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Foo Fighters, Press Releases

FOO FIGHTERS CONFIRM FALL U.S. DATES

Pre-Sales To Begin May 18 For September Arena Shows

http://tour.foofighters.com/

Foo Fighters have confirmed the next run of shows in their ongoing American arena headline run in support of the worldwide #1 album Wasting Light (Roswell/RCA). Pre-sales for this leg, which kicks off September 14 in St. Paul MN and runs through September 26 in East Rutherford NJ, will begin May 18. General on sales follow May 20 with the exception of St. Paul and Columbus which go on sale to the public June 4.

Rise Against and Mariachi el Bronx will be support for the U.S. run.

The September dates expand on the recently announced midwest headline dates beginning May 17 in Tulsa OK and concluding May 26 in Missoula MT. Motorhead and Biffy Clyro provide support on that run, during which the Foos will also drop in for headlining appearances at the Hangout and Sasquatch festivals. In addition Foo Fighters have also announced a pair of Canadian dates, August 9 in Toronto and August 10 in Montreal, which go on sale May 20 and 21 respectively. Doughboys and F—ed Up will support on both Canadian shows.

The tour follows in the wake of Foo Fighters’ just-released seventh album Wasting Light, which is still riding high on the charts after debuting at #1 in a dozen countries.  Wasting Light has also generated arguably the best critical notices of the band’s 16-year career, including four star lead reviews from Rolling Stone and People, and an A-lead review from Entertainment Weekly that summed up “Here’s the miracle, though: Foo Fighters never feel like a backward-looking band. Light is a muscular rock & roll throwdown, featuring the Foos delivering exactly the kind of catchy, pummeling anthems they’re known for, with total disregard for the whims of the masses.”

More dates will be announced as they are confirmed. For a complete list of current Foo Fighters North American tour dates and ticketing info visit http://tour.foofighters.com/

FOO FIGHTERS NEW U.S. DATES:

Sept. 14 – St. Paul, MN – Xcel Center **
Sept. 16 – Kansas City, MO – Sprint Center **
Sept. 17 – St Louis, MO – Scottrade Center **
Sept. 19 – Detroit, MI – Palace of Auburn Hills **
Sept. 20 – Cleveland, OH – Quicken Loans Arena **
Sept. 22 – Columbus OH – Nationwide Arena **
Sept. 23 – Pittsburgh, PA- Consol Energy Center **
Sept. 25 – Buffalo, NY – HSBC Center **
Sept. 26 – East Rutherford, NJ – Izod Center **

** Rise Against & Mariachi el Bronx Support

PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED DATES:

May 17 – Tulsa, OK – BOK Center ***
May 18 – Little Rock, AR – Verizon Center ***
May 20 – Memphis, TN – FedEx Forum ***
May 21 – Gulf Shores, AL – Hangout Festival (SOLD OUT)
May 23 – Council Bluffs, IA – Mid America Center ***
May 26 – Missoula, MT – Adams Center ***
May 27 – George, WA – Sasquatch Music Festival

*** Motorhead & Biffy Clyro Support

Press Releases

3 DREAMS OF BLACK GROUNDBREAKING INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE DIRECTED BY CHRIS MILK CREATED FOR “BLACK” FROM DANGER MOUSE & DANIELE LUPPI’S ROME

3 Dreams Of Black, a groundbreaking interactive experience written and directed by Chris Milk for the song “Black” from Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi’s forthcoming Rome album, can be experienced now at: www.ro.me

Developed in conjunction with Radical Media, EMI and Google, 3 Dreams Of Black created three dream worlds set to the score of Danger Mouse and Luppi’s “Black” with its sublime Norah Jones vocal.  The worlds are experienced as 2D drawings and animations, interspersed with interactive 3D sequences in which the viewer becomes an active participant, guiding their own journey through the unfolding narrative.  Participants can even create their own virtual artifacts–the best of which will then be integrated into the experience and become a part of other users’ dreams.

The unique, immersive online experience of 3 Dreams Of Black is powered by the evolution in HTML5 and WebGL internet and web browser technologies.  However, like the music that inspired its creation, the best way to understand 3 Dreams of Black is simply to experience it.

ROME, five years in the making and finally out May 17, is the result of Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi joining forces to co-compose and co-arrange a record in the vein of classic Italian Western soundtracks like Ennio Morricone’s Fistful of Dollars or The Good, The Bad & The Ugly.  Danger Mouse and Luppi went to such lengths to preserve this aesthetic as traveling to Rome to use Morricone’s studio and musicians who actually played on these soundtracks. Vintage instruments were tracked down and bartered for, and every note was recorded in analog with no studio trickery or synthetic instrumentation. With the score completed, Norah Jones and Jack White were enlisted for vocals on three tracks each.

To hear the album in its entirety, please visit NPR.org:
http://www.npr.org/2011/05/09/136094599/first-listen-danger-mouse-and-daniele-luppi-rome

For additional information:
www.ro.me

or contact

Laura Eldeiry at Nasty Little Man
212 343 0740
laura@nastylittleman.com

Arcade Fire, Press Releases

ARCADE FIRE THE SUBURBS DELUXE EDITION OUT AUGUST 2

CD/DVD Package To Feature Previously Unreleased Tracks, Scenes From The Suburbs Film, 80-plus-page Expanded Booklet & More

Pre-Order Live Now At https://www.mergerecords.com/store/store_detail.php?catalog_id=805

Arcade Fire will release a deluxe CD/DVD version of its Album of the Year Grammy Award-winning third album The Suburbs August 2nd on Merge Records in the U.S.

The expanded CD version of The Suburbs sees the original album augmented by a longer version of the track “Wasted Hours (A Life That We Can Live),” as well as the previously unreleased “Culture War” and “Speaking In Tongues,” the latter of which features David Byrne on additional vocals.

Highlights of the DVD portion include the complete half-hour short film Scenes From The Suburbs, directed by Spike Jonze and hailed as “absolutely f–king gorgeous” by INDIEWIRE at its U.S. premiere at this year’s SXSW festival, the companion documentary Behind The Scenes From The Suburbs, and the music video for the track “The Suburbs.”

The package is rounded out by an exclusive booklet featuring lyrics and 80 pages of photos taken during the Scenes From The Suburbs film shoot.

For further information, go to arcadefire.com or mergerecords.com

Explosions In The Sky, Press Releases

EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY TAKE CARE, TAKE CARE, TAKE CARE DEBUTS #16 U.S. TOP 200 19,000+ SOLD IN HIGHEST DEBUT OF THE WEEK

Explosions In The Sky’s new album Take Care, Take Care, Take Care has debuted at #16 on the Billboard Top 200, selling approximately 19,000 units since its April 26 release on Temporary Residence Ltd. In addition to being the highest new entry on this week’s chart, Take Care… nearly doubles the first week sales of the band’s previous album, 2007’s All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone which did just over 11,000 in its first seven days, debuting at #78.

Additionally, Take Care… was the #1 selling vinyl LP and #3 selling independent release in the country in its debut week.

In touring news, Explosions In The Sky wrapped the first leg of its recent U.S. headline tour with two sold out shows, April 30 at Los Angeles’ Hollywood Forever Cemetery and May 1 at the Fox Theater in Oakland, followed by a pair of dates supporting Arcade Fire for two dates in Explosions’ native Texas. The band begins a UK/Europe tour May 15 in Edinburgh, featuring sold out headline engagements at the Roundhouse in London and Le Bataclan in Paris.

Following its return from Europe in June, Explosions In The Sky will play the Bonnaroo festival in Manchester TN as well as a newly announced June 17 headline at ACL Live at the Moody Theater in its homebase of Austin TX.

Recorded at Sonic Ranch in El Paso TX by John Congleton and produced by the band, Take Care, Take Care, Take Care is Explosions In The Sky’s fifth album. The record was mixed by Congleton at Austin TX’s Public Hi Fi studio and features artwork by longtime visual collaborator Esteban Rey.

EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY

Live 2011

05/15/11 – Edinburgh, UK – HMV Picture House
05/16/11 – Dublin, IRL – Vicar St
05/17/11 – Manchester, UK – Manchester Academy
05/19/11 – London, UK – Roundhouse +
05/20/11 – Paris, France – Bataclan +
05/22/11 – Berlin, DEU – Postbahnhof
05/23/11 – Koln, DEU – Essigfabrik
05/24/11 – Brussels, BEL – Ancienne Belgique
05/25/11 – Amsterdam, NLD – Paradiso
05/27/11 – Barcelona, Spain – Primavera Festival
06/09-12/11 – Manchester, TN – Bonnaroo*
06/17/11 – Austin, TX – ACL Live at the Moody Theater
08/11/11 – Olso, Norway – Oya Festival
08/12-13/11 – Gothenburg, SWE – Way Out West Festival
08/19/11 – Brecon Beacons, UK – Green Man Festival

+SOLD OUT

Foo Fighters, Press Releases

FOO FIGHTERS: BACK AND FORTH OUT JUNE 7 ON iTUNES, JUNE 14 ON BLU RAY & DVD

Acclaimed Documentary Release Follows On Heels Of Worldwide #1 Album Wasting Light

FOO FIGHTERS: BACK AND FORTH, the feature length Foo Fighters documentary directed by Academy Award winner James Moll (The Last Days, Running The Sahara), will soon be available to anyone who couldn’t score a ticket to its theatrical premiere or missed its broadcast debut. An exclusive iTunes digital release begins June 7, followed by a June 14 DVD . The Blu-Ray  version will be released exclusively first through Best Buy on June 14 – then available at all retailers starting July 12.  The DVD and BluRay features 35 minutes of extras including additional interviews and deleted scenes.

Produced by Exclusive Media Group¹s documentary division Spitfire Pictures and co-produced and co-financed by Exclusive Media Group and RCA Records, FOO FIGHTERS: BACK AND FORTH is an incredibly intimate and comprehensive portrait of Foo Fighters. From Dave Grohl’s cassette demos that became Foo Fighters’ self-titled 1995 debut to the new worldwide #1 album Wasting Light, FOO FIGHTERS: BACK AND FORTH chronicles every triumph and tragedy along the band’s path to becoming one of the biggest and most loved bands on the planet.  In-depth interviews with Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett and Pat Smear take the viewer through the making of the double-platinum The Colour & The Shape, the back to back Best Rock Album Grammy winners There Is Nothing Left To Lose and One By One, the double album opus In Your Honor, the multiple Grammy winning Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, a record-breaking 170,000-plus-attended two-night headline at Wembley Stadium, and the Foos’ subsequent return to Grohl’s garage for the analog-only sessions with producer Butch Vig that yielded Wasting Light. With all that and breathtaking performance footage to spare, FOO FIGHTERS: BACK AND FORTH is essential viewing not just for Foo fans, but for anyone who’s ever wondered what makes a rock band great–and what makes a great band persevere.

For further information, go to foofighters.com or spitfirepictures.com

Paul McCartney, Press Releases

PAUL MCCARTNEY’S CLASSIC SOLO RECORDINGS MCCARTNEY AND MCCARTNEY II GET DELUXE TREATMENT JUNE 14th

McCartney’s Seminal Solo Albums Will Be Available In Multiple Configurations Featuring Remastered Rare And Unreleased Audio & Video Content

With Special Exclusive Packaging

March 29, 2011 – MPL and the Concord Music Group are pleased to announce McCartney and McCartney II as the next releases in the Paul McCartney Archive Collection on June 14th, 2011. Heralded as one of the most beloved solo debuts of all time, McCartney, the smash # 1 album, originally released April of 1970, yielded the timeless tracks “Every Night” and “Junk” along with the immortal classic “Maybe I’m Amazed.”McCartney II originally issued in May of 1980 was McCartney’s return to solo work after nine years touring and having released several massively successful albums with Wings. Reaching #1 in the UK, and #3 in the U.S., the album produced enduring classics such as “Coming Up,” “Waterfalls,” & “Temporary Secretary.”

Paul McCartney personally supervised all aspects of these two reissues. The remastering work was done at Abbey Road using the same team who recently remastered the complete Beatles’ catalogue.

Both McCartney and McCartney II will be available in a variety of formats.

McCartney will be made available as a 2-disc (2 CD) Special Edition featuring the original remastered album plus seven bonus audio tracks including the previously unreleased outtakes “Suicide” and “Don’t Cry Baby” plus a rare live 1979 recording of “Maybe I’m Amazed”. For collectors, the reissue will also be made available as a lavishly packaged 3 disc (2 CD, 1 DVD) Deluxe Edition which includes an exclusive bonus DVD featuring rare and previously unseen footage, an extraordinary 128-page hard bound book containing many exclusive and unpublished photos by Paul and Linda McCartney, original album artwork, downloadable hi-res audio versions of the remastered album and bonus audio tracks, an illustrated history of the making of the album, and expanded track by track information for the two audio discs as well as detailed historical information on the film content.

McCartney II will also be made available as a 2-disc  (2 CD) Special Edition featuring the original remastered album plus eight bonus tracks including B-Sides and alternative versions.  The bonus audio CD includes the #1 hit “Coming Up (Live At Glasgow, 1979)” and holiday perennial “Wonderful Christmastime.”

The lovingly packaged 4 disc (3 CD, 1 DVD) Deluxe Edition of McCartney II not only includes an exclusive bonus DVD featuring rare and previously unseen footage (including performances of ‘Coming Up’ and the new video for the unreleased track ‘Blue Sway’) but includes anadditional eight rare bonus audio tracks exclusive to this edition. Additionally, the McCartney II deluxe edition contains an extraordinary 128-page hard bound book featuring many previously unpublished photos by Linda McCartney, original album and single artwork, downloadable hi-res audio versions of the remastered album, an illustrated history of the making of the album, and expanded track by track information for all three audio discs plus detailed historical information on the film content.

Both original remastered albums and bonus audio content will also be issued as 2 disc 180gm audiophile vinyl editions which will come with an MP3 download of all included audio. Lastly, the special and deluxe versions of McCartney and McCartney II will be made available digitallyworldwide.

The musical achievement of McCartney and McCartney II are noted in the annals of music history as they serve as bookends to the historic first chapter of McCartney’s solo career.

McCartney & McCartney II mark the second and third releases from the Paul McCartney Archive Collection, an ambitious reissue program that encompasses 41 years of cherished, classic material from the most successful songwriter and recording artist in music history.  In November of 2010, the inaugural title in the Archive Collection, Paul McCartney & Wings’ 1973 classic Band on the Run was released to worldwide acclaim.

MCCARTNEY TRACKLIST:

CD 1 – Remastered Album
1.                     The Lovely Linda
2.                     That Would Be Something
3.                     Valentine Day
4.                     Every Night
5.                     Hot As Sun / Glasses
6.                     Junk
7.                     Man We Was Lonely
8.                     Oo You
9.                     Momma Miss America
10.                   Teddy Boy
11                    Singalong Junk
12.                   Maybe I’m Amazed
13.                   Kreen-Akrore

CD 2 – Bonus Audio Tracks
1.                     Suicide [Out-take]
2.                     Maybe I’m Amazed [From One Hand Clapping]
3.                     Every Night [Live At Glasgow, 1979]
4.                     Hot As Sun [Live At Glasgow, 1979]
5.                     Maybe I’m Amazed [Live At Glasgow, 1979]
6.                     Don’t Cry Baby [Out-take]
7.                     Women Kind (Demo) [Mono]

DVD – Bonus Film

1.                     The Album Story
2.                     The Beach
3.                     Maybe I’m Amazed Music Video
4.                     Suicide [from One Hand Clapping]
5.                     Every Night [Live at Concert for the People of Kampuchea]
6.                     Hot As Sun [Live at Concert for the People of Kampuchea]
7.                     Junk [MTV Unplugged]
8.                     That Would Be Something [MTV Unplugged]

MCCARTNEY II TRACKLIST:

CD 1 – Remastered Album
1.                     Coming Up
2.                     Temporary Secretary
3.                     On The Way
4.                     Waterfalls
5.                     Nobody Knows
6.                     Front Parlour
7.                     Summer’s Day Song
8.                     Frozen Jap
9.                     Bogey Music
10.                   Darkroom
11                    One Of These Days

CD 2 – Bonus Audio 1
1.                     Blue Sway [With Richard Niles Orchestration]
2.                     Coming Up [Live At Glasgow, 1979]
3.                     Check My Machine [Edit]
4.                     Bogey Wobble
5.                     Secret Friend
6.                     Mr H Atom / You Know I’ll Get you Baby
7.                     Wonderful Christmastime [Edited Version]
8.                     All You Horse Riders / Blue Sway

CD 3- Bonus Audio 2 (DELUXE 3 CD – 1 DVD EDITION ONLY)

1.                    Coming Up [Full Length Version]
2.                    Front Parlour [Full Length Version]
3.                    Frozen Jap [Full Length Version]
4.                    Darkroom [Full Length Version]
5.                    Check My Machine [Full Length Version]
6.                    Wonderful Christmastime [Full Length Version]
7.                    Summer’s Day Song [Original without vocals]
8.                    Waterfalls [DJ Edit]

DVD – Bonus Film

1.         Meet Paul McCartney
2.         Coming Up Music Video
3.         Waterfalls Music Video
4.         Wonderful Christmastime Music Video
5.         Coming Up [Live at Concert for the People of Kampuchea]
6.         ‘Coming Up’ [taken from a rehearsal session at Lower Gate Farm, 1979]
7.         Making the Coming Up Music Video
8.         Blue Sway

For Paul McCartney:

Steve Martin – (US) Nasty Little Man 212-343-0740 steve@nastylittleman.com

Stuart Bell – (UK) 0207 484-5291 stuart.bell@dawbell.com

For Concord Music Group:

Joel Amsterdam – 310-385-4206 joel.amsterdam@concordmusicgroup.com

www.paulmccartney.com

Press Releases, Third Man Records

CHRIS THILE & MICHAEL DAVES THIRD MAN SINGLE OUT MAY 24

Pre-Sale To Begin May 10

White Stripes Vault Package Still Available To Third Man Vault Members Registering By End Of April At www.thirdmanrecords.com

Third Man Records is proud to announce the May 24 release of a single by mandolin virtuoso Chris Thile and guitarist Michael Daves, “Man In The Middle”/”Blue Night.”

Pre-sale for the single will begin May 10, the same day Thile and Daves’ Sleep With One Eye Open will be released on Nonesuch Records. Sleep With One Eye Open was recorded over four days of sessions at Third Man’s Nashville studio, and is the first album recorded there that Third Man founder and proprietor Jack White did not produce.

In other Third Man news, a few days of April remain for potential Vault members to register at www.thirdmanrecords.com to qualify for the previously announced White Stripes package. The exclusive package consists of Live in Mississippi, a 180-gram double LP document of the band’s final show from July 31st, 2007 in Southaven, Mississippi, a 7-inch comprised of covers of Love’s “Signed DC” and Otis Redding’s “I’ve Been Loving You Too Long,” and the Under Moorhead Lights All Fargo Night DVD, recorded in Moorhead, Minnesota on June 13th, 2000, capturing the band immediately following the release of sophomore album De Stijl.

For further information regarding Jack White and Third Man, contact: laura@nastylittleman.com

For further information regarding Chris Thile & Michael Daves, contact: melissa.cusick@nonesuch.com

http://www.thiledaves.com

Beastie Boys, Press Releases

BEASTIE BOYS HOT SAUCE COMMITTEE PART TWO FULL ALBUM STREAM LIVE NOW AT  http://hotsaucecommittee.com/

Having learned that the clean version of their new Hot Sauce Committee Part Two (out May 3 on Capitol) had leaked moments after the album’s historic video stream viewed live from Madison Square Garden by over 100,000 fans, Beastie Boys have responded in kind with a full length stream of the explicit version of  the album at http://hotsaucecommittee.com/

The band commented on the leak, “Good people, unfortunately due to circumstances beyond our control, the ‘clean’ version of our new album… has leaked. So as a hostile and retaliatory measure with great hubris we are making the full explicit aka filthy dirty nasty version available for streaming on our site. We hope this brings much happiness, hugs, and harmony. Enjoy Kikoos for life!”

The full uncensored stream follows on the heels of the Beastieboys.com premiere of the extended video for first single “Make Some Noise” aka “Fight For Your Right Revisited.” Directed by the band’s own Adam Yauch, “Fight For Your Right Revisited” unveils an epic tale featuring Beastie Boys of the past, present and future for the world to see starring, as The Daily Swarm put it, “every other funny person in the world.”

Foo Fighters, Press Releases

FOO FIGHTERS: WASTING LIGHT DEBUTS AT #1 IN TWELVE COUNTRIES

235,000 Sold Domestically First Week As Seventh Album Becomes First FF Album To Debut #1 U.S.

Foo Fighters’ seventh album has become its first to hit #1 in the band’s native U.S., selling 235,000 in the week since its April 12 release via Roswell/RCA–more than double the week’s #2 seller (Adele) and more than the combined sales of the three other Top 5 debuts (Alison Krauss, Paul Simon, Mana).

Wasting Light debuts at #1 in eleven other countries–including the UK where it ends Adele’s 11-week run atop the albums chart, and Australia and New Zealand where it has had the biggest first week digital album sales in both country’s chart histories.

Wasting Light’s twelve #1 chart entries double the six international #1s scored by its predecessor Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace in 2007. In addition to becoming Foo Fighters’ first #1 album in their native U.S., Wasting Light has debuted at #1 in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, Finland, Norway and Singapore.

In addition to the stellar sales story, Wasting Light has generated some of the most positive critical notices of Foo Fighters’ 16- year career. In a four star Rolling Stone lead review, David Fricke called Wasting Light “the best Foos album since the first two,” while Us Weekly hailed the album as proof that “rock is not dead,” while People’s four star lead review lauded the Foos’ “undiminished intensity,” and Entertainment Weekly awarded it an A- summing up “Here’s the miracle, though: Foo Fighters never feel like a backward-looking band. Light is a muscular rock & roll throwdown, featuring the Foos delivering exactly the kind of catchy, pummeling anthems they’re known for, with total disregard for the whims of the masses.”

Foo Fighters are currently in the midst of a whirlwind tour that has seen the theatrical and televised premiere of their documentary, Foo Fighters: Back and Forth, and that will take them from the garages of contest-winning fans to the headline slots of virtually every major summer music festival the world over–and will include a sold out 130,000 capacity July 2-3 headline engagement at Milton Keynes Bowl as well as a string of midwestern U.S. arena  headlining gigs.

Explosions In The Sky, Press Releases

TAKE CARE, TAKE CARE, TAKE CARE FULL ALBUM STREAM LIVE NOW AT www.explosionsinthesky.com

NEW ALBUM IN STORES APRIL 26

SOLD OUT APRIL 30 HOLLYWOOD FOREVER DATE TO BE PRECEDED BY APRIL 23 TAKING CARE: 6 VISUAL INTERPRETATIONS ART & LISTENING EVENT

Papercuts Confirmed as Support on April 30 & May 1 Dates

June 17 ACL Live at the Moody Theater Date Added

“The movie-palace splendor of Radio City Music Hall made an appropriately majestic backdrop for Explosions In The Sky”–THE NEW YORK TIMES

Explosions In The Sky has begun streaming its forthcoming album Take Care, Take Care, Take Care in its entirety at www.explosionsinthesky.com

Pre-orders for Take Care, Take Care, Take Care, which is out in the U.S. April 26 on Temporary Residence Ltd., are now being accepted at www.explosionsinthesky.com and http://temporaryresidence.com/descriptions/trr199.php. The album’s first single, “Trembling Hands,” can be downloaded for free at www.explosionsinthesky.com.

In touring news, Papercuts have been confirmed as support for the last two dates of Explosions In The Sky’s current U.S. tour, April 30’s sold out appearance at Los Angeles’ Hollywood Forever Cemetery and May 1 at the Fox Theater in Oakland. The April 30 date will be preceded by a very special outdoor art and listening event taking place exactly one week prior to the band’s performance at the same site: On April 23, Hollywood Forever Cemetery will be host to Taking Care 6: Visual Interpretations, an installation set up on the cemetery grounds consisting of works by six different visual artists, each created in response to one of the six songs on Take Care, Take Care, Take Care. Tickets to Taking Care 6: Visual Interpretations are free with RSVP at www.ticketweb.com/hollywoodforever while supplies last. The event is Rain or Shine. Doors open at 8 p.m. and the cemetery closes at 11 p.m.

Since returning to the road earlier this month, Explosions In The Sky has played its biggest ever headline show April 6 at New York’s Radio City Music Hall (a performance The New York Times described as a 74-minute-long “unbroken reverie”) and will  support Arcade Fire for two dates in Explosions’ native Texas before heading abroad for a UK/Europe tour featuring sold out headline engagements at the Roundhouse in London and Le Bataclan in Paris.

Following its return from Europe in June, Explosions In The Sky will play the Bonnaroo festival in Manchester TN as well as a newly announced June 17 headline at ACL Live at the Moody Theater in its homebase of Austin TX.

Recorded at Sonic Ranch in El Paso TX by John Congleton and produced by the band, Take Care, Take Care, Take Care will be Explosions In The Sky’s fifth album and first since 2007’s All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone. The record was mixed by Congleton at Austin TX’s Public Hi Fi studio and features artwork by longtime visual collaborator Esteban Rey.

EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY

Live 2011

04/30/11 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Forever Cemetery +
05/01/11 – Oakland, CA – Fox Theatre
05/03/11 – Austin, TX – The Backyard* +
05/04/11 – Houston, TX – Cynthia Woods Pavillion*
05/15/11 – Edinburgh, UK – HMV Picture House
05/16/11 – Dublin, IRL – Vicar St
05/17/11 – Manchester, UK – Manchester Academy
05/19/11 – London, UK – Roundhouse +
05/20/11 – Paris, France – Bataclan +
05/22/11 – Berlin, DEU – Postbahnhof
05/23/11 – Koln, DEU – Essigfabrik
05/24/11 – Brussels, BEL – Ancienne Belgique
05/25/11 – Amsterdam, NLD – Paradiso
05/27/11 – Barcelona, Spain – Primavera Festival
06/09-12/11 – Manchester, TN – Bonnaroo*
06/17/11 – Austin, TX – ACL Live at the Moody Theater
08/11/11 – Olso, Norway – Oya Festival
08/12-13/11 – Gothenburg, SWE – Way Out West Festival
08/19/11 – Brecon Beacons, UK – Green Man Festival

* w/ Arcade Fire
+ sold out