Echo & the Bunnymen are touring the Crocodiles & Heaven Up Here albums!

Details here (from NME) – UK only tho, unfortunately.

Mac’s still got a gob on him too:

As previously reported, Ian McCulloch revealed last year that he wanted to perform the group’s early albums live, saying it would be “a masterclass for anyone who’s ever been in a band that isn’t quite as good as the band I’m in.”

I don’t quite know why, but I actually still care about the NME end of year lists, even though I stopped buying the magazine regularly sometime in 2000. Anyway, here’s their take on the year 2009:

NME’s 50 best albums of 2009

NME’s 50 best tracks of 2009

And if you can’t be bothered with looking at those, the number one’s are Horrors – Primary Colours & Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Zero. Not bad choices all up

Peter Hook chatting to BBC Breakfast about his new book about the Hacienda – How Not To Run A Club.

Video here

According to the NME, the answer is yes!

Jarvis Cocker has said that Pulp are “coming back” – and that they are interested in playing Glastonbury 2010.

The singer told The People that the Sheffield band, who have been inactive since the release of 2001 album ‘We Love Life’, have already talked about the possibility of playing the Worthy Farm event together.

“Glastonbury means an awful lot to me, I would love to play there again,” he said. “We’ve talked about it, there we go, there’ll be a band reunion.”

Bad Lieutenant!

From the NME:

Former New Order members Bernard Sumner, Stephen Morris and Phil Cunningham have formed a new band without ex-bassist Peter Hook.

The collective, Bad Lieutenant, features Blur’s Alex James on bass duties, Sumner told BBC Newsbeat that they have already completed recording an album, set for release in October.

“I’m very proud of it, it’s a very good album,” Sumner said. “It’s pretty guitary too because we’ve got three guitarists in the band.”

I’d like to think this would be great, but I ain’t holding my breath. Surprise me folks!