1/19/2016

Lush Announce Select North American Shows in 2016

Lush Announce Select North American Shows in 2016
Photo credit: Gabriel Green
Acclaimed UK band Lush - Emma Anderson (vocals/guitar), Miki Berenyi (vocals/guitar), and Phil King (bass) - are pleased to announce details of their first American tour in twenty years.  With select shows on the West Coast this spring, including a highly anticipated set at this year's Coachella Music & Arts Festival, as well as selected shows on the East Coast this fall, Lush's return to the American stage will be nothing short of brilliant. 
 
For all ticketing info, head to www.lushofficial.com/tour.
 
Formed in London in 1988 by childhood friends Emma Anderson and Miki BerenyiLush also included Chris Acland on drums and Phil King on bass (originally Steve Rippon who left in 1990), and were widely acknowledged as one of the pioneers of a sound that was to be christened "shoegaze."  The band signed to 4AD in 1989, and went on to release three full-length albums, an early mini-album, and a number of EPs and singles. 
 
4AD recently released a vinyl reissue of Lush's "Best Of," Ciao! worldwide in November, and will be releasing a limited edition box set titled Chorus, on January 22nd, 2016.  The box is a five-disc set, comprising the early compilation Gala (1990), the three studio albumsSpooky(1992), Split(1994) and Lovelife(1996), and the B-sides collection Topolino (the Canadian version, also 1996), plus all manner of rarities (B-sides, radio sessions, remixes and demos, some previously unreleased).  The artwork for the boxset is by Chris Bigg, who, alongside design chief Vaughan Oliver, was responsible for the iconic 4AD covers in the late Eighties and Nineties.
 
Justin Welch, formerly of Elastica, will be playing drums for the live performances.
 
Lush tour dates are:
4/14/16 Los Angeles, CA @ The Roxy
4/16/16 Indio, CA @ Coachella
4/17/16 San Francisco, CA @ Warfield
4/19/16 Portland, OR @ Crystal Room
4/20/16 Seattle, WA @ Showbox
4/21/16 Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
4/23/16 Indio, CA @ Coachella
 
9/14/16 New York, NY @ Terminal 5
9/15/16 Boston, MA @ Royale
9/18/16 Chicago, IL @ Vic Theatre      
9/21/16 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
9/22/16 Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer

 

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