PIXIES ADD 33-CITY NORTH AMERICAN LEG

TO ITS 2013-2014 GLOBAL TREK

PEABODY OPERA HOUSE FEB. 6, 2014

 

Two-time Sundance Film Festival Jury Prize Winner

Directs Brand New “Andro Queen” Music Video

 

LOS ANGELES, CA – MONDAY, October 7, 2013 – Fortified with eight instantly-sold-out U.S. club shows, a sold-out UK/European tour, and critical and fan acclaim for the live shows and five brand-new songs, Pixies announce that a 33-city, coast-to-coast North American leg has been added to its 2013-2014 world tour and will kick off in Toronto, Canada on January 15, 2014.  Tickets for the February 6^th St. Louis show at Peabody Opera House go on sale 10 am on Friday, October 11.  Tickets are $59.50, $49.50 & $39.50 and may be purchased at the Ford Box Office at Scottrade Center, all Ticketmaster Ticket Centers, by phone at 800-745-3000, or online at ticketmaster.com. Additional Ticketmaster service charges and handling fees apply to all tickets purchased through Ticketmaster outlets, by phone or online. For disabled seating, call 314-622-5420.  Log onto pixiesmusic.com for more information. 

 

 

“…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

 

With Fidlar (Jan. 15 – 29), Cults (Jan 31 – Feb. 11) and Best Coast (Feb. 13 – Mar. 1) providing support over the course of the tour, dates for Pixies’ North American tour are as follows:

 

JANUARY

15        Massey Hall, Toronto, ON  CANADA  (Fidlar)

16        Metropolis, Montreal, QC  CANADA  (Fidlar)

18        Orpheum Theatre, Boston, MA  (Fidlar)

19        Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY  (Fidlar)

21        New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark, NJ  (Fidlar)

22        Shubert Theatre, New Haven, CT  (Fidlar)

24        Electric Factory, Philadelphia, PA  (Fidlar)

25        Carnegie Music Hall, Pittsburgh, PA  (Fidlar)

25        Strathmore, Washington, DC  (Fidlar)

29        National Theatre, Richmond, VA  (Fidlar)

31        Durham PAC, Durham, NC  (Cults)

 

FEBRUARY

1         Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, Asheville, NC  (Cults)

2         Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN  (Cults)

4         Tabernacle, Atlanta, GA  (Cults)

6         Peabody Opera House, St. Louis, MO  (Cults)

7         LC Pavilion, Columbus, OH  (Cults)

8         The Fillmore, Detroit, MI  (Cults)

9         Rivera Theatre, Chicago, IL  (Cults)

11        Midland Theatre, Kansas City, MO  (Cults)

13        Fillmore Auditorium, Denver, CO  (Best Coast)

14        Belly Up, Aspen, CO  (Best Coast)

15        The Great Salt Air, Salt Lake City, UT  (Best Coast)

17        Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, BC  CANADA  (Best Coast)

18        Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA  (Best Coast)

19        Schnitzer Auditorium, Portland, OR  (Best Coast)

21        Fox Theatre, Oakland, CA  (Best Coast)

22        San Jose Civic, San Jose, CA  (Best Coast)

23        The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, NV  (Best Coast)

24        Comerica Theatre, Phoenix, AZ  (Best Coast)

25        Kiva Auditorium, Albuquerque, NM  (Best Coast)

27        Bayou Music Center, Houston, TX  (Best Coast)

28        South Side Ballroom, Dallas, TX  (Best Coast)

 

MARCH

1         Music Hall, Austin, TX

 

 

*****

 

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 was also announced that Kim Shattuck would play bass for the band on the upcoming tour dates.

 

The North American leg of the Pixies’ 2013-2014 global tour was announced on October 7.