Gary Numan

The Mission's Wayne Hussey spearheaded this charity project which also features Gary Numan, Midge Ure, The Cult's Billy Duffy, Siouxsie & The Banshees' Budgie, Bauhaus drummer Kevin Haskins, and more.

Gang of Four’s influence spanned far and wide, defining the sound of “angular” post-punk guitar and also impacting Nine Inch Nails, Rage Against the Machine, R.E.M., Nirvana, and much more...

The '80s-centric Los Angeles festival Cruel World has announced it's moving from May 2 to September 12, due to "recent circumstances."

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: more tributes to Gill from Blur's Graham Coxon, Greg Dulli, The Futureheads, REM's MIke Mills, Colin Meloy, Noveller's Sarah Lipstate, Geoff Rickly and more.

'Substance' happens in November at the Los Angeles Theatre and also features Boy Harsher, ADULT., Lust for Youth, and more.

Plus: Wolf Parade's Spencer Krug narrates his own story "Right on Rosie," Frank Black's story "Doug and the Bug" is narrated by Danny DeVito, Micachu's story "How to Escape from a Wasp" is narrated by King Krule, and more.

This week in the Basement: reviews of new albums by Munya, Norway's I Was a King, and Xeno & Oaklander, plus Gary Numan's ’I Assassin’ is reissued on vinyl, Scottish post-punk outfit Vital Idles, and Sudakistan cover The Stooges in Spanish.

Trent Reznor also brought out Mariqueen Maandig (his wife and singer of his band How To Destroy Angels) for several HTDA songs at the final run of NIN's tour.

Beck brought out Gary Numan to play "Cars" for the second time that day, plus sets from The Jesus Lizard, Elvis Costello and The Imposters, Interpol, The Voidz, Killing Joke, HEALTH, and more from Saturday at Riot Fest.