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WRONG

2009

One of the band's most disturbing

videos. A masked kidnap victim is

driven backwards through a city

as chaos ensues all around. DM

put in a brief cameo but this is all

about creating

a disquieting

atmosphere. Don't

miss the shock end.

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THREE CHOICE

CUTS FROM THE

BACK CATALOGUE

OF DEPECHE MODE

ENJOY THE SILENCE

1990

Referencing the philosophical

children's book The Little Prince, Dave

Gahan, complete with royal robes

and a crown, strolls around various

beautiful locations including the

Scottish Highlands,

the Algarve and

Swiss Alps. Directed

by Anton Corbijn.

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I FEEL YOU

1993

Corbijn's distinctive visual style is all

over this promo for the lead track

from Songs of Faith and Devotion

and its star Lysette Anthony looks

breathtakingly

beautiful. Dave's

in full-on Rock God

mode by now.

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Salt-N-Pepa get set to

Push It one more time

Just when you thought pop star milestones were all

done and dusted, along come Salt-N-Pepa with 30th

anniversary plans.

The rap trio − Cheryl ‘Salt’ James, Sandra ‘Pepa’

Denton and Deidra ‘DJ Spinderella ‘ Roper − are

working on a brand new album. Denton recently

revealed that the band were going into the studio and

recorded a couple of songs.

“One thing about us is that we’re perfectionists,”

Spinderella told website Billboard.com, “and we

know that there’s a demand, but when we do it, it’s

gotta be comfortable for us. Once we do it, it’s

gonna be right.”

The ground-breaking rappers sold more than

15 million records back in the day and will be

appearing across the UK later in the year alongside

Vanilla Ice, Coolio, Color Ne Badd, Tone Loc and

Young MC as part of the I Love Nineties Tour.

The Mark of greatness

N

ew Kids On The Block returned with

another brand new single titled

Thankful last month.

The quintet has

enjoyed

renewed success since

reforming in 2008,

but Donnie Wahlberg

wants to take their revival

to the next level and get his

movie star brother Mark Wahlberg on board.

Donnie says: “I think the entire band can

agree we have had more success this time

round than when we were younger and we are

really enjoying it now. We really are having a

lot of fun and, yeah, I would love to see Mark

perform with New Kids – it would be a lot of

fun and he’s got some hidden talents!”

Mark had some chart success of his own as

Marky Mark And The Funky Bunch in 1991.

BOWIE STILL THE MAN

David Bowie was offi cially the UK’s most

popular recording artist last year. More

than 1.6 million Bowie albums were

purchased or streamed in 2016, a fi gure

way ahead of Adele and Drake according

to the latest edition of All About the

Music 2017.

The book, which offers a detailed

insight into the successful year in British

recorded music, covers facts, fi gures and

the impact that streaming and the vinyl

revival are having on music consumption

and trends. More than 100 catalogue

tracks were streamed over 10 million

times last year, including The Killers’

2003 hit Mr Brightside which pipped the

likes of Queen and Phil Collins as the most

streamed song of 2016.

UK artists posted another strong

international performance in 2016 with

one in eight albums sold globally, making

the UK the world’s third largest music

market again.

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