Rescued from defunct formats, prised from dark cupboards and brought to light after two decades in cold storage… OKNOTOK will be issued June 23rd on XL Recordings, coinciding (roughly) with the original 1997 release date(s) of Radiohead’s landmark third album OK COMPUTER.
OKNOTOK features the original OK COMPUTER twelve track album, eight B-sides, and the Radiohead completist’s dream: “I Promise,” “Lift,” and “Man Of War.” The original studio recordings of these three previously unreleased and long sought after OK COMPUTER era tracks finally receive their first official issue on OKNOTOK.
All material on OKNOTOK is newly remastered from the original analogue tapes.
The OKNOTOK BOXED EDITION will ship July, featuring a black box emblazoned with a dark image of a burned copy of OK COMPUTER containing three heavyweight 180 gram black 12″ vinyl records and a hardcover book containing more than thirty artworks (many of which have never been seen before) and full lyrics to all the tracks (except the ones that haven’t really got any lyrics). Under this weighty tome are yet more surprises: a notebook containing 104 pages from Thom Yorke’s library of scrawled notes of the time, a sketchbook containing 48 pages of Donwood and Tchock’s ‘preparatory work’ and a C90 cassette mix tape compiled by the band, taken from OK COMPUTER session archives and demo tapes.
Digital formats, double CD, and triple 180g LP versions of the 23 track album will be released widely on June 23rd.
OK COMPUTER was originally released on various dates ranging from May to July 1997. Produced by the band and Nigel Godrich, the album features the singles “Paranoid Android,” “Karma Police,” “Lucky” and “No Surprises,” and is widely cited as one of the greatest works of Radiohead’s–or any artist’s—catalogue. OK COMPUTER was the first Radiohead record to reach #1 in the UK and to be nominated for the Album of the Year GRAMMY. In 2015, The National Recording Registry selected OK COMPUTER to be preserved in the Library of Congress as a recording that has proven “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.”
Hiding All Away – Lovely Creatures: The Best of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds DVD
“There are some people out there who just don’t know where to start with The Bad Seeds. Others know the catalogue better than I do! This release is designed to be a way into three decades of music making. That’s a lot of songs. The songs we have chosen are the ones that have stuck around, for whatever reason. Some songs are those that demand to be played live. Others are lesser songs that are personal favorites of ours. Others are just too big and have too much history to leave out. And there are those that didn’t make it, poor things. They are the ones you must discover by yourselves.”Nick Cave
Lovely Creatures is the most comprehensive overview of the recorded work of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds to date. Spanning thirty years of music from their debut album From Her To Eternity through to Push The Sky Away their 15th studio album, the collection navigates one of the most exhilarating, idiosyncratic and inventive bodies of work created in contemporary music.
Included are long-standing live favorites “Stagger Lee” and “The Mercy Seat”, their hit single from 1995 “Where The Wild Roses Grow” through to recent fan favorites “Jubilee Street” and “We No Who U R”. There are songs that newcomers may only know from their appearance on film and television soundtracks, notably “O Children” (Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows Pt. I) and the ubiquitous “Red Right Hand”, most recently familiar to fans of the series Peaky Blinders.
The album was compiled by Nick Cave and founding member Mick Harvey, with help from the current Bad Seeds. Band members past and present raided their personal archives to provide previously unseen photos and memorabilia which have been collected into a beautiful hardcover book, along with a series of original essays. The book is available as part of the limited edition ‘Super Deluxe’ album collection that also comes with a two hour DVD containing rare and unseen archive footage. Lovely Creatures is available in four formats, all featuring personal and rare photographs of the band: Standard CD, Triple LP, Deluxe 3CD with DVD and the Super Deluxe Limited Edition package.
Lovely Creatures was originally intended for release in 2015. Since its postponement the band have recorded and released their highly acclaimed 16th studio album Skeleton Tree.
Lovely Creatures: The Best of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 1984 – 2014 will be released on May 5th 2017 on BMG in the following formats:
Double CD
2 CDs (21 tracks) with booklet Triple Vinyl
3 Heavyweight 12” vinyl (21 tracks) with a triple gatefold sleeve Deluxe 3CD & DVD
3 CDs (45 tracks) and two hour DVD featuring live performances, rare footage and interviews with a 48 page book Super Deluxe 3CD & DVD with Hardcover Book
Box set comprised of 3 CDs and two hour DVD with a hardcover book containing original essays, candid and personal photos taken by the band family and friends, and reproductions of band memorabilia
2017 Live Dates
5/26/17 – Brooklyn, NY – Kings Theatre (Sold Out) 5/27/17 – Brooklyn, NY – Kings Theatre 5/29/17 – Montreal, Quebec – Metropolis (Sold Out) 5/31/17 – Toronto, Ontario – Massey Hall (Sold Out) 6/01/17 – Toronto, Ontario – Massey Hall (Sold Out) 6/03/17 – Detroit, MI – Masonic Temple Theatre 6/05/17 – Philadelphia, PA – Electric Factory 6/07/17 – Asheville, NC – Thomas Wolfe Auditorium (Sold Out) 6/08/17 – Pittsburgh, PA – The Warhol at Carnegie Music Hall (Sold Out) 6/10/17 – Boston, MA – Boch Center Wang Theatre (Sold Out) 6/13/17 – New York, NY – Beacon Theatre (Sold Out) 6/14/17 – New York, NY – Beacon Theatre (Sold Out) 6/16/17 – Chicago, IL – Auditorium Theatre 6/18/17 – Denver, CO – Paramount Theatre (Sold Out) 6/19/17 – Salt Lake City, UT – Kingsbury Hall 6/21/17 – Portland, OR – Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall 6/22/17 – Vancouver, BC – Queen Elizabeth Theatre (Sold Out) 6/24/17 – Berkeley, CA – Greek Theatre 6/26/17 – San Diego, CA – Civic Theatre 6/28/17 – Los Angeles, CA – The Ace Hotel Theatre (Sold Out) 6/29/17 – Los Angeles, CA – Greek Theatre 9/24/17 – Bournemouth, UK – International Centre (Sold Out) 9/25/17 – Manchester, UK – Manchester Arena 9/27/17 – Glasgow, UK – The SSE Hydro 9/28/17 – Nottingham, UK – Motorpoint Arena 9/30/17 – London, UK – The O2 Arena (Sold Out) 10/03/17 – Paris, France – Zénith 10/04/17 – Paris, France – Zénith 10/06/17 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Ziggo Dome (Sold Out) 10/07/17 – Frankfurt, Germany – Jahrhunderthalle (Sold Out) 10/09/17 – Hamberg, Germany – Sporthalle 10/10/17 – Luxembourg, Luxembourg – Rockhal 10/12/17 – Düsseldorf, Germany – Mitsubishi Electric Halle 10/13/17 – Antwerp, Belgium – Sportpaleis (Sold Out) 10/16/17 – Oslo, Norway – Spektrum 10/18/17 – Stockholm, Sweden – Ericsson Globe 10/20/17 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Royal Arena (Sold Out) 10/22/17 – Berlin, Germany – Max-Schmeling Halle (Sold Out) 10/24/17 – Warsaw, Poland – Torwar 10/26/17 – Prague, Czech Republic – O2 Arena 10/28/17 – Belgrade, Serbia – Kombank Arena 10/30/17 – Ljubljana, Slovenia – Dvorana Tivoli 11/01/17 – Vienna, Austria – Stadthalle 11/02/17 – Munich, Germany – Zenith (Sold Out) 11/04/17 – Padova, Italy – Kioene Arena 11/06/17 – Milan, Italy – Mediolanum Forum 11/08/17 – Rome, Italy – Palalottomatica 11/12/17 – Zurich, Switzerland – Hallenstadion 11/13/17 – Geneva, Switzerland – Arena 11/16/17 – Athens, Greece – Faliro Sports Arena (Tae Kwon Do) 11/19/17 – Tel Aviv, Israel – Menorah Arena 11/20/17 – Tel Aviv, Israel – Menorah Arena
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds remain one of the most critically acclaimed acts working today, and have sold over 5 million albums worldwide. The band were nominated for a BRIT Award earlier in 2017 and their latest album Skeleton Tree is nominated in the album category of the Ivor Novellos. Their influence has been profound and far-reaching and they are one of the most powerful and exciting live acts in the world.
Comprised of material previously available exclusively as part of the Prisoner: End of World Edition extremely limited edition box set, Ryan Adams’ 17-track Prisoner B-Sides is out today, April 28, via Pax Am/Blue Note.
The 17 tracks originally spread across the flipsides of the dozen 7-inch records included in the End of World box are compiled as Prisoner B-Sides in the following sequence:
1 – Where Will You Run?
2 – Juli
3 – Are You Home?
4 – No Words
5 – Halo
6 – It Will Never Be The Same
7 – What If We’re Wrong
8 – Broken Things
9 – Stop You
10 – Hanging On To Hope
11 – Let It Burn
12 – Crazy Now
13 – You Said
14 – Please Help Me
15 – Too Tired To Cry
16 – Stop Talking
17 – The Empty Bed
Ryan Adams’ Prisoner was released February 17, debuting #3 on the U.S. album chart, #1 on the Billboard Rock Albums chart, and generating wave after wave of the most effusive critical praise of Adams’ career. NEW YORK MAGAZINE (“Genius…the best thing he’s put out in a decade”), ROLLING STONE (“Personal and urgent…close to the magnum opus of his dreams”), ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY (“the poet laureate of unadulterated heartbreak, a master chronicler of the endless shapes and colors of romantic pain”) and the ASSOCIATED PRESS hailed Prisoner as the multiple Grammy nominee’s best in 10 years or more, while PEOPLE noted “even when his lyrics cling to loss, Adams lets in light with melody,” and The AV CLUB observed “He sounds like he’s savoring how full of life his music is, no matter what it took to make it so. He hasn’t just turned misery into art; he’s turned it into joy.”
Ryan Adams is currently in the midst of the Prisoner world tour, which swings through New York next week, beginning with a May 1 stop at The Late Show with Stephen Colbert followed by back to back sold out shows at the Beacon Theater May 2 and 3. The tour circles the globe through late September and sees Ryan headlining the likes of the Greek Theaters in Los Angeles and Berkeley, Red Rocks, an already sold out September date at the Royal Albert Hall and more. Ryan has also been making the festival rounds including Lollapalooza and Shaky Knees, while adding multiple headline shows due to popular demand from St. Paul MN to Dublin.
RYAN ADAMS
Prisoner Tour 2017 5/20/17 – Auckland, NZ – Civic Theatre (SOLD OUT) 5/23/17 – Brisbane, AU – The Tivoli (SOLD OUT) 5/24/17 – Bryon Bay, AU – The Northern Hotel (SOLD OUT) 5/26/17 – Melbourne, AU – Margaret Court Arena 5/27/17 – Sydney, AU – Hordern Pavilion 6/1/17 – Santa Barbara, CA – Granada Theater 6/2/17 – Berkeley, CA – Greek Theatre 6/3/17 – Los Angeles, CA – Greek Theatre 6/18/17 – Salt Lake City, UT – Eccles Theater 6/20/17 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre 6/22/17 – Calgary, AB – Jubilee (SOLD OUT) 6/23/17 – Edmonton, AB – Jubilee 6/25/17 – Victoria, BC – Alix Goolden Hall (SOLD OUT) 6/27/17 – Vancouver, BC – Orpheum Theater 6/28/17 – Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre (SOLD OUT) 6/29/17 – Portland, OR – Edgefield (SOLD OUT) 7/6/17 – Castro Daire, PT – Nos Alive 7/7/17 – Madrid, ES – Mad Cool Festival 7/8/17 – Barcelona, ES – Festival Cruilla 7/9/17 – Six-Fours-Les-Plages, FR – Pointu Festival 7/11/17 – Rome, IT – Cavea, Auditorium Parco Della Musica 7/12/17 – Gardone Riviera, IT – Anfiteatro Del Vittoraile 7/13/17 – Zagreb, HR – Culture Factory 7/15/17 – Munich, DE – Muffathalle 7/16/17 – Berlin, DE – Tempodrom 7/28/17 – St. Paul, MN – Palace Theatre (SOLD OUT) 7/29/17 – St. Paul, MN – Palace Theatre (SOLD OUT) 7/30/17 – Milwaukee, WI – Riverside Theatre 8/1/17 – St. Louis, MO – The Pageant (SOLD OUT) 8/4/17 – Chicago, IL – Lollapalooza Music Festival 8/5/17 – Saint Charles, IA – Hinterland Festival 8/9/17 – Copenhagen, DK – Vega 8/10/17 – Oslo, NO – Oya Fesival
8/10-12/17 – Gothenburg, SWE – Way Out West Festival 8/13/17 – Helsinki, FI – Flow Festival 8/17/17 – Kiewit, BE – Pukkelpop
8/17-20/17 – Brecon, GB – Green Man Festival 9/8/17 – Belfast, IRE – Ulster Hall (SOLD OUT) 9/9/17 – Cork, IRE – Opera House (SOLD OUT) 9/11/17 – Dublin, IRE – Olympia Theater (SOLD OUT) 9/12/17 – Dublin, IRE – Olympia Theater (SOLD OUT) 9/14/17 – Manchester, UK – O2 Apollo (SOLD OUT) 9/15/17 – Edinburgh, Scotland – Usher Hall (SOLD OUT) 9/17/17 – Gateshead, UK – Sage One (SOLD OUT) 9/18/17 – Leeds, UK – O2 Academy (SOLD OUT) 9/19/17 – Bournemouth, UK – O2 Academy 9/21/17 – Cambridge, UK – Cambridge Corn Exchange (SOLD OUT) 9/22/17 – London, UK – Royal Albert Hall (SOLD OUT)
9/23-24/17 – Franklin, TN – Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival
Paul McCartney arrived in Japan this week to scenes of Beatlemania at Tokyo Haneda Airport. This week the mania continued as he played his first show of 2017 at the iconic Budokan venue. The Budokan came to international notoriety when Paul first visited with The Beatles in 1966. That year they performed five concerts all 30 minutes in length. In contrast Paul performed an epic show of over two hours with a set featuring some of the most loved songs in the world. ‘I Wanna Be Your Man’ and ‘Yesterday’ were the only two songs that Paul played in the set that featured in the Beatles setlist. Paul drove the sold out audience wild, speaking to the crowd in Japanese. The set also included some songs that Paul had previously never performed in Japan such as ‘A Hard Day’s Night’ and ‘Love Me Do’.
Japanese press described the night as “another legendary performance”.
Paul also plays three sold out shows at The Tokyo Dome this week – to 150,000 fans.
Full set list from The Budokan:
A Hard Days Night (first time in Japan) Jet
Drive My Car
Juniors Farm
Let Me Roll It
I’ve Got A Feeling
My Valentine
1985
Maybe I’m Amazed
We Can Work It Out
Every Night
In Spite Of All The Danger
Love Me Do (first time in Japan)
Blackbird
Here Today
Queenie Eye
Lady Madonna
I Wanna Be Your Man (played with The Beatles at The Budokan 1966)
Magical Mystery Tour
Being for the Benefit of Mr Kite!
Ob La Di Ob La Da Sgt Pepper Reprise Back In The USSR Let It Be Live And Let Die Hey Jude
Yesterday (played with The Beatles in 1966)
Hi Hi Hi
Golden Slumbers
PAUL McCARTNEY ONE ON ONE North American Tour 2017
July 5 — Miami, FL — AmericanAirlines Arena
July 10 — Tampa, FL — Amalie Arena
July 13 — Duluth, GA — Infinite Energy Arena
July 15 — Bossier City, LA — CenturyLink Center
July 19 — Wichita, KS — INTRUST Bank Arena
July 21 — Des Moines, IA — Wells Fargo Arena
July 23 — Omaha, NE — CenturyLink Center
July 25 — Tinley Park, IL — Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, Tinley Park
September 11 — Newark, NJ — Prudential Center
September 15 — New York, NY — Madison Square Garden
September 19 — Brooklyn, NY — Barclays Center
September 23 — Syracuse, NY — Carrier Dome
September 26 — Uniondale, NY — NYCB LIVE’s Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Paul McCartney has added a massive new run of U.S. dates to his One On One tour.
The newly announced dates kick off July 5th at Miami’s AmericanAirlines Arena—Paul’s first Miami appearance since his Up & Coming Tour hit Sun Life Stadium in 2010—then head northwest to Tampa, where Paul will play July 10th at the Amalie Arena, returning to the city for the first time since his 2005 US Tour. From there, One On One takes Paul to three cities and venues he’s never played before: July 13th at the Infinity Energy Arena in Duluth MN, July 15th at CenturyLink Center in Bossier City LA, and July 19th at the INTRUST Bank Arena in Wichita KS. On July 21st Paul plays the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines IA followed by a July 23rd stop at CenturyLink Center in Omaha NE, returning to both cities for the first time since 2005’s US Tour. The tour’s July run concludes on the 25th at the Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, Tinley Park in Tinley Park IL—Paul’s first appearance in the region since his now-legendary 2015 Lollapalooza headline.
One On One’s 2017 U.S. run will resume with Paul’s first ever show at the Prudential Center in Newark NJ on September 11th.Paul will then take up residence in New York City, playing his first full show at Madison Square Garden since 2005 on September 15th, then getting back to the scene of his unforgettable 2013 Brooklyn shows to play the Barclays Center on September 19th. Paul will then head upstate to make his debut appearance in Syracuse NY, playing the Carrier Dome on September 23rd, followed on September 26th by Paul’s first show at Long Island’s NYCB Live’s Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum since 2002’s Driving USA Tour. One On One’s fall dates will draw to a close October 1st at Detroit’s Little Caesars Arena, Paul’s first show at the brand new venue and first visit to the Motor City since 2015.
Paul McCartney’s One On One tour opened April 13, 2016 with Paul’s debut concert in Fresno CA. The show, which opened with Paul’s first performance of “A Hard Day’s Night” since The Beatles last played it 1965, drew instant and unanimous raves from near (“McCartney’s abundance of natural charm and charisma made this sold-out arena show feel and more like a really big piano bar”—The Fresno Bee) and far (“nearly three hours of music that moved gracefully from the intimate to the explosive… the emphasis never drifted from the music, ranging from generational anthems to post-Beatles deep cuts”—Rolling Stone). One On One has since logged 36 shows and counting, spanning the globe from North and South America to the UK and Europe and a current run of Japanese dates. Venues have ranged from packed stadiums and arenas to one of the most intimate gigs of Paul’s solo career to date at the 300-capacity Pappy & Harriet’s Pioneertown Palace in tiny Pioneertown, CA. One On One’s 2016 run wrapped up with two headlining sets at the historic Desert Trip festival in Indio, CA, which featured surprise guest appearances from Neil Young and Rihanna—a fitting coda to a tour that featured Paul joined on encores by the likes of Nirvana’s Krist Novoselic in Seattle, Jimmy Fallon in Vancouver, and both Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead and New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski at a record-breaking show at Boston’s Fenway Park.
The Paul McCartney live experience is everything any music lover could ever want from a rock show—and so much more: Nearly three hours worth of the greatest moments from the last 50 years of music, dozens of songs that have formed the soundtracks of our lives. Paul and his band have played an unparalleled range of venues and locations: outside the Coliseum in Rome, Moscow’s Red Square, Buckingham Palace, The White House, a free show in Mexico for over 400,000 people, the last ever show at San Francisco’s Candlestick Park where The Beatles played their final concert 1966, and even one performance broadcast live into Space! Featuring Paul’s band of the last 10+ years – Paul “Wix” Wickens (keyboards), Brian Ray (bass/guitar), Rusty Anderson(guitar) and Abe Laboriel Jr (drums) – the show is never anything short of life-changing.
As with every Paul McCartney tour, One On One features dozens of classics from the most beloved catalog in popular music, spanning Paul’s entire career–as a solo artist, member of Wings and of course as a Beatle—and no shortage of surprises. State of the art audio and video technology ensure an unforgettable experience from every seat in the house: Massive screens, lasers, fireworks and, of course, a staggering selection of the best songs ever written or performed make every Paul McCartney show a once in a lifetime event that transcends and elevates the potential of live music.
The first public on sale of this run will be April 29th for the July 25th Tinley Park, IL date.
Tickets for the July 1st-23rd and October 1st dates will be on sale to the public May 1st.
Public on sale for the September dates will start May 5th.
American Express® Card Members can purchase tickets before the general public beginning Wednesday, April 26th at 10am local time through Sunday, April 30th at 10pm local time for Bossier City, LA, Wichita, KS, Des Moines, IA, Omaha, NE, Syracuse, NY, Detroit, MI, Miami, FL, Tampa, FL, and Duluth, GA and beginning Monday, May 1st at 10am local time through Thursday, May 4th at 10pm local time for New York, NY, Brooklyn, NY, Uniondale, NY, and Newark, NJ.
Check http://paulmccartney.com/ for more information and check out an exclusive behind the scenes rehearsal video here.
PAUL McCARTNEY ONE ON ONE North American Tour 2017
July 5 — Miami, FL — AmericanAirlines Arena
July 10 — Tampa, FL — Amalie Arena
July 13 — Duluth, GA — Infinite Energy Arena
July 15 — Bossier City, LA — CenturyLink Center
July 19 — Wichita, KS — INTRUST Bank Arena
July 21 — Des Moines, IA — Wells Fargo Arena
July 23 — Omaha, NE — CenturyLink Center
July 25 — Tinley Park, IL — Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, Tinley Park
September 11 — Newark, NJ — Prudential Center
September 15 — New York, NY — Madison Square Garden
September 19 — Brooklyn, NY — Barclays Center
September 23 — Syracuse, NY — Carrier Dome
September 26 — Uniondale, NY — NYCB LIVE’s Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Arriving last March to his highest U.S. chart numbers to date and most over the top critical notices since 1977’s The Idiot and Lust For Life, Iggy Pop’s GRAMMY-nominated Post Pop Depression was an undeniable landmark of a singular career.
Upon Post Pop Depression’s release, the album’s co-creator Joshua Homme of Queens Of The Stone Age enlisted QOTSA cohorts Dean Fertita and Troy Van Leeuwen, Matt Helders of Arctic Monkeys and journeyman Matt Sweeney to realize the next phase of the Post Pop Depression initiative: The formation of the best band ever to back Iggy on a solo tour.
Now with the Record Store Day special release of POST POP DEPRESSION: LIVE AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL (Rekords Rekords/Loma Vista/Caroline International), the penultimate show of that equally ecstatically received limited run of historic dates is now given the ultimate class treatment: a limited, number 180 gram triple vinyl book bound edition completed with a 16-page book featuring exclusive photos from the show that moved UK critics to rave:
“as downright brilliant a rock n roll show as it is possible to see”—The Independent
“one of the most memorable gigs of the year… the performance of a lifetime”—NME
“a five star spectacle that proves just how peerless Iggy Pop is”—The Guardian
For those who were not among the few thousand blessed to experience this once in a lifetime performance live, the POST POP DEPRESSION: LIVE AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL triple vinyl Record Store Day special edition now offers a worthy alternative. And for those who were, what better way to relive those sublime sounds…
Pre-Orders are live today, April 21,at http://nuclearblast.com/danzig-blc for BLACK LADEN CROWN, the first Danzig album of all new material in seven years.
iTunes and Amazon digital pre-orders will receive the first taste of new Danzig material since 2010’s critically acclaimed “Deth Red Sabaoth” in the form of the instant grat track “Devil On Hwy 9,” which can be previewed here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVEdLhJ1McE .
Produced by Glenn Danzig, the 50-minute-long BLACK LADEN CROWN will be released May 26 on Evilive Records/Nuclear Blast Entertainment and consists of the following songs:
1. Black Laden Crown
2. Eyes Ripping Fire
3. Devil On Hwy 9
4. Last Ride
5. The Witching Hour
6. But A Nightmare
7. Skulls & Daisies
8. Blackness Falls
9. Pull The Sun
Following on his historic reunion with the classic Misfits lineup attended by record numbers at last year’s Riot Fest in Denver and Chicago, Danzig recently announced 2017’s Blackest of the Black Festival: Two days of non-stop music and mayhem taking place at Oak Canyon Park in Silverado, CA on May 26th and 27th. Danzig will close the festivities May 27th, headlining a bill featuring more than 20 artists playing amidst a full scale takeover and transformation of the park grounds featuring literally dozens of attractions, vendors, performers, and other surprises musical and otherwise.
BLACK LADEN CROWN physical formats will be available for sale on site at Blackest Of The Black.
Blackest Of The Black promises to create a site-wide atmosphere like no festival before or since. A full rundown of performers and attractions will be announced shortly. Check www.BlackestFest.com for tickets, news, and further details as they are confirmed.
Additionally, this summer marks the 25th Anniversary of the classic DANZIG III: HOW THE GODS KILL. Produced by Danzig himself and featuring the unforgettable cover adorned by H.R. Giger’s Meister und Margeritha (The Master and Margarita), HOW THE GODS KILL was the first DANZIG album to crack Billboard’s Top 30 and inspired Rolling Stone to rave in its review at the time, “Rock is alarmingly short of visionaries these days; Danzig is the genuine article.”
Danzig will be performing a limited number of shows this summer, commemorating the occasion with live performances of numerous songs from HOW THE GODS KILL.
HUMANZ HOUSE PARTY: GLOBAL LISTENING VIRTUAL EVENT APRIL 21st-23rd
LIVE AT ROUGH TRADE NYC APRIL 25th
Tickets Available Same Day with Pre-Order of Humanz at Rough Trade NYC
APPEARING ON THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERTAPRIL 27th
HUMANZ OUT APRIL 28th ON WARNER BROS.
Gorillaz continue to keep the surprises coming with an incredibly momentous week commemorating their highly anticipated new album Humanz—out April 28th on Warner Bros.
After unveiling the immersive fan experience of their augmented reality pop-up Spirit House in Brooklyn, Gorillaz have gone a step further in bringing Humanz to the world by hosting the virtual Humanz House Party. From Friday April 21st at 11am EST until end of Sunday April 23rd, those keen enough to download the Gorillaz app (Apple or Android) will be able to go to specific locations and walk through the Spirit House as they hear the new album before its release on a continuous loop. This will be the first opportunity for fans to hear Humanz in full. While those in NYC and Los Angeles can head to Bryant Park or Silver Lake Meadow for the unique experience, a full list of all participating cities and locations will be revealed within the Gorillaz App, http://gorillaz.com and Gorillaz Facebook.
To kick off the actual week of release for Humanz, Gorillaz has announced an intimate, once-in-a-lifetime close-up performance at Rough Trade NYC (located in Brooklyn) on Tuesday, April 25th—doors open at 8pm, show starts at 9pm. To be one of the lucky few to score a ticket, stop by Rough Trade NYC April 25th and pre-order the album to receive a wristband for entry to the show (limit one per person, wristbands will be placed on at time of purchase).
As an extension of the Sonos and Gorillaz Spirit House, Gorillaz will also unveil an exclusive installation of Jamie Hewlett’s original artwork at the Sonos flagship store at 101 Greene Street in Manhattan’s SoHo neighborhood. The custom installation will be on display starting April 26th, and will feature a selection of Gorillaz artwork carefully created and curated by Hewlett from his personal archive.
If that’s not enough Gorillaz, never fear! Tune in to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on April 27th to catch an extraordinary appearance of the band featuring Damon Albarn, Seye Adelekan, Jesse Hackett, Mike Smith, Karl Vanden Bossche, Gabriel Wallace, Jeff Wooton PLUS several special guests.
And the global fascination for Gorillaz will continue when Humanz takes to the road this summer–with special pop-up guest appearances from many more of the album’s featured artists, drawing from a stellar lineup including Jehnny Beth (Savages), Danny Brown, Benjamin Clementine, De La Soul, D.R.A.M., Peven Everett, Anthony Hamilton, Grace Jones, Zebra Katz, Kelela, Mavis Staples, Vince Staples, Popcaan, Pusha T, Jamie Principle and Kali Uchis, among others. Tickets available at http://gorillaz.com/tour.
The past few weeks have seen Gorillaz score the most successful debut in YouTube VR history with the 360 degree “Saturnz Barz (Spirit House),” launch a mixed reality app, release five wildly acclaimed tracks from the eagerly anticipated Humanz album (out April 28 on Warner Bros.), confirm a handful of international festival dates in the wake of their June 10 Demon Dayz festival at Dreamland Margate UK selling out instantly…
… And now it can be confirmed that masterminds Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett will bring Gorillaz back to North America for the first time since the Plastic Beach tour that SPIN hailed as 2010’s “Live Show of the Year.” Tickets for the newly announced dates, which begin July 8 in Chicago and run through the fall, will be available for general on-sale this Friday, April 21 at Gorillaz.com.
Tickets purchased online for select dates listed below will receive a choice of either a standard physical or standard digital copy of Humanz. Instructions will be sent via email shortly after ticket purchase. For tickets purchased after Humanz April 28 release date, instructions will be emailed 7-10 days after purchase.
The Humanz Tour traveling extravaganza will feature Albarn, Hewlett’s enigmatic characters and a touring ensemble of flesh and blood musicians joining Gorillaz Murdoc Niccals, Noodle, Russel Hobbs and 2D, as they bring to life the new tracks and classics spanning the massive Gorillaz catalogue. As always, Gorillaz will be joined onstage by a stellar lineup of featured artists—the new album offering such possibilities as Jehnny Beth (Savages), Danny Brown, Benjamin Clementine, De La Soul, D.R.A.M., Peven Everett, Anthony Hamilton, Grace Jones, Zebra Katz, Kelela, Mavis Staples, Vince Staples, Popcaan, Pusha T, Jamie Principle and Kali Uchis, among others.
For further information and updates, check back regularly at www.gorillaz.com.
LIVE AT RED ROCKS WITH SPECIAL GUESTS PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND JULY 11th
HEADLINING FESTIVAL DATES ANNOUNCED FOR THIS SUMMER
“spectacularly life-affirming”—BROOKLYN MAGAZINE
“incredible”—VULTURE
“a performance that’s a giddy run-through of all his most fun material…excellent”—STEREOGUM
“there was no denying Beck’s timeless cool”—ROLLING STONE (15 Best Things We Saw at Governors Ball 2016)
“lovely…Beck achieved the impossible at Gov Ball”—BILLBOARD
With warmer weather quickly making its approach, Beck has confirmed a handful of exciting summer tour dates including a highly anticipated return to Red Rocks on July 11th— with very special guests, the esteemed Preservation Hall Jazz Band.
Presale for the Red Rocks date begins Wednesday, April 12 at 10am local time, with general on sale beginning Friday, April 14th at 10am local time. Grab tickets here: http://axs.com/events/334825/beck-tickets
July 9th – Telluride, CO – The RIDE Festival
July 11th – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks (with special guests Preservation Hall Jazz Band)
August 27th – Portland, OR – MusicFestNW Presents: Project Pabst
