april skies - the jesus and mary chain

London, Mexico, Santiago and Lima dates

The Jesus and Mary Chain have announced some more gigs in October and November. The upcoming shows are:

UK
27 October - London @ the Forum (Nick Sanderson Tribute Night)

Argentina
31 October - Buenos Aires @ Club Ciudad of Buenos Aires

Mexico
2 November - Mexico City @ Vive Cuervo Salon

Chile
4 November - Santiago @ Santiago Urban Festival

Peru
6 November - Lima @ Centro de Convenciones

Brazil
8 November - Sau Paulo @ Planeta Terra Festival

Labels: argentina, brazil, buenos-aires, chile, gig, jamc, lima, london, mexico, peru, santiago, sau-paulo, uk

The Jesus and Mary Chain Covers Project

A new blog has been started up to bring together a collection of Jesus and Mary Chain covers. The plan is to get over 100 songs on the blog in the next 6 months so if you're feeling musical, or want to take a listen, head over to:

Labels: covers, jamc

JAMC announce dates in the USA, Argentina and Brazil

The Jesus and Mary Chain have announced new gigs and festival dates for 2008 in the USA, Argentina and Brazil on top of the previously announced Japanese festival dates. The upcoming dates are:

USA
16 July - Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo
17 July - Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
19 July - San Francisco, CA @ Download Festival 2008
20 July - Los Angeles, CA @ Download Festival 2008

Japan
9 + 10 August - Osaka and Mihama-ku, Chiba (near Tokyo) for Summer Sonic festival Festival

Argentina
31 October - Buenos Aires @ Club Ciudad of Buenos Aires

Brazil
8 November - Sau Paulo @ Planeta Terra Festival

Labels: argentina, brazil, download-festival, festival, gig, jamc, japan, planeta-terra-festival, showbox-sodo, usa, wonder-ballroom

JAMC to play Summer Sonic festival in Japan

The Summer Sonic festival web site has announced that the Jesus and Mary Chain are playing the Summer Sonic festival on the weekend of August 9-10, 2008. The two day festival is held in Osaka and Mihama-ku, Chiba (near Tokyo).

(thanks to t_k for the tip off)

Labels: chiba, festival, jamc, japan, mihama-ku, osaka, summer sonic, tokyo

March 11 Roundhouse London gig cancelled

All Tomorrow's Parties have posted this notice on their website about the cancellation of the March 11 Roundhouse gig:

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All Tomorrow's Parties are sorry to announce that The Jesus and Mary Chain have cancelled their date at the Roundhouse on the 11th March. The band will still play the 12th March date. All tickets for the 11th are valid for the 12th, or they can be refunded at point of purchase.
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Labels: cancelled, gig, jamc, london, roundhouse

New Demos on Myspace

A few new demos have surfaced on myspace:

Listen to: War on Peace (Rough Mix), Cookies (Demo), and Boiling Over (Rough Mix) at myspace.com/jesusandmarychainband.

Labels: demos, jamc, music, myspace

UK and V Festival Australia dates in 2008

The other week a couple of London gigs were announced for the Roundhouse in Camden on March 11 and 12. Tickets are on sale from www.roundhouse.org.uk.

And just announced, the southern-hemisphere is going to get a treat when the Jesus and Mary Chain visit for the first time since 1995 for V Festival 2008 with dates across Australia:

Sydney @ Centennial Park - Saturday March 29
Gold Coast @ Avica Resort - Sunday March 30
Melbourne @ Showgrounds - Saturday April 5
Perth @ the Esplanade (City) - Sunday April 6

Tickets on sale December 6.

Labels: 2008, australia, gig, gold-coast, jamc, london, melbourne, perth, roundhouse, sydney, v-festival

Las Vegas October 20 show cancelled

The Jesus and Mary Chain Las Vegas show on October 20 at the House of Blues has been cancelled. At this stage I'm not sure of the reasons for the cancellation or if there is a plan to re-schedule.

Labels: cancelled, jamc, las-vegas, usa

San Diego, Denver + BRMC in October

A few more US dates have been added in San Diego at 4th and B on October 24, and Denver at the Fillmore Auditorium on October 28. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club have also been announced as special guests for the October 23 show in Los Angeles at the Wiltern Theatre.

For a full set of dates check out the upcoming gigs section, or visit JAMC on myspace.

Labels: brmc, concert, gig, jamc

Brixton Academy - new encore

Initial report from the Brixton Academy is that the Jesus and Mary Chain's encore changed a little from previous shows and introduced two new (old) songs:

Darklands
Nine Million Rainy Days
Reverence

(Thanks to Trev on the Some Candy Talking message board)

Labels: brixton-academy, encore, jamc, live, london

US October shows announced

Here's a press release from the Jesus and Mary Chain:

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THE JESUS & MARY CHAIN RETURN FOR FALL DATES

A RETURN TO THE STUDIO FOR REUNITED BAND IS ALSO CONFIRMED

In the five months since The Jesus & Mary Chain have been reunited, the band has played over a dozen dates and today announces a handful of new U.S. dates this fall. The band also confirms that they will be returning to the studio for the first time in over nine years to begin work on a new album.

After playing their last gig in 1998 and breaking up in 1999, the band reunited this spring for a handful of high-profile club and festival dates in the U.S. and Europe which began with a triumphant main stage performance in front of an estimated 10,000 fans at Coachella. In their only U.S. interview to date, brothers Jim and William Reid sat down with Rolling Stone magazine the day after that performance and hinted at a possible return to the studio, which is now confirmed.

In addition to Jim and William Reid, The Jesus & Mary Chain lineup includes Phil King on bass, Mark Crozer on guitar, and Loz Colbert on drums.

THE JESUS & MARY CHAIN on tour:

10/20 – Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues

10/22 – Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues

10/23 – Los Angeles, CA @ Wiltern Theatre #

10/26 – San Francisco, CA @ the Fillmore #

10/27 – San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore #

*All dates with Evan Dando (solo acoustic)

# Soulsavers (featuring Mark Lanegan)

Labels: california, gig, jamc, las-vegas, usa

Reviews: Royal Festival Hall

A couple of reviews from the Royal Festival Hall in London on June 22:

Labels: jamc, live, review

Another London show - 7th September 2007

Ticketweb and a handful of other online ticket sites have started selling tickets for the Jesus and Mary Chain at the Brixton Academy, London, on 7th September 2007.

Labels: brixton-academy, jamc, london

Meltdown: second installment

Thanks to Psychocandy85, the setlist for the Meltdown Festival show was:

Never Understand
Head On
Far Gone and Out
Catchfire
Sidewalking
Snakedriver
Dead End Kids (originally a Freeheat/Jim Reid song)
Happy When It Rains
Some Candy Talking
Between Planets
Blues From a Gun
Cracking Up
All Things Must Pass (a new song first played live in April 2007)
Teenage Lust
Just Like Honey (with Liela Moss from The Duke Spirit)

Encore:
Vegetable Man
You Trip Me Up
Reverence

Other people in the audience included Linda Reid (Sister Vanilla), Kevin Shields, and Green Wing's Julian Rhind Tutt.
Lots of photos from On The Wire.

Labels: gig, jamc, julian-rhind-tutt, kevin-shields, linda-reid, meltdown-festival, set-list

Meltdown: first installment

So far the news from London's Meltdown Festival show on Friday June 22 seems to be:

The setlist was similar to the recent New York shows with the addition of Dead End Kids (a song that was originally played by Freeheat and then by Jim Reid at his solo gigs).
People in the audience included Jarvis Cocker and ex-JAMC members Bobby Gillespie and Douglas Hart.
Mark Reed has posted a review and some photos at the Final Word.
Contrary to Mark Reed's review (above), other reports are that it was Liela Moss from The Duke Spirit who provided guest vocals on Just Like Honey.
Lots of photos from Trev.

Labels: bobby-gillespie, douglas-hart, gig, jamc, jarvis-cocker, liela-moss, live, meltdown-festival, review

JAMC to play Oslo, Norway

Øyafestivalen in Oslo, Norway, has announced that the Jesus and Mary Chain are playing on August 10, 2007 and that it will be their only Scandinavian gig this summer.

The date is not yet displayed on the JAMC myspace page.

(thanks to DirtyDeluxe on SCT message board)

Labels: gig, jamc, norway, oslo

Video: May 21 @ Webster Hall, New York

Rob Dobbs has uploaded videos from the Monday May 21, 2007, Webster Hall show in New York. A list of youtube links to the songs can be found here.

Labels: gig, jamc, live, new-york, video

Magazine articles

Uncut July (with the Rolling Stones on the cover) has a two page interview with Jim and William Reid that took place the day after playing at the Coachella Festival.
the current US Rolling Stone (with Amy Winehouse on the cover) has a feature.
Spin.com review of the May 21 Webster Hall NY show with comments by Sune Rose Wagner (the Raveonettes) and Michael Jurin (stellastarr*)

Labels: article, interview, jamc, jim-reid, magazine, review, william-reid

New York City set lists

Compared to the California set lists, they've added three songs to their set - Vegetable Man (Monday and Tuesday), Catchfire (Tuesday only) and You Trip Me Up (Tuesday only).

Monday May 21 - Webster Hall, NYC

Never Understand
Head On (video clip at youtube)
Far Gone and Out
Sidewalking
Snakedriver
Happy When It Rains
Some Candy Talking (video clip at youtube)
Between Planets
Blues From a Gun
Cracking Up
All Things Must Pass
Teenage Lust
Just Like Honey
Reverence

Encore:
Vegetable Man

Tuesday May 22 - Webster Hall, NYC

Never Understand
Head On
Far Gone and Out
Sidewalking
Snakedriver
Catchfire
Happy When It Rains
Some Candy Talking
Between Planets
Blues From a Gun
Cracking Up
All Things Must Pass
Teenage Lust
Just Like Honey
Reverence

Encore:
Vegetable Man
You Trip Me Up

Labels: gig, jamc, live, new-york, set-list, video

Letterman and NYC First Show

Brooklynvegan reports that the Jesus and Mary Chain played their new song, All Things Must Pass, on Letterman.

Waiting for more news on how the first night went in New York City at Webster Hall. The only news so far is that the setlist was similar to LA and Coachella with the addition of Vegetable Man. More to come..

Labels: jamc, letterman, live, new-york, tv

Coachella Announcement

The Jesus and Mary Chain are confirmed for the Coachella Festival in the US on April 27, 2007. The line-up will be: Jim Reid, William Reid, Phil King, Mark Crozer, Loz Colbert. Tickets go on sale this weekend.

Labels: coachella, gig, jamc, live

Coachella Rumour

Apparently the Jesus and Mary Chain are playing the Coachella Festival in the US on April 27, 2007. The Coachella website should be launched this week (currently it just shows this year's poster with the line-up including JAMC). Waiting on official confirmation....

Labels: coachella, gig, jamc, live, rumour

JAMC win MOJO Maverick Award

Congratulations to the Jesus and Mary Chain for winning the MOJO Maverick award, presented to Jim by Bobby Gillespie. More info here:
The Times (love the accuracy.. err!)

Labels: award, jamc, mojo

Rhino Re-release 5 JAMC Albums

Rhino are re-releasing 5 JAMC albums on DVDA (including a few videos per album) on July 11, 2006.

The track-listings will be:

Psychocandy

01 Just Like Honey
02 The Living Dead
03 Taste the Floor
04 The Hardest Walk
05 Cut Dead
06 In a Hole
07 Taste of Cindy
08 Never Understand
09 Inside Me
10 Sowing Seeds
11 My Little Underground
12 You Trip Me Up
13 Something's Wrong
14 It's So Hard

Videos
01 Just like Honey
02 Never Understand
03 You Trip Me Up

Darklands

01 Darklands
02 Deep One Perfect Morning
03 Happy When It Rains
04 Down on Me
05 Nine Million Rainy Days
06 April Skies
07 Fall
08 Cherry Came Too
09 On the Wall
10 About You

Videos
01 Darklands
02 Happy When It Rains
03 April Skies

Automatic

01 Here Comes Alice
02 Coast to Coast
03 Blues From a Gun
04 Between Planets
05 UV Ray
06 Her Way of Praying
07 Head On
08 Take It
09 Halfway to Crazy
10 Gimme Hell
11 Drop
12 Sunray

Videos
01 Blues From a Gun
02 Her Way of Praying
03 Head On

Honey's Dead

01 Reverence
02 Teenage Lust
03 Far Gone and Out
04 Almost Gold
05 Sugar Ray
06 Tumbledown
07 Catchfire
08 Good for My Soul
09 Rollercoaster
10 I Can't Get Enough
11 Sundown
12 Frequency

Videos
01 Reverence
02 Far Gone and Out
03 Almost Gold

Stoned & Dethroned

01 Dirty Water
02 Bullet Lovers
03 Sometimes Always
04 Come On
05 Between Us
06 Hole
07 Never Saw It Coming
08 She
09 Wish I Could
10 Save Me
11 Till It Shines
12 God Help Me
13 Girlfriend
14 Everybody I Know
15 You've Been A Friend
16 These Days
17 Feeling Lucky

Videos
01 Sometimes Always
02 Come On
03 Snakedriver

Labels: album, automatic, darklands, honeys-dead, jamc, psychocandy, release, rhino, stoned-and-dethroned, video