• Today is Record Store Day. Faith No More may not be releasing new music to mark the occasion like some other bands including Blur but Mike Patton has come out in support of the campaign. He said: “”I love indie record stores! My first job was working at a record store. While touring, I still always hit my favorite record stores. What is not to love about record stores? To be surrounded by millions of records, some that you know and love and others that are hidden treasures waiting to be discovered. Record stores are also a great social outing. You can meet and talk to other people that share your love for the art of music. The excitement of strolling the aisles of a cool record store will always excite me. It’s best to do it without knowing what you are looking for. I can spend hours in my favorite record store. Record stores are my candy shops!!!!”
• From beyond the grave…What the official Michael Jackson website thinks of the Ben cover (in HQ below)
  
  (via Patton Archivo)
  
• Our own Lusty gives her verdict on Faith No More at the Warfield.
• And here is Hard Rock Chick’s review.
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  Raymond Ahner’s photos from the third Warfield show.
• More of the same from Live Daily.
• Umlaut’s jaded review. Sample quote: “FNM’s resurrection seems more about cashing in on nostalgia than anything else. Sorry, just being honest.”
• Ozzy Osbourne’s 18-month tour will not impact on Faith No More as Puffy is no longer part of Ozzy’s band with Tommy Clufetos the current drummer.
• Secret Serpents have some pics of Faith No More signing the Warfield posters.
  

Roddy has just tweeted a majestic image from Jay Blakesberg (all rights reserved)

Faith No More have just finished their US return at the Warfield Theatre in San Francisco.
They played four encores but there were no new songs or surprises in the set list.
Video

Reviews
San Jose Mercury
Sample quote: “They were sarcastic, loud, obnoxious, funky, fearless, smarmy, weird, aggressive, unique, ironic, inspirational, apathetic, long-winded and sincere. And that was just one show. That answers whether Faith No More is still Faith No More. After more than a decade away from its hometown, one of the most joyfully schizophrenic and occasionally frustrating bands in the universe kicked off the American phase of its mini-world tour Monday at the Warfield in San Francisco — the first of three sold-out shows.”

NBC Bay Arena
Sample quote: ““We’re trying to do some hometown s**t and its all a bunch of foreigners,” Patton admitted when he realized the huge out-of-town contingent in the audience…As the show came to a close around midnight, the band left things up in the air, with no plans of writing new material or playing again after this Faith No More 2.0 experiment expires.  We’ll just have to wait and see.”

Rolling Stone
Sample quote: “Faith No More’s members may now all be middle-aged, but they still keep their tunes loony.”

San Francisco Bay Area Concerts
Sample quote: “Incredibly, the band moved effortlessly between lounge-y ballads and thrash metal hardcore riffs. And at one point in the evening, mashing their early classic from 1987, ‘Chinese Arithmetic’ with Lady Gaga’s “Pokerface”.”

Photos
Lots of pics here already.

Set list
(exact order to be confirmed)
Reunited
From out of Nowhere
Land of Sunshine
Caffeine
Gentle Art of Making Enemies
Evidence
Chinese Arithmetic (with Poker Face)
Cuckoo for Caca
Last Cup of Sorrow
Easy
Midlife Crisis
Surprise You’re Dead
Ashes to Ashes
King for a Day
Epic
Just a Man
This Guy’s in Love with You
Digging the Grave
Chariots/Stripsearch
We Care a Lot
Introduce Yourself

Bill and Roddy have tweeted times and support act details for Faith No More’s opening US date at the Warfield in San Francisco next Monday, 12 April.

Neil Hamburger will MC
20.10: Pop-o-Pies
21.10: Trannyshack
22.00: Faith No More

We previously posted some Pop-o-Pies info here. More on Trannyshack later when I can safely trawl the web for scantily clad cross dressers.

Meanwhile, SF Weekly have a detailed preview of FNM’s live return to their native city. Sample quote: “No matter how much Faith No More may snark, or avoid answering questions — the members refused all interview requests — a reunion tour is equal parts triumph and surrender. Ultimately, that’s fine. Great music stays that way despite the context, be it reunion tours or beer commercials. Welcome back, Faith No More. How about a new album in 2011?”

And finally, Secret Serpents have details of the poster for the 13 April show by Frank Kozik.

We’ll have more Warfield details as they come and a Warfield retrospective later this week.

• There are still tickets on sale for the Faith No More gig a the Warfield, San Francisco on 12 April. Get your’s here.
• The show times for FNM’s Sydney show on 22 February have been released by the Horden Pavilion:
  7.00 – Doors
  7.45 -8.30 – Eagles of Death Metal
  9.00-11.00 – Faith No More
• Former Faith No More frontman Chuck Mosley plays a free show in Cleveland this Friday. More here.
• Late with this as there is some debate over whether this really is a Patton Facebook page but the latest update is on Mondo Cane: “Mondo Cane is finally mastered! Whew! Now to get busy on the artwork. Soon, soon! Thank you for all recent the birthday wishes.”
• Lost Angel Dust song (music starts around 44 seconds in)
  

Billy and Roddy have just tweeted that Faith No More will play another show at the Warfield in San Francisco on 12 April after having already announced shows for the 13 and 14 April:

RODDYBOTTUM Hey!!! We’ve added a THIRD Warfield show! Monday the 12th, the third and final SF show. On sale now!

MRGOULD You know what? We’re adding a THIRD Warfield show: April 12!!!!

Tickets for the new show are on sale NOW.

Bill and Roddy have tweeted details of the presale for the band’s first US show in 13 years at the Warfield in San Francisco on 14 April.
Tickets will go on sale via Ticketmaster at 9am PST with Bill and Roddy tweeting the password at 8.50am.
As I’m relaunching a huge sport site in ten languages at around that time in my day job today I am not have the password here so you’re best following Bill and Roddy if you don’t already.

I know some people want to keep news of this date low-key but we’re an equal opportunities blog so here’s a few more details of the Faith No More gig at the Warfield on 14 April.
From Bill Gould’s tweet:
MRGOULD Tix for Warfield go on sale Friday morning at 10 am. There will be a special presale for fans at 9am. Password coming..check this space!
Also you can check out the seating chart and plan your ticket attack on the Goldenvoice site.