+ 3 - 4 | § ¶Simply Red To Split
News in from the BBC...Simply Red are to split up in 2009, a quarter of a century after they formed, lead singer Mick Hucknall has revealed.
The 47-year-old said Stay, released last March, would be the group's final studio album, and they would disband after their tour in two years' time.
"I've kind of decided that the 25 years is going to be enough," Hucknall told the Gold radio network.
The star said he wanted to concentrate more on his solo career, having just completed an album of his own.
Read the full story on the BBC Site
+ 1 - 4 | § ¶Cyndi Lauper On The Campaign Trail
Or, anyway, Cyndi Lauper fans are campaigning. What for? Well, for more Cyndi Lauper, of course!The Cyndi Lauper Re-Issue Campaign is an effort to have the first three recordings that Cyndi Lauper released on the Portrait & Epic labels re-issued in CD format with extra tracks.
According to the campaign-leader, Josh Durr, “Many fans feel that this period was the peak of Lauper's career and abilities. In addition to re-issuing Cyndi Lauper's CDs, we are campaigning for the release of a DVD Collection containing all her videos including videos that have never been released before on any format.”
More over on the Cyndi Lauper UK site: http://www.cyndilauperuk.com/ReissuesPage.html
Meanwhile, here is one of my personal Cyndi Lauper tracks, from 1989, I Drove All Night...
