MARK LANEGAN BAND
February 12th 2012 01:33
MARK LANEGAN BAND
NEW ALBUM BLUES FUNERAL OUT NOW
AUSTRALIAN TOUR ANNOUNCED
"No other singer of his generation plumbs the depths so credibly, or does mournful with such grace." MOJO
Following the release of their acclaimed new album Blues Funeral, out now on 4AD / Remote Control, Mark Lanegan Band return this April for their first Australian and New Zealand tour in eight years.
Mark Lanegan is no stranger to our shores, having recently toured in support of his projects with Isobel Campbell and his 2010 solo dates. He returns, band in tow, to celebrate their new album Blues Funeral. Produced by Alain Johannes, Blues Funeral Mark Lanegan Band’s first offering since 2004’s Bubblegum.
Alongside Lanegan’s trademark gravel and grit vocals, known to envelop listeners and mesmerise audiences the world over, Blues Funeral features appearances from his former cohorts Greg Dulli of The Gutter Twins and Josh Homme of Queens Of The Stone Age.
MARK LANEGAN BAND
Australian Tour
Presented by The Frontier Touring Company
Wednesday 18 April - Powerstation, Auckland
Tickets on sale 9am Monday 20 February via Ticketmaster 0800 111 999 or www.ticketmaster.co.nz
Friday 20 April - The Hi Fi, Sydney
Tickets on sale 9am Monday 20 February via The Hi Fi 1300 843 443 or www.thehifi.com.au
Saturday 21 April - The Tivoli, Brisbane
Tickets on sale 9am Monday 20 February via Ticketek 132 849 or www.ticketek.com.au
Tuesday 24 April - The Gov, Adelaide
Tickets on sale 9am Monday 20 February via Moshtix 1300 438 849 or www.moshtix.com.au
or VenueTix 08 8225 8888 or www.venuetix.com.au
Thursday 26 April - Forum Theatre, Melbourne
Tickets on sale 9am Monday 20 February via Ticketmaster 136 100 or www.ticketmaster.com.au
Frontier members pre-sale via www.frontiertouring.com
Pre-sale tickets on sale from 12noon AEDT on Thursday 16 February to 12noon AEDT on Friday 17 February
General public on sale from 9am local time on Monday 20 February
MARK LANEGAN BAND 'The Gravediggers Song'
Taken from the album Blues Funeral
{mp3 download}
Feature album - RTR FM
Album of the Month - MOJO 5/5"A masterpiece." Word
"Brilliant." NME 8/10
"Darkly majestic." The Independent 5/5
"Lanegan's most accessible to date." - Uncut 4/5
"His own career-best collection, Lanegan's time has come." - Daily Telegraph 5/5
"It's the curveballs rather than the reliable Laneganisms that make Blues Funeral such a powerful return." - Q 4/5
"With Lanegan's voice as the anchor, the radical diversity of the album is not daunting at all, in fact it becomes something to celebrate" Rhythms Magazine
"A smoky, darkened-room album of 21st century blues rock, infused with mechanised rhythms somewhere between Suicide and Iggy Pop’s Nightclubbing" Rave Magazine
NEW ALBUM BLUES FUNERAL OUT NOW
AUSTRALIAN TOUR ANNOUNCED
"No other singer of his generation plumbs the depths so credibly, or does mournful with such grace." MOJO
Mark Lanegan is no stranger to our shores, having recently toured in support of his projects with Isobel Campbell and his 2010 solo dates. He returns, band in tow, to celebrate their new album Blues Funeral. Produced by Alain Johannes, Blues Funeral Mark Lanegan Band’s first offering since 2004’s Bubblegum.
Alongside Lanegan’s trademark gravel and grit vocals, known to envelop listeners and mesmerise audiences the world over, Blues Funeral features appearances from his former cohorts Greg Dulli of The Gutter Twins and Josh Homme of Queens Of The Stone Age.
MARK LANEGAN BAND
Australian Tour
Presented by The Frontier Touring Company
Wednesday 18 April - Powerstation, Auckland
Tickets on sale 9am Monday 20 February via Ticketmaster 0800 111 999 or www.ticketmaster.co.nz
Friday 20 April - The Hi Fi, Sydney
Tickets on sale 9am Monday 20 February via The Hi Fi 1300 843 443 or www.thehifi.com.au
Saturday 21 April - The Tivoli, Brisbane
Tickets on sale 9am Monday 20 February via Ticketek 132 849 or www.ticketek.com.au
Tuesday 24 April - The Gov, Adelaide
Tickets on sale 9am Monday 20 February via Moshtix 1300 438 849 or www.moshtix.com.au
or VenueTix 08 8225 8888 or www.venuetix.com.au
Thursday 26 April - Forum Theatre, Melbourne
Tickets on sale 9am Monday 20 February via Ticketmaster 136 100 or www.ticketmaster.com.au
Frontier members pre-sale via www.frontiertouring.com
Pre-sale tickets on sale from 12noon AEDT on Thursday 16 February to 12noon AEDT on Friday 17 February
General public on sale from 9am local time on Monday 20 February
MARK LANEGAN BAND 'The Gravediggers Song'
Taken from the album Blues Funeral
{mp3 download}
Feature album - RTR FM
Album of the Month - MOJO 5/5"A masterpiece." Word
"Brilliant." NME 8/10
"Darkly majestic." The Independent 5/5
"Lanegan's most accessible to date." - Uncut 4/5
"His own career-best collection, Lanegan's time has come." - Daily Telegraph 5/5
"It's the curveballs rather than the reliable Laneganisms that make Blues Funeral such a powerful return." - Q 4/5
"With Lanegan's voice as the anchor, the radical diversity of the album is not daunting at all, in fact it becomes something to celebrate" Rhythms Magazine
"A smoky, darkened-room album of 21st century blues rock, infused with mechanised rhythms somewhere between Suicide and Iggy Pop’s Nightclubbing" Rave Magazine
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