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Bruce Mitchell and Keir Stewart of The Durutti Column plus James Nice and broadcaster Siân Pattenden will be in conversation at Rough Trade East in London on Friday 31 July 2026 from 19:00 to discuss the band's history and new album 'Renascent'. Tickets for this event also include a physical copy of the fantastic album on your format of choice to be collected from Rough Trade East on the day

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Check out the official visualiser for the teaser track 'Liars' taken from the album 'Renascent' on the official YouTube channel of The Durutti Column. The 'Liars' visualiser is by Johnny Sanders at Prehuman, utilising graphics by Hamish Muir and Mark Holt, formerly of the design collective 8vo.

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'Renascent', the new album by The Durutti Column, is released on Friday 31 July 2026. The album will be available across a number of formats including digital, CD (both with the bonus track 'All They See is Fire') and transparent yellow vinyl. There will also be a limited edition vinyl featuring alternative artwork, pressed on bottle green vinyl and featuring an oversized booklet. The official

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As part of Harry Styles's Meltdown Festival, on Wednesday 17 June 2026 at 19:45 BST, Keir Stewart presents a celebration of the music of Vini Reilly and The Durutti Column. Keir (guitar, bass, samples, keys) will be joined by Liz Rossi (violin, piano), Caolfhionn Rose (vocals, piano) and Sam Morris (French horn) as they interpret key moments across the band's six-decade career. Tickets are

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The Durutti Column 'The Return of...' remastered album premieres in the dark! Thursday 27 November the castle cinema london Thursday 11 December, Cultplex, Manchester

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More than twenty years ago, I turned up early for a gig by The Durutti Column at Islington Academy with my trusty (and then fairly high spec) Sony Mini DV camcorder. I had more or less access all areas but without a fancy badge. As long as my battery lasted I was good. The resulting behind-the-scenes video has been undergone various edits but, until now, has never been published. The video

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This year marks 45 years since the release of The Durutti Column’s landmark album The Return Of The Durutti Column. To celebrate, London Records announces a very special reissue of the seminal Manchester band’s 1980 debut, set for release on 28 November 2025 and available for pre-order now at the official Durutti Column online store. The Return Of The Durutti Column remains one of Factory's

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  A new French language book by Pierre Sauvanet about The Durutti Column is out now. It centres on the debut album 'The Return of The Durutti Column' and comes in a suitably sandpaper effect softback cover.  'The Durutti Column' by Pierre Sauvanet, Le mot et le reste Published: 27 June 2025 ISBN: 9782384315925 224 pages (148 x 210 mm) More details available at: lemotetlereste.com/

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 'The Durutti Column: A Life of Reilly' is an authorised biography of Vini Reilly and The Durutti Column by James Nice published on 17 May 2024. The book offers a fascinating insight into the extraordinary triangular relationship between Reilly, Bruce Mitchell and band manager Tony Wilson, as well as the enduring cultural influence of The Durutti Column's peerless Factory label catalogue.

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The April edition of Mojo magazine features a cover cd called 'The North Will Rise Again' that includes 'Chant' by The Durutti Column (as originally featured on 'A Paean To Wilson'.

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 Check out the new visualiser for 'Otis' off the 1989 'Vini Reilly' album which is being reissued on vinyl for Record Store Day 2024 and as a 5-disc box set.

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Lantern Records presents a special Record Store Day vinyl edition of 'Greetings from S.G.V. The Greetings LP' featuring recordings by Blaine L. Reininger, Stockholm Monsters and The Durutti Column. The album has is reissued for the first time on vinyl in a new format. This compilation was originally released exclusively by the Materiali Sonori label in 1987.

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 A special 35th Anniversary Edition of the classic 1989 Factory Records album 'Vini Reilly' spread over 4 CDs and 1 DVD is released on 19 April 2024 and features: 'Vini Reilly' (1989) & Bonus Tracks The Sporadic Recordings 'Womad Live' & Demos 'Live In Porto' 1988 DVDBonus 3-Inch Mini CDThis special edition is available to pre-order via The Durutti Column Store

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 Lest we forget when 'The Bear' used The Durutti Column's 'Future Perfect' (off 'Fidelity') in a magical montage sequence for S2:E2 of the award-winning show.

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 'Vini Reilly' will be released on remastered black vinyl in a numbered limited edition for Record Store Day 2024. This edition features the original 'unused and unseen' sleeve designed by 8vo. This album is only available at participating Record Store Day shops from Saturday 20 April 2024.

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Continuing the abstract visual storytelling of 'Pigeon', Australian visual artist and designer Jonathan Zawada has created a new visualiser for 'Sing to Me' using the same custom manipulation technique, combining found footage and a midi keyboard to control everything within the song's composition. Both tracks are included on the forthcoming re-release of 'Time Was GIGANTIC... When we were

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London Records have commissioned a new visualiser for The Durutti Column's 'Pigeon' by renowned Australian visual artist Jonathan Zawada, who has worked with the likes of Flume, The Presets, Royksöpp and Mark Pritchard). To create the visualiser, Zawada developed a custom manipulation setup, creating the visual piece using found footage and a midi keyboard to control everything within the

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... and we're back. London Records have dug into the Factory Records archive to re-issue The Durutti Column's 'Time Was GIGANTIC... When we were kids'. Originally released in 1998, these 25-year anniversary editions are available to pre-order on CD and for the first time on double vinyl, with release set for 30 June 2023. These new additions are remastered and expanded with five rare bonus

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 A Paean to Wilson is still arguably Vini Reilly and The Durutti Column's most important and consistent piece of work since the demise of the original and seminal Factory Records in the early nineties. This special triple coloured vinyl edition on the DURUTTI label via Cargo (as trailed back in 2020) combines the original 2009 twelve-track album with the six 'Heaven Sent' tracks. The latter

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The first stand-alone vinyl single to be released by The Durutti Column this century will be released on 4 August 2020 (Vini Reilly's birthday). 'Free From All The Chaos', was originally on the CD release 'Chronicle' and is presented with the unreleased track 'Number Three', from the same sessions. This release also features the voice of singer/songwriter Caoilfhionn Rose, a collaborator with

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