When EXTC tours, the trio led by original XTC drummer Terry Chambers doesn’t go easy. EXTC’s fifth North American tour is a 56-date marathon rolling through June 15. Every night, Chambers, ...

There were a few songs before XTC's third album that hinted at something more than the workmanlike post-punk and New Wave that marked their earliest records. Like the 1978 single version of "This Is ...

From Badfinger to XTC, these bands had enough magic to conquer the world - but there was always a chink in their armour ...

Former XTC drummer Terry Chambers is touring with his new band EXTC, playing songs from the XTC catalog. Chambers left XTC in 1982 primarily because guitarist Andy Partridge decided the band would no ...

A thrilling marriage of ‘What happens if we push this?’-style experimentation and itchy, envelope-pushing pop, XTC’s third LP saw them going through changes. But Making Plans was an odd if brilliant ...

Former XTC drummer Terry Chambers is touring with his new band EXTC, playing songs from the XTC catalog. Chambers left XTC in 1982 primarily because guitarist Andy Partridge decided the band would no ...

Forty years ago this month, the English band XTC brought its live career to a crashing halt. They were onstage in Paris when frontman Andy Partridge suffered a severe panic attack, causing him to ...

ARE YOU RECEIVING ME? More than four decades after XTC ceased touring, original drummer Terry Chambers leads EXTC, a trio that celebrates the music of his old band. Pictured, from left, are Steve ...

Andy Partridge is looking forward to New Year’s Eve so he can give the finger to 2006. The leader of genius British rock band XTC spent six months this year recuperating from a tendon tear on his left ...

Back in 2006, Partridge spoke with Paste about the day John Lennon died, XTC’s early influences and quitting touring. Revisit the interview here.

In 1977, XTC vocalist/guitarist Andy Partridge caught a video of the Sex Pistols’ “Anarchy in the U.K.” at an HMV in his hometown of Swindon, England. At the time, John Lydon and co. were the next-big ...