LOVE AND ROCKETS EXPANDS THEIR U.S. TOUR | VINYL REISSUES CONTINUE
VINYL REISSUES CONTINUE WITH EARTH, SUN, MOON AND LOVE AND ROCKETS OUT APRIL 28
Love And Rockets, the seminal, groundbreaking trio of Daniel Ash, David J, and Kevin Haskins, has added a second leg to their Spring U.S. Tour including dates in Chicago, New York, Atlanta and a trio of Texas shows. Dates below.
Pre sale started Wednesday, April 12th with tickets now on sale to the general public as of Thursday, April 13th.
Special guest for May 24th in Salt Lake City and May 27th in Portland, OR will be Soriah. Support on all other dates including the first Portland show (May 26th) will be Vinsantos. Full listing of tour dates below.
Named after the underground comic by the Hernandez brothers, the band made seven records over the course of thirteen years. 2023 has seen the release and immediate sell-out of a limited edition box set containing their six Beggars Banquet albums on colored vinyl, the announcement of the first Love And Rockets show in 15 years at Cruel World Festival in Pasadena, and the continued reissuing of their six Beggars albums Vinyl reissues of Seventh Dream Of Teenage Heaven and Express came out on January 13th.
April 28th sees the release of two more reissues from their catalogue with more reissues in the series will be announced soon! Click HERE for a link to the previously released reissues:
APRIL 28th – Earth, Sun, Moon
In 1987, the band’s third album, the acoustic leaning Earth, Sun, Moon was released and spawned the college radio hit “No New Tale To Tell”. It was described as “at once gutsy and rootsy yet also rhapsodic and uplifting”.
-This is a single black LP with a standard sleeve (Pre-Sale/Stream)
APRIL 28th – Love And Rockets
Everything changed for the band in 1989 when they released their self-titled breakthrough fourth album Love And Rockets. The song “So Alive” was a massive worldwide #1 hit and Billboard wrote that it was the “best T. Rex tune that Marc Bolan never wrote.”
-This is a single black LP with a standard sleeve (Pre-Sale/Stream)
Forming in 1985 after the first split of their band Bauhaus, Love and Rockets provided a clean slate and an opportunity to plumb the depths of imagination and influences. Named after the underground comic by the Hernandez brothers, the band made seven records over the course of thirteen years.
They announced themselves to the world with their radically unique take on the classic Temptations song “Ball Of Confusion.” This debut proved that they were going to be a force to contend with. It became a huge seller and a popular club hit in the US and Canada, where it also went gold. It marked the beginning of a career that would span an impressive 14 years and 7 albums.
The legacy of the band has only grown, with more people realizing the extent of their influence, and generations of new fans discovering them. The list of artists who cite their influence is impressive: The Flaming Lips, The Dandy Warhols, A Place To Bury Strangers, Jane’s Addiction, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Beck, Maynard Keenan, Dubfire and the Pixies.
Tour Dates
May 20 Los Angeles, CA Cruel World
May 21 Oakland, CA Fox Theater
May 24 Salt Lake City, UT Sandy Amphitheater
May 26 Portland, OR Roseland Theater – SOLD OUT
May 27 Portland, OR Roseland Theater
May 28 Seattle, WA Moore Theater
June 5 St. Paul, MN Palace Theatre
June 6 Chicago, IL Riviera Theatre
June 7 Royal Oak, MI Royal Oak Music Hall
June 9 Brooklyn, NY Kings Theater
June 10 Philadelphia, PA Fillmore
June 11 Silver Spring, MD Fillmore
June 13 Atlanta, GA Coca Cola Roxy
June 15 Dallas, TX Factory in Deep Ellum
June 16 Austin, TX ACL Live at The Moody Theater
June 17 San Antonio, TX Boeing Center at Tech Port
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Photo Credit: Kevin Westenberg
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