The Cult has announced the launch of The Cult - "Love" Live Tour on May 18 - with confirmed dates in the U.S, Canada, and Europe.
The "LOVE" album is viewed by many fans as The Cult's pre-eminent release. From the immediately recognizable opening notes of "She Sells Sanctuary", through Billy Duffy's psychedelic guitar strains on "Phoenix", to the resolve of Ian Astbury's haunting baritone on "Brother Wolf, Sister Moon", the Cult created an album that maneuvers as a tour de force.
The Cult "LOVE" Live Tour is expected to showcase the band's
alternative roots as musicians and performers stopping at a wide range of tour venues from London's, Royal Albert Hall, to Los Angeles' Nokia
Theater, to the intimate setting of Paris', Le Bataclan.
"The band is redefining the live album experience with the
"LOVE" Live Tour; nothing is comparable to witnessing The Cult,
fully engaged in the live creation of arguably their seminal album. For fans
this will be the greatest tour yet, and for those just discovering The Cult,
this staging will envelop them in a pure performance experience," stated
Cult manager, Tom Vitorino.
The evening's finale will
include an encore of The Cult's greatest hits, spanning the bands'
storied career. The band has been working closely with their art/ design team
creating an arresting set, with dramatic effects, using state-of-the art
technology.
Fans will be able to enjoy special access tickets in certain tour stops, along
with "LOVE" Live exclusive merchandise available at www.thecult.us. The band also has plans in the pipeline for delivering
live select track audio and video streams, downloads, and hi definition
video/audio capture for full show releases of select tour stops.
In keeping with the band's philosophy of making their shows accessible to all
fans, tickets will be available in a broad range of price categories. There
will be a limited number of Gold
Circle seats while the remaining 95% of the house
will average e $40.00 USD per ticket. Tickets can be purchased through all usual
ticket outlets, including online.
Continuing their historic creative partnership, Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy
began writing together this winter, and have since recorded several songs at
The Sunset Marquis Villa Recording Studios, in Los Angeles, CA.
Their highly anticipated new tracks will be the follow up to The Cult's
2007 release, the critically acclaimed, "BORN INTO THIS". As of
press time, the band is keeping options open to drop new tracks in conjunction
with the tour.
TOUR ITINERARY
August, 2009
Fri 21 - Phoenix,
AZ The Celebrity Theater
Sat 22 - Los
Angeles, CA
Nokia Theater
Sun 23 - San
Francisco, CA
Warfield Theater
Tue 25 - Portland,
OR Roseland Ballroom
Wed 26 - Seattle,
WA The Moore Theater
Fri 28 - Abbotsford, BC AEG - REC Building
Sat 29 - Calgary,
AB Flames Central
Sun 30 - Edmonton,
AB River Creek Event Ct
September, 2009
Tue 01 - Minneapolis,
MN First Avenue
Wed 02 - Chicago,
IL House Of Blues
Fri 04 - Dallas,
TX House Of Blues
Sat 05 - Austin,
TX Stubbs
Sun 06 - Houston,
TX House Of Blues
Tue 07 - Charlotte,
NC Amos
Wed 09 - Washington
D.C. 9:30 Club
Fri 11 - New
York, NY
Terminal 5
Sat 12 - Boston,
MA House Of Blues
Mon 13 - Toronto,
ONT Massey Hall
Fri 25 - Lisbon,
Port Lisbon
Coliseum
Sat 26 - Madrid, Spain La Riviera
Sun 27 - Valencia,
Spain
Tingalo 2
Wed 30 - Zagreb,
Croatia Dom
Sportova
October, 2009
Fri 02 - Paris,
France
Le Bataclan
Sun 04 - Copenhagen,
DK DR
Koncerthuset
Tue 06 - Leeds,
Eng The Academy
Wed 07 - Edinburgh, Scot Picture House
Thu 08 - Wolverhampton,
Eng Civic
Sat 10 - London,
Eng Royal Albert Hall
Sun 11 - Amsterdam,
NT Heineken Music