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Blur, Press Releases

BLUR: NEW ALBUM THE MAGIC WHIP OUT APRIL 28

LONDON HYDE PARK SHOW ANNOUNCED FOR JUNE 20

ANNOUNCED AT LIVE FACEBOOK EVENT IN LONDON’S CHINATOWN

It’s 16 years since their last album as a four-piece and April 28 sees the release of a brand new album from blur on Warner Bros., titled The Magic Whip.

The recordings, which began during a five-day break in touring in Spring 2013 – at Avon Studios in Kowloon, Hong Kong – were put aside when the group finished touring and returned to their respective lives.

Last November, Graham Coxon revisited the tracks and, drafting in blur’s early producer Stephen Street, he worked with the band on the material. Albarn then added lyrics and the 12 tracks of The Magic Whipare the result.

The full tracklisting is:

Lonesome Street
New World Towers
Go Out
Ice Cream Man
Thought I Was a Spaceman
I Broadcast
My Terracotta Heart
There are Too Many of Us
Ghost Ship
Pyongyang
Ong Ong
Mirror Ball

See the video for the first track off the album “Go Out” here: http://smarturl.it/61i8sg

The Magic Whip will be available as a digital download, on CD and as a 2-disc vinyl set.

As the only artists to play Hyde Park four times, blur will return to the historic London park for a headline show on Saturday, June 20 as part of Barclaycard presents British Summer Time Hyde Park. Tickets go on general sale at 9am GMT on Friday, February 27 and are priced from £75, for full details visit www.bst-hydepark.com.

News of blur’s new album and show was announced exclusively with Facebook at a press conference in London’s Chinatown which also gave fans across the world the chance to be part of the event via a live stream and Q&A. With millions of fans following blur on Facebook, this was an opportunity for the band to speak directly to their fans in real time, answering questions via their profile page.

Jack White, Press Releases

JACK WHITE PREMIERES INTERACTIVE 3-IN-1 VIDEO FOR “THAT BLACK BAT LICORICE”

VISIT JACKWHITEIII.COM FOR THE FULL INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE

“THAT BLACK BAT LICORICE” 7-INCH SINGLE AVAILABLE ON THIRD MAN RECORDS

That Black Bat Licorice
That Black Bat Licorice

Jack White has revealed his inventive and revolutionary new 3-in-1 music video for his latest single “That Black Bat Licorice”. The video offers three original films of differing themes that can be interchanged based on viewers’ interaction with their computer keyboard or tablet screen. The video trio also draws from the vision of three different directors – James Blagden, Brad Holland and White himself. See below for a listing of directors and the vignettes for which they presided over. View the video at jackwhiteIII.com from a computer or tablet for the full interactive experience.

Animated video: Directed by James Blagden
Live Action video: Directed by Jack White
Headbang video: Directed by Brad Holland

Last week, Jack White and Third Man Records announced the release of the 7-inch single version of “That Black Bat Licorice” which is taken from White’s GRAMMY-winning album, Lazaretto (Third Man Records/Columbia). The 7-inch also comes with the non-album B-side “Blue Light, Red Light (Someone’s There)”, a cover of the original Harry Connick, Jr. song. The physical 7-inch is now available for pre-order from Third Man Records. Digital formats of “That Black Bat Licorice” are available through your favorite online retailer.

Beck, Press Releases

BECK ADDS SOUTHEASTERN DATES

ALBUM OF THE YEAR GRAMMY WINNER TO MAKE STOPS IN MEMPHIS, NORTH CHARLESTON & CHARLOTTESVILLE

Tickets On Sale Friday Feb. 20 at 10am Local Time

Beck © Peter Hapak (LOW RES)
Beck © Peter Hapak (LOW RES)

“As he blew through some of the biggest songs of his career, he seemed to be in excellent spirits… Beck has built his entire career on boldly mixing styles together and constantly reinventing his sound… it’s a testament to his confidence as a performer and his sheer undefinable cool that it all makes perfect sense. That’s logic in the Beck Dimension, and we should all be lucky enough to visit once in a while.” —ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

Fresh off his GRAMMY Album of the Year win for the universally acclaimed Morning Phase (Capitol), Beck has added three headline dates to his run of shows this May.

Beck also took home the Best Rock Album prize at this year’s GRAMMYS, while Morning Phase won in the Best Engineered, Non-Classical category.

Tickets for the newly confirmed stops in Memphis, TN, North Charleston, SC and Charlottesville, VA will go on sale Friday February 20 at 10am local time.

Tickets are already available for Beck’s previously announced appearances at the Hangout and Boston Calling festivals.

See below for a complete list of upcoming Beck shows. The new dates are in BOLD:

May 15-17 – Gulf Shores, AL – Hangout Music Fest
May 16 – Memphis, TN – Mud Island Amphitheater
May 19 – North Charleston, SC – North Charleston Performing Arts Center
May 20 – Charlottesville, VA – nTelos Wireless Pavilion
May 22 – Boston, MA – Boston Calling Festival

Press Releases, Third Man Records

THIRD MAN BOOKS TO PUBLISH THE TRUTH IS WE ARE PERFECT BY JANAKA STUCKY

AVAILABLE APRIL 14

Janaka Stucky
Janaka Stucky

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2015. NASHVILLE, TN –– Third Man Books is pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of The Truth Is We Are Perfect (April 14, distributed by Consortium; $14.95, ISBN 978-0-9913361-1-1), the debut full-length collection of poems by Janaka Stucky and TMB’s first single-author title.

“Stucky’s verse has the power of the best East European poets — some of his poems seem to be perfect, magnificent, and instantly anthologizable. He is a forceful, cogent, incisive phrase-maker.” – Bill Knott

Janaka Stucky is the publisher of Black Ocean as well as the annual poetry journal, Handsome. He is the author of two chapbooks: Your Name Is The Only Freedom, and The World Will Deny It For You. His poems have appeared in such journals as Denver Quarterly, Fence and North American Review, and his articles have been published by The Huffington Post and The Poetry Foundation. He is a two-time National Haiku Champion and in 2010 he was voted “Boston’s Best Poet” in The Boston Phoenix.

Stucky will go on a 30-city national tour to promote the book, including dates at the AWP Conference in Minneapolis, Mission Creek Festival in Iowa City, and the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago.

“When Third Man Books released our first literary publication Language Lessons: Volume I, the anthology included, naturally, an ex-mortician named Janaka Stucky alongside writers who moonlighted as bartenders, taco chefs, and software developers, or were Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalists such as C.D. Wright, Adrian Matejka, and Dale Ray Phillips, or were punk rock progenitors like Richard Hell and Tav Falco,” said Third Man Books editor Chet Weise. “For Third Man Records and Third Man Books, poetry is another genre of music, and that Janaka Stucky is one of our favorite writers should be no surprise.”

Check out Janaka Stucky reading his poem “The Art of Loss Is A Lost Art” recorded live and straight to 7” vinyl via Third Man Record’s Record Booth.

Third Man Records was founded by Jack White in 2001. Third Man Records’ physical location opened in Nashville in 2009 and quickly evolved from a music label into a complete in-house hub for art-making and dream-chasing. Third Man’s mission is to support the creation and distribution of any and every form of expression, from music to poetry, comedy to film. In this spirit, Third Man Books was established in 2014 to further explore the music of language.

Third Man Books has previously published Language Lessons: Volume I, a vinyl record and print box set anthology. Forthcoming titles include Pain: The Board Game by Sampson Starkweather and Hidden Water by Frank Stanford (special edition, in collaboration with Copper Canyon Press).

Jack White, Press Releases

JACK WHITE “THAT BLACK BAT LICORICE” b/w “BLUE LIGHT, RED LIGHT (SOMEONE’S THERE)”

7” VINYL SINGLE AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW AT THIRDMANRECORDS.COM

DIGITAL RELEASE FEBRUARY 17

That Black Bat Licorice
That Black Bat Licorice

Fresh off Sunday’s GRAMMY win for Best Rock Performance, Jack White announces the 7-inch vinyl release of “That Black Bat Licorice,” the newest single from Jack’s critically-lauded album Lazaretto (Third Man Records/Columbia). Jack recently performed the track as the musical finale’ of the GRAMMY week Los Angeles residency of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. View his scorching Tonight Show performance here.

The “That Black Bat Licorice” 7-inch features the exclusive non-LP B-side cover of Harry Connick, Jr.’s “Blue Light, Red Light (Someone’s There),” a full stream of which can be heard here. Pre-orders for the new single are available now via Third Man Records. Both songs from the single will be available digitally worldwide on February 17.

Jack White, Press Releases

JACK WHITE WINS TWO GRAMMY AWARDS

INCLUDING BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE FOR LAZARETTO TITLE TRACK

11 TOTAL CAREER GRAMMY WINS

Lazaretto
Lazaretto

Jack White is honored to accept this year’s GRAMMY award for Best Rock Performance for “Lazaretto,” the title track from his 2014 album Lazaretto (Third Man/Columbia). Jack and his own Third Man Records also hauled in GRAMMY gold for The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Vol. 1 (1917-27), for which Jack served as art director. The Paramount set won Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package.

These wins bring Jack’s career GRAMMY tallies to 11 wins and 29 nominations.

Lazaretto was released in June to rampant critical acclaim. The album’s sole vinyl configuration, the wildly innovative ULTRA LP, shattered decades-old vinyl sales records. It sold 40,000 units in the first seven days upon its release making it the fastest selling vinyl album ever. Additionally, the Lazaretto vinyl format sold a total of 86,707 copies by the end of 2014, resulting in Jack claiming the title of highest one-year vinyl sales during the Soundscan era.

Beck, Press Releases

BECK WINS ALBUM OF THE YEAR GRAMMY

MORNING PHASE ALSO TAKES BEST ROCK ALBUM

Morning Phase Cover Art
Morning Phase Cover Art

Previously nominated for Album of the Year in 1997 for his sophomore album Odelay and again in 2000 for Midnite Vultures, Beck has proven the third time is indeed the charm: Morning Phase has taken top honors at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards.

It is the first Album of the Year Grammy win of Beck’s 20+ year career.

The universally acclaimed Morning Phase also took home the Best Rock Album award.

Morning Phase was also the winner in the Best Engineered Album (Non-Classical) category.

This brings Beck’s career Grammy tally to five including previous Best Alternative Music Performance awards for the albums Mutations and Odelay and a Best Male Rock Vocal Performance award for the song “Where It’s At.”

Jack White, Press Releases

Holy Guacamole!

To the students and staff of University of Oklahoma:

Jack White would love to thank all the concert attendees at his performance at the University of Oklahoma. The crowd was incredible and Mr. White played an extensive two and a half hour show for them. The students who helped organize the event were wonderful. Playing in, and for, the people of Oklahoma is one of Jack White’s favorite tour stops. At no time did Jack White or White’s management say that we would never play there again, that is untrue.

The incidents with the OU Daily student newspaper reporting the financial terms of the show, the private tour rider information, along with unsolicited photographers from their staff were unfortunate, unprofessional, and very unwelcoming. The show was one of many on this tour directed at playing for university students in their own environment. And the band were all completely thrilled with the performance and the crowd.

Incidentally, the most important function of a rider is that it lays out optimal technical specifications to ensure the audience has the best experience possible. For that, Jack hires a team of very qualified touring professionals who write the rider and attempt to execute a professional and pleasant experience for all involved. Part of that is making sure that the tour personnel of about 30 people plus the local venue staff are fed. Contrary to what some believe, Jack doesn’t write the rider nor make demands about his favorite snacks that must be in his dressing room. We’re not even sure he likes guacamole but we do know that the folks who work hard to put on the show do enjoy it.

(By the way, now that’s it out there, we recommend you try Lalo’s guacamole recipe. It’s delicious.)

We hope those present for Mr. White’s performance are able to maintain their good memories from the experience and he looks forward to seeing them again soon.

Sincerely,

Monotone Inc.

(Jack White’s management)

Press Releases, Spoon

SPOON ANNOUNCES 2015 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR

RED ROCKS CO-HEADLINER WITH THE DECEMBERISTS SCHEDULED FOR MAY 27

TICKETS FOR THE ENTIRE TOUR ON SALE FEBRUARY 13 AT 10AM LOCAL TIME

Spoon © Tom Hines (LOW RES)
Spoon © Tom Hines (LOW RES)

Coming off a year that saw Spoon conquer the world’s premier venues and festivals, the band is excited to announce a fresh batch of 2015 North American tour dates. Britt Daniel, Jim Eno, Rob Pope, Eric Harvey and Alex Fischel will bring their tenacious live act to cities across the US and Canada which include stops at major festivals such as Bonnaroo, Sasquatch, Hangout and Firefly. Additionally, a special co-headlining engagement with The Decemberists at the hallowed Red Rocks amphitheater has been confirmed for May 27. Tickets for the newly announced performances are on sale February 13 at 10am local time. A full itinerary is available below, check http://www.spoontheband.com/shows/ for additional information.

Spoon’s latest album, They Want My Soul (Loma Vista), received unanimous critical acclaim upon its release including innumerable top-tier placements in year-end lists. In their Music Portfolio on stands now,GQ praises Spoon’s ability to reach new heights on their new album: “You’d think the laser-cut songs onThey Want My Soul sprang from the mind of a Zeitgeisty 20-year-old. You’d be wrong…How many indie bands hit another peak on their eighth album? We can think of exactly one.”

SPOON
2015 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR

05/09/15 – Dallas, TX – Homegrown Festival
05/15-17/15 – Gulf Shores, AL – Hangout Music Festival
05/17/15 – Oklahoma City, OK – Diamond Ballroom
05/18/15 – Kansas City, MO – Midland
05/19/15 – Fargo, ND – Fargo Theatre
05/21/15 – Missoula, MT – The Wilma Theater
05/22/15 – Bend, OR – Les Schwab Amphitheater +
05/22-25/15 – Quincy, WA – Sasquatch Festival
05/24/15 –Vancouver, BC – Malkin Bowl ^
05/25/15 – Spokane, WA – Knitting Factory
05/27/15 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks *
05/29/15 – Oakland, CA – Fox Theater
05/30/15 – Los Angeles, CA – Wiltern Theater
06/01/15 – San Diego, CA – North Park Theatre
06/12/15 – Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall
06/13/15 – Covington, KY – Madison Theater
06/11-14/15 – Manchester, TN – Bonnaroo
06/16/15 – Brooklyn, NY – Kings Theatre
06/18/15 – Boston, MA – House of Blues
06/19/15 – Portland, ME – State Theater
06/18-21/15 – Dover, DE – Firefly

^ co-headline with Future Islands
* co-headline with The Decemberists, Courtney Barnett supporting
+ co-headline with The Decemberists, The Districts supporting

Jack White, Press Releases

PANDORA PRESENTS: JACK WHITE LIVE AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN TRACK-BY-TRACK ARCHIVE

JACK WHITE AND THE DAILY SHOW’S JORDAN KLEPPER FULL INTERVIEW NOW AVAILABLE

Jack White and Q-Tip at Madison Square Garden © David James Swanson
Jack White and Q-Tip at Madison Square Garden © David James Swanson

Pandora (NYSE: P), the leading internet radio service, partnered with Jack White and Third Man Records to livestream White’s sold out Madison Square Garden show last Friday. The career-spanning set whichThe New York Post called “obliteratingly brilliant,” included songs from his latest album, Lazaretto, roaring renditions of The White Stripes “Ball and Biscuit” and “Seven Nation Army,” and a sing-a-long version of The Raconteurs’ hit “Steady, As She Goes,” as well a surprise appearance by legendary NYC rapper Q-Tip, is now available to hear as a track-by-track archive on the special Jack White Live Pandora station.

Additionally, Pandora has premiered the full in-depth interview with Jack and The Daily Show’s Jordan Klepper on the Jack White Live station. Watch Jack & Jordan discuss the significance of headlining the legendary Madison Square Garden, the origin of Jack’s Third Man label, music and more now.

The Madison Square Garden date was a part of the extensive Lazaretto world tour. Released on June 10, 2014, Lazaretto (Third Man Records/Columbia) was White’s second album to debut at #1 in the U.S., following 2012’s highly acclaimed and #1 debut Blunderbuss. Lazaretto was recently named iTunes Best Rock Album of 2014 and has been nominated for three GRAMMY awards, including Best Alternative Music Album, Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance.

The Madison Square Garden show was a unique opportunity for Pandora listeners to experience Jack White’s widely praised live performances, regardless of where they are. This show is the latest example of the ongoing efforts by Pandora to connect its artists and listeners, having released its Artist Marketing Platform (AMP) late last year.

 

FOR MORE ON JACK WHITE
*MSG Livestream Archive, Third Man Records mixtape, and Jack White Interview: pandora.com/JackWhiteLive
*JackWhiteIII.com

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