Beck’s new “Saw Lightning (Freestyle)” video captures the GRAMMY-winning artist stripping his latest single down to its bare bones. Rendered in striking minimalist black and white, “Saw Lightning (Freestyle)” relies solely on the impact of raw talent and passion: a man, a harmonica, a camera and nothing more. Beck’s vocals, stomping feet and solo harmonica somehow fill the same space occupied on the original by his raw acoustic slide guitar and Pharrell Williams’ drums, keyboards and mumbles.
Directed by Giovanni Ribisi and edited by Nick Roney, “Saw Lightning (Freestyle)” is a radically different take on Beck’s first single from his forthcoming 14th album, Hyperspace, due out sometime in the future on Capitol Records. Surprise released April 15, 2019, “Saw Lightning” was made available simultaneously as a single and as the score to the Beats by Dr. Dre Powerbeats Pro campaign, directed by GRAMMY winner Hiro Murai.
Beck will spend the remainder of the summer co-headlining the Night Running Tour with Cage The Elephant—named for “Night Running,” Cage The Elephant’s single featuring Beck from the band’s Social Cues album—beginning July 11th at Sunlight Supply Amphitheater in Ridgefield, WA.
JENNY LEWIS RETURNS TO NEW YORK, THE LATE SHOW & CELEBRATES PRIDE
FOUR NEW HEADLINE DATES ADDED: Oct. 24th – Brooklyn, NY – Kings Theatre Oct. 28th – Albany, NY – Upstate Concert Hall Oct. 31st – Toronto, ON – Danforth Music Hall Nov. 2nd – Portland, ME – State Theatre
TICKETS ON SALE JUNE 28TH
PERFORMING NEW SINGLE “WASTED YOUTH” TOMORROW NIGHT ON THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT —TUNE IN!
Currently dominating Best of 2019 So Far lists for On The Line (Warner Records)— including Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, Vulture, Billboard, USA Today, Esquire and Paste, just to name a few— and selling out shows in both the U.S. and U.K. (and completing a triumphant run as special guest of Death Cab For Cutie), Jenny Lewis has added four additional headline shows to her globe-spanning tour.
Following her stunning performance at Forest Hills Stadium in Queens earlier this month, the new dates include Jenny’s highly anticipated return to New York: She headlines Brooklyn’s historic Kings Theatre on Oct. 24th and Upstate Concert Hall in Albany, NY on Oct. 28th, in addition to Danforth Music Hall in Toronto (Oct. 31st), and the State Theatre in Portland, Maine (Nov. 2nd).
Pre-sales for these shows begin Wednesday, June 26th at 10am local time. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, June 28th at 10am local time.
Need even more Jenny Lewis? Tune in TOMORROW night to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as she stops by for a special performance of her new single “Wasted Youth”—the follow up to her Top Ten single “Red Bull & Hennessy.”
Last but certainly not least, you can catch Jenny this Sunday (June 30th) at the San Francisco Pride Parade as a special guest of PAX, joining in their mission to be a force for good in supporting LGBTQI+ rights and to destigmatize cannabis use. For more info on PAX Labs, please visit https://www.pax.com/.
JENNY LEWIS ON THE LINE TOUR 2019 (New dates in bold)
07/10/19 — Aspen, CO — The Belly Up 07/11/19 — Park City, UT — Deer Valley Resort 07/12/19 — Jackson, WY — Pink Garter Theatre 07/14/19 — Whitefish, MT — Under The Big Sky Festival 07/18/19 — Nottingham, UK – Rescue Rooms 07/18/19 – Leeuwarden, NE – Welcome to The Village Festival 07/19/19 – Henham Park, Suffolk, UK — Latitude Festival 07/23/19 – Bristol, UK – SWX 07/24/19 — Brighton, UK — Concorde 2 07/25/19 — London, UK — O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire 07/27/19 — Edinburgh, UK — Queens Hall 07/28/19 — Manchester, UK — RNCM Concert Hall 07/29/19 — Dublin, IE — The Academy 08/09/19 – Eau Claire, WI – OXBEAUX III 08/16/19 – Omaha, NE – Maha Festival 08/17/19 — St. Louis, MO — The Paegent 08/18/19 – Columbus, OH – Wonderbus Music & Arts Festival 09/05/19 — Washington, DC — The Anthem 09/06/19 – Raleigh, NC – Hopscotch Festival 09/07/19 — Wilmington, NC — Greenfield Lake Amphitheater 09/08/19 — St. Augustine, FL — Sing Out Loud Festival 09/10/19 — Ft. Lauderdale, FL — Revolution Live 09/11/19 — Orlando, FL — The Beacham 09/13/19 — New Orleans, LA — The Civic 09/14/19 — Birmingham, AL — Saturn 09/15/19 — Springfield, MO — Gillioz Theatre 09/17/19 — Cleveland, OH — Agora Theatre 09/18/19 — Ann Arbor, MI — Michigan Theatre 09/21/19 – Louisville, KY – Bourbon & Beyond Festival 09/22/19 — Franklin, TN — Pilgrimage Festival 09/28/19 – Oakland, CA – Fox Theater 09/29/19 — Dana Point. CA — Ohana Fest 09/30/19 – Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren 10/02/19 – Santa Fe, NM – Meow Wolf 10/04/19 – Austin, TX – Austin City Limits 10/07/19 – Mobile, AL – Soul Kitchen 10/08/19 – Oxford, MS – The Lyric Oxford 10/09/19 – Tulsa, OK – Cain’s Ballroom 10/11/19 – Austin, TX – Austin City Limits 10/17/19 — Mexico City, MX — El Plaza Condesa 10/18/19 – Guadalajara, MX – Tecate Coordenada 10/19/19 – Monterrey, MX – Live Out Festival 10/24/19 — Brooklyn, NY — Kings Theatre 10/25/19 — Boston, MA — House of Blues 10/26/19 — Philadelphia, PA — The Met Philadelphia 10/28/19 — Albany, NY — Upstate Concert Hall 10/29/19 — Ithaca, NY — State Theatre 10/31/19 — Toronto, ON — Danforth Music Hall 11/01/19 — Montreal, QC — L’Astral 11/02/19 — Portland, ME — State Theatre 11/03/19 — Providence, RI — Columbus Theatre
NORTH AMERICAN TOMORROW’S MODERN BOXES TOUR ON SALE JUNE 21st.
anima noun an·i·ma | \ ˈa-nə-mə \
Definition of anima: an individual’s true inner self that in the analytic psychology of C. G. Jung reflects archetypal ideals of conduct
also: an inner feminine part of the male personality — compare ANIMUS, PERSONA
Photo Credit: Alex Lake
Thom Yorke’s new studio album ANIMA will be released digitally on Thursday June 27th at 12:01am via XL Recordings. The album’s physical release will follow on Friday July 19th. ANIMA is available for pre-order now at: https://thomyorke.ffm.to/anima
The album’s digital release will be accompanied by a “one-reeler,” also entitled ANIMA, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson and set to three tracks from the new album. The “one-reeler” will be available to watch exclusively via Netflix on June 27th. A trailer can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNYJ_BJJbzI&feature=youtu.be
Featuring several songs that were debuted live over the course of Thom Yorke, Nigel Godrich and Tarik Barri’s Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes performances, ANIMA was written by Yorke, produced by Godrich and features the London Contemporary Orchestra on all nine tracks. ANIMA will be available across all digital platforms on Thursday, June 27th with physical release to follow on July 19th on CD, black double vinyl, limited edition orange double vinyl, and a deluxe 180g heavyweight orange double vinyl which includes a 40-page book of lyrics, and pencil drawings by Stanley Donwood and Dr Tchock.
The tracklisting for ANIMA is as follows:
Traffic
Last I Heard (…He Was Circling The Drain)
Twist
Dawn Chorus
I Am A Very Rude Person
Not The News
The Axe
Impossible Knots
Runwayaway
The bonus track “(Ladies & Gentlemen, Thank You for Coming)” will be available exclusively on vinyl versions of the album.
Thom Yorke, Nigel Godrich and Tarik Barri will be performing live across Europe, Japan, Korea and North America this year. The North American tour dates go on general sale tomorrow, June 21st. Please check the schedule page for each venue’s details.
Full tour dates as follows:
July: 2nd – Cologne, Germany – Palladium 3rd – Frankfurt, Germany – Jahrhunderthalle 4th – Montreux, Switzerland – Montreux Jazz Festival 6th – Ewijk, Netherlands – Down The Rabbit Hole Festival 7th – Paris, France – Philharmonie de Paris, Days Off Festival 8th – Paris, France – Philharmonie de Paris, Days Off Festival 11th – Bilbao, Spain – BBK Live Festival 13th – Lisbon, Portugal – NOS Alive Festival 16th – Barolo, Italy – Collisioni Festival 17th – Codroipo, Italy – Villa Manin 18th – Ferrara, Italy – Piazza Castello 20th – Perugia, Italy – Arena Santa Giuliana, Umbria Jazz Festival 21st – Rome, Italy – Roma Summer Fest, Cavea 26th – Yuzawa-Cho, Japan – Fuji Rock Festival 28th – Seoul, South Korea – Olympic Hall
September: 26th – Laval, Quebec – Place Bell 27th – Toronto – Scotiabank Arena 28th – Pittsburgh – Stage AE 30th – Columbus – Express Live!
October: 4th – Austin – Austin City Limits Music Festival – Zilker Park 6th – Atlanta – Fox Theatre 9th – New Orleans – Mahalia Jackson Theatre for the Performing Arts 11th – Austin – Austin City Limits Music Festival – Zilker Park 18th – Berkeley – Greek Theatre 20th – Seattle – Paramount Theatre 21st – Vancouver – Orpheum 22nd – Portland – The Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall 25th – Santa Barbara – Santa Barbara Bowl 26th – Las Vegas – The Chelsea at the Cosmopolitan 29th – Los Angeles – Greek Theatre
Thom Yorke has confirmed a new series of live electronic performances to take place this fall in North America with Nigel Godrich and Tarik Barri, aka Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes.
The new shows will feature Thom Yorke along with Godrich and visual artist Barri performing songs spanning Yorke’s solo works The Eraser and Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes, Atoms For Peace’s Amok, as well as new and unreleased material.
Following the September 2014 release of Yorke’s Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes album, he, Godrich and Barri embarked on their first tour, covering the UK, Europe and Japan throughout 2015. Following Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes’ December 2017 reissue on XL Recordings, the trio made its U.S. debut headlining theaters in Los Angeles and Oakland and appearing at the Day For Night Festival in Houston. More recently, the trio played a series of U.S. dates November 23 through December 22, 2018, of which critics had to say:
“A beauty to behold… If there were ever a rock star to affirm the power and necessity of dancing, to return it to the realm of vital human expression, it is Yorke.” — Washington Post
“Dense, intricate dance music designed to get lost in” —Los Angeles Times
“Music to careen through the Star Gate to… And throughout it all, there remained his voice, as grand, elastic, and emotive as he’s ever been” — Boston Globe
“What Yorke, Godrich and Barri produced on stage was a feast of sensory overload” —St. Louis Post Dispatch
“Riveting… Yorke and Godrich did some of their most stunning live production work in between tracks.” — Cleveland Plain Dealer
Prior to the North American tour, Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes will embark on a run of dates throughout Europe and Asia, beginning July 2 in Cologne, Germany and concluding July 28 in Seoul, South Korea.
Tickets for the North American dates go on general sale from June 21, please check the schedule page for each venue’s details.
Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes North American Tour 2019:
9/26 – Laval, Quebec – Place Bell 9/27 – Toronto – Scotiabank Arena 9/29 – Pittsburgh – Stage AE 9/30 – Columbus – Express Live! 10/4 – Austin – Austin City Limits Music Festival – Zilker Park 10/6 – Atlanta – Fox Theatre 10/9 – New Orleans – Mahalia Jackson Theatre for the Performing Arts 10/11 – Austin – Austin City Limits Music Festival – Zilker Park 10/18 – Berkeley – Greek Theatre 10/20 – Seattle – Paramount Theatre 10/21 – Vancouver – Orpheum 10/22 – Portland – The Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall 10/25 – Santa Barbara – Santa Barbara Bowl 10/26 – Las Vegas – The Chelsea at the Cosmopolitan 10/29 – Los Angeles – Greek Theatre
Previously announced Europe and Asia dates:
7/2 – Cologne, Germany – Palladium 7/3 – Frankfurt, Germany – Jahrhunderthalle 7/4 – Montreux, Switzerland – Montreux Jazz Festival 7/6 – Ewijk, Netherlands – Down The Rabbit Hole Festival 7/7 – Paris, France – Philharmonie de Paris, Days Off Festival 7/8 – Paris, France – Philharmonie de Paris, Days Off Festival 7/11 – Bilbao, Spain – BBK Live Festival 7/13 – Lisbon, Portugal – NOS Alive Festival 7/16 – Barolo, Italy – Collisioni Festival 7/17 – Codroipo, Italy – Villa Manin 7/18 – Ferrara, Italy – Piazza Castello 7/20 – Perugia, Italy – Arena Santa Giuliana, Umbria Jazz Festival 7/21 – Rome, Italy – Roma Summer Fest, Cavea 7/26 – Yuzawa-Cho, Japan – Fuji Rock Festival 7/28 – Seoul, South Korea – Olympic Hall
In response to last week’s leak of 18 minidisc files, Radiohead has decided to make the sessions available in their entirety on Bandcamp.
“We got hacked last week – someone stole Thom’s minidisc archive from around the time of OK Computer, and reportedly demanded $150,000 on threat of releasing it.
So instead of complaining – much – or ignoring it, we’re releasing all 18 hours on bandcamp in aid of Extinction Rebellion. Just for the next 18 days. So for £18 you can find out if we should have paid that ransom.
Never intended for public consumption (though some clips did reach the cassette in the OK Computer reissue) it’s only tangentially interesting. And very, very long. Not a phone download. Rainy out, isn’t it though?”– Jonny Greenwood
The 18 minidiscs will be available for £18. All proceeds will go to Extinction Rebellion, a socio-political movement which uses nonviolent resistance to protest against climate breakdown, biodiversity loss, and the risk of human extinction and ecological collapse.
Interscope Records/UME today announce two new colored vinyl reissues from U2. Pressed on 180g vinyl, The Unforgettable Fire (1984) and How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb (2004) will be released today 7th June 2019.
The Unforgettable Fire
Released nearly 35 years ago in October 1984, The Unforgettable Fire is the fourth studio album from U2. Recorded at Slane Castle and Windmill Lane Studios in Ireland, it was the first U2 album to be produced by Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois. The album’s lead single ‘Pride (In The Name Of Love)’ not only delivered the band its biggest hit at that time, the song has become the most frequently played live number in the U2 repertoire. A staple of best album lists and essays by fans, critics and fellow artists, The Unforgettable Fire is hailed as U2’s first sonic reinvention, and remains among the band’s most beloved works with classic cuts such as ‘Bad’, ‘A Sort of Homecoming’ and the title track.
Remastered and pressed on 180g limited edition wine colored vinyl, to match the color of album’s iconic artwork.
Includes a 16 page booklet with lyrics.
The Unforgettable Fire – Tracklisting:
Side 1
A Sort of Homecoming
Pride (In the Name of Love)
Wire
The Unforgettable Fire
Promenade
Side 2
4th of July
Bad
Indian Summer Sky
Elvis Presley and America
MLK
How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
Released in November 2004, How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb is the eleventh studio album from U2. Recorded in the band’s studio at Hanover Quay, Dublin and in the South of France, HTDAAB was produced with long-time U2 collaborator Steve Lillywhite, with additional production from Chris Thomas, Flood, Jacknife Lee, Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, Nellee Hooper and Carl Glanville. The record reached #1 in the album charts of 30 plus countries around the world, including the U.S., Canada, the UK and Ireland, and featured hit singles ‘Vertigo’, ‘All Because Of You’ and ‘City Of Blinding Lights’. How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb was awarded a total of 9 GRAMMY Awards, including the band’s second Album of the Year win.
ONE-TIME PRESSING LIMITED EDITION COLOUR VINYL LP AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY AT THE LINDA MCCARTNEY RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION IN GLASGOW A MONTH AHEAD OF RELEASE
Wide Prairie, a posthumous 1998 compilation of Linda McCartney recordings spanning the early 1970s through the late 1990s, will be re-released August 2 via MPL / Capitol / UMe.
The only album to be released solely under Linda’s name, Wide Prairie features Linda on vocals and various instruments on songs she wrote or co-composed and recorded with Wings between 1972 and 1980, the single-only ‘Seaside Woman’ / ‘B-Side to Seaside’ released under the pseudonym of Suzy and the Red Stripes, cover versions of classics by the McGuire Sisters, The Coasters and more, and solo work from the ‘80s and ‘90s including her final recording, ‘The Light Comes from Within’ (co-authored by and featuring Paul McCartney, as well as their son James on electric and acoustic guitar).
The album was recorded in various locations including Jamaica, Paris, Nashville and Sussex with contributors including husband Paul; son James; Wings members Denny Laine, Denny Seiwell, Henry McCullough, Jimmy McCulloch, Joe English and Laurence Juber; writer Carla Lane who also co-wrote ’The White Coated Man’ and ‘Cow’; Lee “Scratch” Perry and members of the Black Ark studio band Boris Gardiner, Winston Writer and Mikey Boo.
Two tracks from the release also highlight Linda’s interest in other art forms outside photography and music. ‘Seaside Woman’ featured in the Palme d’Or winning short film by Oscar Grillo at the Cannes Film Festival in 1980. ‘Oriental Night Fish’ also appeared in a short film of the same title created by Linda and Ian Emes.
Wide Prairie will be released August 2nd on limited edition white/blue colored vinyl and classic black vinyl, digitally and on streaming services. The reissue will mark the first time the album has been available on vinyl since its original 1998 release. The album is available for pre-order now.
To celebrate the first UK showing of the Linda McCartney Retrospective, the limited edition colour vinyl LP pressing of Wide Prairie will be available exclusively for one month prior to the album’s general release at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow from the exhibition’s July 5th opening.The major retrospective of Linda’s photography has been curated by Paul, Mary and Stella McCartney. [More information here: https://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/linda-mccartney-retrospective]
The full track listing for Wide Prairie are as follows. All songs written by Linda McCartney, except where otherwise indicated:
1. Wide Prairie 2. New Orleans 3. The White Coated Man (Linda McCartney, Paul McCartney, Carla Lane) 4. Love’s Full Glory 5. I Got Up (L. McCartney, P. McCartney) 6. The Light Comes from Within (L. McCartney, P. McCartney) 7. Mister Sandman (Pat Ballard) 8. Seaside Woman 9. Oriental Nightfish 10. Endless Days (L. McCartney, Mick Bolton) 11. Poison Ivy (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) 12. Cow (L. McCartney, P. McCartney, Lane) 13. B-side to Seaside (L. McCartney, P. McCartney) 14. Sugartime (Charlie Phillips, Odis Echols) 15. Cook of the House (L. McCartney, P. McCartney) 16. Appaloosa (L. McCartney, P. McCartney)
Following two North American tours in 2018-2019 described by VOGUE as “revelatory” and by UPROXX as “staggering grandeur,” Spiritualized will appear tonight, June 4th, on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
The recent North American dates in support of Spiritualized’s critically acclaimed album And Nothing Hurt (Fat Possum) drew the most rapturous reviews of the band’s storied career:
“Their legacy as one of the most compelling live acts around is still firmly intact.”—BROOKLYN VEGAN
“a communal celebration that we were all alive in this moment together, able to collectively share in a night as grand as this.”—MINNEAPOLIS CITY PAGES
“Spiritualized have always been one of the more phenomenal live rock bands to exist.”—EXCLAIM
“If Brian Wilson had been a ’90s alt-rocker, he might’ve been something like Jason Pierce.”—PHAWKER
“Spiritualized were so fucking good on Tuesday night I’ve decided to go see them again on Philly on Friday. That’s it. That’s the review.”—PARKLIFE DC
Tour Kicks Off in New Zealand on 8th November with Australian Dates Starting 12th November
Tickets On Sale Starting the 11th of June
Plus 2 Shows Confirmed for Tokyo on the 4th and 5th of December
To Be Followed by a Concert in Seoul on the 8th of December
Tour Will Also Visit Singapore With Local Details To Follow
First Time Ever – All Stadium Floor Tickets in New Zealand & Australia will be Paperless
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“Electrifying” – Daily Telegraph, 5/5 stars
“In scale, ambition or impact… U2 are bulletproof” – The Independent
“Still masters of stadium rock” – Mail On Sunday
“The stuff of encores… Had Twickenham had a roof, it would surely have been blown off…” – London Evening Standard, 5/5 stars
“They are a live act simply without peer… [U2] kicked the crowd into a whole other gear of euphoria” – Rolling Stone
“A generationally important band… empathy, hope and, ultimately, exaltation” – The New York Times
Live Nation is excited to confirm that U2 will bring their acclaimed Joshua Tree Tour to New Zealand, Australia, Japan, Singapore and South Korea later this year.
Following the highly successful 2017 tour in celebration of the band’s classic album, The Joshua Tree Tour 2019 will see the band make a much anticipated return to New Zealand and Australia for the first time since the record-shattering U2 360° Tour in 2010, as well as the first Tokyo shows since the Vertigo Tour in 2006. The Joshua Tree Tour 2019 will also bring U2 to Singapore and Seoul – for the first time ever – with what promises to be very special concerts from “the biggest band in the world” (The Guardian).
Special guest Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds is confirmed as support for the dates in New Zealand and Australia with Noel saying, “We, NGHFB, are beside ourselves. The Joshua Tree 2017 Tour was some of the most fun we ever had. It will be both an honour and a pleasure to share the stage with our friends and comrades once again. It’s gonna be a ripper!!!!!”.
Bono said “It’s only taken me 30 years to learn how to sing these songs and it’s great to be able to say that I’ve finally caught up with the band. Our audience has given the Joshua Tree a whole new life on this tour. Doing these shows has been very special for us, a lot of emotion… From the despair of how relevant some of the dark songs still are, to the joy, pure fun of the staging… it’s quite a ride. And now we get to do it all over again. Auckland, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Sydney, Tokyo, Singapore, Seoul… We’re coming for you”.
“We really, REALLY wanted to bring The Joshua Tree to New Zealand, Australia and Asia” added The Edge. “We promised we would and finally, now we can say that we will see you in November… It’s going to feel like a homecoming and we are very excited”.
The Joshua Tree Tour 2019 kicks off in Auckland on 8th November and will visit Brisbane, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Perth, before moving on to Singapore, Tokyo and Seoul. Tickets for the NZ/AU shows go on sale on Tuesday 11th June 2019 (times vary per city). U2.com subscribers will have first opportunity to purchase tickets starting Tuesday 4th June through Thursday 6th June with a 4 ticket limit (see www.U2.com for details).
In a first for any artist performing in New Zealand and Australia, and to ensure fans have the best access, stadium floor tickets for all the band’s NZ/AU shows will be paperless with delivery via mobile devices 72 hours prior to the applicable show. There will be an 8 ticket limit for general public sales.
In Japan reservations for U2.com subscribers will begin on Tuesday 4th June. Pre-orders via PIA and ePLUS begin Friday 14th June, and general sale for both performances will begin Saturday 20th July. There will be a 4 ticket limit for subscribers and an 8 ticket limit for public sales.
In Seoul, the ticketing presale for U2.com subscribers will begin on Monday 10th June with tickets on general sale Wednesday 12th June. There will be a 4 ticket limit for subscribers and an 8 ticket limit for public sales.
Date and venue information for the Singapore show soon to be announced.
NEW ZEALAND / AUSTRALIA / JAPAN / SOUTH KOREA 2019 TOUR DATES:
8 November Auckland, NZ Mt. Smart Stadium 12 November Brisbane, AU SunCorp Stadium 15 November Melbourne, AU Marvel Stadium 19 November Adelaide, AU Adelaide Oval 22 November Sydney, AU Sydney Cricket Ground 27 November Perth, AU Optus Stadium 04 December Tokyo, JP Saitama Super Arena 05 December Tokyo, JP Saitama Super Arena 08 December Seoul, KR Gocheok Sky Dome
For complete tour and ticket information, visit: www.u2.com
U2: The Joshua Tree Tour is produced by Live Nation Global Touring.
About Live Nation Entertainment: Live Nation Entertainment (NYSE: LYV) is the world’s leading live entertainment company comprised of four market leaders: Ticketmaster, Live Nation Concerts, Artist Nation Management and Live Nation Media/Sponsorship. For additional information, visit www.livenationentertainment.com
About The Joshua Tree Tour: The Joshua Tree Tour is a celebration of the original album and tour of the same name undertaken by U2 in 1987 and features the complete album played in sequence along with a selection of highlights from U2’s extensive catalogue of songs. The innovative staging includes a specially commissioned series of haunting and evocative films from Dutch photographer, film-maker and longtime collaborator Anton Corbijn – whose iconic photography accompanied the original recording – in brilliant 8k resolution on a 200 x 45 foot cinematic screen, the largest high-res LED screen ever used in a touring show.
The Joshua Tree Tour 2017, produced by Live Nation Global Touring, opened to rave reviews in Vancouver, Canada in May 2017 – the first of 20 sold out stadium dates across North America. The sold out Eureopean run kicked off in London’s Twickenham Stadium on 8th July and saw the Dublin band return home to play to 78,000 fans in Croke Park, almost 30 years to the day after they played the legendary Dublin venue on the original Joshua Tree tour. The band hit the road again that September, taking in dates in Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Santiago de Chile and São Paulo, as well as a historic first ever visit by U2 to Bogotá, Colombia for an unforgettable show at the city’s Estadio El Campin. Having played to over 2.7 million fans in just 51 shows across North and South America, the UK and Europe, and Mexico in 6 months, The Joshua Tree Tour 2017 was the most successful tour of the year.
About The Joshua Tree album: Released to universal acclaim on 9th March 1987 and featuring hit singles “With Or Without You”,“I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” and “Where The Streets Have No Name”, The Joshua Tree went to #1 in the U.K, Ireland and around the world, selling in excess of 25 million albums, and catapulting Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr “… from heroes to superstars” (Rolling Stone).
Time Magazine put U2 on its cover in April 1987, proclaiming them “Rock’s Hottest Ticket” in a defining year for the band that saw their arena dates roll into stadium shows to accommodate escalating demand – setting them on course to become one of the greatest live acts in the world today. The 12 months that followed saw the band create now-iconic moments: the traffic-stopping Grammy Award-winning music video on the roof of a Los Angeles liquor store, winning a BRIT Award and two Grammys – including Album of the Year – their first of 22 received to date, distinguishing U2 as the most awarded rock band in Grammy history; as well as a triumphant return home for four unforgettable shows in Belfast, Dublin and Cork in the summer of 1987.
U2’s fifth studio album The Joshua Tree was produced by Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois, and featured iconic artwork which cemented the career of photographer and director Anton Corbijn. Recording took place in Dublin at Windmill Lane Studios and Danesmoate, the house which subsequently became bassist Adam Clayton’s home.
“The title befits a record that concerns itself with resilience in the face of utter social and political desolation…The Joshua Tree is an appropriate response to these times, and a picture bleaker than any U2 has ever painted: a vision of blasted hopes, pointless violence and anguish… Music of great sadness but also of unutterable compassion, acceptance and calm.” – Rolling Stone, 1987
Debuting at #1 upon its May 1994 release, Beastie Boys’ fourth album was an unstoppable force, pervading every aspect of pop culture. Its charge to the top of the charts was led by “Sabotage” and its legendary Spike Jonze/Nathanial Hornblower ’70s TV police drama tribute, as ROLLING STONE dubbed Ill Communication 1994’s “soundtrack for summer.” Crowds and critics alike were floored by highlights “Sure Shot,” “Root Down” and “Get It Together,” as a VIBE (RIP)—in the magazine’s first cover story on a white artist–hailed Beastie Boys as “perhaps the most consistently innovative musicians to emerge out of hip hop.” It was a claim that Ill Communication has justified for years to come, and 25 years later Ill Communication’s impact has resounded with generation after generation.
Surviving members Adam “Adrock” Horovitz and Michael “Mike D” Diamond sat down and reflected on the making of the album with Amazon Music’s Nathan Brackett.
The documentary also features archival footage and commentary from musical collaborators Mario Caldato Jr. and “Money” Mark Nishita.
For more on the anniversary visit Amazon Music’s dedicated Beastie Boys Page HERE.
