UK Top 40; they had 3 UK #1 albums and spent a combined 153 weeks in the album chart Top 40.

When Slade Rocked The World 1971-1975 pays homage to their phenomenal run of hit singles and albums in the early ‘70s, when they seemingly could do no wrong.

THE SALVO BOX SET INCLUDES  

1,000 BOXES AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY FROM PLEDGEMUSIC INCLUDE A SET OF 8 REPRODUCTIONS OF THE ORIGINAL SLADE IN FLAME FILM LOBBY CARDS  

Seasons 1 and 2 of ancient Rome set comedy Plebs are getting a summer re-run on ITV 1 om Mondays at 10:40 p.m.  The ska and reggae soundtrack features Trojan artists Derrick Morgan, The Skatalites, The Upsetters and many more, and you can purchase the soundtrack from itunes here.

Donovan interviewed on Vintage TV’s ’Needle Tim’ by Neil McCormick to promote the release of the 2 CD 50th anniversary ’Retrospective’.

Listen to the whole interview on the link below:

http://www.vintage.tv/catch-up/video/neil-mccormicks-needle-time-donovan/  

Donovan has announced full details of his 50th anniversary UK dates in October:

October 3: THE PAVILION GLASGOW (www.paviliontheatre.co.uk)
October 4: QUEENS HALL EDINBURGH (www.thequeenshall.net)
October 7: THE GARDYNE DUNDEE (www.gardynetheatre.org.uk)
October 8: TYNE THEATRE NEWCASTLE (www.tynetheatreandoperahouse.uk)
October 9: SPA THEATRE SCARBOROUGH (www.scarboroughspa.co.uk)
October 10: TOWN HALL LEEDS (www.leedstownhall.co.uk)
October 11: TRUCK THEATRE HULL (www.hulltruck.co.uk)
October 13: LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC (www.liverpoolphil.com)
October 15: ALBERT HALL NOTTINGHAM (www.alberthallnottingham.co.uk)
October 16: THE MONTGOMERY SHEFFIELD (themontgomery.org.uk)
October 17: RNCM MANCHESTER (www.rncm.ac.uk)
October 18: RNCM MANCHESTER (www.rncm.ac.uk)
October 20: THE KEY PETERBOROUGH (www.vivacity-peterborough.com/venues/key-theatre)
October 21: THE GUILDHALL GLOUCESTER (www.gloucester.gov.uk/guildhall)
October 22: THE ARTS STRATFORD UPON AVON (stratfordartshouse.co.uk)
October 23: BIRMINGHAM TOWN HALL (www.thsh.co.uk)
October 24: THE GUILDHALL PORTSMOUTH (www.portsmouthguildhall.org.uk)
October 25: COLSTON HALL BRISTOL (www.colstonhall.org)
October 26: NEW THEATRE CARDIFF (www.newtheatrecardiff.co.uk)
October 27: TOWN HALL OXFORD (www.oxfordtownhall.co.uk)
October 28: THE PAVILION BOURNEMOUTH (www.bournemouthpavilion.co.uk)
October 30: THE ASSEMBLY HALL WORTHING (www.worthingtheatres.co.uk/food-and-drink/assemblyhall/)
October 31: CADOGAN HALL LONDON (www.cadoganhall.com)

The Trevor Horn Band have been confirmed for the Melt! Festival in Germany, which takes place 17-19 July in Ferropols.

Tickets and more information - www.meltfestival.de/tickets

More special guests announced for Trevor Horn (Official) gig on 5th March!

Tickets available here

Trevor is extremely happy to be able to announce three more special guests that will be performing alongside him and his band on 5th March at O2 Academy Shepherd Bush...

Joining the band will be the amazing Ella Eyre, Gabrielle Aplin and Mr. Probz..

For our ZTT releases please click here

NME have compiled a list of 50 albums that were released in 1985 that have stood the test of time.

Our boys Madness made the list with their album Mad Not Mad, and Propaganda’s A Secret Wish has stood the test of time as well, according to the NME.

Here is the link to the full article: http://www.nme.com/photos/50-amazing-1985-albums/369836?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=1985albums#/photo/48

You can find our Madness releases here

You can find our Propaganda releases here

808 State is playing at the London Electronic Arts Festival on March 6^th  in London, along with RAM records, Nile Rodgers, Ninja Tunes, Chase & Status and many more.

Grab your tickets here: https://leaf.tickettannoy.com/event/YKa2UHNNDE6fjLaF4Gm_NA

Check out our 808 state releases here.

Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s ‘The Power of Love’ is featured in the trailer for online fashion game First Person Lover (http://firstpersonlover.com/)

Check out the trailer at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQxNw1GbKDk

Check out all of our Frankie Goes To Hollywood releases here

Following the announcement of the next single ‘Walk Right In’ from her acclaimed 2014 album Where Else, Claudia Brücken will perform at London’s lovely Bush Hall on Thursday 12th March. Tickets go on general sale at 9am on Friday 16^th January, with pre-sales commencing at 9am on Thursday 15^th January.

Don’t miss this chance to see Claudia perform in a beautiful, intimate venue.

http://www.livenation.co.uk/artist/claudia-brucken-tickets

Check out all of our releases featuring Claudia

Claudia  http://www.salvo-music.co.uk/artists/artistmaintop.asp?MArID=303

Propaganda http://www.salvo-music.co.uk/artists/artistmaintop.asp?MArID=283

This year marks the 30^th anniversary of the release of Propaganda’s classic A Secret Wish. Details will be announced soon of our anniversary reissue.