BJM continues to be Newcombe’s outlet for art and experimentation long since the band has cemented its status as one of the foremost alternative and psych rock pioneers. Joining Newcombe on tour will be Hallberg Daði Hallbergsson on bass, Hakon Adalsteinsson and Enrique Maymi on guitar, Uri Rennert on drums, Joel Gion on tambourine, and Ryan Carlson on keyboards.
The single will be released on March 25 marking the start of yet another chapter in the band’s long and prolific career and exactly 30 years ago the release of the first ever BJM single.
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Brian Jonestown Massacre - 2022 Tour Dates
27-Mar | Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer w/ Mercury Rev
28-Mar | Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Steel w/ Mercury Rev
29-Mar | Jersey City, NJ - White Eagle Hall w/ Mercury Rev
30-Mar | Baltimore, MD - Rams Head Live w/ Mercury Rev
01-Apr | Boston, MA - Roadrunner w/ Mercury Rev
02-Apr | Montreal, QC - Le National w/ Mercury Rev
04-Apr | Toronto, ON - Queen Elizabeth Theatre w/ Mercury Rev
05-Apr | Detroit, MI - Majestic Theatre w/ Mercury Rev
06-Apr | Indianapolis, IN - The Vogue w/ Mercury Rev
08-Apr | Chicago, IL - The Vic Theatre w/ Mercury Rev
09-Apr | Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall Ballroom w/ Mercury Rev
10-Apr | Minneapolis, MN First Avenue w/ Mercury Rev
12-Apr | Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre w/ Mercury Rev
13-Apr | Salt Lake City, UT Metro Music Hall w/ Mercury Rev
15-Apr | Vancouver, BC - Vogue Theatre w/ Mercury Rev
17-Apr | Seattle, WA - Showbox w/ Mercury Rev
18-Apr | Portland, OR - Roseland Theatre w/ Mercury Rev
20-Apr | San Francisco, CA The Fillmore w/ Mercury Rev
22-Apr | Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern w/ Mercury Rev
23-Apr | San Diego, CA - The Observatory North Park w/ Mercury Rev
24-Apr | Santa Ana, CA - The Observatory OC w/ Mercury Rev
28-Apr | Austin, TX - Stubb's Waller Creek Amphitheater Mercury Rev
29-Apr | Dallas, TX - Granada Theater w/ Mercury Rev
30-Apr | Houston, TX - The Heights Theater w/ Mercury Rev
02-May | Lawrence, KS - The Bottleneck
03-May | Saint Louis, MO - Delmar Hall
05-May | Nashville, TN - Brooklyn Bowl
06-May | Birmingham, AL - Saturn
07-May | Atlanta, GA - Terminal West
09-May | Asheville, NC - The Orange Peel
10-May | Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
27-Mar | Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer w/ Mercury Rev
28-Mar | Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Steel w/ Mercury Rev
29-Mar | Jersey City, NJ - White Eagle Hall w/ Mercury Rev
30-Mar | Baltimore, MD - Rams Head Live w/ Mercury Rev
01-Apr | Boston, MA - Roadrunner w/ Mercury Rev
02-Apr | Montreal, QC - Le National w/ Mercury Rev
04-Apr | Toronto, ON - Queen Elizabeth Theatre w/ Mercury Rev
05-Apr | Detroit, MI - Majestic Theatre w/ Mercury Rev
06-Apr | Indianapolis, IN - The Vogue w/ Mercury Rev
08-Apr | Chicago, IL - The Vic Theatre w/ Mercury Rev
09-Apr | Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall Ballroom w/ Mercury Rev
10-Apr | Minneapolis, MN First Avenue w/ Mercury Rev
12-Apr | Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre w/ Mercury Rev
13-Apr | Salt Lake City, UT Metro Music Hall w/ Mercury Rev
15-Apr | Vancouver, BC - Vogue Theatre w/ Mercury Rev
17-Apr | Seattle, WA - Showbox w/ Mercury Rev
18-Apr | Portland, OR - Roseland Theatre w/ Mercury Rev
20-Apr | San Francisco, CA The Fillmore w/ Mercury Rev
22-Apr | Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern w/ Mercury Rev
23-Apr | San Diego, CA - The Observatory North Park w/ Mercury Rev
24-Apr | Santa Ana, CA - The Observatory OC w/ Mercury Rev
28-Apr | Austin, TX - Stubb's Waller Creek Amphitheater Mercury Rev
29-Apr | Dallas, TX - Granada Theater w/ Mercury Rev
30-Apr | Houston, TX - The Heights Theater w/ Mercury Rev
02-May | Lawrence, KS - The Bottleneck
03-May | Saint Louis, MO - Delmar Hall
05-May | Nashville, TN - Brooklyn Bowl
06-May | Birmingham, AL - Saturn
07-May | Atlanta, GA - Terminal West
09-May | Asheville, NC - The Orange Peel
10-May | Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
11-May | Washington DC - Black Cat
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About The Brian Jonestown Massacre:
Back in the middle of the 1990s, as the British music press descended in the US to anoint the next US guitar band as flavor of the month and major labels were on the hunt for the compliant hopefuls to be their latest quick fix, Newcombe had an idea: say no. “I just knew I would be more successful in a certain way by saying no, just being contrary because I figured that if people liked me they were gonna like me anyway,” he says. “Or dislike me. It doesn’t matter.”
That is how Anton Newcombe got from there to here. In 2022, he’s a frontman, songwriter, composer, studio owner, multi-instrumentalist, producer, engineer, force of nature. Since Brian Jonestown Massacre’s shoegazing-tinged debut album Methodrone in 1995, numerous bandmembers have joined Newcombe on his sonic escapades but he has remained the sole constant, the creative mastermind at the centre of one of music’s most fascinating bands. There have been a further 17 albums under the Brian Jonestown Massacre moniker since then, each embarking on their own mind-expanding adventure and exploring the outer realms of rock’n’roll; psychedelic rock, country-blues, snarling rock’n’roll, blissed-out noise-pop and more.
Along the way, Newcombe has established himself as a once-in-a-lifetime talent who saw the direction in which mainstream indie-rock was heading and opted to take the long way round. He’s emerged as a revolutionary force in modern music, an underground hero who belongs in the lineage of great songwriters and music-makers such as Ray Davies, George Harrison, Howlin’ Wolf and Ennio Morricone, artists who refined their craft and were able to hit new levels late into their careers. There was no other way, this was how it had to be. “My only option with everything in life has always been that you just jump into the fire,” he declares. “It doesn’t matter what it is.”
And now, over 30 years since he first founded The BJM, Newcombe is still finding ways to forge ahead sonically with songs from the forthcoming album and giving fans the kind of exhilarating sound that made them love the band in the first place, and that will make their 2022 tour a truly unforgettable live music experience.
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