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Broken Face
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 Posted - 02/03/2004 : 09:32:52
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from Billboard.com
Pixies Tour Officially A Go
The much-ballyhooed reunion of seminal alternative rock act the Pixies is getting off the ground. Beyond a previously announced May 1 appearance at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio, Calif., the group is now confirmed to open for the Red Hot Chili Peppers on June 15 at Paris' Parc Des Princes. The quartet has not played live together since disbanding in 1993.
Sources have confirmed to Billboard.com that dates are being booked, and guitarist/vocalist Frank Black's unofficial Web site reports that the Pixies will first embark on a North American warm-up tour that will lead up to the Coachella appearance. A full-scale tour will follow, encompassing both North America and summer European festivals.
Despite all the plans, drummer David Lovering told Billboard.com last week that the group has yet to begin rehearsing. Asked if he looked forward to the prospect of reconvening with Black, guitarist Joey Santiago and bassist Kim Deal, he replied, "Absolutely. I'd given up drums for a long time. I haven't played them in years and years. It would just be fun to do it again. We just have fun playing."
Indeed, Lovering has spent the past six years working as professional magician, a pursuit he says is made possible by the ongoing interest in the Pixies' formidable legacy. "I appreciate that it's still sustaining me -- it keeps selling records," he said. "It shows there is some fan base out there [because] it keeps going over and over to a whole new audience of 18-year-olds."
As previously reported, to coincide with the reunion, 4AD/Beggars Banquet is eyeing the release of a new Pixies retrospective as well as a DVD featuring music videos and a full 1988 concert.
It would appear that Black is forgoing a tour in support of his upcoming spinART double-album "Frank Black Francis" in favor of roadwork with the Pixies. As exclusively revealed here last week, Black has already begun making plans for another new album, to be recorded with the assistance of Nashville session musicians.
-- Jonathan Cohen and Randee Dawn, N.Y.
-brian
 - "I joined the Cult of Frank / And they tried to cut off my nuts and make me put in a blue jumpsuit"
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remig
* Dog in the Sand *
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Posted - 02/03/2004 : 09:41:45
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Originally posted by Broken Face
from Billboard.com
Sources have confirmed to Billboard.com that dates are being booked, and guitarist/vocalist Frank Black's unofficial Web site reports that the Pixies will first embark on a North American warm-up tour that will lead up to the Coachella appearance
One more for FB.net!
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Dave Noisy
Minister of Chaos
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pixie punk
> Teenager of the Year <
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Posted - 02/03/2004 : 10:09:46
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| Excellent news indeed.I guess this confirmation and Frank's new album have finally put to rest the retiring from music rumors.Life is Beautiful!!!!!Thanks to Frank,Kim,Joey,David and FB net!!! |
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Dave Noisy
Minister of Chaos
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Posted - 02/03/2004 : 22:53:46
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Still no luck with that other link.
Hey, this is funny, this article is covered twice. I suppose i should lock this one or maybe the other one...? I'm getting rusty.
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benji
> Teenager of the Year <
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Posted - 02/04/2004 : 02:23:42
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the link is ubber dead dave - cannot even get near it....
but yes, kudos to the fb boys for being the first to post official news.....
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