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Mondo Cane in the US
Mike Patton’s Mondo Cane will play at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in his native San Francisco on the weekend of 1, 2 and 3 October. More details.
(Via Lusty on Twitter and Mike Bolger in Comments)
Faith No More at Williamsburg Waterfront 5 July set list and video
Subway problems, sweltering temperatures and long queues were all overcome by the hardy bunch of FNM fans who attended the third and final date of Faith No More’s three-date East Coast mini-tour last night. The “surprise song” did not appear but consensus seemed to be that Faith No More again delivered a stunning set with old favourites like Worm and The Crab Song getting rare airings.
Videos:
Added Rahzel:
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Reviews:
MTV: “There may have been some gray patches in the goatees and some awfully worn T-shirts in the audience, but Patton — and more importantly, his band’s approach to hard rock — remains shockingly timeless.”
Village Voice: “The show is loud, precise, surprising, and surprisingly great. They open with a Peaches & Herb cover and then play some thrash with a prominent synth-string line. There are moments of easy listening and intense dissonance, deep soul and Vegas schlock. They can’t keep themselves from indulging in big, glorious, and anthemic moments, but Patton’s quasi-operatic tenor always sounds like it’s about to crack up into laughter.”
Photos:
Impose Magazine
TimeOut
Set list:
Midnight Cowboy
The Real Thing
Be Aggressive
Land of Sunshine
The Crab Song
The Gentle Art of Making Enemies
Last Cup of Sorrow
Chinese Arithmetic
Easy
Midlife Crisis
Digging the Grave
Ashes to Ashes
Ben/Edge
King for a Day
Epic
Just a Man
I Started a Joke
Worm
We Care a Lot
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Faith No More announce Brooklyn, New York date
After all the angst over the European tour, it seems that Faith No More do after all have plans for more US shows. Both Bill Gould and Roddy Bottum have tweeted that they will play the Williamsburg Waterfront in Brooklyn on 5 July.
Roddy’s tweet:
RODDYBOTTUM FNM play NY!!!! Williamsburg Waterfront, Brooklyn, July 5! special presale March 16/10amET, we’ll tweet a special password that morning.
Bill has clarified that the pre-sale will be on 16 March at 10am ET.
The New York Times is already blogging the story and they have general ticket sales details: “Tickets for the concert, which is being held as a benefit for the Open Space Alliance, will go on sale at noon on March 19 at ticketmaster.com and the Nokia Theatre Times Square box office.”
What next for Faith No More?
Just when it appeared that Mike Patton’s solo date in Amsterdam would signal the end of the FNM reunion, the band have announced their opening two European festival dates of the summer and promised more to follow.
Indeed, should they follow the often hectic schedule of their 2009 European tour, it seems likely that Faith No More will squeeze in another date on the same weekend as their Optimus Alive and Sonisphere engagements in Portugal in Spain. The Bilbao BBK Live festival, which also features Rammstein from Sonisphere and Pearl Jam from Optimus, looks a good bet. Also on the same weekend are the mammoth and related Oxegen and T in the Park festivals in Ireland as well as the Ruisrock festival in Finland, which FNM headlined last year, and Serbia’s iconic Exit festival. Oxegen has gone somewhat hip-hop this year and the bill looks loaded but more names will be revealed on 8 March. T in the Park has already announced its headliners and is sold out so looks a remote possibility.
With as many as ten major festivals taking place across Europe on some weekends, further summer speculation would be laborious and ill-informed. However, some news to keep an eye out for next week is the announcement of the final headliner for the United Kingdom Sonisphere date. No word of an exact date yet but this week’s announcement came on Tuesday. Iron Maiden and Rammstein are already conformed for the Knebworth two-dayer on Friday 30 July and Saturday 1 August.
A confirmation for that and suddenly a whole summer of FNM again looms appealingly for European fans. What though for the US and north America in general? Three Warfield dates and the Coachella festival have been confirmed so far and there’s not even a sniff of a rumour of anything else as of yet. Some fans have taken the new European dates as a sign that there won’t be any more US shows but there is still plenty of time to fit in more dates before a European jaunt and it must be remembered that the lucrative European festival circuit was more than likely the trigger for the whole reunion in the first place so it is hardly surprising that it is being milked again.
As for a new record, again speculation is all I can offer but it does appear that the band have not even got so far as discussing the prospect in detail as of yet. Whatever the future holds, just over one year after the announcement that Faith No More would reform, the Second Coming adventure continues to enthrall.
Let us know your thoughts below.
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Tagged Amsterdam, Faith No More, mike patton, Portugal, Spain, Tour dates, United States, US
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Faith No More return to San Francisco final ticket sale
As you know FNM’s presale for the Warfield gig on 14 April and the added Warfield gig on 13 April sold out in a nanosecond. But don’t despair, the full release of tickets is still scheduled to take place on Sunday morning at 10am PST.
Here is the Ticketmaster link.
Oh, and a quick word of congratulations to all the regular (and new) commenters and visitors who have snaffled San Fran tickets – really looking forward to your song-by-song updates during the shows! Such a shame FNM are so unpopular in the States! And thanks also to all of you who have contributed travel advice
Faith No More at San Francisco ticket presale details
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.
Posted in Tour dates
Tagged Faith No More, San Francisco, tickets, Tour dates, United States, US
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More details of San Francisco gig
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.
Faith No More media blitz
I’m not usually one for evangelising for Faith No More – music is such a subjective thing – but fan Bobby B Better has emailed me with this excellent idea and, as he has done all the work for me, here’s how you can help spread the word of Faith No More to the American media.
Here’s Bobby’s mail in full:
“So finally the US tour is becoming a reality. I know we are all excited. As I see it, if we are to have any hope of any new material, future tours, etc., the US tour has got to be a great success. As you can see by Faith No More’s non-headlining status at Coachella and the lack of media interest, it’s going to be an uphill battle. The only consistant radio play they get in the US is Epic. Once in a blue moon you might hear Midlife Crisis or Last Cup of Sorrow and that’s it. They are going to need all the help they can get.
My suggestion is that we, the fans, blitz the media with requests for Faith No More in support of their tour. We are fortunate in the US to have quite a few national media venues that could feature them (and have featured them in the past). I am sure they will play New York and Los Angeles (where most of these shows are taped) and would be able to appear while on tour. I have compiled a list below and how to request an appearance, more airplay, etc. If you can think of any more, please post them here. Believe it or not, fan e-mail campaigns have influenced programming in the past (i.e. the 2nd season of Jericho). I also encourage all of you to request (e-mail, phone, etc.) FNM at your local House of Blues, other concert venues, radio stations, magazines, etc. Just remember that every airplay, appearance, and interview is an advertisement for the band which can contribute to a sucessful tour. Anyways, it can’t hurt.”
And here’s his exhaustive list:
- The Jay Leno Show (in flux)-http://www.nbc.com/contact/general/-under “Questions not found on FAQ page about NBC Entertainment programming? Email us using the pulldown menu below:” select The Jay Leno Show. Enter your name, e-mail, subject, and message.
- Last Call with Carson Daily-http://www.nbc.com/contact/general/-under “Questions not found on FAQ page about NBC Entertainment programming? Email us using the pulldown menu below:” select Last Call/Carson. Enter your name, e-mail, subject, and message.
- Late Night with Jimmy Fallon-http://www.nbc.com/contact/general/-under “Questions not found on FAQ page about NBC Entertainment programming? Email us using the pulldown menu below:” select Late Night/Fallon. Enter your name, e-mail, subject, and message.
- Saturday Night Live-http://www.nbc.com/contact/general/-under “Questions not found on FAQ page about NBC Entertainment programming? Email us using the pulldown menu below:” select Saturday Night Live. Enter your name, e-mail, subject, and message.
- The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien (in flux)-http://www.nbc.com/contact/general/-under “Questions not found on FAQ page about NBC Entertainment programming? Email us using the pulldown menu below:” select Tonight Show/Conan. Enter your name, e-mail, subject, and message.
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson-http://www.cbs.com/info/user_services/fb_global_form.php-beside “Regarding:” select The Late Late Show with Crain Ferguson. Beside “Message Type” select Request. Enter your name, e-mail, subject, and message.
- The Late Show with David Letterman-http://www.cbs.com/info/user_services/fb_global_form.php-beside “Regarding:” select The Late Show with David Letterman. Beside “Message Type” select Request. Enter your name, e-mail, subject, and message.
- Jimmy Kimmel Live-http://abc.go.com/site/contact-us-Enter your name, e-mail, state, and zip code. Beside “Select a Show or Catagory” select Jimmy Kimmel Live! Beside “Subject” select Comment. Enter your message.
- Fuse Music Channel- info@fuse.tv -E-mail
- Sirius XM Radio Channel 42 Liquid Metal- liquidmetal@siriusxm.com -E-mail and/or 1-877-87-HEAVY
- Sirius XM Radio Channel 47 Alt Nation-http://www.xmradio.com/emailus?ch=47-Enter your name, e-mail, and message…and/or 1-888-I-AM-4-ALT
- Sirius XM Radio Channel 48 Octane- octane@siriusxm.com -E-mail and/or 1-888-3-OCTANE
- Sirius XM Radio Channel 52 Faction-http://www.xmradio.com/emailus?ch=52-Enter your name, e-mail, and message…and/or
- Sirius XM Radio Channel 54 Lithium-http://www.xmradio.com/emailus?ch=54-Enter your name, e-mail, and message.
- Rockline- webmaster@rocklineradio.com -E-mail
Faith No More at Coachella ticket update
It does now seem that fans who want to see Faith No More at the Coachella festival on 17 April will have to shell out $269 for a three-day pass. Tickets go on sale on 22 January at 10am from the Coachella site and a number of local record stores. The Coachella site notes: “Every person entering festival area, including camp sites, must have a festival pass. A festival pass is ONE wristband for the entire weekend. A 3-day pass ticket will be exchanged for a single wristband upon entry to the event grounds.”
So, it does look like here will be no single-day tickets for the event for the first time.
In other ticket news, no update yet on when and where tickets for Faith No More’s extra 24 February date will be available but it should not be too far from Ticketmaster.
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Tagged Coachella, Faith No More, Melbourne, Tour dates, United States, US
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Faith No More at Coachella: round-up and reaction
While the announcement that Faith No More will play the Coachella festival on 17 April was the news their United States fans have meeting waiting for, the re-formed rockers’ sub-headlining slot and the media reaction to the overall line-up is more sobering, illustrating perhaps why the FNM reunion has shunned a return home so far.
Initial news reports have focused more on the headliners Jay-Z, Muse and Gorillaz plus Thom Yorke and even Sly and the Family Stone. The fact that their desert date marks their return to live shows in the US – warm-up gig aside – since 1997. Enough caviling; below is a brief round-up to the Coachella announcement with a Faith No More focus:
- Los Angeles Times – Ann Powers alludes to “Faith No More’s arty take on frat-boy rap rock”, terming the line-up “a model for recessionary times”.
- E! (can’t forget that !) Online – E! somehow concludes that the lineup is one for the kids with FNM – “ who will resurrect their classic ’80s Epic sound” – relegated to the final paragraph.
- New York Times – A NYT blog goes one better and manages to avoid mentioning Faith No More at all.
- Noisecreep – Metal site Noisecreep hit the right tone, noting that “recently reunited Faith No More are confirmed for the second night of this year’s installment. It will be the first time since the band announced its reunion early last year that they’ll play on U.S. soil.”
And that is pretty much it. Maybe we’ll get more reaction tomorrow. For dedicated FNM fans the big question, of course, is when will the band’s other US dates be announced and will there be a Coachella warm-up date in San Francisco.