Taking place October 2 in Sant Vincenc dels Horts, Spain. Unfortunately, this means canceling the Barcelona club show.
the Posies’ Myspace page received a ‘Blood/Candy’ makeover this week – check it out!
Jon & Ken talk to the UWire.
US tour dates for November will be announced Monday.
The Posies will be playing “Frosting On The Beater” at the Taste of Randolph Street Festival June 20th in Chicago (5:30pm – 6:45pm), and they’ll also be at Charlotte Pop Fest in Charlotte, NC on September 24th.
Advance tickets for Charlotte Pop Fest are available here. (Please note they are only allowing 100 advance tickets for the Posies’ show… so get them soon.)
Big Star news:
+ Rhino confirms a box set is in the works.
– Scarlett Johansson is covering “I Am The Cosmos” on her next record.
On the topic of Big Star, Bud Scoppa posted a never-published article from 2000 last week on his blog. It comes highly recommended – you’ll see that in the comments, Jody Stephens calls it “one of the best pieces [he’s] ever seen about the band.”
Here’s a snippet on the Posies:
Says Jody Stephens, who handpicked the Posies to fill in the holes for the reunited Big Star: “Frosting on the Beater does to me what all my favorite albums do: They surprise me with a sense of wonder much like the kids in ET must have felt when all their bikes took to the air.”
The Posies will play the Festival Rock Alaquas in Alaquas, Spain on Sept. 2nd, and the Ebrovision Festival, in Miranda del Ebro, Spain, on Sept. 23. On the tour page, you can find a new Big Star festival date in Spain for September, and a show Ken is playing as part of The Disciplines (featuring Bjorn, Baard, and Claus of Briskeby) in Norway at the end of December.
Also, Ken is now on Myspace – click here to check out his page and add him to your friends.
The Posies will play this year’s Baybeats Festival at the the Esplanade in Singapore on July 16th, and Ken will also play a solo set. For detailed schedules and more information, please visit the Baybeats Festival official website.
Ken will also be supporting Beezewax on two dates in Malaysia the week prior.
The Posies will be playing at The Premier in Seattle WA on April 16th, and Ken will be at the Caprices Festival in Crans-Montana, Switzerland next Saturday (March 11th), appearing with Marc Aymon on the main stage.
The Posies will now be playing the main stage instead of the Marquee stage this friday at the Pukkelpop Festival, and running order will now be:
Main Stage – 35.000 cap – Friday August 19.
8 The Coral 11:50 12:25
7 Baby Shambles 13:05 13:45
6 Good Charlotte 14:30 15:10
5 THE POSIES 15:55 16:40
4 Zornik 17:30 18:20
3 Nightwish 19:20 20:10
2 Marilyn Manson 21:10 22:20
1 Pixies 23:20 00:50
The Posies will play the Lignano Rock Festival in Lignano, Italy on August 12th. Tickets are on sale now here.
In addition, they’ll be playing an instore on August 18th in Utrecht at the Plato record store. Their website can be found here.
On August 19th, they will play the Pukkelpop festival.
The Posies will play the Göteborgkalaset Festival in Gothenburg, Sweden, on August 9th. (thank you to Henrik for finding the date!) and Debaser in Stockholm on August 10th. In addition, a new promo picture can be seen here.
They will also play the Seattle Internation Film Festival, at MOHAI, on May 19th.
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‘Every Kind Of Light’ can now be pre-ordered from Not Lame. From their site:
“We`ll be trying to set up something special for Not Lame folks, who preorder this with us. Details will be forthcoming! and Soundbites, as well.”
For updates on tour dates or the new album, join the mailing list by sending a blank e-mail to updates@theposies.net
The Posies will play the Beautiful Days festival in the UK on August 20th. They will also play the Ankkrarock festival in Finland on August 6th.
(thank you to Dave and Maako for the dates!)