Bauhaus vocalist and solo artist Peter Murphy has announced a lengthy US tour this summer, reuniting with guitarist MarkGT, bassist Jeff Schwartoff (PMM/Human Waste Project) and drummer Nick Lucero (ex Queens of the Stone Age/The Flys). Mark and Jeff previously toured USA and Europe with Peter in 2005 to promote the 'Unshattered' album. Dates and more information below. Peter is currently working on his follow up to 'Unshattered', including some collaborations with MarkGT... check out Peter Murphy/MGT tour images [click here]
For more information visit www.petermurphy.info
Peter Murphy: Artist of the month (House of Blues) feature [click here]

Peter Murphy: 'Cuts you up' live Anaheim (03/06/2008)

PETER MURPHY 'RETROSPECTIVE' USA TOUR 2008:
May 30 – Seattle, WA – El Corazon
May 31 – Portland, OR – Aladdin Theater
Jun 02 – San Francisco, CA – Regency Center
Jun 03 – Anaheim, CA – House of Blues
Jun 04 – San Diego, CA – House of Blues
Jun 05 – Los Angeles, CA – House of Blues
Jun 06 – Ventura, CA – Ventura Theater
Jun 08 – Las Vegas, NV – House of Blues
Jun 09 – Tempe, AZ – Marquee Theater
Jun 11 – Denver, CO – Ogden
Jun 15 – Kansas City, MO – Beaumont Club
Jun 16 – Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line Music Café
Jun 17 – Chicago, IL – House of Blues
Jun 18 – Detroit, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre
Jun 20 – Columbus, OH – Promo-West
Jun 21 – Cleveland, OH – House of Blues
Jun 22 – Buffalo, NY – The Tralf
Jun 23 – Pittsburgh, PA - New Hazlett Theater
Jun 25 – Atlantic City, NJ – House of Blues

Jun 26 – New York, NY – Blender Theater @ Gramercy
Jun 27 – New York, NY – Blender Theater @ Gramercy
Jun 28 – Boston, MA – The Roxy
Jun 29 – Philadelphia, PA – Trocadero
Jun 30 – Baltimore, MD – Rams Head Live
Jul 02 – Atlanta, GA – Center Stage
Jul 03 – Tampa, FL – Tampa Theater
Jul 04 – Jacksonville, FL – Freebird
Jul 05 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Revolution
Jul 06 – Orlando, FL – House of Blues
Jul 09 – New Orleans, LA – House of Blues
Jul 10 – Houston, TX – Meridian
Jul 11 – Austin, TX – EMOS
Jul 12 – Dallas, TX – House of Blues
Jul 13 – San Antonio, TX - TBA

Europe:
Jul 17 – Oporto, Portugal – Festival Mares Vives
Jul 19 – Jarocin, Poland – Jarocin Festival

THE MISSION have announced the final 'Farewell' tour, which sees the band touring many countries in mainland Europe in February including France, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Germany, Hungary, Croatia, Austria, Netherlands. and culminating in four special nights in a row at London Shepherds Bush Empire (UK) where the Mission will play their first four albums - The First Chapter, Gods Own Medicine, Children and Carved in Sand - in their entireity, one album each night. The London shows will be videoed and recorded for future DVD and live audio CD release.

The current line-up of the band, featuring Mission founder Wayne Hussey and Mark Gemini Thwaite on guitar, plus Richard Vernon and Steve Spring, will also include some very special guest appearances at the London shows. Wayne Hussey has confirmed that these will be the final shows for the band, as he feels its now time to move on and focus on other projects..

Mark has also been confirmed to make a special guest DJ appearance at Club Antichrist in London UK on Friday 29th February, which is also the official aftershow club for the Mission concert on that day.. Mark will also be spinning some of his exclusive Metalmorphosis remixes, which include brand new versions of club classics with additional guitars..

more information and the official flyer visit www.myspace.com/anticlublondon

The Mission 'Farewell' Tour 2008:
February
Tue 05 BELGIUM WAREGAM EXPO
WED 06 FRANCE PARIS LOCOMOTIVE
THU 07 FRANCE MARSEILLE LE POSTE A GALENE
FRI 08 SPAIN BARCELONA BIKINI
SAT 09 SPAIN MADRID HEINEKEN
SUN 10 SPAIN MALAGA TEATRO CERVENTES
MON 11 SPAIN VALENCIA HEINEKEN GREENSPACE
WED 13 ITALY MILAN TRANSILVANIA
THU 14 ITALY ROME CIRCOLO DEGLI ARTISTI
FRI 15 ITALY FLORENCE FLOG
SAT 16 ITALY RIMINI VELVET
SUN 17 CROATIA ZAGREB BOOGALOO

MON 18 HUNGARY BUDAPEST A38
TUE 19 AUSTRIA VIENNA ARENA
THU 21 GERMANY HAMBURG FABRIK
FRI 22 GERMANY BERLIN COLUMBIA CLUB
SAT 23 GERMANY DRESDEN SCHLEIFE EINS
SUN 24 GERMANY KOLN LIVE MUSIC HALL
MON 25 NETHERLANDS UTRECHT TIVOLI
WED 27 UK LONDON SHEPHERDS BUSH EMPIRE
THU 28 UK LONDON SHEPHERDS BUSH EMPIRE
FRI 29 UK LONDON SHEPHERDS BUSH EMPIRE
March
SAT 01 UK LONDON SHEPHERDS BUSH EMPIRE

WARRIOR SOUL frontman Kory Clarke has teamed up with legendary bassist Paul Raven (KILLING JOKE, PRONG , MINISTRY) and Mark Thwaite (MISSION UK, TRICKY, PETER MURPHY) to launch a new project called MOB RESEARCH. The band has posted three new songs on its MySpace page to give its fans something to drool over until the MOB RESEARCH debut CD hits stores in spring of 2008.

MOB RESEARCH is:

Kory Clarke - Vocals
Paul Raven - Bass
Mark Gemini Thwaite - Guitars
Legion Davies - addtl gtrs/keys

Mob Research MySpace page

After completing the 'Lighting the Candles' European tour with The Mission last year, Mark joined the rest of the band in a studio in the UK last month to record guitars on the new Mission studio album, slated for a tentative release on SPV in March 2007. Several of MGT's compositions and collaborations with singer Wayne Hussey have been shortlisted for inclusion, including 'Belladonna', 'Headshrinker' and 'Dumb'. This will be the band's first studio release in over 5 years, and will be MGT's fourth studio album with the Mission since joining in 1992.

During the recording sessions the bandmembers were interviewed, you can check out the video interview with Mark on YouTube click here). For more information visit the official website at www.themissionuk.com and www.myspace.com/themissionuk