Today, Cold War Kids gave fans another taste of their new album, LA Divine, with the release of a new track, "Can We Hang On?," and the accompanying video. The clip, which premiered on Vevo, was shot at El Porto Beach in Los Angeles- watch it HERE.
"'Can We Hang On?' is a hopeful love song that looks back with nostalgia on the good old days but is uncertain about the future," explains Cold War Kids' singer/guitarist/pianist Nathan Willett.
The band has also revealed the cover art and track listing for LA Divine, which is set for release on April 7 on Capitol Records. Fans who pre-order the album will receive instant downloads of "Can We Hang On?"plus the first single,"Love is Mystical" in addition to special limited edition bundles which include signed albums available here.
Cold War Kids will celebrate the release of LA Divine - their sixth album and first for Capitol Records - with a performance and signing at Fingerprints Music in Long Beach, CA (April 8).Fans can sign up to attend the Fingerprints event by pre-ordering the album at the store where they will receive a limited edition poster with purchase.
The band kicks off a North American headline tour tonight at the Okeechobee Festival in Florida. Cold War Kids will also join Young The Giant on the "Home of the Strange Tour," beginning August 2 in Louisville, KY. The run will include a performance at Central Park SummerStage and continue on through the end of September. Tickets for all shows are available at coldwarkids.com. See below for itinerary.
LA Divine, Cold War Kids' most expansive and ambitious effort so far, pays tribute to Los Angeles in all its strange glory, embodying the Long Beach-bred band's endless fascination with their adopted hometown. "In many ways, LA is the least divine city, the most hedonistic and irreverent and disconnected from history," says Willett. "LA's so massive, I feel like I'm always finding something new in it," adds bassist Matt Maust. "It's an incredibly weird place, and I'm happy to have made an album that totally honors that weirdness."
Coming on the heels of 2014's Hold My Home - which featured the chart-topping, Gold-certified single "First" - the band felt emboldened to bring a more deliberate, purposeful spirit to their music than ever before. Produced by their repeat collaborator Lars Stalfors (Health, Local Natives), LA Divine opens with lead single "Love Is Mystical": a soulful, sweeping anthem about seeking transcendence and greater depth in love. "Love is Mystical" held the No. 1 spot for Most Increased Plays at AAA radio for two consecutive weeks and is already in the Top 5 of the Alt 18 Countdown. The single already has more than two million streams on Spotify globally and jumped into both Spotify's U.S. and Global Viral charts . Watch the accompanying "Love is Mystical" video HERE and a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the video.
Cold War Kids are Nathan Willett, Matt Maust, Joe Plummer, Matthew Schwartz, and David Quon. Formed in 2004 in Fullerton, CA, the band has sold more than 800,000 adjusted albums, over two million singles, and racked up nearly 200 million streams to date.
Track Listing:
Love is Mystical
Can We Hang On?
So Tied Up
Restless
La River
No Reason To Run
Open Up to The Heavens
Invincible 1
Wilshire Protest
Luck Down
Ordinary Idols
Cameras Always ON
Part of the Night
Free to Breathe
TOUR DATES:
^ with Middle Kids
* with Young The Giant
3/03 Okeechobee, FL Okeechobee Festival
3/04 Columbia, SC Music Farm ^
3/05 Charlotte, NC Fillmore ^
3/06 Saxapahaw, NC Haw River Ballroom ^
3/07 Atlanta, GA Tabernacle ^
3/10 Baton Rouge, LA Varsity Theatre ^
3/11 Fayetteville, AR George's Majestic Lounge ^
3/12 Omaha, NE Sokol Auditorium ^
3/14 Madison, WI Majestic ^
3/15 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
3/17 Columbia, MO Blue Note
3/18 Chicago, IL Riviera Theatre ^
3/19 Indianapolis, IN Egyptian ^
3/21 Detroit, MI St. Andrews Hall ^
3/22 Toronto, ON Danforth Music Hall ^
3/23 Pittsburgh, PA Stage AE ^
3/24 Covington, KY Madison Theater ^
3/25 Columbus, OH CD102.6 Day at Express Live
4/1-2 Houston, TX Houston Whatever Fest
6/09 Manchester, TN Bonnaroo Music Festival
8/02 Louisville, KY Palace Theatre *
8/05 Kansas City, MO Starlight Theatre *
8/11 Seattle, WA WaMu Theater @ Qwest Field *
8/12 Vancouver, BC SeaWheeze Sunset Festival *
8/15 Morrison, CO Red Rocks Amphitheater *
8/17 Albuquerque, NM Villa Hispana @ EXPO New Mexico *
8/18 Las Vegas, NV The Pearl *
8/19 Reno, NV Grand Theatre at The Grand Sierra Resort *
8/20 Eugene, OR Cuthbert Amphitheatre *
8/24 San Diego, CA CalCoast Credit Union Open Air Theatre *
8/25 Santa Barbara, CA Santa Barbara Bowl *
9/13 New York, NY Central Park SummerStage *
9/14 Boston, MA Blue Hills Bank Pavilion *
9/15 Philadelphia, PA Festival Pier at Penn's Landing *
9/16 Columbia, MD Merriweather Post Pavilion *
9/19 Charlottesville, VA Sprint Pavilion *
9/26 Birmingham, AL BJCC Concert Hall *
9/28 Oklahoma City, OK The Criterion *
Boston-based singer-songwriter Juliana Hatfield will be releasing a brand-new record titled Pussycat (American Laundromat Records) on April 28, following the kick-off of a national tour that will start on April 23. The first single, "Impossible Song" can be heard here: https://soundcloud.com/laundromat13/impossible-song/s-MlVz9
"I wasn't planning on making a record," says Juliana Hatfield, of her new Pussycat album. In fact, she thought her songwriting career was on hiatus, and that she had nothing left to say in song form; that she had finally said it all after two decades as a recording artist. But then the presidential election happened. "All of these songs just started pouring out of me. And I felt an urgency to record them, to get them down, and get them out there."
Hatfield produced and played every instrument other than drums-bass, keyboards, guitars, vocals. From start to finish-recording through mixing-the whole thing took a total of just twelve and a half days to complete.
"It was a blur. It was cathartic," says Hatfield. "I almost don't even understand what happened in there, or how it came together so smoothly, so quickly. I was there, directing it all, managing it, getting it all done, but I was being swept along by some force that was driving and controlling me. The songs had a will, they forced themselves on me, or out of me, and I did what they told me to do. Even my hands-it felt like they were not my hands. I played bass differently-- looser, more confident, better."
Pussycat comes on the heels of last year's Hatfield collaboration with Paul Westerberg, the I Don't Cares' Wild Stab album, and before that, 2015's Juliana Hatfield Three ("My Sister", "Spin The Bottle") reunion/reformation album, Whatever, My Love (American Laundromat Records)
"I've always been prolific and productive and I have a good solid work ethic but this one happened so fast, I didn't have time to think or plan," says Hatfield. "I just went with it, rode the wave. And now it is out of my hands. It feels a little scary."
Pussycat is being released into a very tense, divided and inflamed America. The songs are reflective of that atmosphere - angry ("When You're A Star"), defiant ("Touch You Again"), but also funny ("Short-Fingered Man"), reflective ("Wonder Why"), and even hopeful ("Impossible Song"), with its chorus of 'What if we tried to get along/and sing an impossible song').
The tour will kick off in Hatfield's hometown of Cambridge, MA then head to Philly, Vienna, Virginia and to NYC's Mercury Lounge with more national dates to be announced soon.
Juliana will also be part of the Boston Stands with the ACLU show at the Paradise in Boston, MA on March 18.
Pussycat is currently available for exclusive pre-order in limited edition bundles on the American Laundromat Records website.
TOUR DATES:
Saturday, March 18th
Boston Stands with The ACLU:
Featuring: Juliana Hatfield, Nada Surf and more
The Paradise Rock Club
967 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA
http://www.paradiserock.club/
18 and over - General Admission
Doors at 6:30 PM - Show at 7:30 PM
Sunday, April 23rd
The Sinclair
52 Church Street
Cambridge, MA
http://www.sinclaircambridge.com/
Monday, April 24th
Boot & Saddle
1131 S. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA
http://www.bootandsaddlephilly.com/
Tuesday, April 25th
Jammin' Java
227 Maple Avenue
E Vienna, VA
http://www.jamminjava.com/
Wednesday April 26th and Thursday, April 27th
The Mercury Lounge
217 East Houston Street
NYC
http://www.mercuryloungenyc.com/
www.julianahatfield.com
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| photo: Mick Rock |
Rock and Roll Hall of Famers, Daryl Hall & John Oates, are partnering with international multi-platinum selling band, Tears For Fears, for a 29-city North American tour. The tour will kick off in May in Tulsa OK and wrap in Los Angeles at the Staples Center in July. The summer arena tour will also feature a special acoustic performance by opening act, Allen Stone.
Tickets and VIP packages go on sale beginning Friday, March 10 at 10am local time. American Express Members can purchase tickets before the general public beginning Tuesday March 7 at 10am (local time) through Thursday, March 9 at 10pm (local time).
“I am very excited to be touring with Tears for Fears. Their music has a timeless quality that complements what we do. I think everyone is going to love this show!" said Daryl Hall.
"I can't wait to get back out on the road in 2017. Performing with Tears For Fears will be an exciting and musical experience for me and all the fans," added John Oates.
“We're thrilled to be going out on the road with Daryl Hall & John Oates this summer,” said Tears For Fears. “We've been longtime fans of the band so it'll be fun to reconnect and also to see our fans throughout the US.”
TOUR DATES
Thursday, May 04 Tulsa, OK BOK Center
Saturday, May 06 St. Louis, MO Scottrade Center
Monday, May 08 Des Moines, IA Wells Fargo Arena
Thursday, May 11 St. Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center
Saturday, May 13 Milwaukee, WI BMO Harris Bradley Center
Monday, May 15 Chicago, IL Allstate Arena
Wednesday, May 17 Detroit, MI Joe Louis Arena
Saturday, May 20 Cleveland, OH Quicken Loans Arena
Monday, May 22 Columbus, OH Schottenstein Center
Wednesday, May 24 Nashville, TN Bridgestone Arena*
Wednesday, June 07 Miami, FL AmericanAirlines Arena
Friday, June 09 Orlando, FL Amway Center
Sunday, June 11 Duluth, GA Infinite Energy Center*
Tuesday, June 13 Cincinnati, OH U.S. Bank Arena
Friday, June 16 Queens, NY Forest Hills Stadium
Saturday, June 17 Newark, NJ Prudential Center
Monday, June 19 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
Wednesday, June 21 Quebec City, QC Videotron Centre
Saturday, June 24 Boston, MA TD Garden
Monday, June 26 Washington, D.C. Verizon Center
Tuesday, July 11 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center
Thursday, July 13 San Antonio, TX AT&T Center
Saturday, July 15 Denver, CO Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
Monday, July 17 Glendale, AZ Gila River Arena
Wednesday, July 19 San Diego, CA Valley View Casino Center
Friday, July 21 Las Vegas, NV T-Mobile Arena
Sunday, July 23 Sacramento, CA Golden 1 Center
Tuesday, July 25 San Jose, CA SAP Center
Friday, July 28 Los Angeles, CA STAPLES Center*
*Tickets on sale Friday, March 17 at 12pm local time
Ed Sheeran has released his new album “÷” (pronounced divide) via Atlantic Records.
The multi-GRAMMY winner’s third studio album is available now on all digital retailers and streaming partners (full track listing below).
It went to #1 on iTunes in 96 countries around the world, including the US and UK. Lead single “Shape Of You” debuted at #1 and has subsequently held the top spot for 5 weeks and counting on the Billboard Hot 100. With the album’s “Castle on the Hill” entering the Hot 100 at #6, the British singer-songwriter became the first artist ever in the chart’s 58 year history to have two singles simultaneously debut in the Top 10.
“Shape Of You” and “Castle On The Hill” have since been certified 2x-Platinum and Gold respectively by the RIAA, becoming the first two songs released in 2017 to receive certifications this year. “Shape Of You” currently stands at #1 on both the Top 40 and Hot AC radio charts with over 200 million in total audience. Likewise, the hit single tops the iTunes “Overall Songs” chart, and both Spotify’s Global and U.S. Top 50 charts, where Sheeran is the most popular artist worldwide.
Sheeran will celebrate his album release day performing on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” this evening, followed by a “CBS Sunday Morning” profile and a performance at the “2017 iHeartRadio Music Awards” both airing on March 5. He’ll return to NYC’s Rockefeller Plaza for an outdoor concert on “TODAY” on March 8. Sheeran kicked off his high profile television blitz last month, performing on “Saturday Night Live” (“Shape Of You”/”Castle on the Hill”), then travelling cross-country overnight to take the stage at the 59th GRAMMY Awards less than 24 hours later.
Track listing:
1. Eraser
2. Castle On The Hill
3. Dive
4. Shape Of You
5. Perfect
6. Galway Girl
7. Happier
8. New Man
9. Hearts Don’t Break Around Here
10. What Do I Know?
11. How Would You Feel (Paean)
12. Supermarket Flowers
DELUXE TRACKS:
13. Barcelona
14. Bibia Be Ye Ye
15. Nancy Mulligan
16. Save Myself
Some sure-to-be intriguing sounds coming from one of my standout performers at the recent Stagecoach Festival...
When Lindi Ortega went in search of some quiet last year, the award-winning artist was pleasantly surprised to find a voice she hadn't heard in some time – her own.
Amid sparse, atmospheric production, it's precisely this voice – a combination of Ortega's fatalistic perspective expressed with her evocative soprano – that grips your attention on new EP, Til the Goin' Gets Gone.
A dogged resilience permeates this unadorned collection – three originals and a cover of Townes Van Zandt's "Waiting ‘Round To Die." The songs are the hard-won spoils of an internal war with words that struck after an extended stretch of touring, addressed in the EP's title track about the detours and ditches that a traveling musician faces.
"What a Girl's Gotta Do," a song that is the silver lining of an otherwise dreadful date, explores the gritty pragmatism of making ends meet. Alongside the title track, this song offers a second metaphor about artistic life that strengthens the EP's overall sense of resolve. Ortega's somber rendition of "Waiting ‘Round to Die," acknowledges a personal debt – her recent discovery of the legendary songwriter's music is what finally cured her writer's block. The closer, "Final Bow," came when Ortega assumed she only had one song left in her. "I thought I had to quit music but I wanted to leave gracefully," she says. "But then I decided to get up and sing some more." As a whole, this statement captures the essence of Ortega's new EP – it's about dusting off, gutting it out, and getting up for another round.
Ortega recorded Til The Goin' Gets Gone in a converted East Nashville manor, where therapy horses linger on the property. Recording with her longtime guitarist James Robertson, Ortega satisfied a personal goal to co-produce, which she did with Jay Tooke and Jason "Rowdy" Cope. The small production team and minimalist instrumentation make an intimate, immediate setting for Ortega's stark vision of the human condition. Although classic country is an indelible part of her musical history, the EP also sets the tone for the next chapter of her career: "I'll always love Loretta, Dolly and Patsy. But I just want more space. I want more ambience."
Ortega's guitar-playing chops and innate country music instincts put her in an elite group of artists; she has earned an unusually inclusive type of success with both indie cred and mainstream country recognition. From supporting Carrie Underwood on the CMA Awards to her opening slot on Chris Stapleton's upcoming Canadian arena tour, Ortega is a sought-after and unique personality in Nashville's music community and beyond.
Til The Goin' Gets Gone will be released by Shadowbox Music on Mar 17, 2017.
TRACK LISTING:
1. Til The Goin' Gets Gone
2. What A Girl's Gotta Do
3. Waiting 'Round To Die
4. Final Bow
TOUR DATES:
CALGARY, AB: Jack Singer Hall, Mar 7 w/ Blackie and the Rodeo Kings
BAYFIELD, ON: Bayfield Town Hall, Mar 17 w/ Basia Bulat
LONDON, ON: Budweiser Gardens, Mar 18 w/ Chris Stapleton
OTTAWA, ON: Canadian Tire Centre, Mar 19 w/ Chris Stapleton
WINNIPEG, MB: MTS Centre, Mar 22 w/ Chris Stapleton
CALGARY, AB: Scotiabank Saddledome, Mar 24 w/ Chris Stapleton
EDMONTON, AB: Northlands Coliseum, Mar 25 w/ Chris Stapleton
VANCOUVER, BC: Pepsi Live @ Rogers Arena, Mar 27 w/ Chris Stapleton
WYOMISSING, PA: Berks Country Fest: An Americana Jamboree, June 17
PAWLING, PA: Daryl's House, June 18
WICHITA, KS: Wichita Vortex Music Festival, Aug 4
ORO-MEDONTE, ON: Boots & Hearts Music Festival, Aug 12
TUOLUMNE, CA: Strawberry Music Festival, Sept 1
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| photo: Andrew Ogilvy |
I was lucky enough to catch Ride's 2014 shows at Coachella 2 and the Fox Theater in Pomona, Calif. I'm excited about the new material. Hope they add some West Coast dates to the tour. Read on for the latest...
Following the release of two new songs, British band Ride have announced that in July they will be playing North American shows. The band will head to Toronto, Boston, New York, Philly, and DC for a slew of headline performances, with tickets available now. Ride shared "Charm Assault," followed by "Home Is A Feeling," the first new music that the group had released in 20 years.
Ride's upcoming album, scheduled for release this summer via Wichita Recordings, sees the band reunited with label co-founders Dick Green and Mark Bowen, who they worked with during the band's early years on Creation Records. It also brings the band back together with mixer Alan Moulder (Arctic Monkeys, Smashing Pumpkins, The Killers) who mixed their seminal 1990 album Nowhere and produced its follow up Going Blank Again.
After a lengthy hiatus, Ride reformed in 2014. Comprised of Andy Bell, Mark Gardener, Laurence Colbert, and Steve Queralt, the band sold out headline tours around the world to a plethora of critical acclaim, as well as show stopping turns at festivals including Coachella, Primavera and Field Day. Hear "Home Is A Feeling", "Charm Assault." See below for tickets and details on the band's upcoming shows, and stay tuned for more from Ride soon.
STREAM: "Home Is A Feeling" - http://hyperurl.co/HomeIsAFeeling
STREAM: "Charm Assault" - http://hyperurl.co/CharmAssault
North American Shows:
7/17 - Toronto, ON @ Massey Hall - Tickets
7/19 - Boston, MA @ Royale - Tickets
7/20 - New York, NY @ Terminal 5 - Tickets
7/22 - Philadelphia, PA @ TLA - Tickets
7/23 - Washington, DC @ Sixth & I - Tickets
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
