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As a fan from Day One, I'm always excited by the news of fresh music by the Manics. Read the press release below for details...
"International Blue" is the first new release from Manic Street Preachers in four years and is available now in the U.S. It is taken from the band’s 13th studio album Resistance is Futile, out via Shornday/The Orchard on April 13. The single was inspired by the city of Nice in the mid winter sun and the life’s work of French Nouveau realism artist Yves Klein.
Nicky Wire (bass guitar, lyrics) explained “I’d been digesting the lyric for five years, since being in Nice and finally joining the dots between Yves Klein’s International Klein Blue and the vast open blue of the Mediterranean Sea. It was a moment of connection that felt perfectly natural – not forced or intellectualized. A different kind of enrichment that feels increasingly difficult to find. The track itself is carried by the kind of naïve energy that powered ‘Motorcycle Emptiness’”.
James Dean Bradfield (lead vocals, lead guitar) added “Often I just need a great title to set me off. Seeing the word 'blue' struck a chord and set off memories of pure pop records we grew up with – things like the ‘Story of the Blues’ by Wah!, ‘Moon is Blue’ by Colourbox, Orange Juice’s ‘Blue Boy’ and’ In Bluer Skies’ by Echo and the Bunnymen. I immediately thought of the kind of shiny freedom pop we used to hear on the radio as kids and that quickly became the M.O. in my head when writing. I just wanted to make a great Manic Street Preachers driving song; something that evoked the heat haze you see on empty open roads in America. I wanted to channel a Springsteen/War on Drugs sensibility, but through our European filter. Sometimes, aiming for a feeling is enough to make it work”.
Of their first new recordings in four years, the band said: “The main themes of ‘Resistance is Futile’ are memory and loss; forgotten history; confused reality and art as a hiding place and inspiration. It’s obsessively melodic - in many ways referencing both the naive energy of ‘Generation Terrorists’ and the orchestral sweep of ‘Everything Must Go’. After delay and difficulties getting started, the record has come together really quickly over the last few months through a surge of creativity and some old school hard work.”
Following the twin musical departures of 2013’s largely acoustic Rewind the Film and the glacial electronics of 2014’s Futurology, the songs on Resistance Is Futile are the first recorded in the band’s new Door to the River studio (near Newport, UK).
The band head out on tour in the UK in April and play their biggest shows in a decade. They will also be playing several festivals including Robert Smith’s Meltdown and will play with Guns ‘n’ Roses at shows in Germany and Denmark.
Manic Street Preachers recently received the Inspiration Award at the Q Awards at the Roundhouse in London. Previous winners include U2, David Bowie and Patti Smith. The band performed a greatest hits set on the night with support from Sleaford Mods.
Track listing:
1. People Give In
2. International Blue
3. Distant Colours
4. Vivian
5. Dylan & Caitlin
6. Liverpool Revisited
7. Sequels of Forgotten Wars
8. Hold Me Like a Heaven
9. In Eternity
10. Broken Algorithms
11. A Song for the Sadness
12. The Left Behind
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The Smiths’ guitar legend and NME Godlike Genius Award-winner, Johnny Marr, has announced a third solo album, Call The Comet to be released June 15. From the 12-track collection, he shares "The Tracers" today. Read his exclusive interview with Rolling Stone Magazine here.
Marr will play a handful of U.S. shows this spring. See below for dates.
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Marr tells us, "Call The Comet is my own magic realism. It’s set in the not-too-distant future and is mostly concerned with the idea of an alternative society. The characters in the songs are searching for a new idealism, although there are some personal songs in there too. It’s something that people like me can relate to.”
Recorded with his band in Manchester at Marr’s Crazy Face Studios in Manchester, Call The Comet follows the critically acclaimed Top 10 albums The Messenger (2013) and Playland (2014). The album will be released on digital, CD and vinyl formats along with some special D2C bundle packages.
Track listing:
1. Rise
2. The Tracers
3. Hey Angel
4. Hi Hello
5. New Dominations
6. Day In Day Out
7. Walk Into The Sea
8. Bug
9. Actor Attractor
10. Spiral Cities
11. My Eternal
12. A Different Gun
Tour dates:
May 12 | Dublin, IE at Button Factory
May 14 | Leeds, UK at Brudenell Social Club
May 16 | London, UK at Islington Assembly Hall
May 18 | Stockholm, SE at Nalen
May 19 | Copenhagen, DK at DR Koncerthuset Studie 2
May 20 | Amsterdam, NL at Paradiso Noord
May 21 | Berlin, DE at Festsaal Kreuzberg
May 24 | Paris, FR at La Gaite Lyrique
May 30 | Toronto, ON at Velvet Underground
May 31 | New York, NY at Gramercy Theatre
June 2 | San Francisco, CA at August Hall
June 5 | Los Angeles, CA at Teragram Ballroom
June 7 | Seattle, WA at Neptune Theatre
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Very cool news here. I interviewed Matthew last year (see elsewhere on this blog) and happened to get a copy of this upcoming release then. It's just as good as the predecessor. Hoping some SoCal dates materialize since I missed his lone LA show with the late great Tommy Keene.
Matthew Sweet returns with his 13th studio album, TOMORROW'S DAUGHTER, the follow-up to his sprawling 17-song double album, TOMORROW FOREVER. The album will be available in CD, 180-gram-vinyl LP and digital configurations on May 18 via Sweet's Honeycomb Hideout label through MRI/Sony.
In a new interview with Billboard, Sweet premiered the first single, "I Belong to You," a classic example of his "particular brand of riffy power pop." Sweet also mentions that he's planning to release deluxe, two-LP vinyl editions of Girlfriend, Altered Beast/Son Of Altered Beast and 100% Fun, each with extensive new liner notes, later this year as well as a special Record Store Day Black Friday album (more on that soon). The album tour kicks off on May 23 in Atlanta -- scroll down for complete tour dates.
Listen to "I Belong to You."
It's fair to say that, after a three-decade musical career, the singer/songwriter/producer/multi-instrumentalist is currently in the midst of a personal musical renaissance that's seen him produce some of the most compelling and ambitious music of his career. Instantly memorable new tunes such as "I Belong to You," "Run Away," "Lady Frankenstein" and "Out of My Misery" demonstrate his uncanny ability to tap into a bottomless well of pop history to craft music that's effortlessly catchy yet deeply personal.
These 12 original songs are the product of a burst of creative inspiration that followed Sweet's 2013 return to his native Nebraska, where he reestablished his Black Squirrel Submarine home studio. Not long after, he lost his mother. This period yielded wealth of brilliant new songs, 17 of which appeared on his epic double album, TOMORROW FOREVER. It instantly became clear that this potent body of work merited a follow-up release, hence TOMORROW'S DAUGHTER. The album features Sweet's incredible touring band - longtime rhythm section Paul Chastain (bass) and Ric Menck (drums) and Jason Victor (Steve Wynn/Dream Syndicate) on guitar.
"When I was young, the artists that I really admired were the ones who always found a way to keep making music and expressing themselves," Sweet says of the album. "To me, those guys were the real artists, and I've tried to hold on to that attitude in my own work."
It's creating new music that remains Matthew Sweet's main concern, and he continues to do so with renewed intensity.
"This feels like a really good time for me, and I feel lucky and grateful to still be doing what I love to do," Sweet asserts. "I feel like I'm in a totally positive place, and maybe moving has been a catalyst for that.
"When I meet young people and they ask for advice about a career in music, I always say, 'Do music because it's what you love to do, and because you'd do it no matter what happens,'" he concludes. "I've tried to keep that attitude about it, because that's always worked for me. I just try to keep doing my thing and keep believing."
Track Listing:
I Belong to You
Run Away
Lady Frankenstein
Years
Out of My Misery
Something Someone
Girl With Cat
Now Was the Future
Ever After
Show Me
Can't
Pretend
Passersby
Tour dates:
5/23: Atlanta at Terminal West
5/24: Chattanooga, TN at JJ's Bohemia
5/25: Charlotte, NC at Visulite Theatre
5/26: Winston-Salem, NC at Gears & Guitars Fest
6/13 Alexandria, VA at Birchmere
6/14: Annapolis, MD at Ram's Head
6/15: Fairfield, CT at FTC Stage 1
6/16: Bay Shore, NY at YMCA Boulton Center
6/17: Boston, MA at Brighton Music Hall
6/19: Dewey Beach, DE at Bottle & Cork
6/20: NYC at Le Poisson Rouge
6/21: Philladelphia at World Cafe Live
6/22: Cleveland, OH at Beachland Ballroom
6/23: Ann Arbor, MI at The Ark
6/24: Indianapolis, IN at Hi-Fi
6/27: Des Moines, IA at Wooly's
6/28: Milwaukee, WI at Summerfest
6/29: Minneapolis, MN at Turf Club
6/30: Lincoln, NE at the Bourbon Theater
7/10: Kansas City, MO at Knuckleheads
7/11: Bloomington, IL at Castle Theatre
7/12: Evanston, IL at SPACE
7/13: Chicago, IL at Square Roots Festival
7/14: St. Louis, MO at Delmar Hall
7/15: Nashville, TN at City Winery
- additional dates to be announced soon
Arctic Monkeys return with their sixth album, Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino on May 11. Produced by James Ford and front man Alex Turner, it was recorded in Los Angeles, Paris and London.
The British alt-rock group's first release since 2013's AM, Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino will be available as a silver vinyl LP with gatefold sleeve, lyric and photo booklet exclusively via the band's AM Store, as well as standard CD and digitally.
Pre-order and pre-save the album here.
Track listing:
Star Treatment
One Point Perspective
American Sports
Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino
Golden Trunks
Four Out Of Five
The World's First Ever Monster Truck Front Flip
Science Fiction
She Looks Like Fun
Batphone
The Ultracheese
Headline tour dates:
MAY
05-05 Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Forever Cemetery [Sold Out]
05-22 Berlin, DE - Columbiahalle [Sold Out]
05-23 Berlin, DE - Columbiahalle [Sold Out]
05-26 Rome, IT - Cavea [Sold Out]
05-27 Rome, IT - Cavea [Sold Out]
05-29 Paris, FR - Zenith [Sold Out]
05-30 Paris, FR - Zenith [Sold Out]
JUNE
06-04 Milan, IT - Mediolanum [Sold Out]
06-16 Raleigh, NC - Red Hat Amphitheater [Sold Out]
06-18 Nashville, TN - Ascend Amphitheater
06-19 Atlanta, GA - Coca Cola Roxy Theatre [Sold Out]
06-26 Dusseldorf, DE - Mitsubishi Electric Halle [Sold Out]
06-27 Copenhagen, DK - Royal Arena
JULY
07-10 Lyon, FR - Les Nuits De Fourviere [Sold Out]
07-24 Queens, NY - Forest Hills Stadium [Sold Out]
07-27 Boston, MA - TD Garden
07-28 Washington, DC - The Anthem [Sold Out]
07-31 Pittsburgh, PA - Petersen Events Centre
AUGUST
08-01 Detroit, MI - Masonic Temple Theatre [Sold Out]
08-05 Toronto, ON - Air Canada Centre
Festival dates:
JUNE
06-02 Barcelona, ES - Primavera Sound
06-08 Hilvarenbeek, NL - Best Kept Secret Festival
06-15 Dover, DE - Firefly Festival
06-22 Neuhausen Ob Eck, DE - Southside Festival
06-24 Scheessel, DE - Hurricane Festival
JULY
07-01 Glasgow, UK - TRNSMT Festival
07-04 Gdynia, PL - Oper'er Festival
07-06 Athens, GR - RockWave Festival
07-08 Wrechter, BE - Rock Wrechter
07-12 Lisbon, PT - NOS Alive
07-13 Madrid, ES - Mad Cool Festival
AUGUST
08-02 Chicago, IL - Lollapalooza
08-04 Montreal, QC - Osheaga Festival
08-08 Oslo, NO - Oya Festival
08-09 Gothenburg, SE - Way Out West Festival
08-11 Helsinki, FL - Flow Festival
08-14 Budapest, HU - Sziget Festival
It's been two years since the release of Keith Urban's chart-topping album Ripcord. On April 27, he returns with ninth studio album, Graffiti U.
The next day, April 28, he headlines Day 2 of the Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio, Calif.
Graffiti U, which includes current single “Coming Home” featuring Julia Michaels, will be available for pre-order April 6 at http://smarturl.it/GraffitiU.
“I’ve been full-on writing, recording, collaborating and creating with some incredibly talented people for Graffiti U, a lot of whom I’ve never worked with before,” said Urban, in a press release. “I can hear how some of the songs will translate live already, which really makes putting on a new show so exhilarating.”
The image on the album cover was taken by photographer Mark Seliger. Track listing is below. Urban's world tour kicks off in June in St. Louis. Lindsay
Ell serves as the opening performer for his September performances in Canada,
as well as for his debut performance in Rogers, Arkansas.
“It’s not very often you get to share the stage with an artist you’ve looked up to since the beginning of your career,” said Ell, whose recent album The Project debuted at No. 1 on the Country Album Sales Chart. “I am so excited to be touring with Keith Urban and can’t wait to play for fans in the venues I grew up in!"
Kelsea Ballerini will be the supporting act for all other shows.
North American tour dates:
Fri Jun 15 St. Louis, MO Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
Sat Jun 16 Indianapolis, IN Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center
Fri Jun 22 Clarkston, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre
Sat Jun 23 Pittsburgh, PA KeyBank Pavilion
Wed Jun 27 Saratoga Springs, NY Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Fri Jun 29 Toronto, ON Budweiser Stage
Sat Jun 30 Toronto, ON Budweiser Stage
Thu Jul 5 Gilford, NH Bank of NH Pavilion
Fri Jul 6 Gilford, NH Bank of NH Pavilion
Sun Jul 8 Canandaigua, NY CMAC
Fri Jul 13 Salt Lake City, UT USANA Amphitheatre
Sat Jul 14 Denver, CO Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre
Sun Jul 15 Albuquerque, NM Isleta Amphitheater
Fri Jul 20 Mountain View, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre
Sat Jul 21 Lake Tahoe, NV Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at Harveys
Sun Jul 22 Lake Tahoe, NV Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at Harveys
Fri Jul 27 Raleigh, NC Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
Sat Jul 28 Charlotte, NC PNC Music Pavilion
Sun Jul 29 Alpharetta, GA Verizon Amphitheatre
Fri Aug 3 Philadelphia, PA BB&T Pavilion
Sat Aug 4 Mansfield, MA Xfinity Center
Sun Aug 5 Bangor, ME Darling's Waterfront Pavilion
Fri Aug 10 Cleveland, OH Blossom Music Center
Sat Aug 11 Bristow, VA Jiffy Lube Live
Sun Aug 12 Virginia Beach, VA Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater
Wed Aug 15 Rogers, AR Walmart AMP*
Fri Aug 17 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center
Sat Aug 18 Chicago, IL Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
Sun Aug 19 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center
Fri Aug 24 Nashville, TN Bridgestone Arena
Sat Aug 25 Orange Beach, AL The Wharf Amphitheater
Sun Aug 26 Tuscaloosa, AL Tuscaloosa Amphitheater
Fri Sept 7 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena
Sat Sept 8 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena
Fri Sept 14 Ottawa, ON Canadian Tire Centre*
Sat Sept 15 London, ON Budweiser Gardens*
Wed Sept 19 Winnipeg, MB Bell MTS Place*
Fri Sept 21 Saskatoon, SK SaskTel Centre*
Sat Sept 22 Edmonton, AB Rogers Place*
Sun Sept 23 Calgary, AB ScotiaBank Saddledome*
Tue Sept 25 Vancouver, BC Rogers Arena*
Thu Sept 27 Eugene, OR Matthew Knight Arena
Fri Sept 28 Boise, ID Taco Bell Arena
Sat Sept 29 Missoula, MT Adams Center
Thu Oct 4 Phoenix, AZ Ak-Chin Pavilion
Fri Oct 5 Laughlin, NV Laughlin Event Center
Fri Oct 12 Peoria, IL Peoria Civic Center
Sat Oct 13 Minneapolis, MN Target Center
Sun Oct 14 Grand Forks, ND Ralph Engelstad Arena
Thu Oct 18 Toledo, OH Huntington Center
Fri Oct 19 Grand Rapids, MI Van Andel Arena
Sat Oct 20 Louisville, KY KFC Yum! Center
Wed Oct 24 Youngstown, OH Covelli Centre
Thu Oct 25 Hershey, PA Giant Center
Sat Oct 27 Brooklyn, NY Barclays Center
Sun Oct 28 Charlottesville, VA John Paul Jones Arena
Thu Nov 1 Little Rock, AR Verizon Arena
Fri Nov 2 New Orleans, LA Smoothie King Center
Sat Nov 3 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center
Track listing:
Coming Home
Never Comin Down
Same Heart
My Wave
Parallel Line
Drop Top
Way Too Long
Horses
Gemini
Texas Time
Love The Way It Hurts (So Good)
Female
Steal My Thunder
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Abramorama, in conjunction with Apple Corps Ltd. and Universal Music Group (UMG), is preparing to theatrically release The Beatles’ classic 1968 animated feature film, Yellow Submarine, across North America this July in celebration of its 50th anniversary.
Yellow Submarine was restored in 4K digital resolution; the film’s songs and score were remixed in 5.1 stereo surround sound at UMG’s Abbey Road Studios by music mix engineer Peter Cobbin. Due to the delicate nature of the hand-drawn original artwork, no automated software was used in the digital clean-up of the film’s restored photo chemical elements. This was all done by hand, frame by frame.
Directed by George Dunning, and written by Lee Minoff, Al Brodax, Jack Mendelsohn and Erich Segal, Yellow Submarine began its voyage to the screen when Brodax, who had previously produced nearly 40 episodes of ABC’s animated Beatles TV series, approached The Beatles’ manager Brian Epstein with a unique vision for a full-length animated feature.
Yellow Submarine, based upon a song by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, is a fantastic tale brimming with peace, love, and hope, propelled by Beatles songs, including “Eleanor Rigby,” “When I’m Sixty-Four,” “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds,” “All You Need Is Love,” and “It’s All Too Much.”
When the film debuted in 1968, it was instantly recognized as a landmark achievement, revolutionizing a genre by integrating the freestyle approach of the era with innovative animation techniques.
Inspired by the generation’s new trends in art, the film resides with the dazzling Pop Art styles of Andy Warhol, Martin Sharp, Alan Aldridge and Peter Blake. With art direction and production design by Heinz Edelmann, Yellow Submarine is a classic of animated cinema, featuring the creative work of animation directors Robert Balser and Jack Stokes with a team of animators and technical artists.
Information on local screenings can be found here: http://www.yellowsubmarine.film
Counting Crows will celebrate a quarter century of music making by hitting the road for a worldwide "25 Years & Counting" tour, starting with a 40+ city trek across North America this summer. Joining them is the recently reunited band +LIVE+.
Tickets for the tour will go on sale to the general public in select cities starting Friday, April 6 at 10am local time. See below for full tour itinerary and visit livenation.com for full details.
"The nice thing about having 25 years of music to celebrate and seven studio albums we absolutely love to choose from is that we can play a different show every night,” said Crows vocalist Adam Duritz. “The nice thing about touring with +LIVE+ is that we get to spend yet another summer with old friends who play great music. We can't wait!”
+LIVE+ vocalist & guitarist Ed Kowalczyk echoed those sentiments: "+LIVE+ is beyond excited to get out on the road this summer and play for our fans. We are freshly reunited and performing with a confidence and ferocity that we can't wait for people to experience. The fact that we will be sharing the stage once again with the incomparable Counting Crows is icing on the cake!"
In addition to celebrating 25 years of music in 2018, Duritz has also launched a new podcast, Underwater Sunshine! – a series of conversations between noted non-journalist Duritz and his pal, author and music journalist James Campion, about life, music, and whatever comes into their large and incredibly handsome brains. The weekly podcast, published every Monday, currently holds a five-star rating. View it on iTunes HERE.
Counting Crows – Adam Duritz (vocals), Jim Bogios (drums), David Bryson (guitar), Charlie Gillingham (keyboards), David Immergluck (guitar), Millard Powers (bass) and Dan Vickrey (guitar) – have sold more than 20 million albums worldwide after exploding onto the music scene with their multi-platinum breakout album August and Everything After in 1993. The band released seventh studio album Somewhere Under Wonderland in 2014. countingcrows.com
+LIVE+, the multi-platinum band from Pennsylvania--Ed Kowalczyk (vocals, guitar), Chad Taylor (guitar, backing vocals), Patrick Dahlheimer (bass) and Chad Gracey (drums, percussion)--have sold over 22 million albums worldwide and earned 2 No. 1 albums (Throwing Copper, Secret Samadhi). The former produced the band’s biggest single, “Lightning Crashes,” which was #1 at Modern Rock radio for 10 consecutive weeks. Throwing Copper reached #1 on the Billboard Top 200 and eventually surpassed sales of 10 million albums sold. freaks4live.com
Tour dates:
Wed, June 27 Boise, ID Taco Bell Arena
Fri, June 29 Auburn, WA White River Amphitheatre
Sat, June 30 Ridgefield, WA Sunlight Supply Amphitheatre
Mon, July 2 Reno, NV Grand Theatre - Grand Sierra Resort
Tues, July 3 Murphys, CA Ironstone Amphitheatre
Fri, July 6 Mountain View, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre
Sun, July 8 Irvine, CA FivePoint Amphitheatre
Tues, July 10 Chula Vista, CA Mattress Firm Amphitheatre
Fri, July 13* Indio, CA Fantasy Springs Casino
Sat, July 14* Las Vegas, NV The Joint
Mon, July 16* Salt Lake City, UT Red Butte Garden Amphitheatre
Wed, July 18 Denver, CO Pepsi Center
Sat, July 21 Austin, TX Austin360 Amphitheater
Sun, July 22 Houston, TX Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion presented by Huntsman
Tues, July 24 Irving, TX The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
Thu, July 26 Tupelo, MS Bancorp Arena
Sat, July 28 Pelham, AL Oak Mountain Amphitheatre
Sun, July 29 Atlanta, GA Chastain Park Amphitheatre
Tues, July 31 St. Petersburg, FL Al Lang Stadium
Wed, Aug 1 West Palm Beach, FL Coral Sky Amphitheatre
Sat, Aug 4 Jacksonville, FL Daily’s Place
Sun, Aug 5 Charlotte, NC PNC Music Pavilion
Tues, Aug 7 Virginia Beach, VA Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater
Wed, Aug 8 Bristow, VA Jiffy Lube Live
Fri, Aug 10 Hershey, PA Hersheypark Stadium
Sat, Aug 11 Camden, NJ BB&T Pavilion
Tues, Aug 14 Holmdel, NJ PNC. Bank Arts Center
Wed, Aug 15 Hartford, CT The XFINITY Theatre
Fri, Aug 17 Boston, MA Xfinity Center
Sat, Aug 18 Gilford, NH Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion
Wed, Aug 22 Wantagh, NY Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater
Sat, Aug 25 Syracuse, NY New York State Fair
Sun, Aug 26 Cleveland, OH Blossom Music Center
Wed, Aug 29 Toronto, ON Budweiser Stage
Thu, Aug 30 Pittsburgh, PA KeyBank Pavilion
Sat, Sept 1 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center
Sun, Sept 2 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre
Wed, Sept 5* Champaign, IL State Farm Center
Thu, Sept 6 Indianapolis, IN Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center
Sat, Sept 8 Chicago, IL Hollywood Casino Amphitheater
Sun, Sept 9 St. Louis, MO Hollywood Casino Amphitheater – St. Louis
Tues, Sept 11 Kansas City, MO Starlight Theatre
Thu, Sept 13 Council Bluffs, IA Stir Cove at Harrah’s Casino
Sat, Sept 15 Sioux City, IA Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Sun, Sept 16 Minneapolis, MN Mystic Lake – Amphitheater
Tue, Sept 18* Cedar Rapids, IA U.S. Cellular Center
Wed, Sept 19* Madison, WI Breese Stevens Field
Sat, Sept 22* Nashville, TN Pilgrimage Festival
-all dates featuring +LIVE+ unless marked with a *
Toad the Wet Sprocket have announced their 2018 U.S. summer tour, with the general on-sale date of April 6. Toad continues to support their latest releases, New Constellation (2013) and The Architect of Ruin EP (2015) and will be performing fan favorites like “Walk on the Ocean,” “All I Want,” “I Will Not Take These Things for Granted” and more. These tracks are included on All You Want (2011), which will be available at shows and online. A full, new merchandise line and VIP packages will also be available.
Fans can secure VIP Meet & Greet packages with a ticket purchase which will include: one pre-show meet & greet with the band, one photograph with the band, one live acoustic song performance, one exclusive VIP tour laminate, one autographed tour poster and one premium reserved seat ticket (or early access to seating if a general admission show, where available).
Be on the look-out for a full, new line of merchandise featuring brand new designs including T-shirts, hoodies, water bottles, tote bags and more. All will be available online and at shows.
Toad the Wet Sprocket will also have some new music coming this year and will be featured in two compilation projects. The track “One of These Days” will included in the upcoming animated motion picture Animal Crackers,and “Nothing Can Stop My Love” will be on the Roger Miller Tribute Album. Please check the Toad socials for updates on these projects.
Toad the Wet Sprocket is honored to have a long-standing relationship with RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network), and this year’s collaboration seeks to raise awareness for this issue that impacts us all in some way. Sexual violence affects hundreds of thousands of Americans each year. On this tour, Toad will be highlighting the fact that every single fan can make a direct, tangible difference, simply by making a $10 donation to RAINN. Every $10 donation will directly enable one survivor to get the help they deserve, including the National Sexual Assault Hotline, that is available 24 hours every day at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673). Further information is available at: www.RAINN.org.
Tour dates:
7/18-19 San Diego, CA @
Belly Up
7/20 Ojai, CA @
Libbey Bowl
7/21-22 SF, CA @ Great
American Music Hall
7/24 Sacramento, CA @
Crest Theatre
7/26 Portland, OR @
Revolution Hall
7/27 Seattle, WA @
Neptune Theatre
7/28 Spokane, WA @
The Bing Crosby Theatre
7/31 SLC, UT @
Red Butte Garden
8/2 Fort Collins, CO @
Washington's
8/3 Arvada, CO @
Swallow HIll Music
8/4 Kansas City, MO @
The Truman
8/8 New York, NY @
Sony Hall
8/9-10 Alexandria, VA @
The Birchmere
8/11 Boston, MA @
The Wilbur Theatre
8/12 Derry, NH @
Tupelo Music Hall
8/17 Royal Oak, MI @
Royal Oak Music Theater
8/18 Chicago, IL @
Park West
8/19 Grand Rapids, MI @
Meijer Gardens
It's never too early to plan your end-of-the-year holiday show schedule. Good to see Wilson will be back on the road. Hopefully, they'll add a date in LA or OC. Read more info below...
From the seminal 1964 classic The Beach Boys’ Christmas Album to the acclaimed 2005 solo effort What I Really Want for Christmas, Brian Wilson has been bringing holiday cheer to the world for more than five decades.
This holiday season, for the first time, Wilson and his band of musicians and vocalists along with long time band mates Al Jardine and Blondie Chaplin, will be performing the Christmas Album in its entirety along with cuts from his solo Christmas album and other holiday fan favorites.
Fans can expect to hear Beach Boy classics “Little Saint Nick,” “The Man with all The Toys,” and a selection of Brian’s favorite Yuletide songs including “Blue Christmas” and “Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town.”
He will also perform songs from his critically acclaimed solo album What I Really Want for Christmas - named for its Bernie Taupin-penned title track - as well as “Christmasey,” with lyrics by his friend Jimmy Webb. For ticket info please visit: http://www.brianwilson.com/holiday-tour/
Tour dates:
November 28 Orpheum Theatre Minneapolis, MN
November 30 Horseshoe Casino Hammond, IN
December 1 Hard Rock Northfield Park Northfield, OH
December 4 Bergen Performing Arts Center Englewood, NJ
December 7 St. George Theatre Staten Island, NY
December 11 Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Sarasota, FL
December 12 Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, FL
December 15 ACL Live at The Moody Theater Austin, TX
December 16 Wagner Noel PAC Midland, TX
December 17 Tobin Center for the Performing Arts San Antonio, TX
December 20 Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza Thousand Oaks, CA
December 22 Luther Burbank Center for the Arts Santa Rosa, CA
Now this is a "must see" tour for me. I interviewed Matt for his Dusk album.
Led by singer/songwriter Matt Johnson, THE THE have announced their first live shows in over 15 years.
The post-punk iconoclasts will first tour the UK and Europe starting in late May, with many shows already sold out including London's Royal Albert Hall and Brixton Academy, before launching their North American tour in September. Tickets for the North American tour go on sale Friday, April 6 at 12 noon local time. See below for all dates and details.
The last THE THE album, 2000's NakedSelf, capped off a run of records that included his solo debut Burning Blue Soul (1981), through the band's Soul Mining (1983), Infected (1986), Mind Bomb (1989) and Dusk (1993).
In 2017, THE THE released a new single, "We Can't Stop What's Coming," as part of 2017's Record Store Day, their first new song in 15 years, with Matt Johnson joined by former THE THE members, Zeke Manyika on percussion, James Eller on bass and Johnny Marr on guitar.
It was taken from The Inertia Variations, an 84-minute documentary film, which premiered at the 2017 Edinburgh International Film Festival, and forms part of a wider multimedia project inspired by the poem of the same name by John Tottenham. Additionally in October 2017, THE THE released the Radio Cineola: Trilogy box set.
The first biography of THE THE, "Long Shadows, High Hopes," written by Neil Fraser and fully authorized by Johnson, will be published by Omnibus Press on June 7.
Tour dates:
Fri 9/14 Boston, MA Orpheum Theatre
Sun 9/16 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Steel
Mon 9/17 New York, NY Beacon Theatre
Wed 9/19 Toronto, ON Sony Centre for the Performing Arts
Fri 9/21 Detroit, MI Royal Oak Music Theatre
Sat 9/22 Chicago, IL Riviera Theatre
Mon 9/24 Los Angeles, CA Ford Theatre
Thu 9/27 San Francisco, CA The Masonic
