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In celebration of the fact that BUCKCHERRY just broke into the ranks of the Top 10 on The Billboard 200 chart wit its latest CD, "Black Butterfly" , IGN.com has commemorated the event by posting frontman Josh ...

The British singer kicks off the 16-city trek Oct. 5 in Toronto, with highlights including stops in New York City , Boston and Los Angeles .

THIS MONTH marks the 20th anniversary of N.W.A.'s hip-hop masterpiece, "Straight Outta Compton." Boy, does that make me feel old.

Yaz's Alison Moyet and Vince Clarke brought soulful vocals and electronic rhythms to the Lakewood Theater on Tuesday.

Treasurys declined early Monday, pushing yields higher for a third day, after Bank of America reported better-than-expected earnings, easing the perceived risks ... More Alison Moyet, Vince Clarke reunite Yaz ...

The entire short-lived career of Yaz could be summed up in the final 15 minutes of its "Reconnected" tour: the dance floor packer "Don't Go," the haunting ballad "Only You," and the club anthem "Situation." But ...

Martina McBride has the kind of voice made for outdoor concerts, where it can soar.

EVERY summer, musical acts that seemed like they were gone for good suddenly get together for one last hurrah or to try to make a go of it again .

In an '80s music scene dominated by glossy, superficial sounds, the British duo Yaz stood out: While musical wizard Vince Clarke was one of the pioneers of electronic music, his partner, vocalist Alison Moyet, ...

Yazoo -- known as Yaz in the US -- kicked off their first Stateside tour in 25 years in California this week.

"I haven't listened to these songs in 25 years... I've got all the multi-tracks back and I was really pleased at the way that they sounded.

In Your Roomis a very nice summation of a brief, but shining seminal '80s act.

Yaz (in the US, and known as Yazoo in the UK and abroad) has just released In Your Room, a box set of their entire and short-lived career. Both albums, Upstairs At Eric's and You And Me Both, are presented in remastered versions of their original UK running order as well as a bonus disc of B-sides and remixes, and a DVD that includes the...

Vince Clarke is a founding member of three of the most significant synth-pop bands in history: Depeche Mode, Erasure and Yaz.

Alison Moyet isn't one of those '80s stars stuck in the past. Sure, she's in the middle of the much-anticipated Yaz reunion tour, teaming up with synthesizer wiz Vince Clarke for the first time in 25 years.

Anyone attending Carmel Morgan's London play "Smaller" a couple of years ago was in for a surreal surprise.

YOU AND ME BOTH Yaz's Vince Clarke is probably single-handedly responsible for the brand of '80s electro-noir that every Parisian producer are falling all over themselves to re-create lately.

Alison Moyet and Vince Clarke have seen so little of each other since electro duo Yazoo went its separate ways in 1983 that Moyet reckons they caught up recently for the first time in 16 years.

So I return from the Memorial Day holiday to find a surprising announcement in my mailbox: Yaz has reunited for the first time in 25 years and is coming to the Lakewood Theater.

Mute Records will drop the creatively packaged four-disc boxed set, In Your Room July 8. The effort rounds up and remasters both of the synth-pop duo's albums, 1982's Upstairs at Eric's and 1983's You and Me ...

Web 22.5.08 Yaz Readies Box Set The collection will coincide with their reunion trek.