Following an extensive European summer tour, Depeche Mode's North American run will kick off on in August and run through October.
Fans can register now for early access to tickets at presale.depechemode.com. By registering, fans will reserve a spot in line for the fan presale, which they can then improve by sharing their unique presale link with friends and family, or by preordering Depeche Mode's new album Spirit.
On March 6, days before tickets go on general sale to the public, fans who have registered will be let into a special ticket presale in waves, based on their place in line.
The Global Spirit Tour is in support of the band's upcoming 14th studio album, Spirit, out March 17 via Columbia Records. The album's first single is "Where's The Revolution." Pre-order Spirit from digital retailers here: smarturl.it/Spirit
On
the North American leg of the Global Spirit Tour, the band will
continue their charity partnership with Swiss watch maker Hublot,
raising money and awareness for charity: water toward their mission of
providing safe drinking water to everyone in the world.
Citi cardmembers
will have access to presale tickets beginning Tuesday, March 7 at 10AM
through Citi's Private Pass® program. For complete presale details visit
www.citiprivatepass.com.
AT&T
is sending customers to the front of the line with AT&T priority
pre-sale ticket access also beginning on Tuesday, March 7 at 10AM via
the AT&T THANKS program. For complete pre-sale details visit att.com/frontoftheline.
American
Express Card Members can purchase tickets to the Hollywood Bowl
performances before the general public beginning Tuesday, March 7 at
10AM.
Fall 2017 North American Tour:
August 23
Salt Lake City, UT
USANA Amphitheatre
August 25
Denver, CO
Pepsi Center
August 27
Detroit, MI
DTE Energy Music Theatre
August 30
Chicago, IL
Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
September 1
Uncasville, CT
Mohegan Sun Arena
September 3
Toronto, ON
Air Canada Centre
September 5
Montreal, QC
Centre Bell
September 7
Washington, DC
Verizon Center
September 9
New York, NY
Madison Square Garden
September 11
New York, NY
Madison Square Garden
September 13
Tampa, FL
MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
September 15
Miami, FL
AmericanAirlines Arena
September 18
Nashville, TN
Ascend Amphitheater
September 20
Austin, TX
Austin360 Amphitheatre
September 22
Dallas, TX
Starplex Pavilion
September 24
Houston, TX
Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion presented by Huntsman
September 27
Phoenix, AZ
AK-Chin Pavilion
September 30
Las Vegas, NV
T-Mobile Arena
October 2
Santa Barbara, CA
Santa Barbara County Bowl
October 6
San Diego, CA
Mattress Firm Amphitheatre
October 8
San Jose, CA
SAP Center
October 10
Oakland, CA
Oracle Arena
October 12
Los Angeles, CA
Hollywood Bowl
October 14
Los Angeles, CA
Hollywood Bowl
October 21
Seattle, WA
KeyArena
October 23
Portland, OR
Moda Center
October 25
Vancouver, BC
Rogers Arena
October 27
Edmonton, AB
Rogers Place
Check out the latest news on an album that made my year-end best of 2016...
Paul Kelly, Australia’s preeminent songwriter, will spend the month of May performing intimate shows across America and Canada — his first concerts on this continent since 2013.
This tour is in support of Kelly’s 2016 release, the uniquely conceived Death’s Dateless Night, although he will also be playing songs from his award-winning career that has earned him induction into Australian Recording Industry Association’s Hall of Fame and, just earlier this year, being appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia for his distinguished service to the performing arts.
Death’s Dateless Night, a collaboration with the highly regarded Australian multi-instrumentalist Charlie Owen, contains songs that they have played at various funerals. Featuring a mix of covers, traditional tunes and a few Kelly originals, the album’s vibe is actually far from funereal. The spare, stirring set has been hailed as a “powerful meditation on life, death and the mess we make in-between.”
Owen, a veteran of several Australian bands including the Divinyls, will be accompanying Kelly on this tour, which runs in May. Joining Kelly too are his daughters, Madeleine and Memphis Kelly. The two, who have their own music careers, both appeared on Death’s Dateless Night as well.
Death's Dateless Night is just the latest in Paul Kelly’s recent run of fascinatingly eclectic projects. 2016 also saw Kelly releasing the seven-song mini-album Seven Sonnets & A Song, in which he re-worked William Shakespeare’s love sonnets into songs. For The Merri Soul Sessions (2015) he enlisted a variety of vocalists to reinterpret his tunes with a R&B revue feel.
In 2013, Kelly teamed up with Neil Finn of Crowded House fame for a highly successful Australian tour that resulted in the live album Goin’ Your Way, which came out as a two-CD set and a DVD. Kelly’s most ambitious musical endeavor, however, has been his “A-Z” project. It began as a series of concerts where he would perform his set of songs in alphabetical order, and he wound up creating an eight-CD, 105-song live box set, which came out in the U.S. in 2012.
Critical accolades have followed Paul Kelly throughout his career. His 1985 breakout album Post was chosen Rolling Stone Australia’s Album of the Year. American music journalists started singing their praises when A&M Records put out Paul Kelly and the Messengers’ first three U.S. releases — Gossip (1987), Under the Sun (1988) and So Much Water So Close To Home (1989) — and continued on with Kelly’s solo outings.
Kelly has a special relationship with his home country, much like Bruce Springsteen has with America. His work is having an impact on a younger generation of musicians. When critic’s darling Australian artist Courtney Barnett was 16, her English teacher had the students analyze and dissect Kelly’s song “To Her Door,” going through each lyric and word.
The young musician had “a bit of a moment” with the assignment; as she would tell NPR, “When I heard this song, it probably opened up seeing stories in a different way and how they can develop. Such a simple little story can have so much impact when it’s drawn out. That song always sticks out for me because of that moment that I had with it that started a bit of a snowball of change.”
These shows offer a rare opportunity to hear this eloquent wordsmith in an intimate setting so, whether you are a longtime fan or a recent convert, you can become “a member of the family” too.
Tour dates:
Sat., May 6 CHICAGO, IL Szold Hall
Mon., May 8 TORONTO, ON The Drake Underground
Wed., May 10 NORTHAMPTON, MA Iron Horse Music Hall
Thurs., May 11 CAMBRIDGE, MA Club Passim
Fri., May 12 FAIRFIELD, CT Stageone
Sat., May 13 VIENNA, VA Jammin Java
Mon., May 15 PHILADELPHIA, PA World Café Life – Upstairs
Tue., May 16 NEW YORK, NY Le Poisson Rouge
Fri., May 19 LOS ANGELES, CA The Hotel Café
Sun., May 21 SAN FRANCISCO, CA Swedish American Hall
Tues., May 23 VANCOUVER, BC Biltmore
Fri., May 26 CALGARY, AB Commonwealth Bar
Sat., May 27 EDMONTON, AB Mercury Room
The Retro Futura Tour, revolving around pop, rock, ska and new wave acts that found fame in the 1980s, returns this summer, headlined by synth pioneer Howard Jones, with the English Beat, Men Without Hats, Modern English, Paul Young and Katrina (ex-Katrina And The Waves). The line-up will also feature Bow Wow Wow's Annabella on certain dates when Paul Young will not be on the bill. Please see below for tour dates, more dates to be announced shortly; to purchase tickets, please click here.
Electronic music pioneer Howard Jones' most recent offering is Engage, an entirely fan-funded multi-media project. It incorporates specially-commissioned visuals with music and an interactive live show. Engage is inspired by electronica, contemporary classical and pop, fusing this audio mélange with other visual and literary arts such as ballet, modern dance and philosophy. Engage was performed in London, Los Angeles and New York and is available now as a DVD/CD package.
Retro Futura Tour 2017:
JULY
18 Los Angeles, CA Greek Theater
19 Costa Mesa, CA OC Fair
20 San Diego, CA Open Air Theater
21 Saratoga, CA Mountain Winery
22 Las Vegas, NV Downtown Las Vegas Events Center
24 Denver, CO Bellco Theater
28 Atlanta, GA Chastain Park*
29 Charlotte, NC Metro Credit Union Amphitheater*
30 Baltimore, MD Pier Six*
AUGUST
1 Grand Rapids, MI Van Andel Arena
2 Indianapolis, IN The Lawn
3 West Allis, WI WI State Fair
4 Detroit, MI Meadow Brook
5 Northfield, OH Hard Rock Live
6 Kettering, OH The Fraze Pavilion
9 New Brunswick, NJ State Theatre
10 Providence, RI Dunkin Donuts Center
11 Atlantic City, NJ Borgata Event Center
12 Wallingford, CT Oakdale
13 Albany, NY Times Union Center
14 Lynn, MA Lynn Auditorium
17 Minneapolis, MN State Theater
18 Merrillville, IN Star Plaza Theater*
19 St. Charles, MO Family Arena*
*No Paul Young, Annabella Lwin on the line-up
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Erasure (Andy Bell and Vince Clarke) have announced details of their 17th album, World Be Gone, out on Mute on May 19.
It is the follow up to 2014’s The Violet Flame, and follows the band’s recent 30th anniversary celebrations.
About the songs, Vince Clarke says, “Obviously the current political climate lends itself to lots of ideas.” Andy Bell continues, “I think there’s an under swell of opinion, and people are slowly waking up. I’m hoping that people will take the album in a positive way, that they’ll use it as optimistic rabble-rousing music.”
Watch the trailer for the new album HERE.
The BRIT and Ivor Novello winning pop duo have released a staggering number of albums, including 5 UK Number 1’s and 17 top 10 singles (35 singles charted in the UK Top 40) and their recent best of, Always, saw Erasure entering the Top 10 album charts once again.
Erasure is special guest on Robbie Williams’ 2017 stadium tour taking place in the summer. Ahead of those dates, Erasure perform three headline shows: May 27 in Glasgow, May 28 in Manchester and May 29 at London’s historic Roundhouse. Full details below.
World Be Gone, written, performed and produced by Erasure and mixed by Matty Green, will be available on CD, ltd edition orange vinyl, regular vinyl & cassette and is available to pre-order now. As a special thank you to fans, everyone who pre-orders the album by 7 April (through the dedicated World Be Gone pre-order site) will get their name included in the album artwork. 500 copies of the album will be signed and all pre-orders give access to the exclusive fan ticket pre-sale for the band’s forthcoming headline shows. Pre-order HERE.
Track listing:
Love You To The Sky
Be Careful What You Wish For!
World Be Gone
A Bitter Parting
Still It's Not Over
Take Me Out Of Myself
Sweet Summer Loving
Oh What A World
Lousy Sum Of Nothing
Just A Little Love
Headline tour dates:
27 May – Glasgow, 02 Academy
28 May – Manchester Albert Hall
29 May – London Roundhouse
Tickets on sale Friday March 3 HERE.
On tour with Robbie Williams:
2 June – UK Manchester, Ethiad Stadium
6 June – UK Southampton, St Mary’s Stadium
9 June – UK Edinburgh, Murrayfield Stadium
13 June – UK Coventry, Ricoh Stadium
17 June – IRE Dublin, Aviva Stadium
21 June – UK Cardiff, Ethiad Stadium
23 June – UK London, Stadium (Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park)
28 June – DE Dusseldorf, Espirit Arena
1 July – FR Paris, AccorHotels Arena
4 July – NL Nijmegen, Goffertpark
8 July – BE Werchter, Festivalpark
11 July – DE Hannover, HDI Arena
14 July – IT Verona, Stadio Bentegodi
19 July – DE Frankfurt, Commerzbank Arena
22 July – DE Munich, Olympiastadion
25 July – DE Berlin, Waldbühne
29 July – SE Stockholm, Tele2 Arena
4 Aug – NO Bergen, Bergenhus Fortress
7 Aug – DK Copenhagen, Telia Parken
10 Aug – FI Tampere, Ratina Stadium
13 Aug – PL Warsaw, PGE Narodowy
16 Aug – LT Vilnius, Vingis Park
19 Aug – CZ Prague, Airport Letnany
23 Aug – HU Budapest, Groupama Arena
26 Aug – AT Vienna, Ernst Happel Stadium
29 Aug – AT Klagenfurt, Wörthersee Stadium
2 Sep – CH Zurich, Letzigrund Stadium
7 Sep – RU St Petersburg, Ledovi Dvorets Palace
10 Sep – RU Moscow, Olympiski
Tickets are on sale now from RobbieWilliams.com
I've had the pleasure of attending this great fest the past couple years (see my reviews elsewhere on this blog) and they've got another impressive crop slated this spring. Here is the latest news...
Headliners for the 2017 Doheny Blues Festival, held May 20-21 at Doheny State Beach in Dana Point, Calif. have been announced.
Performing will be Joe Walsh, Melissa Etheridge's "This Is MEmphis Rock & Soul Revue," Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Experience, Mavis Staples, John Primer, Bob Corritore & Henry Gray, Moreland & Arbuckle, Robin Trower, JJ Grey & Mofro, Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters, Samantha Fish, Nico Duportal & the West Coast Connection and Adrianna Marie & the Groovecutters.
More to be announced.
For
20 years, the event has created a festival environment with three
alternating stages of blues, rock and soul music, a beachfront venue,
microbrews, overnight camping,
an eclectic vendor village and 20,000 music fans throughout the weekend.
There is also a new website with all the details: www.dohenybluesfestival.com
Save up to $50 when you purchase a weekend pass. Advance prices are:
GA $140
VIP $260
Gold $470
Garbage's THIS IS THE NOISE THAT KEEPS ME AWAKE, an autobiographical coffee table book, is due out July 4 via Akashic Books.
Now, for the first time, the band's four members (Shirley Manson, Duke Erikson, Steve Marker, and Butch Vig) tell the story of their incredible journey in their own words. The book includes never before seen photographs of the band as well as pieces written by each of the four band members. THIS IS THE NOISE THAT KEEPS ME AWAKE was written with former Rolling Stone journalist Jason Cohen.
"We were starting to forget what we wanted to remember," said Garbage frontwoman Shirley Manson. "Twenty two years is a long time to keep track of the magic and the madness."
THIS IS THE NOISE THAT KEEPS ME AWAKE is available for pre-order now HERE. The limited edition pre-order bundle includes a hardcover copy of the book, a custom-made collectible box, and a 12" vinyl with six never before released live recordings of ballads: "Milk", "You Look So Fine", "Cup of Coffee", "Bleed Like Me", "Beloved Freak", and "Even Though Our Love Is Doomed".
Earlier this month, Garbage announced a co-headline North American tour with Blondie that will kick off on July 5 in Saratoga, CA and wrap on August 12 in Dallas, TX. John Doe & Exene Cervenka will provide support on the first leg of the tour and Deap Vally for the second leg. Tickets for the Rage and Rapture tour are on sale now and available HERE.
garbage.com
A very good cause...
Best Coast has announced "Don't Sit Down: A Benefit For Planned Parenthood," which will take place at the El Rey Theater in Los Angeles on March 4. It will feature the following artists:
Best Coast
Grouplove
Jimmy Tamborello of The Postal Service (DJ Set)
Lili Hayes (DJ Set)
Lovely Bad Things
MUNA
Nina & Louise of Veruca Salt
The Side Eyes
Wavves (DJ Set)
Special appearance by Liz Phair
Says Best Coast frontwoman Bethany Cosentino, "Planned Parenthood is a cause I have always cared about so much. They were there for me when I needed them, and I want to be there for them when they need me. It breaks my heart to see what is happening in the world, but it makes me happy to see so many people coming together for change. I hope that this event is able to educate people on the necessity of organizations like Planned Parenthood, and allow them to have a good time in the process. I am so thankful to have been able to rally together an amazing lineup of artists to be involved in this, and I can't wait raise some much needed money for Planned Parenthood together."
Tickets for the show go on sale on Thursday, Feb. 23, at 10 am PST. 100% of the proceeds go to Planned Parenthood.
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More new dates have been added to Roger Waters North American Us + Them tour, including a third show at Los Angeles’ Staples Center and a second at Denver’s Pepsi Center.
The 54-show tour will feature songs from Pink Floyd albums (The Dark Side of The Moon, The Wall, Animals, Wish You Were Here) plus some new songs and solo work. The tour kicks off in May and runs through October of 2017.
Tickets and VIP packages for most of the newly added dates go on sale beginning Monday, February 27 (see below for exceptions).
Roger Waters’ legendary live performances are renowned as immersive sensory experiences featuring high class, state-of-the-art audio visual production and breathtaking quad sound. This new tour promises to be no exception, following months of meticulous planning and visionary craft, it will inspire crowds with its powerful delivery to take the audience on a musical journey.
Us + Them marks the artist's first US return since The Wall Live (2010-2013), his sold-out world tour which was seen by more than 4 million fans globally at 219 shows and remains the highest grossing tour by any solo artist in history.
Tour Dates:
May 26 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center
May 28 Louisville, KY KFC Yum! Center
May 30 St. Louis, MO Scottrade Center
Jun 1 Tulsa, OK BOK Center
Jun 3 Denver, CO Pepsi Center
Jun 4 Denver, CO Pepsi Center
Jun 7 San Jose, CA SAP Center at San Jose
Jun 10 Oakland, CA Oracle Arena
Jun 12 Sacramento, CA Golden 1 Center
Jun 14 Phoenix, AZ Gila River Arena
Jun 16 Las Vegas, NV T-Mobile Arena
Jun 20 Los Angeles, CA STAPLES Center
Jun 21 Los Angeles, CA STAPLES Center
Jun 24 Seattle, WA Tacoma Dome
Jun 27 Los Angeles, CA Staples Center*
Jul 1 San Antonio, TX AT&T Center
Jul 3 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center
Jul 6 Houston, TX Toyota Center
Jul 8 New Orleans, LA Smoothie King Center*
Jul 11 Tampa, FL Amalie Arena
Jul 13 Miami, FL AmericanAirlines Arena
Jul 16 Atlanta, GA Infinite Energy Arena
Jul 18 Greensboro, NC Greensboro Coliseum
Jul 20 Columbus, OH Nationwide Arena
Jul 22 Chicago, IL United Center
Jul 23 Chicago, IL United Center
Jul 26 St. Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center
Jul 29 Milwaukee, WI Bradley Center
Aug 2 Detroit, MI The Palace of Auburn Hills
Aug 4 Washington, DC Verizon Center
Aug 8 Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center
Aug 9 Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center
Aug 13 Nashville, TN Bridgestone Arena
Sep 7 Newark, NJ Prudential Center
Sep 11 Brooklyn, NY Barclays Center
Sep 12 Brooklyn, NY Barclays Center
Sep 15 Uniondale, NY The New Coliseum
Sep 16 Uniondale, NY The New Coliseum
Sep 19 Pittsburgh, PA PPG Paints Arena
Sep 21 Cleveland, OH Quicken Loans Arena
Sep 23 Albany, NY Times Union Center
Sep 24 Hartford, CT XL Center
Sep 27 Boston, MA TD Garden
Sep 28 Boston, MA TD Garden
Oct 2 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
Oct 3 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
Oct 6 Quebec City, QC Videotron Centre
Oct 7 Quebec City, QC Videotron Centre
Oct 10 Ottawa, ON Canadian Tire Centre
Oct 16 Montreal, QC Bell Centre
Oct 17 Montreal, QC Bell Centre
Oct 22 Winnipeg, MB MTS Centre
Oct 24 Edmonton, AB Rogers Place
Oct 28 Vancouver, BC Rogers Arena
*Tickets on sale March 6 for the Jul 8 New Orleans, LA show
*Tickets on sale March 13 for the Jun 27 Los Angeles show
For more information about purchasing tickets, please visit RogerWaters.com or aeglive.com.
Vanessa Carlton has release her Earlier Things Live EP - out now. It is a collection of live versions of earlier work and includes fan favorites such as the Grammy nominated "A Thousand Miles" and "White Houses." Additionally, there is a special duet with John McCauley of the Deer Tick Song "In Our Time." PRESS HERE to purchase album.
On tour now in support of both Earlier Things Live and Liberman Live, which contains live versions of 2015 studio release, Liberman. PRESS HERE for more info.
These two live releases work together to make a whole, and give fans a clear vantage point from which to see the musical evolution of Vanessa Carlton from where she was as a teenager to where she is today as an adult.
Fans were first given a taste of Carlton's musical evolution when the studio version of Liberman was released in 2015 via Dine Alone/Caroline. The songs on the album reflected on Vanessa's current state of mind since moving from NYC to Nashville, marrying husband John McCauley (Deer Tick) and having a baby girl. The simple instrumentation mixed with her wistful vocals and poignant lyrics brought you into her world and showcased a new side to this accomplished songwriter.
Track Listing:
1. Carousel (Live)
2. A Thousand Miles (Live)
3. White Houses (Live)
4. Hear The Bells (Live)
5. In Our Time (Live - Feat John McCauley)
6. Marching Line (Live)
Tour Dates:
Feb 22 Indianapolis, IN @ Schrott Center for the PA
Feb 23 Ann Arbor, MI @ The Ark
Feb 24 Chicago, IL @ City Winery - SOLD OUT
Feb 25 Chicago, IL @ SPACE - SOLD OUT
Feb 26 Cincinnati, OH @ Taft Theatre
Feb 28 Columbus, OH @ Rumba Café
Mar 3 Toronto, ON @ The Great Hall
Mar 5 Pawling, NY @ Darly's House Club
Mar 6 Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair
Mar 7 Northampton, MA @ The Iron Horse
Mar 9 Bay Shore, NY @ YMCA Boulton
Mar 10 New York, NY @ City Winery - SOLD OUT
Mar 10 New York, NY @ City Winery
Mar 11 Philadelphia, PA @ World Café Live - SOLD OUT
Mar 12 Richmond, VA @ Tin Pan
Mar 16 Alexandria, VA @ The Birchmere
Mar 17 Raleigh, NC @ Lincoln Theatre
Mar 18 Atlanta, GA @ City Winery
Mar 19 Nashville, TN @ 3rd & Lindsley
Mar 21 Birmingham, AL @ WorkPlay
Mar 23 San Antonio, TX @ Tobin Center for the Performing Arts
Mar 24 Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater
Mar 25 Austin, TX @ The Parish Room
Mar 30 Louisville, KY @ Zanzabar
Mar 31 St. Louis, MO @ Blueberry Hill
Apr 1 Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room
Apr 3 Denver, CO @ The Soiled Dove Underground
Apr 6 Seattle, WA @ Triple Door
Apr 7 Vancouver, BC @ Rio Theatre
Apr 8 Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
Apr 10 San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
Apr 12 Los Angeles, CA @ Largo
Apr 13 Hermosa Beach, CA @ Sainte Rocke
Apr 14 San Diego, CA @ The Casbah
Apr 15 San Juan Capistrano, CA @ The Coach House
