• Apologies for the lack of updates; very busy at the minute but here goes with some overdue news.
  Spotted this t-shirt in a bar in Geneva at the weekend. The guy wearing it did not know that these were Faith No More lyrics; he said he had heard them played when he had been watching wrestling on TV.
  
• Mike P was on the Triple J radio station in Australia this morning. Stubbadub has all the news here. And you can listen to the interview.
• Also in Australia, Mike gave a great interview to Vine magazine last week. Also good to see a journo doing his research and that certainly gets the best out of Mike. Sample quote: “[On Mondo Cane's chart success] That was a real surprise, and I’ve had quite the hearty belly laugh over it. I’m proud. It’s funny, it’s a nice achievement but it also just proves that you never know. And the world is an absurd place.”
• Mike and Mondo Cane will be playing in the UK after all with an appearance at the Big Chill festival on 5-8 August in Herefordshire.
• The poster for the Faith No More’s Williamsburg Waterfront show on 2 July  – by Tara McPherson – has been revealed:
  
  As usual, the poster will go on sale at Secret Serpents – from 3 July.
• The death of the iconic Dennis Hopper reminded me of this: Mike Patton’s acting debut in Firecracker, which was originally slated to feature the Easy Rider star.
  
  

Apologies for the late post but I very much enjoyed the hospitality at the Fulham v Shakhtar UEFA Europa League match in London last night and the hospitality after that and again after that. Anyway, here’s the update on last night’s gig in Auckland, where Faith No More performed Don’t Dream it’s Over twice. I do like Crowded House so it was a delight to see these.

Videos:

Reviews:
The New Zealand Herald review takes issue with the short set.  Sample quote: “And there were a clutch of songs mid way through that are testament to Faith No More’s longevity and standing. It’s hard to top the mangled metal serenade of Ashes to Ashes and the lovely Midlife Crisis; then there’s maniacal late 80s track Surprise! You’re Dead!; and, from the same period, rap’n'roll classic Epic.”

The Stuff.no.nz review isn’t loading for me at the minute but here’s the link.

Set list:
Reunited
From Out of Nowhere
Land of Sunshine
Caffeine
Evidence
The Gentle Art of Making Enemies
Chinese Arithmetic/Poker Face
Last Cup of Sorrow
Cuckoo for Caca
Easy
Ashes to Ashes
Midlife Crisis
Surprise! You’re Dead!
King for a Day
Epic
Just a Man

Don’t Dream It’s Over [With "Malpractice" snippet for intro]
Digging the Grave

Faith No More have added a second pre-Soundwave date in Melbourne for 24 February. Bill Gould tweeted simply earlier today: “2nd Show added in Melbourne, AU…Feb 24!”
The Eagles of Death Metal will support FNM on their other sidewave dates on Monday 22 February at Hordern Pavilion, Sydney
and Thursday 25 February at the Festival Hall, Melbourne.
More details in the Australia and New Zealand page here and about Soundwave here. Ticket details for the new show when we have them.

Hi folks. Just a quick maintenance query. Are any of those of you who usually access the site via rss feeds having problems today?

It seems that the big pre-Coachella festival announcement leak didn’t happen this year with the Coachella Twitter confirming that the line-up will be announced on Tuesday “during waking hours”. The Consequence of Sound blog has updated that the line-up wil be announced at 0715 am PST on KROQ and the LA Times.

KROQ will certainly have the official announcement during the Kevin and Bean show between 5 and 10am and KROQ DJ Nicole Alvarez has hinted that Faith No More will be playing in a comment here.

From the forthcoming Jamie Saft album Trouble, Mike Patton sings Bob Dylan’s Ballad of a Thin Man.
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Pick up the album here.

(Again hat tip to Gezarie for the Twitter link)

Faith No More rocked again in Brazil despite the rain at the Maquinaria festival.
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Set list:
Reunited
From Out of Nowhere
Be Agressive
Caffeine
Evidence (in Portuguese)
Surprise! You’re Dead
Last Cup of Sorrow
Ricochet
Easy
Epic
Midlife Crisis
Caralho Voador
The Gentle Art of Making Enemies
King for a Day
Ashes to Ashes

Just a Man
Stripsearch
We Care a Lot
This guy is in love with you
Digging the Grave

First review here.

Faith No More’s opening night in Santiago was a triumph by all accounts. Here’s some video of Ricochet – performed for the first time on the tour.

Ricochet
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Midlife Crisis
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Gentle Art
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Collision
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Reports here and here and here (with videos)
Photos here at Humonegro.

Set list:
Collision
The Real Thing
Land of Sunshine
Caffeine
Evidence
Surprise! You’re Dead!
Last Cup of Sorrow
Easy
Midlife Crisis
Epic
Caralho Voador
The Gentle Art of Making Enemies
King for a Day
Ashes to Ashes
Be Aggressive
Just a Man

Stripsearch
Digging the Grave

Ricochet

Following their tour opener in Lima, Peru Faith No More have now arrived in Santiago, Chile for shows on Thursday and Friday.
Check out the video of their airport arrival and yet again the South Americans put we Europeans to shame:
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More at mikepatton.cl

Stage times from Humonegro.com:

Thursday 29
17:00: Doors open
20:00: LERDO
21:00: FAITH NO MORE

Friday 30
17:00: Doors open
19:30: FISKALES AD HOK
20:00: SEPULTURA
21:15: FAITH NO MORE

More info from fnm.cl and Patton Archivo

New tour photos from the second leg of the Second Coming tour are now gracing fnm.com. Find them all here.

Faith No More in Istanbul ((c) fnm.com)