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BOOTS, Press Releases

BOOTS ANNOUNCES NEW YORK AND LOS ANGELES PERFORMANCES

NOVEMBER 13th AT ROUGH TRADE IN BROOKLYN AND NOVEMBER 19th AT THE ECHO IN LA

DEBUT ALBUM AQUΛRIA OUT NOVEMBER 13TH ON COLUMBIA RECORDS

PREORDER AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 11th

AQUΛRIA Album Art HI RES
AQUΛRIA Album Art HI RES

BOOTS will make his first-ever headline performances at Brooklyn’s Rough Trade on November 13th and Los Angeles’ Echo on November 19th as part of Red Bull Sound Select’s 30 Days in LA. The world was given a taste of BOOTS’ raging live act in March during his blinding television debut on The Tonight Show that left the studio audience and viewers at home stunned.

These engagements follow the recent announcement of BOOTS’ inaugural album, AQUΛRIA, out Friday, November 13th on Columbia Records. BOOTS was recently hailed by ALL SONGS CONSIDERED’s Bob Boilen as “the most interesting new artist [he’s] heard in 2015” and AQUΛRIA was named his “most anticipated release of 2015”. For those who may have missed it, listen to the exclusive full-episode interview with BOOTS on ALL SONGS CONSIDERED here.

AQUΛRIA is available for preorder on September 11th. All preorders come with instant downloads of “AQUΛRIA”, “Only” and the album’s lead single, “I Run Roulette”.

Those who are unable to make it to New York and Los Angeles for the newly announced dates can still witness the magic of a BOOTS live performance during sets at Washington, D.C.’s Landmark Festival and Austin City Limits Music Festival. Beginning September 29th, BOOTS will also support Run the Jewels on their fall North American tour. Complete dates are available below.

Visit bootsonboots.com, facebook.com/BOOTS and twitter.com/bootsonboots for further information on newly announced dates and previously confirmed performances.

BOOTS
2015 TOUR
New dates in BOLD

09/12/15 – Buffalo, NY – Edgefest
09/27/15 – Washington, DC – Landmark Music Fest
09/29/15 – Tuscon, AZ – Rialto Theatre +
09/30/15 – El Paso, TX – Tricky Falls +
10/02/15 – Austin, TX – Emo’s *
10/03/15 – Austin, TX – ACL Festival
10/05/15 – Nashville, TN – Marathon Music Works +
10/06/15 – Memphis, TN – Minglewood Hall +
10/07/15 – Tulsa, OK – Cain’s Ballroom +
10/10/15 – Austin, TX – ACL Festival
10/12/15 – Dallas, TX – House of Blues +
10/13/15 – Houston, TX – House of Blues +
10/15/15 – Tempe, AZ – Marquee Theatre +
10/20/15 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre +
10/21/15 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre +
10/22/15 – Kansas City, MO – Arvest Bank Theatre +
10/23/15 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue +
10/24/15 – Royal Oak, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre +
11/13/15 – Brooklyn, NY – Rough Trade
11/19/15 – Los Angeles, CA – Echo

+ supporting Run The Jewels
* supporting TV on the Radio

Press Releases, U2

U2 BRINGS iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE TOUR HOME

“…the best U2 gig I’ve ever been to.” – IRISH INDEPENDENT

“U2 are among the most innovative and ambitious live bands in music history.” – IRISH TIMES

“…absolutely amazing.” – ROLLING STONE

 “…an inarguable show of force.. still open to variation and rich with the determination to pull it off.” – LA TIMES

“… U2 are back, as big, absurd and thrilling as ever. You’ve never seen anything like the new U2 show.” – DAILY TELEGRAPH

U2’s sold out iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE  European Tour 2015  will finish with six home shows, being Belfast on 18th & 19th November and four shows in Dublin on 23rd + 24th, 27th + 28th November 2015.

It is the first time the band will perform songs from their recent album Songs of Innocence to a home crowd. The album released last year, charts the group’s earliest experiences of growing up in Dublin influenced by 70s rock, punk and early 80s electronica and gives insight into how and why U2 came together. With its themes of home and family in songs such as Cedarwood Road, Iris (Hold Me Close) and Raised by Wolves, which deals with the impact of the ‘74 Dublin/Monaghan bombings, Songs of Innocence charts the end of the time of innocence for all four band members and their friends, as teens growing up.

Tickets for the Irish shows go on sale at 9am on Monday 14th September, will be limited to 2 per purchaser and are priced from £30 to £165 for Belfast and from €30 to €185 in Dublin, plus charges. Tickets can be bought at the 3Arena and SSE Arena box offices and online, with floor tickets being sold with the Paperless Ticket system, to ensure fans have access to tickets at face value. A limited number of student-priced floor tickets will be available for sale online. For full details see www.U2.com/tour

€2,000,000 (€2 million) from these concerts will go to Music Generation, Ireland’s National Music Education Programme which currently provides high quality subsidised music tuition to some 26,000 children and young people. Music Generation was originally set up with €5m funding from U2’s Croke Park shows in 2009, along with a further €2m raised by The Ireland Funds.

 “In the 18 years that I have worked with U2, the home shows are always very special. These shows promise to be brilliant.” – Arthur Fogel, CEO Global Touring Live Nation Entertainment.

“Finding venues to take this show is actually quite tricky and we’re grateful to our overworked crew who finally cracked the reconfiguring to fit these venues.” – The Edge

The iNNOCENCE + Experience Tour kicked off in May in Vancouver to rave reviews and the US leg saw the band joined onstage by specials guests including Jimmy Fallon, Bruce Springsteen and Lady Gaga, as they performed songs from across their career.

The Dublin and Belfast dates are:  Wed, 18th and Thurs, 19th November – Belfast – SSE Arena

Mon 23rd, Tues 24th, Fri 27th & Sat 28th November – Dublin – 3Arena

The U2 iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Tour 2015 powered by Salesforce is produced by Live Nation Global Touring. UPS is the Official Logistics Provider of the tour.

Music Generation:

Music Generation is Ireland’s National Music Education Programme that transforms the lives of children and young people through access to high quality performance music education. Set up in 2009 Music Generation has been made possible by a €7m philanthropic donation – €5m from U2 and €2m from The Ireland Funds.  The donation represents the largest ever philanthropic donation to music education in Ireland in the history of the state.

Access is at the core of Music Generation and it is the key to change.  Music Generation is concerned with performance music education – that is vocal and instrumental tuition, encompassing all music genres and all types of instruments and vocal styles which is delivered by skilled professional musicians. Music Generation programmes do not replace the teaching of the mainstream music curriculum within the formal education sector – rather, they complement it, add value to it and provide a different type of engagement that’s concerned with music performance and the interaction of children and young people with professional musicians.

While seed funded by the €7m philanthropic donation from U2 and The Ireland Funds, Music Generation works closely with Government (The Department of Education and Skills – DES) and Local Music Education Partnerships – MEPs. The core objective of Music Generation is to provide access for children and young people – annually the programme now reaches some 26,000 children and young people in 12 areas of the country. Music Generation also provides employment opportunities, especially for musicians – the programme has a workforce now of some 330 people, over 300 of these are musicians.

Ultimately  Music Generation wants to achieve a sustainable outcome that would live beyond the term of the €7M  gift and not become another arts education project that was only as good as the money lasted – through partnership (with DES & MEPs) a sustainable model has been created.

Music  Generation is managed by Music Education Partnerships (MEP’s). The programme is in Carlow, Clare, Cork City, Laois, Louth, Limerick City, Mayo, Offaly/Westmeath, Sligo, South Dublin and Wicklow.

Paperless Ticket

A Paperless Ticket event is when the Credit or Debit Card that was used at the time of booking to purchase tickets is used as the customer’s ticket/entry into the event.

You will not receive physical paper tickets for Paperless Ticket events. Instead of going to the venue’s Box Office, you simply go direct to the door, present a valid photo ID (such as a driver’s license or passport) and swipe the credit card that was used to purchase entry to the event. Your entire party must enter the venue at the same time with the valid credit card and the tickets are non-transferable.

Virtual credit card users: please do not use virtual credit card account numbers for Paperless Ticket purchases as you must present the physical credit card at the time of entry.

Press Releases, U2

MUSIC RISING MARKS 10th ANNIVERSARY

The Edge Reflects on Charity’s Decade of Growth Into Disaster Relief Organization for Musical Communities Nationwide

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10 years ago Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, leaving behind a trail of destruction that The Edge of U2 would soon witness firsthand during a visit to New Orleans’ hard hit 9th Ward. Moved by the devastation suffered by the local musical community, Edge teamed with legendary producer Bob Ezrin, Gibson Guitars, MusiCares and the Guitar Center Foundation to provide immediate aid to the musicians whose lives and livelihoods had sustained the most damage when the levees broke. In short order, efforts including donations of net proceeds from the sales of Gibson and Epiphone Music Rising special edition guitars and the providing of musical instruments to professionals whose gear was destroyed in the storm were implemented. In a PSA at the time, Edge explained the helplessness he would have felt in the face of such overwhelming loss as Music Rising replaced thousands of instruments in what would ultimately be the first phase of its still ongoing and continually expanding mission.

Reflecting on the 10-year journey of Music Rising, The Edge commented: Music is at the core of these communities. It’s an essential part of their identities, their hearts and their lives. So when these centers of musical culture are damaged, getting the music going again is a crucial part of the healing process. 

With Music Rising, we and our partners continue to do everything in our power to help support this centuries old music culture so it can do its magic for many generations to come.

What started as a direct response to one of the worst disasters to affect a musical capital of the U.S. has grown over a decade to offer assistance to musicians far and wide. Where there is music, there is hope, and Music Rising will continue to do everything possible to restore both for another 10 years and beyond.

In the decade following the initial 2005 Katrina aftermath, Music Rising’s efforts have grown in scope. Additional programs in the Gulf Coast region have included the distribution of over $5 million worth of instruments for some 30 schools (in conjunction with the Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation), as well as becoming the largest purchaser of Hammond organs in order to replace those destroyed by Katrina in regional houses of worship, and contributed $1 million to develop the Music Rising curriculum at Tulane University. Music Rising’s national outreach broadened as the organization provided aid to creative communities impacted by the 2010 Tennessee floods, as well as relief along with MusiCares and the Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation in the wake of Hurricane Sandy in 2012.

Music Rising’s nationwide efforts are not limited to aid in the aftermath of natural disasters—its outreach continues in the very fortunate lull between these cataclysms: The organization recently reached out to Detroit, with efforts to aid the Motor City’s singular musical heritage including the distribution or hundreds of musical instruments to students. Elsewhere, Music Rising’s Music Icons auctions hosted by the world renowned Julien’s Auctions have raised millions in bids for items donated by Edge, U2 and friends. With support from friends and family including the Hard Rock International Corporation, Aaron Neville, Trombone Shorty and Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day—who teamed with U2 for the historic 2006 performance that reopened the Superdome and welcomed the New Orleans Saints home—Edge, Ezrin and Music Rising’s efforts on behalf of musical communities in need promise to be just as tireless and far reaching for decades to come.

For further information, go to musicrising.org.

Press Releases, U2

U2: SONG FOR SOMEONE (DIRECTED BY MATT MAHURIN)

24-HOUR VIDEO EXCLUSIVE AT Facebook.com/u2

U2 have unveiled a second video for “Song For Someone,” directed by acclaimed illustrator and photographer Matt Mahurin and viewable exclusively on the band’s Facebook page for the next 24 hours.

“Song For Someone” video embed code: <div id=”fb-root”></div><script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src =”//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.3″; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, ‘script’, ‘facebook-jssdk’));</script><div class=”fb-video” data-allowfullscreen=”1″ data-href=”https://www.facebook.com/u2/videos/10154161218031686/”><div class=”fb-xfbml-parse-ignore”><blockquote cite=”https://www.facebook.com/u2/videos/10154161218031686/”><a href=”https://www.facebook.com/u2/videos/10154161218031686/”>Song For Someone (Directed by Matt Mahurin)</a><p>‘Don’t let it go out…’ Illustrator and photographer Matt Mahurin directs this visual meditation on &#039;Song For Someone&#039;, from U2’s latest album Songs of Innocence.</p>Posted by <a href=”https://www.facebook.com/u2″>U2</a> on Thursday, August 27, 2015</blockquote></div></div>

Reuniting U2’s music and Mahurin’s distinctive style—the two worked together on 1993’s “Love Is Blindness”–“Song For Someone” is a visual meditation on a standout track from U2’s Songs Of Innocence album. Rendered in a beautiful black and white palette and featuring a performance from Bono filmed earlier this year in Malibu, Mahurin’s vision for “Song For Someone” draws sharp parallels between song, inspiration and other forces of nature.

On working with U2 once more, Mahurin said “Collaboration is a great part of the creative process – and it has been a true joy to once again jump aboard the band’s mission of music, mercy and mayhem.”

Mahurin’s evocative take on “Song For Someone” stands in stark contrast to Vincent Haycock’s short film starring Woody and Zoe Harrelson, which debuted July 9 on SundanceTV.

“Song For Someone” has been a nightly highlight of the band’s current iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Tour, which resumes September 4 in Turin, Italy.

BOOTS, Press Releases

BOOTS: NPR’S “ALL SONGS CONSIDERED” FULL-EPISODE INTERVIEW NOW LIVE

LISTEN TO THE EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW HERE

ALBUM ART AND TRACKLISTING FOR DEBUT ALBUM AQUΛRIA UNVEILED ALBUM COVER MED RES
Following the announcement of his debut album, AQUΛRIA – out Friday, November 13th on Columbia Records – BOOTS sat down with Bob Boilen of NPR’s “All Songs Considered” to give fans a rare glimpse into his musical mindset. In addition to previewing several tracks from AQUΛRIA, the exclusive, full-episode interview touches upon dominant influences, BOOTS’ upbringing and how he found his voice. Fans of BOOTS’ WinterSpringSummerFall mixtape will be especially interested to hear the tragic story behind the mixtape’s opening track, “A Day in the Life of Jordan Asher”, wherein BOOTS describes a stranger dying in his arms.

Listen to BOOTS’ “All Songs Considered” episode here.

BOOTS has also revealed the album cover – as seen above – and track listing to AQUΛRIA. Listen to the title track now. See full track listing below.

AQUΛRIA TRACKLISTING
1. Brooklyn Gamma
2. C.U.R.E.
3. Oraclies
4. Bombs Away
5. I Run Roulette
6. Gallows
7. AQUΛRIA
8. Earthquake
9. Only
10. Dead Come Running
11. Still

As previously announced, BOOTS will be joining Run the Jewels during their fall North American tour. Additionally, BOOTS will play an Austin City Limits aftershow at Emo’s on October 2nd with TV on the Radio. For more information, visit bootsonboots.com, facebook.com/BOOTS and twitter.com/bootsonboots.

BOOTS
2015 TOUR

09/12/15 – Buffalo, NY – Edgefest
09/27/15 – Washington, DC – Landmark Music Fest
09/29/15 – Tuscon, AZ – Rialto Theatre +
09/30/15 – El Paso, TX – Tricky Falls +
10/02/15 – Austin, TX – Emo’s *
10/03/15 – Austin, TX – ACL Festival
10/05/15 – Nashville, TN – Marathon Music Works +
10/06/15 – Memphis, TN – Minglewood Hall +
10/07/15 – Tulsa, OK – Cain’s Ballroom +
10/10/15 – Austin, TX – ACL Festival
10/12/15 – Dallas, TX – House of Blues +
10/13/15 – Houston, TX – House of Blues +
10/15/15 – Tempe, AZ – Marquee Theatre +
10/20/15 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre +
10/21/15 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre +
10/22/15 – Kansas City, MO – Arvest Bank Theatre +
10/23/15 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue +
10/24/15 – Royal Oak, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre +

+ supporting Run The Jewels
* supporting TV on the Radio

Paul McCartney, Press Releases

PAUL McCARTNEY TO GET BACK ‘OUT THERE’ IN OCTOBER

FIVE NEW NORTH AMERICAN DATES CONFIRMED

October 13 — Columbus, Ohio — Nationwide Arena
October 15 — State College, Pennsylvania — Bryce Jordan Center
October 17 — Toronto, Canada — Air Canada Centre
October 21 — Detroit, Michigan — Joe Louis Arena
October 22 — Buffalo, New York — First Niagara Center

Paul McCartney © MJ Kim
Paul McCartney © MJ Kim

Fresh off an undeniably historic headline performance at this year’s Lollapalooza hailed without exception as the biggest and best in the festival’s 25 year history, Paul McCartney has confirmed five new North American arena dates on the universally acclaimed ‘Out There’ tour.

First, Paul will return to Columbus, OH nearly 10 years to the day since his last appearance in the Ohio capital city to headline the Nationwide Arena on October 13. On October 15, Paul will play his first ever show in State College, PA at the Bryce Jordan Center. October 17 will see Paul back at Toronto’s Air Canada Centre for the first time since 2010 on the ‘Up And Coming’ Tour, followed by an October 21 in Detroit, MI — Paul’s first appearance at the Joe Louis Arena and his first visit to the Motor City since 2011 on the ‘On The Run’ Tour. Finally, Paul will make his concert debut in Buffalo, NY on October 22 at the First Niagara Center.

Having already torn through 22 shows this year covering Japan, South Korea, Europe, the UK and the US, the ‘Out There’ tour, as always, features music 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. The set list also includes material from Paul’s most recent studio album NEW, a global hit upon its release in 2013.

The McCartney live experience is a once in a lifetime opportunity: in just three hours some of the greatest moments from the last 50 years of music are relived, music which for many has shaped the very soundtrack of their lives. Paul and his band have performed in a staggeringly impressive range of venues and locations, including outside the Coliseum in Rome, in Moscow’s Red Square, Buckingham Palace, at the White House, a free show in Mexico to over 400,000 people, played the last ever show at  San Francisco’s Candlestick Park where The Beatles played their final concert, and even 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 never disappoints.

The tour also uses state of the art technology and production to ensure the entire audience has the best possible experience. With massive screens, lasers, fireworks, unique video content and, of course, the best songs in the world, a Paul McCartney show is so much more than just an ordinary concert. Paul’s shows attract a multi generational audience from different backgrounds all brought together by his music.

2015 has been yet another incredible year for Paul. He kicked things off on the 57th Annual GRAMMY Awards with Rihanna and Kanye West, performing their smash hit collaboration ‘FourFiveSeconds’, treated New York City to an intimate Valentines Day concert the night before appearing on the Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary special, and inducted Ringo Starr into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame all before the year’s halfway mark. Having played another slew of sold out dates including his debut appearance in South Korea at the Seoul Olympic Stadium, the massive Stade de France in Paris, and triumphant headline sets at the Firefly, Roskilde and Lollapalooza festivals, ‘Out There’ 2015 is already proving to be another amazing chapter for a living legend who continues to make history with his every move.

Tickets for the U.S. dates will be on sale Monday, August 31 at 10am EDT.

Tickets for Toronto will be on sale Friday, August 28 at 11am EDT.

For the U.S. dates, American Express® Card Members can purchase tickets before the general public beginning Thursday August 27 at 10am EDT through Sunday August 30 at 10pm EDT.

For Toronto, American Express® Card Members can purchase tickets before the general public beginning Tuesday August 25 at 10am EDT  through Thursday August 27 at 10pm EDT.

Keep checking PaulMcCartney.com for further announcements.

Paul McCartney, Press Releases

PAUL McCARTNEY TO GET BACK “OUT THERE” IN OCTOBER

NEW NORTH AMERICAN DATES CONFIRMED

October 13 — Columbus, Ohio — Nationwide Arena

October 17 — Toronto, Canada — Air Canada Centre

Paul McCartney © MJ Kim
Paul McCartney © MJ Kim

Fresh off an undeniably historic headline performance at this year’s Lollapalooza hailed without exception as the biggest and best in the festival’s 25 year history, Paul McCartney has confirmed another new North American arena date on the universally acclaimed Out There tour.

Paul will return to Columbus, OH nearly 10 years to the day since his last appearance in the Ohio capital city to headline the Nationwide Arena on October 13. October 17 will see Paul back at Toronto’s Air Canada Centre for the first time since 2010 on the Up And Coming Tour.

Having already torn through 22 shows this year covering Japan, South Korea, Europe, the UK and the US, the Out There tour, as always, features music 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. The set list also includes material from Paul’s most recent studio album NEW, a global hit upon its release in 2013.

The McCartney live experience is a once in a lifetime opportunity: in just three hours some of the greatest moments from the last 50 years of music are relived, music which for many has shaped the very soundtrack of their lives. Paul and his band have performed in a staggeringly impressive range of venues and locations, including outside the Coliseum in Rome, in Moscow’s Red Square, Buckingham Palace, at the White House, a free show in Mexico to over 400,000 people, played the last ever show at  San Francisco’s Candlestick Park where The Beatles played their final concert, and even 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 never disappoints.

The tour also uses state of the art technology and production to ensure the entire audience has the best possible experience. With massive screens, lasers, fireworks, unique video content and, of course, the best songs in the world, a Paul McCartney show is so much more than just an ordinary concert. Paul’s shows attract a multi generational audience from different backgrounds all brought together by his music.

2015 has been yet another incredible year for Paul. He kicked things off on the 57th Annual GRAMMY Awards with Rihanna and Kanye West, performing their smash hit collaboration “FourFiveSeconds,” treated New York City to an intimate Valentines Day concert the night before appearing on the SaturdayNight Live 40th Anniversary special, and inducted Ringo Starr into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame all before the year’s halfway mark. Having played another slew of sold out dates including his debut appearance in South Korea at the Seoul Olympic Stadium, the massive Stade de France in Paris, and triumphant headline sets at the Firefly, Roskilde and Lollapalooza festivals, Out There 2015 is already proving to be another amazing chapter for a living legend who continues to make history with his every move.

Tickets for the newly announced Columbus date will be on sale Monday, August 31 at 10AM EST. 

In Columbus, American Express® Card Members can purchase tickets before the general public beginning Thursday August 27 at 10AM EST through Sunday August 30 at 10PM EST.
 
In Toronto, American Express® Card Members can purchase tickets before the general public beginning Tuesday August 25 at 10AM EST through Thursday August 27 at 10PM EST.

Keep checking PaulMcCartney.com for further announcements.

Paul McCartney, Press Releases

PAUL McCARTNEY TO GET BACK “OUT THERE” IN OCTOBER

October 17 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto

Paul McCartney © MJ Kim
Paul McCartney © MJ Kim

 

Fresh off an undeniably historic headline performance at this year’s Lollapalooza hailed without exception as the biggest and best in the festival’s 25 year history, Paul McCartney has confirmed the first new North American arena date on the universally acclaimed Out There tour.

On October 17, Paul will return to Toronto’s Air Canada Centre for the first time since 2010 on the Up And Coming Tour.

Having already torn through 22 shows this year covering Japan, South Korea, Europe, the UK and the US, the Out There tour, as always, features music 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. The set list also includes material from Paul’s most recent studio album NEW, a global hit upon its release in 2013.

The McCartney live experience is a once in a lifetime opportunity: in just three hours some of the greatest moments from the last 50 years of music are relived, music which for many has shaped the very soundtrack of their lives. Paul and his band have performed in a staggeringly impressive range of venues and locations, including outside the Coliseum in Rome, in Moscow’s Red Square, Buckingham Palace, at the White House, a free show in Mexico to over 400,000 people, played the last ever show at  San Francisco’s Candlestick Park where The Beatles played their final concert, and even 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 never disappoints.

The tour also uses state of the art technology and production to ensure the entire audience has the best possible experience. With massive screens, lasers, fireworks, unique video content and, of course, the best songs in the world, a Paul McCartney show is so much more than just an ordinary concert. Paul’s shows attract a multi generational audience from different backgrounds all brought together by his music.

2015 has been yet another incredible year for Paul. He kicked things off on the 57th Annual GRAMMY Awards with Rihanna and Kanye West, performing their smash hit collaboration “FourFiveSeconds,” treated New York City to an intimate Valentines Day concert the night before appearing on the Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary special, and inducted Ringo Starr into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame all before the year’s halfway mark. Having played another slew of sold out dates including his debut appearance in South Korea at the Seoul Olympic Stadium, the massive Stade de France in Paris, and triumphant headline sets at the Firefly, Roskilde and Lollapalooza festivals, Out There 2015 is already proving to be another amazing chapter for a living legend who continues to make history with his every move.

Tickets will be on sale Friday, August 28 at 11AM EST.

American Express® Card Members can purchase tickets before the general public beginning Tuesday August 25 at 10AM EST  through Thursday August 27 at 10PM EST

Keep checking PaulMcCartney.com for further announcements.

BOOTS, Press Releases

BOOTS TO RELEASE DEBUT ALBUM AQUΛRIA ON NOVEMBER 13th, 2015 VIA COLUMBIA RECORDS

HEAR THE TITLE TRACK HERE

EXCLUSIVE NPR ‘ALL SONGS CONSIDERED’ EXTENDED INTERVIEW WITH BOB BOILEN COMING SOON

© Eliot Lee Hazel
© Eliot Lee Hazel

On the heels of last week’s surprise release of FKA twigs’ M3LL15X EP, BOOTS – the sole producer behind four of the EP’s five tracks – is now announcing the release of his debut album, AQUΛRIA, due out Friday, November 13th on Columbia Records. Featuring co-production from El-P (Run The Jewels) and Carla Azar (Autolux), AQUΛRIA is set somewhere in a twilight realm of the Information Era as BOOTS blends masterful musical styles and gritty vocals with a futuristic approach at creating a boundary-crushing defiance to the established musical hivemind.

As a first offering, BOOTS gives us the title track to AQUΛRIA which features Angel Deradoorian (The Dirty Projectors) on vocals and is available to listen to here.

Coming soon, be sure to tune in to a very special episode NPR’s ALL SONGS CONSIDERED as Bob Boilen – an early BOOTS fan – sits down with him to dissect the album and give listeners a taste of the new music. Delving deep, the two discuss pivotal moments in BOOTS life and career, unveiling a side of BOOTS few have ever known.

In February of 2015, esteemed New York Times music critic Jon Pareles traveled to the Mojave Desert to meet with Jordy Asher aka BOOTS. Asher was in the process of making his short film Motorcycle Jesus, the companion to a soundtrack of five songs which had piqued Pareles’ interest. Over a few days in the desert, he and BOOTS discussed his unlikely origin story: from sleeping on floors to becoming the secret weapon powering critical and commercial smashes for the likes of Beyonce, FKA twigs, and others — all the while crafting his own material for his WinterSpringSummerFall mixtape and Motorcycle Jesus. Pareles drew out of him the genesis of his ambition:

The dogged survival instinct of his character in Motorcycle Jesus, he said, reflects “people, like myself, who just have to keep moving forward and working, to keep my head and do what my gut tells me. Because I don’t know what happens if I stop working, or if I stop moving, or if I stop going perpetually forward. And I’m afraid to find out.”

That profile, the multimedia release of Motorcycle Jesus and a blazing TV debut on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon would conspire to introduce BOOTS to the world as a creative force to be reckoned with in his own right.

BOOTS will be on tour this fall supporting Run The Jewels. Full list of tour dates are below.

09/12/15 – Buffalo, NY – Edgefest
09/27/15 – Washington, DC – Landmark Music Fest
09/29/15 – Tuscon, AZ – Rialto Theatre +
09/30/15 – El Paso, TX – Tricky Falls +
10/03/15 – Austin, TX – ACL Festival
10/05/15 – Nashville, TN – Marathon Music Works +
10/06/15 – Memphis, TN – Minglewood Hall +
10/07/15 – Tulsa, OK – Cain’s Ballroom +
10/10/15 – Austin, TX – ACL Festival
10/12/15 – Dallas, TX – House of Blues +
10/13/15 – Houston, TX – House of Blues +
10/15/15 – Tempe, AZ – Marquee Theatre +
10/20/15 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre +
10/21/15 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre +
10/22/15 – Kansas City, MO – Arvest Bank Theatre +
10/23/15 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue +
10/24/15 – Royal Oak, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre +

+ supporting Run The Jewels

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Danger Mouse, Press Releases

DANGER MOUSE LAUNCHES 30TH CENTURY RECORDS

© James Minchin
© James Minchin

 

Brian Burton, aka Danger Mouse, is excited to announce 30th Century Records, his imprint in collaboration with Columbia Records. Beginning this fall, the world-renowned artist, songwriter and producer will oversee a label comprised of artists he is personally signing. 30th Century Records will debut with his first signing, Autolux, who are currently at work on the full-length follow-up to 2010’s critically-celebrated Transit Transit.

Last year marked the 10th anniversary of Danger Mouse’s wildly innovative landmark release, The Grey Album, which dramatically altered the musical and technological topography of the entertainment industry. By fusing a cappella strains of Jay Z’s Black Album with the instrumentals from The Beatles’ White Album, Danger Mouse jettisoned music production into the 21st Century.

Since 2004 and The Grey Album, a bevy of modern day musical titans have sought out the Danger Mouse treatment. Burton’s songwriting and production work as Danger Mouse can be heard on such notable releases as Gorillaz’s Demon Days,  Beck’s Modern Guilt, Norah Jones’ …Little Broken Hearts, The Black Keys’ explosive single “Tighten Up” and their massive album El Camino. More recently, Burton’s talents and expertise can be heard on U2’s Songs of Innocence and A$AP Rocky’s AT.LONG.LAST.A$AP.

Aside from his work as a producer, Burton has established himself as an artist, composer and songwriter. In 2006, Burton teamed up with CeeLo Green to form Gnarls Barkley. This partnership gave birth to two full-length albums and of course the single “Crazy,” which Rolling Stone dubbed Song of the Decade. In 2010, Burton collaborated with Sparklehorse and David Lynch to create Dark Night of the Soul, a star-studded studio album featuring guests such as James Mercer, Black Francis, Wayne Coyne, Julian Casablancas, and Iggy Pop among a host of others. The album’s release was accompanied by a photo book consisting of photos taken by Lynch which provided a visual narrative for the music. Burton would eventually go on to showcase his talents as a composer in 2011 when he joined Daniele Luppi to craft the epic Rome which featured Jack White, Norah Jones and the original musicians who performed composer Ennio Morricone’s Italian film scores, which were key inspirations for the project’s conception.

Burton has devoted much of his time during the last seven years to his band Broken Bells which he formed with James Mercer of The Shins in 2008. This partnership resulted in two full length, Columbia-released albums: their 2010 self-titled debut and 2014’s After the Disco.

Through the years, Burton’s work has been heavily praised and recognized by the music world’s governing bodies. Among his 21 GRAMMY nominations that span nine years, Burton has won five awards including Producer of the Year in 2011. In 2014, Burton won the Golden Globe for Best Original Song for his writing and production work with U2 on their song “Ordinary Love”.