> Cravin' Melon will be returning to the studios at the end of March to make the followup album to Red Clay Harvest .
> Depeche Mode's The Singles 81>85 has been domestically released and remastered for the first time by Reprise Records. Previously only available in the United States as an import, this collection includes fifteen songs, along with two remixes: "Just Can't Get Enough (Schizo Mix)" and "Photographic (Some Bizarre Version)".
> Sister Hazel's Ryan Newell, Monster Magner's Ed Mundell and the Wallflowers' Mike Ward have been nomatined for a Gibson Guitar Award for "Les Paul Horizon Award - Most Promising New Guitarist."
> Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers will be performing seven shows at San Francisco's Fillmore Theatre as a prelude to the April 13 release of their new album, Echo (Warner Brothers). Each show, beginning at 8 p.m., will have a different opening act.
> The London Suede will be releasing their new album Head Music (Nude / Columbia) in the U.S. on June 8. This will be the first album without longtime producer Ed Buller, with Steve Osbourne taking his place.
