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On April 16, Pere Ubu will reissue their four albums originally released on the Fontana label. Mercury Records will reissue The Tenement Year (1988), Cloudland (1989), Worlds in Collision (1991), and Story of My Life (1993), all digitally remastered with bonus tracks and, occasionally, tweaked tracklists. The Wire's David Stubbs contributes extensive liner notes to each release.

In other Pere Ubu news, Smog Veil Records will pay tribute to Ubu associate Peter Laughner with the November 6 release of some lo-fi demos, rehearsals, and live tracks he left behind before his death in 1977. Laughner was a singer, songwriter, and guitarist who played with proto-Ubu band Rocket From the Tombs as well as an early version of Pere Ubu. The Smog Veil collection is currently untitled.

Just before the Fontana reissues hit stores, Pere Ubu will embark on a short tour of the U.S. Then, just after the reissues are released, the band will skip over to Europe for a whole month's worth of shows in support of their newest album, Why I Hate Women. In between, frontman David Thomas will play one show in Cleveland with side project Two Pale Boys.

The Tenement Year tracklist:

01 Something's Gotta Give
02 George Had a Hat
03 Talk to Me
04 Busman's Honeymoon
05 Say Goodbye
06 Universal Vibration
07 Miss You
08 Dream the Moon (alternate mix)
09 Rhythm King
10 Thunder in the Mix
11 The Hollow Earth
12 We Have the Technology
13 Postman Drove a Caddy [B-side, bonus track]
14 The B-Side [B-side, bonus track]
15 Miss You [John Peel Session, previously unreleased bonus track]
16 We Have the Technology [John Peel Session, previously unreleased bonus track]
17 The Hollow Earth (alternate mix) [previously unreleased bonus track]

Cloudland tracklist:

01 Breath
02 Race the Sun
03 Cry
04 Why Go It Alone
05 Waiting for Mary
06 Ice Cream Truck
07 Bus Called Happiness
08 Monday Night
09 Love Love Love
10 Lost Nation Road
11 Fire
12 Nevada!
13 The Wire
14 Flat
15 The Waltz
16 Pushin'
17 Breath (alternate mix) [bonus track]
18 Wine Dark Sparks [B-side, bonus track]
19 Bang the Drum [B-side, bonus track]
20 Bus Called Happiness [John Peel Session, bonus track]
21 Love Love Love (Cajun House Mix) [bonus track]

Worlds in Collision tracklist:

01 Oh Catherine
02 I Hear They Smoke the Barbecue
03 Turpentine!
04 Goodnite Irene
05 Mirror Man
06 Cry Cry Cry
07 Worlds in Collision
08 Life of Riley
09 Over the Moon
10 Don't Look Back
11 Playback
12 Nobody Knows
13 Winter in the Firelands
14 Around the Fire [B-side, bonus track]
15 Down by the River [B-side, bonus track]
16 Like a Rolling Stone [B-side, bonus track]
17 Invisible Man [B-side, bonus track]

Story of My Life tracklist:

01 Wasted
02 Come Home
03 Louisiana Train Wreck
04 Fedora Satellite II
05 Heartbreak Garage
06 Postcard
07 Kathleen
08 Honey Moon
09 Sleep Walk
10 Story of My Life
11 Last Will and Testament
12 Come Home (Stephen Hague Mix) [previously unreleased bonus track]
13 Fedora Satellite [B-side, bonus track]
14 Gripless [previously unreleased bonus track]
15 Through the Windshield [previously unreleased bonus track]
16 Stoughton 529 [previously unreleased bonus track]

Dates:

04-03 New York, NY - Knitting Factory
04-04 Harrisburg, PA - Whitaker Center
04-05 Northampton, MA - Iron Horse Music Hall
04-06 Buffalo, NY - Mohawk Place
04-07 Pittsburgh, PA - Club Cafe
04-08 Baltimore, MD - Sonar
04-10 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Tavern (David Thomas and Two Pale Boys)
04-20 Lucerne, Switzlerand - BOA
04-21 St. Gallen, Switzlerand - Palace
04-22 Bern, Switzlerand - Dampfzentrale
04-23 Stuttgart, Germany - Schocken
04-24 Essen, Germany - Zeche Carl
04-25 Aarhus, Denmark - Voxhall
04-26 Copenhagen, Denmark - Lille Vega
04-27 Gothenburg, Sweden - Sticky Fingers
04-28 Malmö, Sweden - KB
04-29 Stockholm, Sweden - Debaser
04-30 Oslo, Norway - John Dee
05-02 Nijmegen, Netherlands - Oosterpoort
05-06 London, England - Islington Academy Bar
05-14 Belgrade, Serbia - Ring Ring Festival
05-15 Rome, Italy - Init
05-16 Ravenna, Italy - Madonna dell'Albero
05-17 Florence, Italy - Auditorium Flog
05-18 Geislingen, Germany - Rätschenmühle
05-19 Hanover, Germany - Pavillon
05-20 Groningen, Netherlands - Oosterpoort
05-21 Dudelange, Luxembourg - Hotel de Ville