PAUL McCARTNEY
THE FRESHEN UP U.S. Tour 2019
 
NEW ARENA DATE CONFIRMED 

SAN JOSE, CA — SAP CENTER — JULY 10, 2019
 
TICKETS ON SALE TO THE PUBLIC DECEMBER 17th AT 10am LOCAL TIME
  
EGYPT STATION OUT NOW ON CAPITOL RECORDS
 
http://paulmccartney.com/

© MPL Communications Ltd // Photographer: MJ Kim

In the wake of the triumphant headline stand at the Austin City Limits festival that the Austin American Statesman called “A Marathon to Remember Forever,”  Paul McCartney has added yet another show to the upcoming U.S. leg of his new Freshen Up tour. The newly confirmed July 10, 2019 show at the SAP Center in San Jose, CA is the newest addition to Paul’s first extended Stateside run since the One On One Tour that played to some two million fans around the world during 2016 and 2017.
 
The Freshen Up tour is Paul’s first outing following the release of his #1 charting album, Egypt Station, released September 7th on Capitol Records to stellar reviews: Rolling Stone raved, “Macca keeps adding new gems to his songbook, with nothing to prove except he’s the only genius who can do this… And, oh yeah — in his spare time, he happens to still be the greatest live performer on Earth,” while Entertainment Weekly described the album as “the still-vital life force of a superstar who has been there and everywhere and is glad just to be here now.”

The Paul McCartney live experience is everything any music lover could ever want from a show: Nearly three hours nightly of the greatest moments from the last 50 years of music, dozens of songs from Paul’s solo, Wings and of course Beatles catalogues that have formed the soundtracks of our lives. Paul and his band have played an unparalleled range of venues and locations throughout the Americas, the UK, Europe, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and all points between: 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 in 1966, a 2016 week in the California desert that included two headline sets at the historic Desert Trip festival and a jam-packed club gig for a few hundred lucky fans at Pappy & Harriet’s Pioneertown Palace, and even one performance broadcast live into Space! Featuring Paul’s band of the last 15+ years – Paul “Wix” Wickens (keyboards), Brian Ray (bass/guitar), Rusty Anderson (guitar) and Abe Laboriel Jr (drums) –and constantly upgraded state of the art audio and video technology that ensures an unforgettable experience from every seat in the house, a Paul McCartney concert is never anything short of life-changing.

Tickets will be on sale for Paul’s San Jose show 10am local time Monday, December 17th.
 
American Express® Card Members can purchase tickets before the general public beginning Wednesday, December 14 at 10am through Sunday, December 16 at 10pm local time.

For further information, go to http://paulmccartney.com/

PAUL McCARTNEY
FRESHEN UP Tour U.S. 2019:
 
May 23 – New Orleans, LA – Smoothie King Arena     
May 27 – Raleigh, NC – PNC Arena
May 30 – Greenville, SC – Bon Secours Wellness Arena 
June 1 – Lexington, KY – Rupp Arena 
June 3 – Fort Wayne, IN – Allen County War Memorial Coliseum 
June 6 – Madison, WI – Kohl Center 
June 8 – Green Bay WI – Lambeau Field 
June 11 – Moline, IL – TaxSlayer Center 
June 14 – Arlington TX –  Globe Life Park 
June 22 – San Diego CA – Petco Park 
June 26 – Phoenix, AZ – Talking Stick Resort Arena 
July 10 – San Jose, CA – SAP Center 
July 13 – Los Angeles CA –  Dodger Stadium

ST. VINCENT

MASSEDUCTION GRAMMY NOMINATIONS FOR BEST ROCK SONG, BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM, BEST RECORDING PACKAGE

St. Vincent’s MASSEDUCTION (Loma Vista) made a major showing in this mornings announcement of the nominees for the 61st GRAMMY Awards.

St. Vincent as a songwriter and the album itself were nominated in a total of three categories:

Best Rock Song for “MASSEDUCTION”
Jack Antonoff & Annie Clark, songwriters (St. Vincent)

Best Alternative Music Album for MASSEDUCTION

Best Recording Package for MASSEDUCTION
Willo Perron, art director

St. Vincent is a previous GRAMMY winner, her 2014 self-titled album having taken Best Alternative Music Album honors.

The 61st Annual GRAMMY Awards will air Sunday, February 10 on CBS.

BECK

COLORS GRAMMY NOMINATIONS FOR BEST POP SOLO PERFORMANCE, BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM, BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM, NON-CLASSICAL

Beck’s Colors (Capitol) is up for three statues at the 61st GRAMMY Awards.

Beck has previously won five GRAMMYs, including 2014 Album of the Year for Colors’ predecessor Morning Phase.

Beck and the Colors album are nominated in a total of three categories this year:

Best Pop Solo Performance for Colors

Best Alternative Music Album for Colors

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical for Colors
Julian Burg, Serban Ghenea, David “Elevator” Greenbaum, John Hanes, Beck Hansen, Greg Kurstin, Florian Lagatta, Cole M.G.N., Alex Pasco, Jesse Shatkin, Darrell Thorp & Cassidy Turbin, engineers; Chris Bellman, Tom Coyne, Emily Lazar & Randy Merrill, mastering engineers

Beck has previously won five GRAMMYs, including 2014 Album of the Year for Colors’ predecessor Morning Phase.

The 61st Annual GRAMMY Awards will air Sunday, February 10 on CBS.

Broken Bells

New Single: “Shelter”

First New Recording Since 2014

Out Now on 30th Century Records via AWAL

The creators of 2010’s “Thrilling, Brilliant, Excellence” (LOS ANGELES TIMES) and 2014’s After the Disco’s even “Better songs, bigger hooks” (NME), Danger Mouse and James Mercer of The Shins, AKA Broken Bells, are back. Despite the next Broken Bells album being a work in progress, the duo has decided to share its epic yet intimate new single “Shelter,” now available through Danger Mouse’s 30th Century Records via AWAL.

“Shelter” was recorded during the first Broken Bells sessions since the stretch that resulted in 2014’s After the Disco album and the 2015 single “It’s That Talk Again.” The sweetly yearning new song represents a renewal of Broken Bells’ signature melodic yet experimental sound that first surfaced with the band’s critically acclaimed and top 10-charting debut in 2010. “Shelter” represents an intimate sonic shift for Broken Bells, as well as the first time the two have combined their unmistakable melodies, lyrics, vocals and singular composition style with samples.

This new twist in Broken Bells’ sonic evolution features Mercer’s airy yet riveting vocals combined with Danger Mouse’s deconstruction and reconstruction of sampled beats that provide the bedrock for “Shelter.” The end result is a solid hypnotic rhythm, with Mercer’s voice dancing atop it, creating a dramatic tension between newfound positivity and hints of darkness and dissonance.

To stream or purchase “Shelter,” go to https://brokenbells.lnk.to/shelterPR.

For further information, visit:
https://www.brokenbells.com
https://www.instagram.com/brokenbells/
https://www.facebook.com/brokenbellsmusic/
https://twitter.com/broken_bells
http://30thcenturyrecords.com

PAUL McCARTNEY

THE FRESHEN UP U.S. Tour 2019

FOUR NEW STADIUM DATES ANNOUNCED

June 8 – Green Bay WI – Lambeau Field
June 14 – Arlington TX –  Globe Life Park
June 22 – San Diego CA – Petco Park
July 13 – Los Angeles CA –  Dodger Stadium

GREEN BAY TICKETS ON SALE TO THE PUBLIC DECEMBER 10th AT 10am LOCAL TIME

ARLINGTON, SAN DIEGO, LOS ANGELES TICKETS ON SALE TO THE PUBLIC DECEMBER 13th AT 10am LOCAL TIME

EGYPT STATION OUT NOW ON CAPITOL RECORDS

http://paulmccartney.com/

© MPL Communications Ltd // Photographer: MJ Kim

In the wake of the triumphant headline stand at the Austin City Limits festival that the Austin American Statesman called “A Marathon to Remember Forever,”  Paul McCartney has added four new stadium plays to the upcoming U.S. leg of his new Freshen Up tour. The newly confirmed dates make for a total of 12 confirmed shows on Paul’s first extended Stateside run since the One On One Tour that played to some two million fans around the world during 2016 and 2017.

The Freshen Up tour is Paul’s first outing following the release of his #1 charting album, Egypt Station, released September 7th on Capitol Records to stellar reviews: Rolling Stone raved, “Macca keeps adding new gems to his songbook, with nothing to prove except he’s the only genius who can do this… And, oh yeah — in his spare time, he happens to still be the greatest live performer on Earth,” while Entertainment Weekly described the album as “the still-vital life force of a superstar who has been there and everywhere and is glad just to be here now.”

The newest additions to the U.S. leg of Freshen Up include Paul’s first ever appearances at Lambeau Field in Green Bay WI on June 8th, and Globe Life Park in Arlington TX on June 14th. On June 22nd and July 13th, respectively, Paul will return to Petco Park in San Diego and Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, both of which hosted unforgettable Paul performances to capacity crowds on his 2014 Out There tour.

The Paul McCartney live experience is everything any music lover could ever want from a show: Nearly three hours nightly of the greatest moments from the last 50 years of music, dozens of songs from Paul’s solo, Wings and of course Beatles catalogues that have formed the soundtracks of our lives. Paul and his band have played an unparalleled range of venues and locations throughout the Americas, the UK, Europe, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and all points between: 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 in 1966, a 2016 week in the California desert that included two headline sets at the historic Desert Trip festival and a jam-packed club gig for a few hundred lucky fans at Pappy & Harriet’s Pioneertown Palace, and even one performance broadcast live into Space! Featuring Paul’s band of the last 15+ years – Paul “Wix” Wickens (keyboards), Brian Ray (bass/guitar), Rusty Anderson (guitar) and Abe Laboriel Jr (drums) –and constantly upgraded state of the art audio and video technology that ensures an unforgettable experience from every seat in the house, a Paul McCartney concert is never anything short of life-changing.

Tickets will be on sale for the new dates 10am local time on Thursday, December 13th, with the exception of Green Bay, which will be on sale 10am local Monday, December 10th.

American Express® Card Members in Green Bay can purchase tickets before the general public beginning Wednesday, December 5 at 10am through Sunday, December 9 at 10pm local time and in Arlington, San Diego and Los Angeles beginning Monday, December 10 at 10AM through Wednesday, December 12 at 10PM local time.
 
For further information, go to http://paulmccartney.com/

PAUL McCARTNEY
FRESHEN UP Tour U.S. 2019:

May 23 – New Orleans, LA – Smoothie King Arena
May 27 – Raleigh, NC – PNC Arena
May 30 – Greenville, SC – Bon Secours Wellness Arena
June 1 – Lexington, KY – Rupp Arena
June 3 – Fort Wayne, IN – Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
June 6 – Madison, WI – Kohl Center
June 8 – Green Bay WI – Lambeau Field
June 11 – Moline, IL – TaxSlayer Center
June 14 – Arlington TX –  Globe Life Park
June 22 – San Diego CA – Petco Park
June 26 – Phoenix, AZ – Talking Stick Resort Arena
July 13 – Los Angeles CA –  Dodger Stadium

THOM YORKE
SUSPIRIA RADIO SESSION & INTERVIEW
PREMIERING THIS WEEK

“Open Again” Session Performance Video Live Now at https://youtu.be/hJ9ljQXIrY4

SPIRITUALIZED

2019 NORTH AMERICAN DATES CONFIRMED

Tickets On Sale Friday, December 7

And Nothing Hurt Out Now on Fat Possum Records

Following two intimate US performances in 2018, described by VOGUE as “revelatory” and by UPROXX as “staggering grandeur… every single person was laser-focused on that stage and soaking in every bit of the music emitting from it,” Spiritualized have confirmed a full 2019 North American tour in support of their critically acclaimed album And Nothing Hurt (Fat Possum).

Spiritualized will kick off the N.A. tour in March with an appearance at Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, continuing with stops in cities including Chicago, Boston, Washington DC, San Francisco and Brooklyn. See below for the full list of dates.

Presales begin Wednesday, December 5th at 10am local time; tickets go on sale to the general public Friday, December 7th at 10am local time.

Following its release in September, And Nothing Hurt was unanimously praised by critics, who raved:

“The new Spiritualized album is fucking great. It’s awesome. It’s suspiciously awesome…it’s glorious…every time I listen to And Nothing Hurt, I feel myself being lifted and swept away and moved. Every time I hear it, I feel a little more alive…I’m just as glad that Pierce sat at home, figuring things out, and then came along to utterly destroy us with a record this astonishing. You’re not fooling yourself. And Nothing Hurt really is that good.” —STEREOGUM (ALBUM OF THE WEEK)

“Arguably the purest and most sentimental music J. Spaceman, a.k.a. Jason Pierce, has crafted…Nothing Hurt is the band distilled into its most affecting essence….if this really is the final Spiritualized album, as Pierce keeps threatening, it’s one hell of a grand statement to go out on.”—AV CLUB

“it stands tall as a late candidate for the year’s best rock record. Spiritualized has added yet another chapter to its wild, dreamlike musical legacy, proving that rock isn’t dead and that maybe everyone else just isn’t trying enough.”—CONSEQUENCE OF SOUND

“Distills and gathers the essence of what has often made Spiritualized so powerful…intricacy is the real delight of And Nothing Hurt. Despite the grandeur of these tunes, and the way they seem built to fill both regal concert halls and big, dark rock clubs, the best way to listen to them might be at home with lights out or eyes closed, headphones clamped tight…Pierce’s authorial scrupulousness and the same slavish devotion to an ideal that made Ladies and Gentlemen… a masterpiece and Spacemen 3 an institution gives these songs, one by one, their power.”—PITCHFORK

“Gorgeous…what binds his gushing tunefulness and subtly cutting lyrics is the relationship between the universal quest for transcendence and the near-universal suspicion it’ll never be found…something more wrenchingly true to life, an alloy of hope with a sense of life’s limits.”—THE ATLANTIC

For more information, visit www.spiritualized.com.

SPIRITUALIZED
North American Tour 2019

03/22/19 – Knoxville, TN – Big Ears Festival
03/23/19 – Atlanta, GA – Terminal West
03/25/19 – Austin, TX – Emo’s
03/26/19 – Dallas, TX – Canton Hall
03/29/19 – Los Angeles, CA – Troubadour
03/30/19 – San Francisco, CA – Masonic
04/01/19 – Portland, OR – Crystall Ballroom
04/02/19 – Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom
04/03/19 – Seattle, WA – Moore Theatre
04/05/19 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Depot
04/06/19 – Denver, CO – Gothic Theatre
04/08/19 – Minneapolis, MN – Fitzgerald Theatre
04/09/19 – Chicago, IL – Vic Theatre
04/10/19 – Royal Oak, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre
04/12/19 – Toronto, ON – Danforth Music Hall
04/13/19 – Montreal, QC – Corona Theatre
04/14/19 – Boston, MA – Wilbur Theatre
04/16/19 – Washington, DC – Lincoln Theatre
04/17/19 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel
04/19/19 – Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore

(photo credit Juliette Larthe)

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE 

LET THE HOLIDAY SPIRITS FLOW

“Silent Night” (feat. C.W. Stoneking)/“’Twas The Night Before Christmas” (feat. the Homme Family) 

Limited Edition Benefit Single Available Directly from QOTSA.com & All Streaming Platforms—Proceeds to Benefit the Sweet Stuff Foundation & Support Act 

Alligator Hour Back for Third Season— Guests Include Elvira, Bill Burr, Jake Shears

Queens of the Stone Age are working off the holiday spread in advance. The band is spreading year-end tidings of comfort and joy whether you want it or not.

First up is a limited edition Xmas single available on 7” vinyl directly from QOTSA.com and to stream, wherever streamers stream. The A-side is a rendition of “Silent Night” teaming Joshua Homme with Australian blues singer-songwriter and guitarist C.W. Stoneking, and the flipside features a reading of “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas,” with Brody Dalle, Joshua Homme and their three merry-making elves.

Recorded during QOTSA’s 2017 tour of Australia in East Fremantle, the single will be released digitally on December 7th; the limited edition vinyl release is set for December 14th exclusively HERE.

Proceeds from the single will benefit the Sweet Stuff Foundation, the non-profit created by Homme in 2013 to provide assistance to career musicians, recording engineers and their families struggling with illness and disability, and to Support Act, an alliance with a similar mission founded in 1997 in Australia by AMCOS, APRA, ARIA and PPCA. For more information, go to https://www.thesweetstufffoundation.org/ and https://supportact.org.au/.

Finally, Joshua is back at it with the third season of his Beats1 radio show, the Alligator Hour. Guests on the new season include Elvira, Bill Burr, Jake Shears and more. The Alligator Hour can be experienced every Sunday 7am PT/10am ET/3pm GMT for free at apple.co/joshlive  or on demand at apple.co/josh.

ST. VINCENT

LIVE FROM HERE December 15

MassEducation: Reimagining of MASSEDUCTION Out Now on Loma Vista

Following her December 2nd performance at the 41st Annual Kennedy Center Honors honoring Philip Glass with an intricate yet passionate instrumental performance “which received an enthusiastic two-thumbs up from a delighted Glass,” as reported by Billboard, St. Vincent will appear live during the New York City residency of Live from Here with Chris Thile (formerly A Prairie Home Companion).

On December 15th, Annie Clark—accompanied only by piano player Thomas Bartlett—will perform from the stage of New York’s Town Hall as part of a live broadcast from Minnesota Public Radio’s weekly musical mainstay.

Check https://www.livefromhere.org/listen/stations for local air-times.

St. Vincent’s MassEducation was released October 12th on Loma Vista, and was received by Rolling Stone as “the deep breath after the freak-out… less dense structures allowing Clark’s compositional and vocal talents to shine,” and Entertainment Weekly as “riveting reinterpretations… exposed and unadorned… a testament to her versatile songwriting and remarkable vocal strength.” MassEducation is in fact another dimension of last year’s universally acclaimed MASSEDUCTION. Recorded live in the studio over two nights in 2017, MassEducation lays bare the exquisite songcraft of its other half. Performed entirely by Annie Clark on vocals and Thomas Bartlett on piano, the new album renders songs like “Young Lover” and “Fear The Future” and their subjects in vivid, vulnerable new light. Clark herself describes the album as “two dear friends playing songs together with the kind of secret understanding one can only get through endless nights in New York City.”

For further information, go to http://ilovestvincent.com/

JENNY LEWIS: ON THE LINE

NEW ALBUM OUT SPRING 2019 ON WARNER BROS. RECORDS

2019 Headline Dates Announced Including Chicago, Nashville, St. Paul, Austin, Las Vegas, Seattle and Los Angeles

Photo Credit: Autumn de Wilde

Just as 2018 comes to a close, Jenny Lewis has confirmed her highly anticipated return with her fourth solo album, On The Line—the follow up to 2014’s critically acclaimed The Voyager — out spring 2019 on Warner Bros. Records.

The 11 all-new original songs were written by Lewis and recorded at Capitol Records’ Studio B, and feature a backing band of legendary talent including Beck, Benmont Tench, Don Was, Jim Keltner, Ringo Starr and Ryan Adams.

Jenny has also announced her first round of 2019 headlining dates. The March-May 2019 itinerary includes stops at Chicago’s Riviera Theatre, Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium, Seattle’s Moore Theatre, The Palace in St. Paul, the Hollywood Palladium and many more—plus an appearance at ACL Live at the Moody Theater set for April 6th.

Pre-sales for these dates begin on Wednesday, December 5th at 10am local time and will go on sale to the general public on Friday, December 7th at 10am local time: https://www.jennylewis.com/#tour.

Stay tuned for complete track listing, exact release date and much more news to come!

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JENNY LEWIS 2019 LIVE DATES

3/26/19 – Bloomington, IL – The Castle Theatre
3/27/19 – Madison, WI – The Sylvee
3/29/19 – St. Paul, MN – The Palace
3/30/19 – Chicago, IL – Riviera Theatre
3/31/19 – Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium
4/4/19 – Oklahoma City, OK – The Jones Assembly
4/5/19 – Dallas, TX – Canton Hall
4/6/19 – Austin, TX – ACL Live at the Moody Theater
4/7/19 – Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall
4/9/19 – Baton Rouge, LA – Varsity Theatre
4/10/19 – Jackson, MS – Duling Hall
4/12/19 – Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse
4/13-14/19 – Charleston, SC – High Water Festival
5/10/19 – Las Vegas, NV – House of Blues
5/11/19 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Palladium
5/13/19 – Tucson, AZ – Rialto Theatre
5/16/19 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre
5/17/19 – Bellvue, CO – Mishawaka Amphitheatre
5/18/19 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Commonwealth Room
5/20/19 – Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom
5/21/19 – Seattle, WA – The Moore
5/22/19 – Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom
5/25/19 – San Luis Obispo, CA – Fremont Theatre
5/26/19 – San Diego, CA – House of Blues