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While the Bunnymen have had to drop off this weekend's very '80s Cruel World festival, the lineup still boast Bauhaus, Blondie, The Psychedelic Furs, Devo, Violent Femmes, and lots more.

The CA festival was originally scheduled for 2020, then rescheduled to 2022 with much of the same lineup, including Morrissey, Bauhaus, Blondie, Devo, Echo & the Bunnymen, The Psychedelic Furs, Violent Femmes, The Church, The English Beat, and more

Originally set for 2020, the L.A. fest with an '80s alternative / goth vibe will now happen in 2022 with Echo & the Bunnymen, The Psychedelic Furs, The Damned, Violent Femmes, The English Beat, PiL, Cold Cave, Black Marble and more also playing.

Tune in Thursday (3/18) at 11 AM ET to the next episode of our livestream show on Vans Channel 66, where we'll be DJing classic punk and talking to Jesse Malin about CBGB and its continued impact on culture...

”We take Covid serious here in Florida,” Vanilla Ice maintained after playing a maskless, non-socially distanced New Year's Eve party at Donald Trump's Palm Beach resort.

This edition of In Defense of the Genre looks at 20 bands from the mainstream pop punk era paying tribute to the comparatively underground legends who influenced them, through the lens of cover songs that still sound great today.

It's like a John Hughes soundtrack performed live, with Violent Femmes, The Church, English Beat, Public Image Ltd, Gary Numan, Marc Almond and lots more also playing this one-day LA fest.

Plus: The House of Love, The Bush Tetras, Big Country, Pronoun, DMX, Cam'ron, Quasi, Garcia Peoples, Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, and more tour-related news.

Just about every area of recorded music was hit by the fire, from jazz to punk to cabaret to comedy, new wave, historical speeches, metal, hip hop, you name it.

The B-52’s are celebrating their 40th anniversary this year -- their classic debut LP came out in 1979 -- with a big tour that also includes synthpop icons OMD as well as fellow '80s-era band Berlin on most dates.