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Check out the latest Mercury Rev tour dates for Summer 2010. Stay tuned for updates!
July
Sat 24 UK, Steventon, Truck Festival (as Mercury Rev Clear Light Ensemble)
Sun 25 UK, Huntington, Secret Garden Party
Tues 27 Italy, Rimini, Verucchio Festival
Thur 29 Belgium, Leuven, M-idzomer (M Museum)
Sat 31 Ireland, Tullamore, Charleville Castle – Castlepalooza
August
Sun 1 UK, Stockton, Riverside Fringe Festival
Mercury Rev (accompanied by a chamber orchestra) will be headlining the 2010 Truck America Festival in Big Indian, NY on May 1st. Day passes are available and buses run to and from NYC by the hour. Not to be missed!
DETAILS
DAY TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE in advance! (Camping not included)
Friday 30th April : $37
Saturday 1st May: $46 (Mercury Rev headlines the festival at 8:30Pm)
Sunday 2nd May: $46
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Do you remember the first time you heard Mercury Rev on the radio? If you’re in the UK, chances are you might have been listening to the John Peel show. John was the champion of the unheard and the obscure. The DJ who gave many artists and bands their first, and sometimes, only chance to be heard on national radio.
This double CD makes Mercury Rev’s complete Peel Sessions available for the first time. The band spent over 20 hours on their first session, creating unique versions of four tracks from their debut album, Yerself Is Steam. 1993 and 1995 saw the band record two more sessions for John, including a cover of “I Only Have Eyes For You”. In 1999 the band returned to the legendary BBC studios in support of their fourth studio album, Deserter’s Songs. Included in these session are versions of “The Funny Bird”, “Tonite It Shows”, as well as great covers by John Lennon and Captain Beefheart. The artwork contains recollections from Jonathan Donahue about his time recording for John: ‘we took it so seriously, it was like we were doing an audition for some huge mogul like Clive Davis’.
This is a fantastic retrospective, an alternative Greatest Hits that charts the band’s rise to the successes of Deserter’s Songs and gives a glimpse into the under-the-gun style of recording at the BBC’s studios. For full details, click here or check out all the Mercury Rev releases available now at the Mercury Rev store.
Co2penhagen.com – The world’s foremost carbon-neutral festival! The Mercury Rev Clear Light Ensemble, featuring special guests, will perform 2 nights of live, in the moment, freaked-out, far-out, late-night ambient soundscapes to a series of avant/experimental and early silent Danish Films. Performances will take place on Saturday September 5th (avant/experimental 1940-1960) and Sunday September 6th (silent Film classics from 1920-1940). In a unique collaboration with the Danish Film Institute, these two extraordinary nights will see the American musical icons Mercury Rev celebrating and illuminating many of Denmark’s greatest early cinematic pioneers and landmark achievements in film set amidst the innovative backdrop of some of the world’s newest carbon-neutral/green efforts in technology on display at this ground-breaking festival!
Both evenings performances will be very very very limited seating, intimate per the occasion, so please contact Co2penhagen.com directly for further details on how to attend. There is no separate admission for these performances, in that you must purchase the (amazingily,crazily inexpensive) festival entrance tickets to be admitted. Screening times to be announced (though for sure the Saturday performance will be after the soccer game!) and yes, there will be beer…
Saturday’s performance will be wholly dedicated to the abstract/avant films of Denmark, featuring classics by Albert Mertz, Robert Jacobsen, Richard Mortensen and many more of Denmark’s remarkably unique directors active during this incredibly creative period of Art history.
Sunday’s performance will be entirely dedicated to early Danish silent films from the 1920’s – 1940’s. A stunning array of film selections showcasing the earliest of Danish forays into Silent Cinema such as maverick directors Carl Dreyer and Pool Henningsen, along with wonderful footage of the Silent Queen Asta Nielsen and much much more.
Two more July shows to announce:
13 July, 2009 – Milan, Italy – Paderno Dugnano
15 July, 2009 – Rome, Italy - Circolo degli Artisti
The band will return to Utrecht, Netherlands for the first time in several years to perform at Tivoli on Thursday July 16. We are pleased to confirm very special guests, St.Vincent for the following dates:
16 July – Utrecht, NL – Tivoli
19 July – Antwerp, BE – Rivierenhof
There are a just a few summer dates left to announce, check back tomorrow for the last of them.
The band will make their live debut in Russia on Thursday July 9, 2009 at B2. Tickets are now available, call +7 495 650 99 18 or +7 495 650 99 09 for more information or visit the B2 website. There are still a few more summer dates still to be confirmed, check back here soon…
The summer schedule is starting to fill up… 13 June – Isle of Wight Festival, 19 July – Antwerp, Belgium, 22 July – Athens, Greece. In addition, we’re very excited to announce the band’s first ever appearance in the Czech Repbublic… 11 July – Colours of Ostrava Festival. Go to the TOUR page for ticket links and information about all Mercury Rev shows. Check back soon, more shows will be announced later this week!
Mercury Rev will return to Japan for the first time in almost 4 years this August to perform at Summer Sonic 2009. The festival takes place in Tokyo & Osaka on August 7, 8 & 9. Mercury Rev will perform in Tokyo on August 7 and Osaka on August 8. The summer tour schedule is starting to fill up, check out the TOUR page for more summer dates.
On May 10, 2009 John Cale will bring Life Along The Borderline, a tribute to the life and music of Nico, to Teatro Comunale in Ferrara, Italy. Jonathan, Grasshopper & Jeff are honored to be sharing the stage with John Cale for this very special evening. Other guests include Lisa Gerrard, Mark Lanegan, Mark Linkous, Peter Murphy, Soap & Skin to name just a few. Tickets are available right here.
