Blondie, Fleming and John, MuCoMo CoffeeBreak, Tom Petty, Squirrel Nut Zippers

NEWS: > Blondie will have a reunion, with a disc of all new material to be released sometime in 1997. Three songs have been produced by "TV Mania", which is an alias for Duran Duran members Nick Rhodes and Warren Cuccurullo. All other tracks are supposed to be produced by Mike Chapman; currently, the band has not decided whether or not to tour with the new material.

> Fleming and John have been busy in their home studio working on their followup-album to Delusions of Grandeur. Ben Folds plays piano on one track ("Laughing Out Loud") and the duo have added strings to two songs appearing on Folds' forthcoming album. The new Fleming and John album is due out in spring of 1997, to be followed by a worldwide tour.

> Former 4 Non Blondes lead singer is on MuCoMo's CoffeeBreak Interview, at http://www.mucomo.com ; future interviews include Imperial Drag (January 22), Social Distortion (February 5), and Frosted (February 19).

> Tom Petty is in the midst of playing 20 sold out shows at the Fillmore in San Francisco full of covers, acoustic versions, rarities, and his hits. Opening bands for the shows will include or have included the Wallflowers, Pete Droge and Frank Black, among others.

> The Squirrel Nut Zippers have been invited to perform at President Clinton's Inaugural Ball on January 20 in Washington, and were the first confirmed band on the festivities.