aaamusic | On 12, Oct 2010

Heaven 17 have been confirmed as special guests on Later With Jools Holland. The programme will be transmitted LIVE on Tuesday 19th at 10.00 p.m. on BBC2 and the pre-recorded programme will transmit on Friday 22nd October at 11.45pm on BBC2.

Heaven 17’s appearance on Jools Holland will precede the highly anticipated 30th Anniversary tour of their seminal album “Penthouse And Pavement”. It will be the first time the band will perform the album in its entirety. The tour includes the following dates: Edinburgh Picture House (Nov 22), Glasgow 02 ABC (Nov 23), Manchester Ritz (Nov 25), Birmingham HMV Institute (Nov 26), London HMV Forum (Nov 28), Oxford 02 Academy (Nov 29), Brighton Corn Exchange (Nov 30) and Bristol 02 Academy (Dec 1).

The UK tour coincides with the “Collector’s Edition” of Penthouse And Pavement, released by EMI Records as a 3-disc set. CD#1 includes the digitally re-mastered edition of Penthouse And Pavement. CD #2 includes previously unreleased demos from the Penthouse album, plus never-before-heard tracks. The 3rd discs is a DVD which includes the Penthouse And Pavement promotional video and The Story Of Penthouse And Pavement: 2010 Documentary (1 hour).

BlinkTV will release a 2-disc DVD package called “Penthouse and Pavement Live in Concert” on November 15th. The concert was filmed in the band’s hometown of Sheffield earlier this year, and is shown in its entirety for the first time. The package will also feature a special extended edition of the documentary, “Heaven 17: The Story of Penthouse and Pavement” that will include exclusive new footage of the band.