Since disbanding seminal Minneapolis post-punkers Hüsker Dü, Bob Mould has fronted chart act Sugar, gone electronic, DJ’ed, become an acclaimed remixer, and, er, been a ‘scriptwriter’ for the WWF. Now he’s come full circle and is playing the oldies live again.

So, this is the greatest hits tour?
I’m focusing on the new record – it’s had a good response – but playing a lot of the old familiar songs too. It’ll be pretty organic – pretty much straight-up guitar and voice. It’s seeing where all the events of the day are going to lead me, and trying to be sensitive to what the crowd is into as the set unfolds.

Will you be taking requests?
If someone yells something and I still know how to play it! A lot of people shout for songs that for the life of me I couldn’t remember how they go. I didn’t like doing Hüsker Dü or Sugar stuff with bands ,I thought it was nice to keep it intact, but as time has gone on I’ve sort of changed my mind on that.

Still getting shouts for Husker Du songs you didn’t write?
No. If they do I don’t hear them!

Ah yes, how is the tinnitus? (Mould famously stopped touring due to hearing problems).
On the band tour I worked with less amplifiers and less volume and it wasn’t so bad; I was able to get a lot of good sleep on the road – my head wasn’t ringing as bad as it usually does after a few shows.

You’ve been working with a lot of bands on remixes, that must be keeping you on top of what’s happening?
Yes, the Interpol remix turned out great, there was one for Low’s ‘Monkey’… here the music’s been pretty bad, the hiphop stuff’s been unbearable, though The Postal Service had a lot to do with merging electronic and pop. In Europe it’s always been a little more open… I have to get this Rammstein mix done today, I’m having a really hard time with it because it’s so fast – a really big German metal thing. I’m not really quite sure what I’m doing with it yet.