Fillmore Auditorium
February 13
PIXIES ADD 33-CITY NORTH AMERICAN LEG
TO THEIR 2013-2014 GLOBAL TREK
Two-time Sundance Film Festival Jury Prize Winner
Directs Brand New “Andro Queen” Music Video
Live Nation is pleased to present PIXIES at The Fillmore Auditorium on Thursday, February 13.
Special Guest Best Coast will open the show. Show time is 8:00 PM. Doors open at 7:00 PM
“…there’s no denying Pixies’ superlative live impact. Deal or no Deal.” – Guardian UK
Pixies
– Black Francis/guitars, vocals, Joey Santiago/guitars, drummer David
Lovering, and touring bassist Kim Shattuck – are on the road in support
of the band’s first collection of new music in more than 20 years that
began with the surprise release of the single “Bagboy” on June 28. That was followed by the four-track EP-1 that came out of the blue on September 3. “Andro Queen,” the melancholy, surrealistic sci-fi ballad that opens EP-1, is the project’s brand-new music video, and now available at www.pixiesmusic.com
“Andro Queen” was conceived and directed by filmmaker Ondi Timoner through her Interloper Films production company. Timoner
won the Grand Jury Prize for Documentary Features at the Sundance Film
Festival twice and has work permanently displayed at New York’s Museum
of Modern Art. She also produced
and directed the original VH-1 series “Sound Effects,” and directed the
opening film for President Clinton’s 2011 birthday/fundraiser held at
the Hollywood Bowl that featured Steven Spielberg, Barbra Streisand,
Jay-Z, and the President, among others.
Timoner
is the founder and director of web-channel “A Total Disruption” that
features the work of cutting-edge innovators and entrepreneurs who use
technology to transform lives, our economy and where we’re headed.
“The new numbers more than held their own…Four stars” – The Times of London
All
of the Pixies dates on this tour will feature a brand new stage set and
production, and will give the band an opportunity to not only debut
brand new Pixies songs, but to offer the most wide-ranging concert set
lists of Pixies music in the band’s career. As Black Francis told The Daily Beast, “I’m happy that we have new songs to play because playing only the old songs…you’ve already proven that. You can try to do it better, but you’re not really proving anything to anyone except that you can still do it.”
“The
Pixies brought just enough to the Bowery stage to remind devoted fans
that their songwriting chops have hardly wavered and that the best may
be yet to come.” – Village Voice
ABOUT THE PIXIES:
The
Boston-formed Pixies have been acclaimed as the most influential
pioneering band of the late 80s alt/rock movement. Their five studio
releases and initial six years together effectively blazed the path for
groups like Nirvana, Radiohead and Pearl Jam to rise to
superstardom. The Pixies disbanded in 1993 and launched their reunion
tour in April, 2004 when virtually every single date sold out within
minutes and fans traveled hundreds of miles to attend a show. The
Pixies shattered sales records around the world, SPIN called it
2004's "Comeback of the Year," and the band wrapped up 2004 in New York
City with 24,000 tickets sold for an unprecedented eight-night, sold-out
run at Hammerstein Ballroom. The Pixies continued their reunion tour
in 2005, and then to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the release of
their 1989 album Doolittle, launched the "Doolittle Tour"
on October 1, 2009 in Dublin, performing the entire album beginning to
end. The SRO tour was so successful it lasted for two years, taking the
band to 18 countries, playing 117 shows.
In
May, 2013, it was announced that founding member Kim Deal had decided
to leave the Pixies. Black Francis, Joey Santiago and David Lovering
made it clear that Kim's place in the band would always be there for
her.
On
June 28, 2013, the Pixies posted on their website a free download of
"Bagboy," the band's first new song in nearly a decade, and an
accompanying music video. In less than a month, there were more than
one-million downloads/streams of the song, more than 15,000 digital
purchases of "Bagboy" - a song that was given away for FREE - and more
than one-million YouTube views of the LAMAR+NIK-directed music video.
On July 1, an extensive European tour was announced; second shows were
added in many cases, and most of the shows have already sold out. On
July 25, 2013, the band announced eight U.S. club shows, four in Los
Angeles, four in New York, all of which sold out in minutes.
On September 3, 2013, Pixies released EP-1, the band's first collection of new music in more than 20 years. EP-1 was available exclusively on the band’s website as a DDL and as a limited edition (5000) 10-inch vinyl disc. In
the first day alone, the vinyl completely sold out, and the video had
received more than a quarter-million YouTube views. It is also
announced that Kim Shattuck will play bass for the band on these
upcoming tour dates.
PIXIES MEDIA CONTACT:
Heidi Ellen Robinson-Fitzgerald
818-705-1267
Pixies Press Assets (bio, lyrics, credits, photos, news, features, more):
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