This is a compilation of news articles and announcements from  2008, taken from Brainwashed.com.  Many of the links are obsolete. This is for archival purposes only.

 

1/16/08: JANUARY 2008 UPDATE

 

LEGENDARY PINK DOTS ON TOUR

Date	City (Country)	Venue
APR 19, 2008	Sindelfingen (D)	Pavilion
APR 20, 2008	Freiburg (D)	Cafe Atlantic
APR 25, 2008	München (D) (Tentative)	Feierwerk
APR 26, 2008	Nürnberg (D)	Venue TBD
APR 28, 2008	Vienna (A) (Tentative)	B72
APR 30, 2008	Budapest (H)	Venue TBD
May 1, 2008	Dresden (D) (Tentative)	Scheune
May 2, 2008	Darmstadt (D)	Oetinger Villa
May 3, 2008	Geneva (CH)	L’Usine

* We are always looking for new places to play. If anyone has other venue suggestions or information, please forward to l_khata at yahoo.com.

* LPD plans to tour USA/Canada in The Fall of 2008.

 

2/5/08: FEBRUARY 2008 UPDATE

 

LEGENDARY PINK DOTS ON TOUR

 

Greetings from chez Dots at the end of a month that began with promise, sagged in the middle and then finished with a little more hope. Sadly 3 shows fell out of the Spring tour – in Dresden, Munich, and Vienna. We’re still trying to find something in these cities but it is a challenge. We’re waiting for news on shows in Czech Republic and possibly Slovakia.

Here is the latest information:

Date	City (Country)	Venue
APR 19, 2008	Sindelfingen (D)	Pavilion
APR 20, 2008	Freiburg (D)	Cafe Atlantic
APR 21, 2008	Basel (CH)	Hirscheneck
APR 24, 2008	Haarlem (NL)	Patronaat
APR 26, 2008	Nürnberg (D)	Cult Club
APR 30, 2008	Budapest (H)	After Music Club
May 1, 2008	Prague (CH)	Delta (Tentative)
May 2, 2008	Darmstadt (D)	Villa Oetinger
May 3, 2008	Geneva (CH)	L’Usine

* We are always looking for new places to play. If anyone has other venue suggestions or information, please forward to l_khata at yahoo.com.

* LPD plans to tour USA/Canada in The Fall of 2008.

 

06/25/2008  June update- Plutonium Blonde is in production with ROIR!

Hmm… I’m late, but I have a reasonable excuse… So much happened in the last weeks that it seemed wise until all the scraps of information could be pieced together.

Happily the new Legendary Pink Dots’ album, “Plutonium Blonde” is now in production with ROIR, while “Dream Logik 2” could be here within 3 weeks through Beta-lactam Ring Records, complete with a full colour 10-panel fold-out cover and a bonus CD in the first limited run.

The vinyl version of Dream Logik will take longer – 4 LPs in a box (one exclusive) plus a CD of pieces realized immediately after the conclusion of the project. Somehow these pieces seemed to fit perfectly with the whole.

On a personal note, I’m still excited when something new comes out, but these new releases really set the pulse ticking that much faster.

As for touring we now have an outline for the [US Tour].

-Edward

 

07/23/2008  Tour updates

Hello everyone,

As you have probably noticed, our MySpace page has a new look! A special thanks to Erik Schroeder for the great design.

There are a few changes to the tour schedule to tell you about…

EUROPE
* We’ve tentatively added a show in Luneberg, Germany on Aug 24.
* The Copenhagen show changed from Aug 26 to Aug 25.
* The Dots are still looking to find shows around the show in Munich on Sept 18. If anyone has venue suggestions or information, please respond here.

USA
* The Nov 2 show is in Orlando, FL and not Denver.
* We’re hoping for a few additions to the list of tour dates (Kansas, Boston, and maybe Albuquerque)… we’ll know in a few days!

Thanks to so many for all of your messages and comments this past week. It’s really great for the band to see the amount of support that is out there. And of course, feel free to send pictures. I will add them to the MySpace photo albums.

-Lisette

 

08/10/2008  Anticipation is building…

We’ve posted a few new updates to the tour schedule. Things are firming up… and though there will surely be a few more changes, the Visas have been approved, the van has been reserved, and we have a lot of fun things planned for this tour. Stay tuned!

-Lisette

 

08/12/2008  August 2008 Newsletter

To say it’s busy here would be a gigantic understatement. Still, as The Netherlands seems to be in the midst of it’s annual monsoon then there is little temptation of switching the computer off and escaping to a beach. As I type, copies of “Dream Logik 2” are on the way to Europe while promotional CDs of “Plutonium Blonde” are also landing in mailboxes. The American tour is almost fully confirmed too.

Here is the latest on the Dots’ touring schedule.

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TEKA Updates

1. LEGENDARY PINK DOTS/Plutonium Blonde CD… We think it’s a landmark… it will be here in September. For those who do not mind waiting, we’re accepting pre-orders now at 15 euros
2. EDWARD KA-SPEL/Dream Logik 2 CD….. We have the limited and luxuriously packaged double CD version at 20 euros (plus 3 for postage inside Europe and 5 outside).
3. EDWARD KA-SPEL/Dream Logik 1-3 (4 x LP plus exclusive CD). A vinyl box set in an edition of 400 copies encompassing the entire Dream Logik project… Seriously beautiful. It will be available in October. Pre-order price is 55 euros (plus 12 for postage inside Europe and 18 outside).
4. THE SILVERMAN/Blank for your own message (CD) A voyage to exotic, colourful places on the wings of a black swan that speaks no earthly language. A rapidly changing but constantly enchanting landscape. On Beta lactam Ring records. 20 euros (plus postage and packing). OUT NOW.
5. EDWARD KA-SPEL/The Painted River of regrets (CDR) Latest release on the Trademark of Quantity label consists of a collection of instrumental pieces to form a soundtrack for an imaginary movie which the dots vocalist had been working on over the last year.the intention was to have it ready for the last tour , but it over-ran by a day (apologies to all who came to the first 4 shows). A limited , personally signed edition of 399 copies. 15 euros (plus postage and packing). OUT NOW.
6. LEGENDARY PINK DOTS/ Chemical playschool 8/9 (2CD). Expect it early in the Fall.
7. BACK IN STOCK!!!! THE TEAR GARDEN/Eye Spy with my little Eye CD. Just a few copies…20 euros (plus postage and packing)

LAST COPY ALERT….

Vinyl editions of alchemical Playschool and the Cassette archives Box are nearly exhausted ( just 2 copies of each left here). It’s essential to contact us first by email before ordering either of these titles.

For ordering instructions, click here.

-Edward

 

08/31/2008  Plutonium Blonde Street Team

Everyone at the ROIR office is super psyched about the upcoming Legendary Pink Dots album, “Plutonium Blonde” (out Oct. 7th!) and the fall N. American tour… we can’t stop telling people about it!

Do you feel the same way? Well, we’ve got a great opportunity for you! ROIR & The LPD are starting a Legendary Pink Dots “Plutonium Blonde” street team. Help us spread the word about the Plutonium Blonde album & tour and we’ll get you into a Legendary Pink Dots show for FREE!

So, if the ‘Pink Dots are playing in your town, help us spread the word. Email anna (at) roir-usa (dot) com with your name and address and we’ll send you posters & flyers for you to put up across town in record stores, book stores, schools, coffee shops, bars or wherever else you want (you know your town the best!). Take a couple photos and email them back to us a week before the show… we’ll put your work up on the ROIR and LPD sites and we’ll add you to the LPD guestlist!

Anna, ROIR

 

09/01/2008  New Strange Attractor album

The new album from Strange Attractor is about to be released.

STRANGE ATTRACTOR (Niels van Hoorn and Richard van Kruysdijk) presents it’s second album: ‘Mettle’.

It features some legendary vocalists; David J (Bauhaus) laments the decline of ‘sleaze’, Winston Tong (Tuxedomoon) speaks his translation of a text by Charles Baudelaire, Graham Lewis (Wire) delivers another one of his enigmatic lyrics, while Richard Sinclair(Hatfield & the North) and Peter ‘Sleazy’ Christopherson (Coil, Throbbing Gristle) both add some abstract choirs. The only female vocalist is Marie-Claudine, known from Sonar Lodge. She is also part of the live trio and her beautiful voice features on 4 tracks.

• 01. Anything (ft. Marie-Claudine)
• 02. The Best Things Are Left Unspoken (ft. Graham Lewis)
• 03. Evaporate (ft. Marie-Claudine)
• 04. Loneliness Is A Crowded Room (ft. Richard Sinclair)
• 05. Sleaze (ft. David J)
• 06. Plain Gold Ring (ft. Marie-Claudine)
• 07. Sound Generation
• 08. Quietude (ft. Winston Tong)
• 09. Snail (ft. Peter Christopherson)
• 10. Heaven (ft. Marie-Claudine)

‘Mettle’ will be released on 6 October 2008.

It can be ordered from Music for Speakers.

-administer

 

09/05/2008  New date added!

We’ve added another date to the tour schedule.

October 31 at the Local 506 in Chapel Hill, NC.

 

Come spend Halloween with us!

 

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• Join your local LPD Street Team.
• Design the “Plutonium Blonde”tour shirt! Submission deadline is 8-Sep-2008 at midnight (PST)
• Lots of ways to get involved.

-Lisette

 

09/09/2008  Plutonium Blonde t-shirt contest

A huge thank you to all those who participated in the tour t-shirt contest. There are a lot of great designs. Go and look: The Pink Book Flickr Group. The contest guidelines are here.

 

 

Everyone is welcome to vote on their favorite designs! To vote, click on the photo and leave a favorable comment.

The winner(s) will be decided by the band and announced on Sept 12, 2008.

Winners will be notified through their Flickr account and, of course, an announcement will be made on Cloud-Zero and legendarypinkdots.org.

Please note: the band *may* choose to use a different image than what was submitted.

-Lisette

 

09/12/2008  Plutonium Blonde t-shirt contest winners!

Thanks to all who participated in the t-shirt contest. We were incredibly impressed by the designs! Just for reference, here were the guidelines.

And the winners are…

“PlutoBubble” on Black by Nikolas (The Dilapidated Ego).

AND

lpd_plutomiumblonde by Ninah Pixie.

Congratulations to Ninah and Nikolas. Look for the t-shirts on tour! Click here to see all of the designs. Please upload pictures of yourselves in the tour shirts!

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* Come to the show at Paard van Troje in Den Haag, NL * September 13, 2008!
* New review of Plutonium Blonde out at kevchino.com
* Join your local Street Team! Help us spread the word about the Plutonium Blonde album & tour and we’ll get you into a Legendary Pink Dots show for FREE!
* Update LPD’s Freebase information. Every time you add information to Freebase, you help update the Legendary Pink Dots discography!
* Sign up for the news feed and never miss an announcement.

-Lisette

 

09/19/2008  October 2008 Newsletter

The toothbrush is packed, the nerves are a little shredded, and I’m running the lines of the songs through my head over and over. Still, if all goes to plan, The Pink Dots will board the plane to Portland, Oregon on the 13th of October.

A week before that “Plutonium Blonde” minces it’s way into the high street stores. Believe me, a full scale US Tour is an opportunity to take it easy compared to the madness building up to it.. but no complaints from me. Quite simply The Dots are ready for it.

See the updated tour schedule here. We’re still looking for shows in these cities: Stockholm, Gothenburg, Strasbourg, Rennes, Bordeaux, and Lille. Please send information to l_khata (at) yahoo (dot) com.

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Now for the new releases…..

1. LEGENDARY PINK DOTS/Plutonium Blonde CD… We think it’s a landmark… it will be available in early October(or at shows in Europe before). For those who do not mind waiting, we’re accepting pre-orders now at 15 euros (plus shipping).

2. EDWARD KA-SPEL/Dream Logik 2 CD….. We have the limited and luxuriously packaged double CD version at 20 euros but it’s already going down in numbers quite rapidly (postage inside Europe is 4 euros, 6 outside)

3. EDWARD KA-SPEL/Dream Logik 1-3 (4 x LP plus exclusive CD). A vinyl box set in an edition of 400 copies encompassing the entire Dream Logik project… Seriously beautiful. It will be available in October. Pre-order price is 55 euros (plus 12 for postage inside Europe and 18 outside). Do note, orders will be posted in December after the tour… Considering the initial response to this release it does look a little unlikely that we’ll have this for sale at European shows in the Spring.

4. EDWARD KA-SPEL/The Painted River of regrets (CDR)
Latest release on the Trademark of Quantity label consists of a collection of instrumental pieces to form a soundtrack for an imaginary movie which the dots vocalist had been working on over the last year. The intention was to have it ready for the last tour , but it over-ran by a day (apologies to all who came to the first 4 shows). A limited, personally signed edition of 399 copies. 15 euros (plus postage and packing). LATE ANNOUNCEMENT: This title will also be issued on vinyl early in 2009 in an edition of 100. Please wait for further details….

5. LEGENDARY PINK DOTS/ Chemical playschool 8/9 (2CD) .. Seems to have been out-of-print forever. Now reissued by Beta-lactam Ring as gloriously as you’d expect from this fine label. Imminent…22 euros (plus 4 for postage inside Europe and 6 outside).

6. The T-shirts. 3 of them and thank you to those who designed them and everybody else who entered the competition. Frankly we were blown away.

7. BACK IN STOCK!!!! THE TEAR GARDEN/Eye Spy with my little Eye CD. Just 8 copies left… 20 euros (plus postage and packing)

LAST COPY ALERT….
Vinyl editions of alchemical Playschool and the Cassette archives Box are nearly exhausted (just 1 copy of each left here). It’s essential to contact us first by email before ordering either of these titles.

To order anything, please visit The Terminal Kaleidoscope.

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BEAUTIFUL THINGS THAT CAME OUR WAY

SVARTBAG
I was given this CD by a kind record store owner in Copenhagen, and what a beauty it is!!! Perhaps there are echoes of the sadly missed Godspeed You Black Emperor, but that comparison does this Danish band a disservice. Very much an individual sound to this CD on the Rump Recordings label. Charged, ecstatic. Utterly uplifting in these sepia times.

THE JOHN MORAN CORPORATION
Sometimes a CD comes along that makes you want to fling open the windows and scream about to the rest of the World (only that would of course interfere with the beautiful music). In the case of John Moran, it wasn’t one but 2 albums that turned up in the mail box.. Psychedelic in the broadest sense, tuneful, intelligent,happy, sad — don’t know where to stop. John is from Australia and his CDs are on the Puzzle Factory label. Seek him out, and buy his music — you will not regret this.

UN FESTIN SAGITAL
Title: Epitafio a la Permanencia

Imagine Christian Vander and Pierre Henry collaborating on a lost masterpiece when they were both at the peaks of their powers….. Imagine the master tape turning up in Chile.. Imagine it’s reputation preceded it and turned out to be EVEN BETTER…… Un Festin Sagital is a group I’d never heard of before, but I reckon I’ll spend the next few years hearing them again and again such is the depth of this debut. Purchase from blrrecords.com now before it vanishes.

ARIEL KALMA
Beta-Lactam Ring has given Ariels’ first insanely rare album a long overdue re-release and it’s a glory. Lots of beautiful bonus material as well. We loved this record for years at Chez Dots… Hearing it with this kind of clarity was akin to waking up after a long Winter’s sleep.

-Edward

 

10/07/2008  Plutonium Blonde released today

Plutonium Blonde is now officially out in stores!

Take a look at some of the latest reviews.

If you find reviews and interviews that we don’t already have listed on legendarypinkdots.org, send them our way!

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In just 9 days, the North American tour begins!

A huge thank you to you – the lovely street teams – for helping to promote our shows!

 

We will be seeing you all soon.

-Lisette

 

10/12/2008  November 2008 Update

10/23/2008  Notes from the road

11/30/2008  Plutonium Blonde tour shirts for sale

12/10/2008  December 2008 Newsletter

This is a compilation of news articles and announcements from  2007, taken from Brainwashed.com.  Many, if not all, of the links are obsolete. This is for archival purposes only.

01/01/07: HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Happy New Year to our friends and fans! We hope that this update finds you well!

We begin the new year with good news for our European fans. We’re currently planning the first part of our 2007 European tour which is slated to kick off in late April or early May. Keep watching this space for updates.

At the end of January, watch for the release of Edward Ka-Spel’s Dream Logic: Part One, which is part of the BLRR Black Series. This CD is all new material and will be available through BLRR and TeKa.

Also part of the Black Series is the remastered edition of the Silverman’s State of Union, also due in late January.

Reminder: Edward Ka-Spel will perform at the TAC Live Festival in Eindhoven, NL, on January 27, 2007. The festival will take place at the Temporary Art Centre.

Other confirmed artists include Rude 66, Mormo, Musica Da Cucina and Yuko.

More details on the festival will be posted here soon, so keep checking back.

 

02/01/07: CONCERT AND RELEASE NEWS:

CONCERT NEWS: The Legendary Pink Dots are confirmed for the Castle Party Festival in Bolkow, Poland on July 29, 2007.

An Edward Ka-Spel/Silverman show is under negotiation for March 17, 2007 atGoudvishal in Arnhem, NL. If the show is confirmed, it will be in conjunction withSavage Republic, long-time favorites at Chez Dots.

The Pink Dots will tour Northern Europe in late April and early May. If you are a promoter or have useful tips, please direct your communications to Lisa Amend, who is in charge of LPD publicity and promotion (including the LPD websites).

RELEASE NEWS:

State of Union by The Silverman has been remastered with a 21-minute bonus piece added for a forthcoming release in Beta-lactam Ring’s Black Series. Also scheduled as part of this series are Edward Ka-Spel’s Dream Logik Part One (imminent) and a collection of some of Edward’s impossibly rare pieces from over the last few years, Melancholics Anonymous. The Black Series will also feature a CD collaboration between Edward Ka-Spel and Andrew Liles.

The second Tear Garden release for Subconscious Communications’ From the Vault series is in progress. It will feature all new material.

A 5xLP box set is in the works and will include Kleine Krieg, Chemical Playschool Part 2 Edition 2 and Live in Cologne 1983 as well as many surprise extras.

The Pink Dots will be recording their next album throughout the course of 2007.

 

02/05/07: YOU AND ME AND RAINBOWS:

Edward Ka-Spel and cEvin Key have shared some of their thoughts on creating the Tear Garden masterpiece You and Me and Rainbows at Litany.

 

03/05/07: NEW TEAR GARDEN RELEASE:

The newest Tear Garden CD, The Secret Experiment, is now completed and, in the words of Edward Ka-Spel, “rather special.” Expect it to be released in April as part of the Subconscious From the Vault second series. It will also be available for purchase through Terminal Kaleidoscope.

 

03/07/07: SPRING SHOWS:

The Pink Dots are now confirmed to play at at Goudvishal in Arnhem, Netherlands, on March 17, 2007. This is a one-off show. It is also likely that LPDs will play in Athens, Greece on May 27th. Keep checking back for more details.

 

03/25/07: EUROPEAN SHOWS:

Four European shows have been confirmed for late summer and early fall:

07/26/07: Uherske Hradiste / Summer Film Festival (CZ)
07/28/07: Strelecky Island, Prague / Open Air Cinema (CZ)
09/25/07: Koln / Underground (D)
09/26/07: Frankfurt / Das Bett (D)

05/06/07: UPDATE: CONFIRMED EUROPEAN SHOWS / SHOWS WANTED IN OCTOBER:

Here are the confirmed shows for Europe so far:

07/26/07: Uherske Hradiste / Summer Film Festival (CZ)
07/28/07: Strelecky Island, Prague / Open Air Cinema (CZ)
07/29/07: Bolkow / Castle Party (PL)
09/08/07: Mannheim Sulphur Festival (D) (more information TBA)
09/25/07: Koln / Underground (D)
09/26/07: Frankfurt / Das Bett (D)
09/28/07: Leipzig / UT Connewitz
10/11/07: Lyon / Sonic
10/13/07: London / Slimelight (UK)

We are looking for shows in Sweden, Norway and Denmark in October 2007. If you would like to book the band or can pass on information about interested clubs or promoters, please contact lisa (at) brainwashed (dot) com.

 

05/30/07: BRNO SHOW ADDED TO SUMMER SCHEDULE:

The following show has been added to the summer schedule:

07/27/07: Hrachovec U Vala – Festival Hrachova

The current tour schedule is as follows:

07/26/07: Uherske Hradiste / Summer Film Festival (CZ)
07/27/07: Hrachovec U Vala – Festival Hrachova
07/28/07: Strelecky Island, Prague / Open Air Cinema (CZ)
07/29/07: Bolkow / Castle Party (PL)
09/08/07: Mannheim Sulphur Festival (D) (more information TBA)
09/25/07: Koln / Underground (D)
09/26/07: Frankfurt / Das Bett (D)
09/28/07: Leipzig / UT Connewitz
10/11/07: Lyon / Sonic
10/13/07: London / Slimelight (UK)

 

06/04/07: NEW RELEASES AVAILABLE:

Terminal Kaleidoscope and BLRR are now carrying the following new releases from Edward Ka-Spel and the Silverman.

Edward Ka-Spel: Melancholics Anonymous:

Tracklist:
Clara Rockmore’s Dog
Complex
Meltdown
Stars on Some Days
Burden
Karis in the Spring
The Evidence of Absence

Edward Ka-Spel: Dream Logik Part One:

Tracklist:
Threshhold
Harvester
Good Life
Backyard
And The Stars The 9 O’clock Train To Oblivion
Laughing Gas
Doughnut
Revolution 834

The Silverman: State of Union (CD Version)

Tracklist:
Note of Longing
State Of Union
First Utterance
Rainy Day Reflection
Butterfly Effect

06/26/07: NEW TEAR GARDEN RELEASE AVAILABLE THROUGH TERMINAL KALEIDOSCOPE:

The latest release from the Tear Garden, The Secret Experiment is now available through TeKa. All pre-orders have been sent out.

Also, those who have tips for shows in Europe should contact el-que (at) calyxx (dot) com.

 

08/21/07: NEW TOUR DATE ANNOUNCED – NEW SILVERMAN RELEASE:

Just confirmed: The Pink Dots will perform at K17 in Berlin on September 7, 2007. They will be presenting a new set of songs for the first time at that show.

Just released: The Silverman: Spectral Artifact. This is a beautiful recording of a live Silverman show and includes a lot of rare material. It’s available throughTeKa.

 

08/21/07: European Tour Dates:

7.9.2007 BERLIN/ K17 (D)
8.9.2007 MANNHEIM/Sulphur Festival (D)
16.9.2007 RIMINI/Malafesta
Festival-Sant’Arcangelo di Romagna(Rimini) (I)
17.9.2007 INNSBRUCK/PMK Bogen (A)
18.9.2007 HAMBURG/Kir (D)
20.9.2007 BERGEN/Garage (NO)
21.9.2007 OSLO/Garage (NO)
23.9.2007 GOTHENBURG/Pusterviksbaren (S)
25.9.2007 KOLN / Underground (D)
26.9.2007 FRANKFURT/ Das Bett (D)
28.9.2007 LEIPZIG/ UT Connewitz (D)
10.10.2007 VERVIERS/Spirit of ’66 (B) Lyon / Sonic
11.10.2007 LYON/Sonic (F)
13.10.2007 LONDON/Slimelight (UK)
14.10.2007 AMSTERDAM/MS Stubnitz (NL)
28.11.2007 BRUSSELS/Recyclart (B) with legendary french band CATALOGUE
7.12.2007 ATHENS/Gagarin (GR)
14.12.2007 HANNOVER/SwampRoom Festival (D)

plus:
EDWARD KA-SPEL solo…13.9.2007 BERLIN (guest at Goethes Erben Farewell concert)

We are still desperately seeking more shows in PARIS,STOCKHOLM,MUNICH and FRANCE/DENMARK.Any tips /assistance would be so welcome.Contact Lisa Amend at this address: lisa at brainwashed.com

 

09/01/2007 THANK YOU, LISA

After many years of tireless work on behalf of the Legendary Pink Dots,Edward Ka-Spel and everything hovering inside that peculiar universe, Lisa Amend has decided to take a well-earned rest . Edward and The Dots cannot thank her enough for everything she has done to help and promote the band out of pure love over the best part of a decade. Without her there simply would be no legendarypinkdots.org, no Terminal kaleidoscope mail order, no Myspace page-the list goes on……… We wish her the best of everything in her future endeavours.
THE LEGENDARY PINK DOTS

NEW RELEASE

Just launched for this European tour on Legendary Pink Dots’ own Trademark of Quantity label is the DVD-R release, “Live in Los Angeles 2002”. This is single camera but high quality recording of a particularl;y good performance from the Dots.An initial run of 50 copies has been made,but it will be available through the TEKA mail order for the next few months.

CONFIRMED SHOWS SO FAR

7.9.2007 BERLIN/ K17 (D)
8.9.2007 MANNHEIM/Sulphur Festival (D)
16.9.2007 RIMINI/Malafesta
Festival-Sant’Arcangelo di Romagna(Rimini) (I)
17.9.2007 INNSBRUCK/PMK Bogen (A)
18.9.2007 HAMBURG/Kir (D)
20.9.2007 BERGEN/Garage (NO)
21.9.2007 OSLO/Garage (NO)
23.9.2007 GOTHENBURG/Pusterviksbaren (S)
25.9.2007 KOLN / Underground (D)
26.9.2007 FRANKFURT/ Das Bett (D)
28.9.2007 LEIPZIG/ UT Connewitz (D)
10.10.2007 VERVIERS/Spirit of ’66 (B)
11.10.2007 LYON/Sonic (F)
13.10.2007 LONDON/Slimelight (UK)
14.10.2007 AMSTERDAM/MS Stubnitz (NL)
17.10.2007 POZNAN/Blue Note (PL)
18.10.2007 WROCLAW/Firlej (PL)
19.10.2007 LODZ/Jazzga (PL)
20.10.2007 BYDGOSZCZ/Mozg (PL)
21.10.2007 WARSZAWA/Hard Rock Cafe (PL)
22.10.2007 OSTRAVA/Marley Club (CZ)-TENTATIVE!!!
24.10.2007 BUDAPEST- TENTATIVE!!!
28.11.2007 BRUSSELS/Recyclart (B) with legendary french band CATALOGUE
7.12.2007 ATHENS/Gagarin (GR)
13.12.2007 BERN/Dampfzentrale (CH)
14.12.2007 HANNOVER/SwampRoom Festival (D)
15.12.2007 BOCHUM/zwischenfall (D)
20.12.2007 PARIS/Cafe de la Danse (F)

NEW RELEASES

Brand new on the TRADEMARK OF QUANTITY LABEL!

1.THE SILVERMAN/Spectral Artefact CDR
A wonderful (and rare) live performance by The Silverman from Nantes (we believe) at the end of the 90s.Sound quality is close to perfect. It’s available only from TEKA and at live shows. Price 10 euros/ 14 USD plus postage (Please see below)

2.MIMIR/First album revisited CD only
Christoph Heemann spent a year re-interpreting the sessions that constituted the first Mimir album and the result could never be described as a mere ‘remix’. In fact it sounds like a new album, and one hell of a new album to be precise.A beauty. price: 15 euros / 19 USD

3.MIMIR/Mimiryad (First interpretation) CD only
This is the original Mimiryad (Mimir’s second album) which first appeared as a very limited vinyl release some time last century.Line-up for Mimir on this release was Christoph Heemann, Andreas Martin, The Silverman,Edward Ka-Spel and Jim O’Rourke. Price :15 euros/ 19 USD

STILL IN STOCK AT TEKA

3 copies only of MIMIR III CD @ 15 euros/ 19 USD.This CD is long out of print.Those who order will also receive a Mimir postcard. Please send an email to <l_khata at=”” yahoo.com=””>before ordering as we cannot order extra copies of this one.

COMING SOON !! (1)

ULKOMAALAISET 1 (CD)
ULKOMAALAISET 2 (CD)

Both to be released in Beta Lactam Ring Records’ “Black” series.

An explanation….
Easter in rural Finland isn’t exactly the most exciting holiday.
Everything is closed, the few people that are normally there seem to vanish and even the mosquitos maintain a respectful distance.

Martin Heuser somehow found himself in Karis (also known as Karjaa for ,in Finland , most of the places have 2 names) with nothing to do.He had flown North from his birthplace in South Brazil to avoid military service and claim a spot at the delightful Larkkulla College- but at Easter 2007 he very much felt like an outsider .The college was virtually empty.

Likewise Edward Ka-spel (an Englishman) and Alena Boikova (a Russian) found themselves at the same place at the same time,anxious to celebrate the coming of Spring but not quite sure how to do it. A casual conversation over a bottle of Chilean wine, procured BEFORE the shops closed, revealed that Martin played classical piano.Ka-spel ,a little excited by this news, declared that the three should make an album.

In fact they made two.They will probably make another one at some time in the future. What else a poor foreign boy (or girl ) do in Finland? Ulkomaalaiset means “Foreigners” in Finnish.The name was decided upon in a truly democratic way as all found the word to be a beautiful one.

Martin Heuser:piano
Alena Boikova: Drums,percussion, electronics
Edward Ka-Spel:keyboards,electronics,small indescribable objects.

COMING SOON !! (2) (on Beta Lactam Ring Records)

EDWARD KA-SPEL/Dream Logik (double vinyl)
As is customary , the vinyl version of Dream Logik has been extended with an exclusive 4th side entitled “Burning Church”. This will not be made available on CD.

COMING SOON !! (3)(on Vinyl on Demand)

THE LEGENDARY PINK DOTS /cassette Archives on Wax
A 5 LP set in a beatiful embossed box of the cassette albums “KLEINE KRIEG” , “CHEMICAL PLAYSCHOOL Volume 2(edition 2)” and the bootleg “LIVE IN COLOGNE 1983”.

COMING SOON !! (4)(on Soleilmoon Recordings)

THE LEGENDARY PINK DOTS/Alchemical Playschool (2x LP)
The vinyl version matches the now out-of-print Cd in terms of presentation. A double 10″ package, delicate ,immaculate…

IN STOCK NOW

EDWARD KA-SPEL/Dream Logik (deluxe Cd ,first edition)
20 euros/27 USD
EDWARD KA-SPEL/Melancholics anonymous (CD in BLRR Black series ltd to 300)
20 euros/ 27 USD
THE SILVERMAN/State of Union (CD in BLRR Black series
ltd to 3000 20 euros/ 27 USD
TEAR GARDEN/The Secret Experiment (beautifully packaged CD from the Subconscious Vault series 2. All new material) : 20 euros/ 27 USD
THE LEGENDARY PINK DOTS/Your children Placate you from Premature Graves: 15 euros/20 USD (the newest LPD CD).

Available now from Terminal Kaleidoscope

10/25/07: OCTOBER 2007 UPDATE

New confirmations of shows
5 DECEMBER-NAPOLI (I)
11 DECEMBER- ROME/Init (I)
12 DECEMBER-TORINO /Union Club (I)

The Cassette Atchives 5xLP vinyl boxset
is now imminent and can be pre-ordered from TEKA.
Write to l_khata at yahoo.com

Shows in Ostrava and Budapest are now planned for April 2008.

Strange Attractor hopes to see you on their European Tour:

Fri. 2 Nov: NIJMEGEN (NL) – Merleyn (www.merleyn.nl)
Thu. 8 Nov: EINDHOVEN (NL) – Plan-2 (www.plan-2.nl)
Fri. 9 Nov: HAMBURG (GER) – Logo (www.logohamburg.de)
Sat. 10 Nov: BERLIN (GER) – Lovelite (www.lovelite.de)
Tue. 13 Nov: HELSINKI (FIN) – Redrum (www.redrum.fi)
Wed. 14 Nov: TALLINN (EST) – Juuksur (www.rampade.org)
Thu. 15 Nov: RIGA (LAT) – Depo (www.klubsdepo.lv)
Fri. 16 Nov: VILNIUS (LIT) – t.b.a.
Sat. 17 Nov: KALININGRAD (RUS) – Dreadnought
Sun. 18 Nov: KALININGRAD (RUS) – Universal
Mon. 19 Nov: GDYNIA (POL) –  Bohema (www.bohemajazzclub.pl)
Tue. 20 Nov:  OLSZTYN (POL) –  Bohema (www.bohemajazzclub.pl)
Wed. 21 Nov: WARSAW (POL) – Klub 55 (www.klub55.pl)
Thu. 22 Nov: LODZ  (POL) – Jazzga (www.jazzga.info)
Fri. 23 Nov: LEIPZIG (GER) – UT Connewitz (www.utconnewitz.de)
Sat. 24 Nov: FRANKFURT am MAIN (GER) – Das Bett (www.bett-club.de)

Personnel:
Marie-Claudine – vocals, synth

Niels van Hoorn – saxes, bass clarinet, flute, wind synth.

Richard van Kruysdijk – drums, laptop

 

STRANGE ATTRACTOR : lim. 7inch (300) release on Music For Speakers:

The Unperceived Image’ holds two new tracks that each feature a
legendary guest vocalist. DAVID J (Bauhaus) and WINSTON TONG
(Tuxedomoon) both contributed their voice and lyrics. The results are
two beautifully moody songs, with Strange Attractor’s trademark
transparent, yet warm instrumentation and gloomy atmosphere. Listen to
the songs on their MySpace page: www.myspace.com/attractor.
This 7″ is an appetizer for their upcoming album, which will feature
more guest performances by (a.o.) Graham Lewis (Wire), Richard Sinclair
(Caravan), Marie-Claudine (Sonar Lodge) and Peter Christopherson (Coil,
Throbbing Gristle).
The 7″s can be ordered at Beta Lactam Ring Records and Music For
Speakers.
www.blrrecords.com
www.musicforspeakers.com

 

12/30/07: JANUARY 2008 UPDATE

LEGENDARY PINK DOTS ON TOUR

APR 25, 2008	Munich, Germany (Tentative)	Venue TBD
APR 26, 2008	Nürnberg, Germany (Tentative)	Venue TBD

* We are looking for places to play in Dresden, Germany and The Czech Republic. If anyone has venue suggestions or information, please forward to l_khata at yahoo.com.

* LPD plans to tour USA/Canada in The Fall of 2008.

This is a compilation of news articles and announcements from  2006, taken from Brainwashed.com.  Many, if not all, of the links are obsolete. This is for archival purposes only.

 

01/11/06: LEGENDARY PINK DOTS ON GERMAN PUBLIC RADIO:

On Monday, January 16th, Deutschlandfunk (national public radio for traditional hi-quality journalism in Germany) will broadcast a special Pink Dots show to honor the band’s 25th anniversary.

Click here to find the live stream options for this radio program, which will be broadcast in German.

 

01/16/06: AN ANNOUNCEMENT FROM EDWARD KA-SPEL:

On Saturday, January 14, Erik Drost performed with the Legendary Pink Dots for the last time. Erik has decided to leave the band for personal reasons. His talent, style and enthusiasm brought fresh energy to the Pink Dots when he came aboard in late 2003 and he will be sadly missed. We wish him well in his endeavours and hope to hear more from him in the future.

Erik cannot be replaced, so we will not say that we are working on finding a suitable replacement for him. What we will say is that we will have another announcement for you shortly and that it’s going to be a very positive announcement.

 

01/29/06: WEB SITE UPDATES:

I am in the process of updating/cleaning up/archiving many, many areas of the Web site. While this is happening, you may notice a few weird glitches and files/pages that are temporarily disabled. One thing we are working on is moving the downloads to a different area within brainwashed.com. Those files will not be accessible for a short period of time. Keep checking this space for updates and tour/new album announcements.

 

01/30/06: WELCOME BACK, MARTIJN DE KLEER!

The Legendary Pink Dots are delighted to announce that Martijn de Kleer has stepped back in to the band. This will be Marty’s third spell with the band in fifteen years!

Marty will be featured on the next LPD recordings and will be joining the band on the North American tour, slated to begin in early June.

More details/announcements/tour dates are coming soon!

02/15/06: EDWARD KA-SPEL SOLO SHOW IN AMSTERDAM:

Edward Ka-Spel will be performing at the Sugar Factory in Amsterdam on April 1, 2006. Tickets for this show will go on sale on February 20th. Here is the press release from www.electronation.nl:

On Saturday 1 April as part of Sugar FactoryÕs one-year anniversary weekend Electronation in co-operation with KinkFM proudly presents:

Darkness Is Enlightening: An Evening Dedicated to Your Other Side.

The evening will be separated into two parts. The first part of the evening is A Tribute To Balance and incorporates a release party of the latest edition of the fabulous X-rated CDÕs. This particular one called X-rated: The Dark Files is being released by SteamSounds music and is dedicated to and inspired by the late Balance.

[The CD] is a brilliant collection of exclusive and non-explosive dark industrial music by some of the worldÕs most acclaimed industrial artists such as: Black Sun Productions, Peter Christopherson, Aural Rage (Danny Hyde), Monoton, Markant, Legendary Pink Dots, Scanner, Steven Stapleton and Raison d’tre and many others.

From the great collection of artists that are included on the X rated CD, we have chosen to invite Edward Ka-Spel of the Legendary Pink Dots to perform live – along with the highly-acclaimed children of darkness: Black Sun Productions. Best known for their collaboration with Coil in some of the band’s most iconoclastic live installations and for their Plastic Spider Thing, a cycle of 23 extreme performances, Black Sun Productions’ wicked boys released in 2005 two proper albums, OperettAmorale and Visions ov Anarcadia, both warmly received by the public and critics alike.

The doors will be open at 20:00 and performances will start around 20:45.

For the second part of the evening we have chosen to continue with Drama Society, who are Luca Baldini and Sergio Ricciardone, both talented producers, DJs and performers hailing from Italy. Their first 2 singles Liars and Crying Herowere released on Turbo Recordings and following TiefschwarzÕs use of the Tiga mix of Crying Hero on their mix album Misch Masch, Drama Society were immediately signed to Fine Records. The subsequent singles – Accident andCrescendo – were released in 2005 and gained praise from Tiga, Tiefschwarz, Laurent Garnier, Ellen Alien and Headman amongst others.

Last year Luca spent 4 weeks with the Pet Shop Boys, arranging and programming part of their forthcoming new album and Sergio and Luca spent their time gigging in places such as Montreal, Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires, Barcelona, Madrid, Paris, Berlin, London, Rome, Milan, Turin, Bologna, Lausanne and Hamburg as well as writing and recording their debut album for release later this year. Supported by our own DJ Dion and DJ Nuno dos Santos, for visuals we have chosen to work with the talented VJ Snow.

The second part of the evening starts at 23:00 and finishes at 05:00.

 

03/12/06: NEW ALBUM TITLE:

Coming soon: More details on the new LPD album, which is called Your Children Placate You From Premature Graves. I should have the first tentative North American tour dates within the next week or so as well.

03/20/06: STRANGE ATTRACTOR EUROPEAN TOUR DATES:

02-04: De Zeester – Nijmegen, the Netherlands
03-04: Wilhelmina (Jazzpower) – Eindhoven, the Netherlands
09-04: Sugar Factory – Amsterdam, the Netherlands
13-04: Volksbuehne / Roter Salon – Berlin, Germany
14-04: Das Bett – Frankfurt am Main, Germany
15-04: Karo – Bremen, Germany
16-04: Piwnica 21 – Poznan, Poland
17-04: Mozg – Bydgoszcz, Poland
18-04: Ucho – Gdynia, Poland
19-04: TBA – Kaunas, Lithuania
20-04: Depo – Riga, Latvia
21-04: Nat. Centre of Contemporary Art – Kaliningrad, Russia
22-04: TBA – Warsaw, Poland
23-04: Imbir – Krakow, Poland
24-04: Abaton – Prague, Czech Republic
25-04: Marco Polo – Budapest, Hungary
26-04: Unplugged – Debrecen, Hungary
27-04: Monastery – Vienna, Austria
29-04: Bombura – Brezno, Slovakia
30-04: UT Connewitz – Leipzig, Germany

 

03/25/06: LPD NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES:

Here are the first confirmed dates for the Legendary Pink Dots North American tour, which is set to begin in Denver, CO on June 10th:

06/11/06: Kansas City, MO – Grand Emporium
06/14/06: Detroit, MI – Magic Bag
06/15/06: Toronto, ONT – Lee’s Palace
06/16/06: Montreal, QUE – Cabaret
06/17/06: Winooski, VT – Higher Ground
06/23/06: Atlanta, GA – Vinyl
06/24/06: Orlando, FL – The Social
06/25/06: Tampa, FL – State Theatre
06/29/06: Austin, TX – Stubb’s
06/30/06: Dallas, TX – Gypsy Tea Room
07/03/06: Phoenix, AZ – Clubhouse
07/06/06: San Diego, CA – The Casbah
07/10/06: Portland, OR – Berbati’s
07/11/06: Seattle, WA – Chop Suey

More dates will be announced soon, so keep watching this space for details.

 

03/26/06: EDWARD KA-SPEL SOLO SHOW IN STOCKHOLM / NEW STRANGE ATTRACTOR DATES:

EDWARD KA-SPEL SOLO SHOW: Edward Ka-Spel will be performing a solo show atKaskelot Live in Stockholm on April 29, 2006. The night will open with the screening of several independent short films. Local unestablished artists will exhibit their work throughout the night.

In addition to Edward’s performance, Stockholm’s psychedelic rock band Normaand the stunning electronic artist Ebb will take the stage.

STRANGE ATTRACTOR TOUR SCHEDULE: Strange Attractor has confirmed two more dates for their European tour. Here is the current roster:

02-04: De Zeester – Nijmegen, the Netherlands
03-04: Wilhelmina (Jazzpower) – Eindhoven, the Netherlands
09-04: Sugar Factory – Amsterdam, the Netherlands
13-04: Volksbuehne / Roter Salon – Berlin, Germany
14-04: Das Bett – Frankfurt am Main, Germany
15-04: Karo – Bremen, Germany
16-04: Piwnica 21 – Poznan, Poland
17-04: Mozg – Bydgoszcz, Poland
18-04: Ucho – Gdynia, Poland
19-04: Los Patrankos – Kaunas, Lithuania
20-04: Depo – Riga, Latvia
21-04: Nat. Centre of Contemporary Art – Kaliningrad, Russia
22-04: Jadlodalnia Filozoficzna – Warsaw, Poland
23-04: Imbir – Krakow, Poland
24-04: Abaton – Prague, Czech Republic
25-04: Marco Polo – Budapest, Hungary
26-04: Unplugged – Debrecen, Hungary
27-04: Monastery – Vienna, Austria
29-04: Bombura – Brezno, Slovakia
30-04: UT Connewitz – Leipzig, Germany

 

04/01/06: LPD SHOW IN GENEVE:

The Legendary Pink Dos will perform at L’Usine in Geneve on September 30th. This date will almost certainly conclude the 25th Anniversary Tour.

Here is the current North American tour schedule:

06/10/06: Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater
06/11/06: Kansas City, MO – Grand Emporium
06/14/06: Detroit, MI – Magic Bag
06/15/06: Toronto, ONT – Lee’s Palace
06/16/06: Montreal, QUE – Cabaret
06/17/06: Winooski, VT – Higher Ground
06/23/06: Atlanta, GA – Vinyl
06/24/06: Orlando, FL – The Social
06/25/06: Tampa, FL – State Theatre
06/27/06: New Orleans, LA – The Parish at House of Blues
06/29/06: Austin, TX – Stubb’s
06/30/06: Dallas, TX – Gypsy Tea Room
07/02/06: Albuquerque, NM – Launchpad
07/03/06: Phoenix, AZ – Clubhouse
07/06/06: San Diego, CA – The Casbah
07/07/06: San Francisco, CA – Slim’s
07/10/06: Portland, OR – Berbati’s
07/11/06: Seattle, WA – Chop Suey

More dates will be announced soon, so keep watching this space for details.

 

04/02/06: NEW LYRICS / RELEASE NEWS:

Lyrics for the track No Matter What You Do from Your Children Placate You From Premature Graves:

Jesus loves the little children even when they torch the cat. Jesus loves the little cat that flies then tortures this and that. Jesus loves yea, that which stings. Yea, that which stinks. Yea, look! No fingers!!! Jesus just loves everything. We do not deserve him.

Jesus loves the man who takes his name then wields it as a curse. Jesus loves the man who fakes his pain then flaunts it, lines his purse. Jesus loves his wife, the wise guy, shy guy and the sleazy shyster. Jesus don’t steal pearls from oysters.
It would be beneath him.

We do not disturb him. We do not deserve him. We are so unworthy of his endless mercy.

NEW RELEASE NEWS!!

Several new releases are imminent and should all be available for the North American leg of LPDs 25th Anniversary Tour.

The Legendary Pink Dots: Your Children Placate You From Premature Graves. Due in late April, this is the new CD from ROIR. TeKa is now accepting pre-orders at 15 EUR / 18 USD plus shipping.

From Soleilmoon comes The Legendary Pink Dots: Alchemical Playschool – a very limited CD album presented in a soapstone box and made in India. All boxes took the slow boat from the sub-continent to Los Angeles and arrived a few days after the extraordinary musical voyage through India was completed. Watch this space for further news. Price has not been determined so no pre-orders are possible just yet.

The Legendary Pink Dots: The 25th Anniversary Single is a 7″ created especially for the USA tour. It’s imminent and pre-orders are now being accepted at TeKa for 10 Euros / 13 USD.

Edward Ka-Spel: Eyes China Doll – the second in BLRR’s wonderful reissue series.

The Legendary Pink Dots: Ancient Daze CD. The old CDR release is undergoing a serious makeover and will be extended and pressed as a regular CD on Beta-lactam Ring Records.

 

04/04/06: TRACKLIST FOR YOUR CHILDREN PLACATE YOU FROM PREMATURE GRAVES:

Here is the tracklist for the new album:

Count on Me
No Matter What You Do
Stigmata Part 4
Please Don’t Get Me Wrong
Feathers at Dawn
Peace of Mind
Island of Our Dreams
Bad Hair
The Made Man’s Manifesto
A Silver Thread
Your Number’s Up

04/06/06: ALCHEMICAL PLAYSCHOOL AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER FROM SOLEILMOON:

Alchemical Playschool, which will be released on May 8, is now available for pre-order from Soleilmoon!

Alchemical Playschool is easily one of the most unusual Legendary Pink Dots albums ever released. Based on the double CD Indian Soundscapes, released in 2004 by Soleilmoon, these recordings are best enjoyed with a cold glass of Bhang Ki Thandai, following which the operation of heavy equipment or motor vehicles is strongly discouraged. Yes, this a trippy, psychedelic album, in the tradition of earlier Chemical Playschool albums, but itÕs been dusted with magical powders from The Orient, making it an altogether different experience from its predecessors. As experimental and esoteric works go, this is the bandÕs definitive work. The album was born two years ago, following the conclusion of the DotsÕ last North American tour. Edward Ka-Spel met with Soleilmoon owner Charles Powne, who had recently returned from a stay in India. Charles gave Edward a copy of his Indian Soundscapes 2xCD, and invited him to take the material and use it in a new Dots recording. The resulting music borrows lightly from the source material, deftly blends it with the bandÕs signature electronic wizardry, and distills a potent brew redolent with the aromas of saffron, cardamom and flowers. We think youÕll find it both irresistable and unforgettable.

Alchemical Playschool is limited to 400 hand numbered copies, presented in a stunning soapstone box. The Legendary Pink Dots ÒtridentÓ logo has been carved into the cover in intricate detail (Note from Lisa: Yes, it’s really on there – looks gorgeous, too!). The contents of the box include an eight page booklet, a numbered card, and of course the CD, packed in a cloth bag screen printed with the Sanskrit translation of the bandÕs famous slogan. A second edition may be released at an unspecified date in the future, but in completely different packaging. Sing while you may!

 

04/10/06: FRAGMENTS OF ILLUMINA 2 X LP:

Beta-lactam Ring Records will be releasing Edward Ka-Spel’s solo albumFragments of Illumina as a double vinyl extravaganza with an extra side of bonus material. This edition will be limited to 300. Stay tuned for more details.

 

4/10/06  COMING TO A CITY NEAR YOU…
THE LEGENDARY PINK DOTS 25th ANNIVERSARY TOUR!

NEW DATES CONFIRMED 

06/10/06: Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater
06/11/06: Kansas City, MO – Grand Emporium
06/13/06: Chicago, IL – Double Door
06/14/06: Detroit, MI – Magic Bag
06/15/06: Toronto, ONT – Lee’s Palace
06/16/06: Montreal, QUE – Cabaret
06/17/06: Cambridge, MA – Middle East
6/19/06: New York, NY – Knitting Factory
6/20/06: New York, NY – Knitting Factory
06/22/06: Chapel Hill, NC – Local 506
06/23/06: Atlanta, GA – Vinyl
06/24/06: Orlando, FL – The Social
06/25/06: Tampa, FL – State Theatre
06/27/06: New Orleans, LA – The Parish at House of Blues
06/28/06: Houston, TX – The Studio at Warehouse Live
06/29/06: Austin, TX – Stubb’s
06/30/06: Dallas, TX – Gypsy Tea Room
07/02/06: Albuquerque, NM – Launchpad
07/03/06: Phoenix, AZ – Real Bar
07/06/06: San Diego, CA – The Casbah
07/07/06: Los Angeles, CA – El Rey
07/08/06: San Francisco, CA – Slim’s – with Big City Orchestra
07/10/06: Portland, OR – Berbati’s
07/11/06: Seattle, WA – Chop Suey

More dates will be announced soon, so keep watching this space for details.

 

04/17/06: PRE-SALE TICKETS GO ON SALE TODAY!

Tickets to select shows go on sale today! The Legendary Pink Dots have chosen to offer pre-sale tickets at reduced handling fees for their fans before they are offered up to the general public. To access the presales, click here.

 

04/19/06: YOUR CHILDREN PLACATE YOU FROM PREMATURE GRAVES ALBUM COVER ART:

 

 

04/24/06: VENUE CHANGE IN ARIZONA:

The show orginally scheduled for the Clubhouse in Phoenix has been moved to the Real Bar. The date remains the same. Scroll down for the most current tour schedule.

 

05/10/06: UPDATES!

SOUND CLIPS: Here are short samples of the tracks on Your Children Placate You From Premature Graves which ROIR will release on May 30, 2006:

Count on Me
No Matter What You Do
Stigmata Part 4
Feathers at Dawn
Please Don’t Get Me Wrong
Peace of Mind
The Island of Our Dreams
Bad Hair
The Made Man’s Manifesto
A Silver Thread
Your Number is Up

TWO NEW EUROPEAN DATES: The Legendary Pink Dots are confirmed for Silke Arp Bricht in Hannover on June 3rd and are also set to play in Poznan on June 4th. The venue in Poznan is yet to be confirmed.

EDWARD KA-SPEL SOLO SHOW: There will be an Edward Ka-Spel solo show prior to the Pink Dots set at the House of Blues in New Orleans on June 27th. More Edward Ka-Spel solo shows are possible, so keep checking this page for the latest updates.

EDWARD KA-SPEL TO APPEAR ON NEW RELEASE BY ANDREW LILES: Edward Ka-Spel has lent his vocal talents to a track called Best Friend on the new Andrew Lilesalbum Ouarda (The Subtle Art of Phyllorhodomancy). You can find more information about the album, which also features contributions from a plethora of other artists, here.

LEGENDARY PINK DOTS RADIO SPECIAL:
On May 27th, there will be a special radio show to celebrate the Pink Dots’ 25th Anniversary. For more information, visit Feindsender on My Space or go directly tofeindsender.net.

SALT LAKE CITY SHOW IN THE WORKS: We are working on a show in Salt Lake City following the Seattle show on July 11th. We will announce the date and venue here as soon as all details are confirmed.

LOS ANGELES SHOW: The local performance art group, Mirror, will open the Pink Dots show at the El Rey Theater in Los Angeles on July 7th.

DENVER SHOW: Locals Orbit Service and Munly will open the show in Denver on June 10th.

 

05/14/06: SALT LAKE CITY:

We have just confirmed a show in Salt Lake City for Friday, July 14th. We are working to finalize the last show of the North American branch of the 25th Anniversary Tour, which will be on Saturday, July 15th. Information will be posted here as soon as the details are confirmed.

Here is the current tour schedule:

06/10/06: Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater
06/11/06: Kansas City, MO – Grand Emporium
06/13/06: Chicago, IL – Double Door
06/14/06: Detroit, MI – Magic Bag
06/15/06: Toronto, ONT – Lee’s Palace
06/16/06: Montreal, QUE – Cabaret
06/17/06: Cambridge, MA – Middle East
6/19/06: New York, NY – Knitting Factory
6/20/06: New York, NY – Knitting Factory
06/22/06: Chapel Hill, NC – Local 506
06/23/06: Atlanta, GA – Vinyl
06/24/06: Orlando, FL – The Social
06/25/06: Tampa, FL – State Theatre
06/27/06: New Orleans, LA – The Parish at House of Blues
06/28/06: Houston, TX – The Studio at Warehouse Live
06/29/06: Austin, TX – Stubb’s
06/30/06: Dallas, TX – Gypsy Tea Room
07/02/06: Albuquerque, NM – Launchpad
07/03/06: Phoenix, AZ – Real Bar
07/06/06: San Diego, CA – The Casbah
07/07/06: Los Angeles, CA – El Rey
07/08/06: San Francisco, CA – Slim’s – with Big City Orchestra
07/10/06: Portland, OR – Berbati’s
07/11/06: Seattle, WA – Chop Suey
07/14/06: Salt Lake City, UT – Ego’s

 

05/23/06: POZNAN VENUE ANNOUNCED:

The venue for the June 4th show in Poznan is Klub U Bazyla.

 

06/02/06: NORTH AMERICAN TOUR KICKS OFF NEXT SATURDAY!

The North American leg of the 25th Anniversary Tour kicks off on Saturday, June 10 in Denver, CO. This tour celebrates 25 years of Legendary Pink Dots music as well as the release of a brand new album, Your Children Placate You From Premature Graves (now available via ROIR.

Here is the tour schedule:

06/10/06: Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater with Munly and Orbit Service
06/11/06: Kansas City, MO – Grand Emporium
06/13/06: Chicago, IL – Double Door
06/14/06: Detroit, MI – Magic Bag
06/15/06: Toronto, ONT – Lee’s Palace with Pony da Look
06/16/06: Montreal, QUE – Cabaret
06/17/06: Cambridge, MA – Middle East
6/19/06: New York, NY – Knitting Factory with 1-Bit Music
6/20/06: New York, NY – Knitting Factory with Beat the Devil
06/22/06: Chapel Hill, NC – Local 506 with Veronique Diabolique
06/23/06: Atlanta, GA – Vinyl
06/24/06: Orlando, FL – The Social
06/25/06: Tampa, FL – State Theatre
06/27/06: New Orleans, LA – The Parish at House of Blues Also: Edward Ka-Spel solo
06/28/06: Houston, TX – The Studio at Warehouse Live
06/29/06: Austin, TX – Stubb’s
06/30/06: Dallas, TX – Gypsy Tea Room
07/02/06: Albuquerque, NM – Launchpad
07/03/06: Phoenix, AZ – Real Bar
07/06/06: San Diego, CA – The Casbah
07/07/06: Los Angeles, CA – El Rey with Mirror
07/08/06: San Francisco, CA – Slim’s – with Big City Orchestra
07/10/06: Portland, OR – Berbati’s
07/11/06: Seattle, WA – Chop Suey with Eric Lanzillotta
07/14/06: Salt Lake City, UT – Ego’s

 

06/14/06: RE-LAUNCHING WWW.LOVEANDLOUDCOLOURS.COM:

Lovers/owners of Edward’s lyric book “Love and Loud Colours” and those of you who have yet to purchase this beauty will want to visit the newly redesignedofficial site for the book.

The beautiful new site features a completely redesigned lyric page, “peek-inside” images, the full text of Kirsten Janene-Nelson’s original interview with Edward Ñ plus 5 audio snippets from that recording, extensive conversation about the making of the book, etc.

Still to come: A long-promised and much-anticipated section of lyric origins. Keep checking the page for updates as they are available.

The book is also available on the merchandise table on the North American leg of the 25th Anniversary Tour.

06/30/06: IN-STORE APPEARANCE AT AMOEBA RECORDS IN SAN FRANCISCO:

Edward Ka-Spel and The Silverman will be doing a rare in-store appearance at Amoeba Records (1855 Haight Street) in San Francisco on Sunday, July 9th at 2:00 p.m. They will be performing both Legendary Pink Dots and Edward Ka-Spel solo material.

In other tour news, we are pleased to announce that cellist Zoe Keating (formerly of Rasputina) has just come on board to open the show with her solo material. Local wonders The Plants will also be on the bill.

In Seattle, former Anomalous Records owner Eric Lanzillotta will open the show along with locals Hypatia Lake.

Here is the current tour schedule:

06/30/06: Dallas, TX – Gypsy Tea Room
07/02/06: Albuquerque, NM – Launchpad
07/03/06: Phoenix, AZ – Real Bar
07/06/06: San Diego, CA – The Casbah
07/07/06: Los Angeles, CA – El Rey with Mirror
07/08/06: San Francisco, CA – Slim’s – with Big City Orchestra
07/10/06: Portland, OR – Berbati’s
07/11/06: Seattle, WA – Chop Suey with Eric Lanzillotta
07/14/06: Salt Lake City, UT – Ego’s
07/15/06: Boulder, CO – Fox Theatre

 

07/01/06: LAST DATE OF NORTH AMERICAN TOUR CONFIRMED!

We have just confirmed that the last show on the North American leg of the 25th Anniversary Tour will take place Saturday July 15th at the Fox Theatre in Boulder, CO.

Those of you who attended the Denver show on June 10 will be thrilled to know that there have been new songs added to the setlist and we will open this show with an Edward Ka-Spel solo show. Edward will be performing recent and classic solo material!

 

07/27/06: EUROPEAN DATES CONFIRMED:

We would like to thank everyone for coming to see us on the North American leg of the 25th Anniversary Tour. We had a wonderful time and it’s always good to see our friends in USA and Canada. As always, we appreciate your support!

We have confirmed the following dates in Europe in September and October:

September 1: Edward Ka-Spel and The Silverman will perform at the Schiphorst Festival
September 29: Legendary Pink Dots will perform at Bad Bonn in Dudingen, Switzerland
September 30: Legendary Pink Dots will perform at L’Usine in Geneva, Switzerland

We are also in the process of confirming a show in Frankfurt on October 1 at Das Bett. Keep watching this space for updates!

07/30/06: MESSAGE FROM EDWARD: PRAGUE ON OCTOBER 2:

The Legendary Pink Dots are seeking a show in Prague on October 2, 2006. This is a very strong city for the band, but we have not played a show there since 2004. If anyone can help us arrange a show, please email Lisa.

In other news, the show at Das Bett in Frankfurt has now been confirmed for October 1st.

 

08/17/06: EDWARD KA-SPEL SOLO DATES AND NEW RELEASES FROM BLRR:

Edward Ka-Spel will be opening for Dresden Dolls on September 2 in Hamburg and September 3 in Berlin. Info can be found at the Dolls’ website.

Beta-lactam Ring has several new releases in the works. First up is the reissue of Edward’s classic album Eyes China Doll. Finally reissued properly as a CD, Eyes has been repackaged with its original art in a mini LP sleeve. To order the release or listen to MP3 samples, click here.

Next up is the reissue of Fragments of Illumina on both CD and double vinyl. For information and MP3 samples from the CD, click here and for information and MP3 samples from the vinyl release, click here.

Ancient Daze has also been reissued as a proper CD and on double vinyl. You’ll find the audio samples and information about the CD here and the album info here.

Edward’s forest-friendly version of Hey Rainman is also available on a compilation from Waveform Records entitled Chillicious. You can pre-order the release here.

 

08/21/06: FINAL SHOW OF 25th ANNIVERSARY TOUR CONFIRMED:

The final show of the 25th Anniversary Tour will take place at The Roxy in Prague on October 3rd. This show will be an Edward Ka-Spel solo performance as well as a full-fledged Legendary Pink Dots extravaganza!

 

12/04/06: EDWARD KA-SPEL TO PERFORM AT TAC LIVE FESTIVAL

Edward Ka-Spel will perform at the TAC Live Festival in Eindhoven, NL, on January 27, 2007. The festival will take place at the Temporary Art Centre.

Other confirmed artists include Rude 66, Mormo, Musica Da Cucina and Yuko.

More details on the festival will be posted here soon, so keep checking back.

This is a compilation of news articles and announcements from  2005, taken from Brainwashed.com.  Most of the links are obsolete. This is for archival purposes only.

01/02/05: NEW TOUR DATE ADDED / NEW MP3 DOWNLOAD

The Legendary Pink Dots have added a show at Connewitz in Leipzig to the tour roster. The show will take place on February 28.

Over at the Downloads page, you can find a wonderful live version of Maniac fromThe Golden Age recorded in Burlington, Vermont in 1989.

 

01/08/05: UPDATED TOUR SCHEDULE:

Dates in Freiburg and Sczcezin have been added.

 

01/10/05: NEW DATES ADDED/SEEKING SHOWS IN FRANCE:

A show in Frankfurt on March 14 has been added to the tour roster. Also confirmed is a show in Avignon, France on March 12 (see the updated tour schedule below). The Pink Dots are seeking more shows in France in the days prior to the show on March 12. If you have any tips, please send me an e-mail or use the Contact Formon this website.

 

01/18/05: NEW DATE ADDED:

A show in Lund, Sweden has been confirmed for March 2nd.

 

01/21/05: NEW DATES ADDED:

Dates in London, Hoeilaart, and Erlangen have been confirmed. Also in the works is an Edward Ka-Spel solo show in London on March 18. Details will be posted here so keep checking back!

 

01/27/05: UPDATES FROM EDWARD:

Edward sent over the following annoucements – including surprising (and thrilling!) news about a possible Mimir show in Antwerp on February 12:

Unfortunately, the Pink Dots show scheduled for March 4 at the Omega Club in Erlangen has been canceled due to unforeseen circumstances. We are looking for a new venue, but can make no promises that we will be able to re-schedule this show at this time.

Just confirmed: There will be an Edward Ka-Spel/Mirror – and possibly MIMIR show in Antwerp on February 12. More details will follow shortly, so keep checking this page for updates.

There will be an Edward Ka-Spel solo show in London at the Drones Club on March 18 (support will be S/T).

There will be a short Edward Ka-Spel solo set before the LPD set in Avignon on March 12.

The two shows in Tel Aviv, Israel (January 28 and 29) will be completely different from one another.

In other news, those of you in the New York/New Jersey area checking out shows by Cosmic Brotherhood of Ra will get to hear a cover of the often-overlooked but brilliant LPD track Condition Green.

 

02/01/05: MIMIR SHOW CONFIRMED, NEW DATE IN LYON

The Edward Ka-Spel/Mirror/Mimir show in Antwerp has been confirmed for February 12. The venue is Mechelsesteenweg 90.

A date in Lyon, France has been confirmed for March 13. The venue is Grrrnd Zero.

 

02/08/05: NEW DATE CONFIRMED – POLISH SHOW VENUE CHANGES:

A show in Nurnberg has been confirmed for March 4 at
Z-bau.

Two venues in Poland have been changed. The show originally scheduled at the Blue Note on February 25 will now be at Piwnica 21 and the show in Bydgoszcz scheduled at Mozg on February 26 will be at The Kuznia Club. The dates for these shows have not been changed.

Here is the current tour schedule:

11 Feb: Tilburg (NL) / 013

12 Feb: Antwerp (B) / Mechelsesteenweg 90
***Edward Ka-Spel solo with Mirror and Mimir

16 Feb: Nijmegen (NL) / Merleyn

17 Feb: Freiburg (D) / Cafe Atlantik
***With Collection D’Arnell Andrea

19 Feb: Leiden (NL) / LVC

20 Feb: Utrecht (NL) / Ekko

22 Feb: Amsterdam (NL) / Desmet Live (Human Radio)

23 Feb: Munster (D) / Gleis 22

24 Feb: Potsdam (D) / Waschhaus

25 Feb: Poznan (PL) / Piwnica 21

26 Feb: Bydgoszcz (PL) / Kuznia Club

27 Feb: Lodz (PL) / Dekompresja

28 Feb: Leipzig (D) / UT Connewitz

01 Mar: Szczecin (PL) / Hormon

02 Mar: Lund (SE) / Smalands Nation

04 Mar: Nurnberg (D) / Z-bau

05 Mar: Hoeilaart (B) / Jeugdcentrum Koldam

12 Mar: Avignon (F) / Theatre du Bourg Neuf
***Also: Edward Ka-Spel solo

13 Mar: Lyon (F) / Grrrnd Zero – CANCELED

14 Mar: Frankfurt (D) / Cookies

18 Mar: London (UK) / Drones Club with S/T
***Edward Ka-Spel solo

19 Mar: London (UK) / Slimelight

 

02/13/05: MIMIR PHOTOS

You can see photos of the first-ever Mimir show (Saturday February 12, 2005 in Antwerp, Belgium) here! Many thanks to Jan de Haan for taking them and to Erik Gibbels for sending them. Make sure to keep watching the weekly brainwashed brain as an upcoming edition of the brainwashed eye will feature Mimir.

 

03/01/05: ZDZISLAW BEKSINSKI:

Last week, the Legendary Pink Dots were shocked and saddened by the news that famous Polish surrealist artist Zdzislaw Beksinski had been found murdered in his home. Beksinski provided the album cover art for LPDs Polish releases via the Big Blue label.

Beksinski’s late son Tomasz was a big LPD fan and he was largely responsible for helping LPDs find an audience in Poland.

 

03/08/05: LYON SHOW CANCELED:

The Pink Dots show scheduled for March 13 in Lyon, France has been canceled as the venue has been shut down. Unfortunately, it has not been possible to move the show to another venue at this time.

03/09/05: SECOND SHOW ADDED IN AVIGNON, FRANCE:

The Legendary Pink Dots have just confirmed a second show in Avignon, France atTheatre du Bourg Neuf on March 13. The setlist for this performance will be completely different than the setlist for the show at Theatre du Bourg Neuf on March 12!

 

03/17/05: SPECIAL CDR TO BE GIVEN AWAY AT DRONES CLUB SHOW IN LONDON:

A special CDR will be given to the first 50 audience members through the door at the Drones Club for the Edward Ka-Spel/S/T show on Friday, March 18. Don’t be late!

The tracklist is as follows:

1: Edward Ka-Spel: Atomic Roses
Recorded live in Brussels, 29th May 1999

2: Edward Ka-Spel: Prisoners Of War
Recorded live in Brussels, 29th May 1999

3: Edward Ka-Spel: The Blue Room
Vocals by Neinke. Recorded live in Brussels, 29th May 1999

4: Edward Ka-Spel: The Qaspel
Recorded live in Toronto, 13th November 1993

5: Edward Ka-Spel: A Crack In Melancholy Time
Recorded live in Toronto, 13th November 1993

6: Edward Ka-Spel: Witchfinder Suite (excerpt)
Recorded live in Toronto, 13th November 1993

7: S/T: Das Alpha Tier (long version)
Original version from the ‘Psychedelic Hogwash’ CD in the REW box set

8: S/T: What Happens… Happens
2005 rehearsal recording

9: S/T: The Silly Season
Demo version

 

04/03/05: MARTIJN DE KLEER’S VINTAGE GUITAR FOR SALE:

Former Dot Martijn de Kleer is selling his white 1966 Fender Jazzmaster guitar, which he purchased in New York City on his first LPD tour in 1992.

Since 1992, Martijn has played this guitar on every LPD tour he has been on, every solo album he has recorded and Pink Dots and Tear Garden record he appears on.

We will be selling this guitar via an e-mail auction. Because it is a vintage guitar, the starting bid is USD $2,000 (not including shipping costs). Bids will be taken for one month (through May 3, 2005). At the end of the one-month auction period and upon receipt of payment (including shipping costs), Martijn will ship the guitar to its new owner in its original case. He will include an autographed solo CD and will also autograph the guitar upon request. At the end of the auction period, payment can be submitted online via PayPal. Cash, bank transfer or credit card payment will be accepted.

To place a bid or to request further information, e-mail Martijn at tijnkleer (AT) hotmail (DOT) com and keep watching this space for updates.

GOOD LUCK!

 

04/20/05: DARKNESS NEARLY READY TO FALL:

Track 1: The Rim of the Pit
Track 2: Wings Trapped in Amber

The release of Edward Ka-Spel’s new solo album O Darkness, O Darkness is imminent. The Beta-lactam Ring vinyl-only release hits the stands on April 30. It is pressed on 180-gram audiophile vinyl and packaged in a heavy boardstock gimmick art cover. Limited to 800 copies, no CD edition will be released.

 

04/22/05: LPD 25th ANNIVERSARY TOUR:

The Legendary Pink Dots will peform at L’Echangeur, Paris on 14th and 15th October. These are the opening dates of the Dots’ 25th Anniversary Tour and there will be a different set on each night with songs that span the band’s entire history. Edward Ka-Spel and The Silverman will also play solo sets at these shows. For more information on the shows at L’Echangeur or to make reservations for the shows, please contact the venue.

It is hoped that the tour will be expand to 100 shows all over the planet. As always, tips for sympathetic venues are always welcome – and greatly appreciated. If you know of an interested venue or promoter, please send me an e-mail or use the contact form on this website.

 

05/05/05: MARTIJN DE KLEER’S GUITAR – UPDATE:

Martijn de Kleer has found a buyer for his vintage guitar. Thanks so much to everyone who contacted him!

 

05/25/05: HELP WANTED + TWO CDS EDWARD KA-SPEL WOULD LIKE YOU TO AVOID:

Edward has asked me to get the word out that he’s trying to nail down shows in Scandinavia for the LPDs 25th Anniversary tour and, as always, he could use any tips anyone out there may have for sympathetic promoters or venues in this region. He adds that this time around, it may be necessary for someone in Gothenburg to actually try to approach venues on behalf of the band as clubs in this area don’t typically respond to e-mails.

Any and all help is greatly appreciated. If you can help, please e-mail me.

On a “less savoury note,” Edward has asked that I pass along to friends and fans that for several months, he has been trying to get in touch with Silver Stars, for whom he contributed vocals to a track called “Saturn’s Rings.” Their CD Tripping Louder Attitude and their MCD Saturn’s Rings are both being promoted using Edward’s name as a selling point. In fact, on the main promo page for the releases, the band is even listed as Silver Stars featuring Edward Ka-Spel.

This is particularly offensive as despite several attempts by Edward to get in touch with this band, no one has responded to his e-mails, accounted to him in any way, or even provided him with promotional/complimentary copies of the release, though his name is obviously being used to sell the CDs.

Of course the choice is up to each individual fan, but at the present time, we are asking that people DO NOT BUY THESE RELEASES BY SILVER STAR (from anyone!) until they have accounted to or at least responded to Edward.

Interestingly, it is believed that this project is tied in heavily with the shadowy figure known as “Max from Italy” who was behind the difficult-to-obtain-and-often sought-after LPD release Synesthesia. (I was told by Edward some time ago that eventually, a reissue will surface – perhaps on vinyl).

Unfortunately, no accounting has ever been settled for that release either, though in fairness, a good number of complimentary copies of the Synesthesia album were given to LPDs to sell via mail order and at the merchandise tables when the album was released a few years ago. Regardless, something’s amiss. Feel free to contact us with any questions.

 

05/30/05: NEW EDWARD KA-SPEL SOLO ALBUM RELEASE AND ART CONTEST:

The next Edward Ka-Spel solo release comes to us via Canada’s Piehead Records. It’s called Fragments of Illumina and has been in the works for quite some time now. All tracks are previously unreleased and total time is approximately 50 minutes.

Tracklist:
1. My Space
2. The End of Everything (Part One)
3. The End of Everything (Part Two)
4. Sticks & Stones
5. Yet Another Fragment

Piehead is having a design contest for the album cover:

Piehead Records is pleased to announce that we will soon be releasingFRAGMENTS OF ILLUMINA, a full-length album of brand new solo material by Edward Ka-Spel.

This album was originally planned to be part of Piehead’s 2004 monthly limited edition CDR series, but we had to bump it from the roster due to some scheduling issues. The album will now be a one-off non-series release, still a limited edition on professionally pressed CDR, but the edition size will be larger than the originally planned 211 copies. The edition size and other details will be announced when the album goes on sale in mid-June.

Note that we are NOT yet accepting pre-orders for this album, so please don’t write asking if you can reserve a copy. I’ll make an announcement here when we are ready to receive orders.

To make this release more special, we have decided to hold a design contest for the album cover. The image that Edward has in mind for the cover is…

“A floating rock in space, with a flag at half-mast.”

Any and all visual representations of this image are welcome. Once you have created an image, please send a small but clear JPEG or GIF of your artwork to kaspel [at] pieheadrecords [dot] com (or post it somewhere and send us a link).

All submissions must be received by JUNE 15TH, 2005. The winner will be contacted as soon as we have reviewed all of the entries and chosen a favourite, at which point they must provide us with a higher quality image file that is suitable for printing.

The winning submission will receive a signed copy of FRAGMENTS OF ILLUMINA, as well as a second unique CDR made for you personally by Edward himself.

Thanks in advance to all contributors, we look forward to seeing your submissions!

 

06/24/05: FRAGMENTS OF ILLUMINA COVER ART CONTEST – WINNING DESIGN CHOSEN:

This just in from Piehead Records:

The artwork contest for our upcoming Edward Ka-Spel album, Fragments Of Illumina, closed last week, and we had dozens of great entries to choose from. It was tough narrowing it down to just one, but we finally managed to choose a favourite. Congratulations to Garvin Tieseler for his winning submission:

The reduced image above doesn’t really do it justice, so just wait until you see the finished product (not to mention the beautiful back cover and interior & disc graphics that Garvin also designed)!

Piehead expects to be able to start shipping the discs within the next few weeks.

 

06/26/05: VIDEO LINK: LPDs LIVE AT ATLANTIK CAFE (FEBRUARY 2005):

Courtesy of the Atlantik Cafe and the Letournant video team, you can find a video clip of LPDs February 2005 performance at the Cafe here. Enjoy!

 

07/04/05: NEW TOUR DATES / NEW EDWARD KA-SPEL COLLABORATION:

New tour dates for the 25th Anniversary Tour are starting to trickle in. Expect the first few confirmations to be announced here in the coming days. One official confirmation, though not part of the tour, is the Na Okraji Festival in Skrivany, CZ on 26th August.

In other news, Edward Ka-Spel has lent his vocal talents to Rise of the Fallen, who have recorded a special remake of LPDs classic Hellsville.

The track will appear on Rise of the Fallen’s album Nest of Ten. Edward will also appear in some capacity on the Rise of the Fallen tracks Armilius, Edom andGeneration. For more information, please visit the Golem Records website.

 

07/05/05: LEGENDARY PINK DOTS – 25th ANNIVERSARY TOUR: FIRST CONFIRMED DATES:

The first dates for the Legendary Pink Dots 25th Anniversary Tour are rolling in:

26 Aug: Novy Bydzov (CZ) – Na Okraji Festival (one-off show)
14 Oct: Paris (F) – L’Echangeur
15 Oct: Paris (F) – L’Echangeur
16 Oct: Avignon (F) – Le Theatre du Bourg Neuf
17 Oct: Rennes (F) – Le Jardin Moderne
19 Oct: Hamburg (D) – Waagenbau
20 Oct: Hamburg (D) – Waagenbau
26 Oct: Copenhagen (D) – Loppen
27 Oct: Oslo (N) – Garage
28 Oct: Bergen (N) – Garage
31 Oct: Stockholm (S) – Debaser
01 Nov: Helsinki (SF) – Semifinal
03 Nov: Riga (LV) – Depo
11 Nov: Jena (D) – Kassablanca Gleis 1
12 Nov: Strasbourg (F) – La Laiterie
(Heaven’s Gate 5 Festival)***
18 Nov: Budapest (H) – Marco Polo
09 Dec: Berne (CH) – ElkClub

***Also appearing at the Heaven’s Gate Festival on 11th and 12th November:

In the Nursery
Clan of Xymox
Neon Cage Experiment
Jad Wio
Psyche
Ex_tension
The Eternal Afflict
Sex Gang Children
Tamtrum
The Invincible Spirit
Eva O
Olen’K
Haujobb
Punish Yourself
Dolls of Pain
Ausgang
Skoyz

More dates are being confirmed and will be announced shortly. Keep checking this space for updates.

 

07/10/05: JARBOE “MEN” ALBUM / MORE LPD TOUR DATES CONFIRMED:

MEN ALBUM: Six years in the making, the release of Jarboe’s highly-ancicipated album The Men, which features Edward Ka-Spel and a plethora of other diverse artists (some of the most talented and respected in the business!) is imminent. I have heard Edward’s contribution (though perhaps not the final mix) and the blending of these two vocal and artistic talents is mesmerizing – well worth the wait!

PRESS RELEASE: THE MEN

Six years in the making, The Men as revealed via twenty tracks on this double CD showcases the impressive range of Jarboe’s artistry. The Men brings together an eclectic global roster of artists from diverse musical backgrounds whose only commonality is Jarboe herself. Conceptually, The Men examines the dreams of a woman and the exploration therein of her identity through males eyes.

Featured artists include veteran performers Blixa Bargeld (Einsterzende Neubauten, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds), Alan Sparhawk (LOW), Iva Davies (Icehouse, Master & Commander soundtrack), Jim Thirlwell (Foetus), Edward Ka-Spel (Legendary Pink Dots), Paz Lenchantin (A Perfect Circle, Zwan, RTX), William Faith (Faith & The Muse, Tweaker), Monica Richards (Faith & The Muse), David Torn (David Bowie, David Sylvian, SPLaTTeRCeLL…), Chris Connelly (Revolting Cocks, Ministry, Pigface), David J (Bauhaus, Love & Rockets, The Jazz Butcher), Percy Howard (Bill Laswell, Meridiem), Steve Von Till (Neurosis), Joseph Budenholzer (Current 93, Backworld, Lydia Lunch), Mika Vainio (PanSonic, Bjork remix), Kris Force (Amber Asylum), as well as : James Izzo (Thread), Blind Michael Bradley (Myssouri), Diana Obscura (The Living Jarboe), and new Jarboe collaborator: songwriter/guitarist Nic Le Ban.

The gorgeous image above is the cover of the album, which can be pre-orderedhere. The anticipated release date is October, 2005.

MORE TOUR DATES CONFIRMED: Scroll down to see the most recent confirmed dates for LPDs 25th Anniversary Tour.

 

07/12/05: NEW DATE CONFIRMED:

The Legendary Pink Dots have just confirmed a show in Rennes, France on 17th October. Scroll down for the complete list of dates.

 

07/14/05: NEW DATES CONFIRMED:

25th Anniversary Tour shows are now confirmed in Berlin and Budapest. Here is the most recent tour schedule:

26 Aug: Novy Bydzov (CZ) – Na Okraji Festival (one-off show)
23 Sep: Rosslau (D) – Burgnaechte Festival (one-off show)
13 Oct: Amsterdam (NL) – Wilhelmia Pakhuis
14 Oct: Paris (F) – L’Echangeur
15 Oct: Paris (F) – L’Echangeur
16 Oct: Avignon (F) – Le Theatre du Bourg Neuf
17 Oct: Rennes (F) – Le Jardin Moderne
19 Oct: Hamburg (D) – Waagenbau
20 Oct: Hamburg (D) – Waagenbau
24 Oct: Berlin (D) – Magnet
26 Oct: Copenhagen (D) – Loppen
27 Oct: Oslo (N) – Garage
28 Oct: Bergen (N) – Garage
31 Oct: Stockholm (S) – Debaser
01 Nov: Helsinki (SF) – Semifinal
03 Nov: Riga (LV) – Depo
11 Nov: Jena (D) – Kassablanca Gleis 1
12 Nov: Strasbourg (F) – La Laiterie
(Heaven’s Gate 5 Festival)***
13 Nov: Koln (D) – Underground
18 Nov: Budapest (H) – Marco Polo
09 Dec: Berne (CH) – ElkClub

 

07/16/05: NEW RELEASES, NEW CONFIRMED DATE AND HELP WANTED:

HELP WANTED: Though the European leg of the 25th Anniversary Tour is coming together quite nicely now, there are always those “rough patches” where the band could use tips and contacts. Edward recently asked me to pass on that the Pink Dots are “very anxious to find shows in Germany on 21 and 22 October and in Switzerland, Austria and South Germany on 13, 14, 15 and 16 November so if anyone can help, we will be eternally grateful.”

The latest confirmed date is Koln on 13th November. Scroll down for the most current tour schedule.

NEW RELEASES: Beta-lactam Ring Records will be reissuing many of Edward Ka-Spel’s solo albums beginning in October 2005 (Chyekk China Doll, AAazhyd China Doll, Khataclimici China Doll, Eyes China Doll and Laugh China Doll.Each will contain the original music fully remastered with bonus material and original artwork. Each CD reissue will feature a coupon. Collect all the coupons to receive a bonus CD of exclusive material.

There are also a plethora of Edward Ka-Spel solo releases imminent via BLRR. First up is Happy New Year: Two tracks recorded on December 31, 2004 and January 1, 2005. Packed in a broadstock 6-color gatefold sleeve, this release is limited to 300 numbered copies. Due mid-August 2005.

Edward’s new studio album, Long Red Ladder To The Moon will be released in October 2005 on CD and 2 X LP. Track list is as follows:

Black Widow’s Kiss
Mechanical Sam
Flipside
Hey Rainman
Gone Subterranean (Parts 1 and 2)
It’s Just A Job
Never Say Never
Treehugger (Parts 1 and 2)

The vinyl issue will also include the bonus track Spacerock (Parts 1 and 2).

A new studio album by Silverman, Nature of Illusion will also be released on CD and LP later this year. It is described as “Soliloquy for Lilith by Nurse With Wound crossed with the ambient works of Brian Eno and Persepolis by Xenakis.”

Nature of Illusion represents the shamanic struggle to break through the nature of our illusionary existence and the sense of resignation with our worldly existence. This album also features a very unique vocal performance by Edward.

Coming late this fall is The Legendary Pink Dots: Live in Utrecht 1987 DVD. It is a wonderful live concert featuring a historical document of the 6-piece band that included violin. Here is the tracklist:

The Dream Intro
Curious Guy
Plasma Twins
Premonition 16/She Said
The Hill
Echo Police
Rattlesnake Arena
Poppy Day
Jewel in the Crown
Our Lady In Chambers
Guardians Of Eden
The Dairy
Neon Gladiators
Love Puppets
The Heretic
I’m The Way, The Truth, The Light
Silverture/Flowers For The Silverman

 

07/21/05: BURGNAECHTE FESTIVAL:

The Legendary Pink Dots will be appearing in an old castle at the Burgnaechte Festival on Friday, September 23.

 

07/24/05: NOW AVAILABLE: EDWARD KA-SPEL – THE FRAGMENTS OF ILLUMINA:

Edward Ka-Spel’s latest solo release The Fragments of Illumina is now available through Piehead Records!

Tracklist:
1. My Space
2. The End of Everything (Part One)
3. The End of Everything (Part Two)
4. Sticks & Stones
5. Yet Another Fragment

Visit the Piehead website to place your order.

 

07/27/05: NEW DATE CONFIRMED:

The Legendary Pink Dots will perform in Amsterdam on October 13th. Here is the latest tour schedule:

26 Aug: Novy Bydzov (CZ) – Na Okraji Festival (one-off show)
23 Sep: Rosslau (D) – Burgnaechte Festival (one-off show)
13 Oct: Amsterdam (NL) – Wilhelmia Pakhuis
14 Oct: Paris (F) – L’Echangeur
15 Oct: Paris (F) – L’Echangeur
16 Oct: Avignon (F) – Le Theatre du Bourg Neuf
17 Oct: Rennes (F) – Le Jardin Moderne
19 Oct: Hamburg (D) – Waagenbau
20 Oct: Hamburg (D) – Waagenbau
23 Oct: Bensheim (D) – Pipato Keller Theater
25 Oct: Berlin (D) – Magnet
26 Oct: Copenhagen (D) – Loppen
27 Oct: Oslo (N) – Garage
28 Oct: Bergen (N) – Garage
31 Oct: Stockholm (S) – Debaser
01 Nov: Helsinki (SF) – Semifinal
03 Nov: Riga (LV) – Depo
05 Nov: Warsaw (PL) – No Mercy
06 Nov: Warsaw (PL) – No Mercy
07 Nov: Poznan (PL) – TBA
08 Nov: Krakow (PL) – Re
11 Nov: Jena (D) – Kassablanca Gleis 1
12 Nov: Strasbourg (F) – La Laiterie
(Heaven’s Gate 5 Festival)***
13 Nov: Koln (D) – Underground
17 Nov: Vienna (A) – Monastery
18 Nov: Budapest (H) – Marco Polo
09 Dec: Berne (CH) – ElkClub

10 Dec : Verviers (B) – Spirit of ’66
12 Dec: Frankfurt (D) – Cookeys

08/17/05: ESTONIA:

The Pink Dots are trying to arrange for a show in Tallinn, Estonia on November 2nd but we need your help! If you have any contacts in Estonia or know of interested promoters or venues, please e-mail me.

08/19/05: NEW DATES CONFIRMED – DATE CHANGE IN BERLIN:

The show at Magnet in Berlin has been moved from October 24th to October 25th. A few more shows have been confirmed. Here is the current tour schedule:

23 Sep: Rosslau (D) – Burgnaechte Festival (one-off show)
13 Oct: Amsterdam (NL) – Wilhelmia Pakhuis
14 Oct: Paris (F) – L’Echangeur
15 Oct: Paris (F) – L’Echangeur
16 Oct: Avignon (F) – Le Theatre du Bourg Neuf
17 Oct: Rennes (F) – Le Jardin Moderne
19 Oct: Hamburg (D) – Waagenbau
20 Oct: Hamburg (D) – Waagenbau
22 Oct: Leipzig (UT) – Connewitz
25 Oct: Berlin (D) – Magnet
26 Oct: Copenhagen (D) – Loppen
27 Oct: Oslo (N) – Garage
28 Oct: Bergen (N) – Garage
31 Oct: Stockholm (S) – Debaser
01 Nov: Helsinki (SF) – Semifinal
03 Nov: Riga (LV) – Depo
05 Nov: Warsaw (PL) – No Mercy
06 Nov: Warsaw (PL) – No Mercy
07 Nov: Poznan (PL) – TBA
08 Nov: Krakow (PL) – Re
11 Nov: Jena (D) – Kassablanca Gleis 1
12 Nov: Strasbourg (F) – La Laiterie
(Heaven’s Gate 5 Festival)***
13 Nov: Koln (D) – Underground
17 Nov: Vienna (A) – Monastery
18 Nov: Budapest (H) – Marco Polo
09 Dec: Berne (CH) – ElkClub
10 Dec : Verviers (B) – Spirit of ’66
12 Dec: Frankfurt (D) – Cookeys

 

08/21/05: MINIZZA:

French label Brocoli has just released the first album by french band Minizza,Music for Girls, which features Edward Ka-Spel singing on one track.

The CD (deluxe digipack with a 12-page booklet) is available throughEAR/Rational in USA and through Brocoli everywhere else.

 

08/29/05: BENSHEIM CANCELED, LEIPZIG CONFIRMED:

The show scheduled for October 23 in Bensheim has been canceled. A new show has been confirmed on October 22 in Leipzig at UT Connewitz.

The Pink Dots are still looking for a German show on October 21 or 23 if anyone can help! If you know of interested venues or promoters,please e-mail me.

Here is the current tour schedule:

23 Sep: Rosslau (D) – Burgnaechte Festival (one-off show)
29 Sep: Geneva (SE) – Usine (Edward Ka-Spel solo show with Toby Dammit and Scorn)
30 Sep: Basel (SE) – Wagenmeister (Edward Ka-Spel solo show with Toby Dammit)
01 Oct: Bern (SE) – Schlachthaus Theater (Edward Ka-Spel solo show with Toby Dammit and Everest)
13 Oct: Amsterdam (NL) – Wilhelmia Pakhuis
14 Oct: Paris (F) – L’Echangeur
15 Oct: Paris (F) – L’Echangeur
16 Oct: Avignon (F) – Le Theatre du Bourg Neuf
17 Oct: Rennes (F) – Le Jardin Moderne
19 Oct: Hamburg (D) – Waagenbau
20 Oct: Hamburg (D) – Waagenbau
21 Oct: Rotterdam (NL) – Waterfront
22 Oct: Leipzig (D) – UT Connewitz
25 Oct: Berlin (D) – Magnet
26 Oct: Copenhagen (D) – Loppen
27 Oct: Oslo (N) – Garage
28 Oct: Bergen (N) – Garage
31 Oct: Stockholm (S) – Debaser
01 Nov: Helsinki (SF) – Semifinal
03 Nov: Riga (LV) – Depo
05 Nov: Warsaw (PL) – No Mercy
06 Nov: Warsaw (PL) – No Mercy
07 Nov: Poznan (PL) – TBA
08 Nov: Krakow (PL) – Re
11 Nov: Jena (D) – Kassablanca Gleis 1
12 Nov: Strasbourg (F) – La Laiterie
(Heaven’s Gate 5 Festival)***
13 Nov: Koln (D) – Underground
17 Nov: Vienna (A) – Monastery
18 Nov: Budapest (H) – Marco Polo
09 Dec: Berne (CH) – ElkClub
10 Dec : Verviers (B) – Spirit of ’66
12 Dec: Frankfurt (D) – Cookeys

 

09/01/05: NEW SHOW DATE CONFIRMED:

A show has been confirmed for October 21 at Waterfront in Rotterdam.

 

This is a compilation of news articles and announcements from  2004, taken from Brainwashed.com.  Most, if not all, of the links are obsolete. This is for archival purposes only.

01/02/04: SITE UPDATE

NEW MP3: There is a new MP3 online at the Downloads page. We’re kicking off the new year with “When I’m With You,” which was recorded in Milwaukee, WI on October 29, 2002. Look for more updates soon!

01/03/04: 2003 LPD SHOW IN BRIGHTON, UK TO BE BROADCAST ON RESONANCE 104.4 FM THIS COMING TUESDAY

The Legendary Pink Dots’ recent show (November 2, 2003) at Pressure Point in Brighton, UK will be broadcast this Tuesday (January 6, 2004) on the Kosmische Club radio show on Resonance 104.4 FM in London. To listen in streaming Real Audio or MP3, click here. The show will be broadcast from 10:00 p.m. – 11:30 p.m. GMT and will feature snippets from an interview with Edward Ka-Spel. I’m told there will possibly be some giveaways as well. Happy listening!

 

01/11/04: SEPTEMBER 28, 2003 EDWARD KA-SPEL SOLO SHOW FROM MIDDLE EAST CLUB IN CAMBRIDGE, MA FEATURED AT THE BRAINWASHED EYE THIS WEEK:

The January 12 edition of The Brainwashed Eye, a video feature of The Brainwashed Brain, will feature three full songs from Edward Ka-Spel’s solo show at The Middle East Club in Cambridge, MA on September 28, 2003 as filmed by our long-time friend Jon Whitney. You will also be able see two short interview segments from the same evening.

The Brainwashed Brain is a weekly digest put together by the staff ofbrainwashed.com. New issues are posted online every Monday morning.

To see the videos and interviews, click here and scroll down. Enjoy!

 

01/18/04: JUST RELEASED: CD VERSION OF “EL KALEIDOSCOPIO TERMINAL”

Mexican label/distributor Noise Kontrol has just released a CD version of this compilation which features tracks from Hallway of the Gods, Chemical Playschool 10, Nemesis Online and A Perfect Mystery. As does the LP release, the CD includes a previously unreleased version of the song Blue from A Perfect Mystery. Full tracklist is as follows:

A Scarlet Wish
All Sides
Sterre
A Sunset For A Swan
Little Romeo
Lucifer Landed
Cheating The Shadow
Blue (Full Glory)
Ghost
Hallway
Slaapliedje

Click here to order from Soleilmoon.

 

01/23/04: LEGENDARY PINK NEWS: BIRTHDAY WISHES AND A NEW ALBUM IN THE WORKS!

Today, The Legendary Pink Dots are taking a break from their busy recording schedule to celebrate Edward Ka-Spel’s birthday! Happy Birthday, Edward!

Fans will be pleased to know that the band is currently recording a brand new studio album, which is expected sometime this spring. We are also in the earliest, earliest, earliest planning stages of the North American tour, which will follow the release of the new album. Keep checking this space for details!

 

01/30/04: “9 LIVES TO WONDER” 2 X LP UPDATE

Keeping the pace with the buzz already generating since we announced tentative plans for the Pink Dots’ return to North America for an extensive tour this spring, 9 Lives To Wonder, the newest LPD-related offering from Canadian-based labelFlesh Eating Ants, is entering wider distribution. You can now order this release from The Terminal Kaleidoscope, Soleilmoon, Beta-lactam Ring Records, and of course the Ants themselves.

Label Press Release: When The Legendary Pink Dots first unveiled their euphonious album 9 Lives To Wonder in 1994, few could have foreseen that this journey into the softer side of the band’s psyche would withstand the test of time to become what is one of the best-loved and highly-regarded works in their prolific history.

Like many of their releases from this time period, 9 Lives To Wonder aggressively explores the darker and more melancholy side of the Pink Dots, but it is also renowned for its strikingly romantic undertones and some of vocalist Edward Ka-Spel’s most whimsical lyrics to date.

Though many CD editions of this recording exist, Flesh Eating Ants Records is extremely proud to present 9 Lives To Wonder on vinyl for the very first time. In typical Flesh Eating Ants fashion, nothing has been held back. 9 Lives To Wonderhas been issued as a 220-gram double LP, pressed on magnificently coloured audiophile vinyl, and housed in a stunning full-colour gatefold sleeve featuring the original cover artwork in a much larger magnitude, which showcases the beauty of the original piece. The album also includes an insert with lyrics, and is limited to just 404 hand-numbered copies. Some of the pieces have been slightly re-worked by Edward Ka-Spel, who has carefully layered and optimized the original musical textures and interludes to maximize the listening experience. 9 Lives To Wonderalso includes an entire side’s worth of exclusive bonus material and a new version of a beloved classic.

So sink into soft nether worlds of enthrallingly kaleidoscopic melodies, transcendental ponderings, and wistfully languishing balladry as you absorb the album’s underlying messages of peace, optimism and hope.

 

02/02/04: SITE UPDATE:

You’ll find live versions of Evolution and The Brightest Star from Salt Lake City (November 2002) on the Downloads page.

 

02/04/04: NEW BIG CITY ORCHESTRA MUSIC FEATURING THE SILVERMAN AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD

The new Big City Orchestra release, Trixxy Pixxy, is now available as a free download! Featured musicians include Phil Knight (The Silverman), Daevid Allen (Gong and University of Errors), and the amazing Ninah Pixie. Those of you who were lucky enough to attend Edward Ka-Spel’s solo show at Cafe du Nord in San Francisco last year will remember Ninah for her musical prowess with a dancing flowerpot.

Click here to download the album and jewel case artwork.

 

02/25/04: 2004 TOUR/LIVE SHOW UPDATES

The Legendary Pink Dots are finalizing details for at least two shows in Europe this April. More information on the European dates will be posted here soon. We are also sewing up the schedule for the massive North American tour this spring. Expect the first few confirmed U.S. and Canadian dates to be announced here shortly.

 

03/01/04: UPDATE: SHOWS IN BELGIUM/NORTH AMERICA

Just confirmed: The Legendary Pink Dots will be performing in Belgium on the following dates:

April 2, 2004 – Bruxelles: Botanique
April 14, 2004 – Lige: La Zone

Also confirmed: June 17, 2004 – Dallas, TX: Gypsy Tea Room

We are currently in the process of confirming our May/June shows in the following North American cities:

Kansas City, St. Louis, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Boston, New York City, Charlotte, Ft. Lauderdale, Tampa, Atlanta, Houston, San Antonio, Austin, Phoenix, San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Denver.

Don’t panic if you don’t see your city mentioned in the list above. There are plenty more shows to confirm right behind the ones I’ve mentioned here. This is merely the list of shows I expect will be finalized/confirmed within the next few days.

 

03/04/04: NEW EDWARD KA-SPEL SOLO ALBUM

Beta-lactam Ring is issuing a new Edward Ka-Spel solo album on May 18, 2004. The album is titled Pieces of ∞ (Pieces of Eight) and its release will coincide with the Legendary Pink Dots’ North American tour, which is slated to begin on May 20.

The album is described as “The third part in the Caste O’ Graye Skreeens/O’er A Shalabast’r Tyde Strolt Ay series.”

 

03/09/04: FIRST LPD NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES CONFIRMED:

We have just confirmed the first few dates for The Legendary Pink Dots’ North American tour. The obligatory disclaimer applies as always – dates and venues can still change.

5/21: Sauget, IL – Pop’s
5/22: Chicago, IL – Double Door
5/24: Milwaukee, WI – Shank Hall
5/26: Cleveland, OH – Beachland Ballroom
5/28: Detroit, MI – Magic Bag
6/01: Boston, MA – Middle East
6/02: New York, NY – BB King’s
6/05: Charlotte, NC – Tremont Music Hall
6/09: Orlando, FL – The Social
6/10: St. Petersburg, FL – State Theatre
6/11: Atlanta, GA – Echo Lounge
6/13: Houston, TX – Engine Room
6/17: Dallas, TX – Gypsy Tea Room
6/23: San Francisco, CA – Cafe du Nord
6/24: San Francisco, CA – Cafe du Nord
6/29: Seattle, WA – Chop Suey
7/02: Denver, CO – Bluebird

 

03/11/04: MORE NORTH AMERICAN DATES CONFIRMED:

We have just confirmed dates in Detroit and Boston. Please see the updated schedule below.

 

03/12/04: NEW YORK CITY DATE CONFIRMED:

We have just confirmed our show in New York City. Please see the updated schedule below.

 

03/16/04: MORE NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES CONFIRMED:

Here is the updated tour schedule. We have many more dates to confirm, so please check this page often.

5/20: Kansas City, MO – The Hurricane
5/21: Sauget, IL – Pop’s
5/22: Chicago, IL – Double Door
5/23: Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
5/24: Milwaukee, WI – Shank Hall
5/26: Cleveland, OH – Beachland Ballroom
5/28: Detroit, MI – Magic Bag
5/29: Toronto, ONT – Lee’s Palace
5/30: Montreal, QUE – Le Salon
6/01: Boston, MA – Middle East
6/02: New York, NY – BB King’s
6/05: Charlotte, NC – Tremont Music Hall
6/08: Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Culture Room
6/09: Orlando, FL – The Social
6/10: St. Petersburg, FL – State Theatre
6/11: Atlanta, GA – Echo Lounge
6/12: New Orleans, LA – Howlin’ Wolf
6/13: Houston, TX – Engine Room
6/17: Dallas, TX – Gypsy Tea Room
6/18: Oklahoma City, OK – The Green Door
6/22: West Hollywood, CA – Troubadour
6/23: San Francisco, CA – Cafe du Nord
6/24: San Francisco, CA – Cafe du Nord
6/26: Portland, OR – Berbati’s Pan
6/28: Vancouver, BC – Richard’s On Richards
6/29: Seattle, WA – Chop Suey
7/02: Denver, CO – Bluebird ONE NIGHT ONLY!!!

 

03/19/04: NEW LPD ALBUM TITLE AND EDWARD KA-SPEL SOLO ALBUM TRACKLIST:

Just in from Chez Dots: The new Legendary Pink Dots album (due this spring just in time for the North American tour) is called The Whispering Wall. It will be released by ROIR, who brought you All The King’s Men in 2002. More details are expected shortly.

In other news, I have also received the tracklist for the new Edward Ka-Spel solo album from Beta-lactam Ring.

The album (entitled Pieces of ∞) will be released both on CD and 2 X LP. The 2 X LP will be limited to 333 copies and the CD version will be unlimited.

Tracklist:

1. The Writing On The Wall
2. Here Comes The Night
3. Comedown
4. Alms For Lepers
5. Shanti
6. 8.2
7. 8.3

The 2 X LP will also feature a track called Wall Of Fire.

 

03/24/04: MINNEAPOLIS DATE CONFIRMED!

We have just confirmed our show in Minneapolis, MN. Scroll down to see the most current tour schedule.

 

03/25/04: IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM EDWARD KA-SPEL REGARDING WORLD SERPENT DISTRIBUTION:

It is with regret that the Legendary Pink Dots and Edward Ka-Spel feel that is now necessary to make it public that we have severed all ties with World Serpent Distribution.

World Serpent last accounted to the band over a year ago, and made one partial payment under duress last August. While we appreciate that everybody involved in “independent” music is experiencing difficulties in a financially unstable climate, World Serpent’s failure to answer even the politest question is simply unforgivable.

Plans are already underway for the reissue of Chemical Playschool Volumes 8/9, with the other two titles on the World Serpent roster to follow later this year.

In the meantime we request that distributors, shops and individuals do not buy our titles directly from World Serpent. – Edward Ka-Spel

 

 

03/29/04: COVER ART FOR NEW EDWARD KA-SPEL SOLO ALBUM:

Beta-lactam Ring just sent over the cover art for the new Edward Ka-Spel solo album Pieces of ∞:

Details for the album’s release are as follows:

CD edition: First 1000 packaged in a full color 8-panel digipack.

Limited edition CD: Packaged in a metal case with a textured white enamel coating and silkscreened lid. Also included will be several photo inserts and a sticker. Limited to 75 copies.

2 x LP edition: 180 gram audiophile vinyl with a bonus 4th side of music, gatefold sleeve and special signed, numbered insert and mystery item. Limited to 333 copies.

We do expect to have this release in time for the North American tour this spring! For details, keep checking this page or go to Beta-lactam Ring’s website.

 

03/31/04: NORTH AMERICAN TOUR: FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:

In an effort to preserve my sanity (and to make sure everyone who e-mails me with the following questions has a proper response), I am posting the answers to the most common questions popping up in my mailbox these days. Please read them carefully. If you have any further questions, please contact Lisa.

Question: I would like to videotape The Pink Dots show in my city. Who should I contact?

Answer: We will not allow video recordings. If you are a television station and would like to film the band, please contact Lisa. Otherwise, please do not bring any video recording equipment to the venue.

Question: I would like to make an audio recording of the concert. Is this okay?

Answer: We have no objections to audience recordings being made from small, unobtrusive hand-held devices. We will not allow you access to the sound board/F.O.H. console. We will not allow you to host your recordings on your personal website or server and we ask that you do not offer them for download on P2P networks such as (but not limited to) soulseek, grokster or kazaa. It goes without saying that placing the recordings on E-bay will not impress us. Private trades between friends, fans and collectors are perfectly fine so as long as no money changes hands. Please do note that if a specific venue has a strict no-recording policy, we cannot and will not intervene if you are asked by venue staff to stop recording or if you are denied access to the venue due to your audio equipment.

All of that said, we do like to offer live tracks for download here at the website. If you are able to get a nice audio recording and will be so kind as to send me a copy, I will greatly appreciate it.

Lisa Amend
P.O. Box 25327
Colorado Springs, CO 80936-5327

Question: Can I take pictures of the band while they are performing?

Answer: Still photography is permitted. Please try to refrain from using a flash whenever possible as flash photography can be distracting to the band and other members of the audience. As noted above, if a specific venue has a strict no-photography policy, we cannot and will not intervene if you are asked by venue staff to stop taking photographs or if you are denied access to the venue because you have a camera. If you are a journalist and will be photographing the band for an article or review, we do appreciate copies of the photos to use for our own promotional purposes. Full credit will be given to the photographer every time we use a photo.If you are interested in photographing the band for a magazine review, please contact Lisa.

Question: I am under 21, but the show you are playing in my city is 21+. Can you get me in?

Answer: Unfortunately, no. If the venue itself wants to make arrangements for you to attend a show, it is their prerogative and it’s fine with us…but the band, tour manager/merchandiser, and sound engineer cannot intervene on your behalf. We do understand and appreciate that not all of our fans are over the age of 21, but we have no control whatsoever over specific venue age restrictions.

Question: My band wants to open for The Legendary Pink Dots when they play in my city. Who should I contact?

Answer: Please contact Lisa. I forward all of your requests to the individual promoters in each city. It is their prerogative whether or not local bands open for national/international touring acts. If a promoter wishes to put you on the bill with The Legendary Pink Dots, either they or I will be back in touch as soon as possible. EDITED TO ADD: Sending your request directly to our booking agent will only result in our booking agent immediately e-mailing the request right back to me so I can discuss it with the promoters. Therefore, we ask that you do not contact the booking agent directly.

Question: I see you have booked a date at “X” venue in “X” city. I think my club/venue would be a better match for The Pink Dots. Who can I contact to see if you will move the show to my club/venue?

Answer: Thank you for your interest and enthusiasm. We do appreciate your desire to book The Pink Dots. If you are really and truly interested in booking LPD at your venue, however, PLEASE do not wait until we have already started to announce tour dates. Send Lisa a list of your club specs, contact information, sound capabilities, and the names, e-mail addresses and phone numbers for club promoters/club management. I forward all of this information directly to our booking agent so it is readily available to him when he begins routing a tour. You would be amazed at how many people I never, ever hear from again when I ask them for this information!

 

04/02/04: AN AVALANCHE OF UPDATES:

In these increasingly busy, overly-caffeinated days before we embark on the North American tour, there is so much going on at Chez Dots it has become apparent that I will be updating the NEWS section of this website pretty much every other day for the next month or so. In other words, just try to keep up with us now! Away we go:

TOUR NEWS: The spring tour is about 95% confirmed. Our booking agent is working diligently to nail down the remaining shows as I type. We have just confirmed our dates in Denver, Ft. Lauderdale, and Phoenix. An updated tour schedule appears at the bottom of today’s marathon missive. Note that this will be the first time The Legendary Pink Dots have played only one night in Denver since 1995. It’s an all-ages show, it’s the last night of the tour and it’s one night only, so BRING EVERYBODY!

EDWARD KA-SPEL SOLO ALBUM MP3s: In other exciting news, Edward Ka-Spel’s solo album Pieces of 8 – yes, yes, I know – we all thought it was called Pieces of Infinitytoo, but upon closer inspection of recent e-mails from Edward, both Beta-lactam Ring and I slapped our respective foreheads and withdrew our previous enthusiastic announcements. Anyway, it is indeed called Pieces of 8 though to be fair, the “8” really is laying on its side and looks just like an infinity symbol! Ah well…the important thing here is that we have MP3 samples from each and every track on the CD. To hear them, simply head to the Downloads page and click the links. BLRR strongly encourages people to pre-order this release from their website as the buzz is already spreading and copies are going fast! You don’t want to miss out, do you?

NEW LEGENDARY PINK DOTS ALBUM: I am absolutely thrilled by the gorgeous cover art for the new LPD album, which really is called The Whispering Wall. ROIR sent it over a few days ago, so here it is for all to see:

For those plucky souls who can handle even more excitement, here is the tracklist (though the order may be re-arranged prior to the album’s release, sayeth ROIR) to wet your whistles. We promise to get you some little soundbites as soon as we can!

Soft Toy
It’s All In The Past Now
Dominic
In Sickness And In Health
06
Sticks And Stones
Enemy Of The People
Peek A Boo
The Modern Man
Dividing Lines
Whispers

EDWARD KA-SPEL SOLO TRACK ON NEW BLRR SAMPLER: Beta-lactam Ring is issuing a new sampler in its popular Beta Beat series. Wistfully titled Death’s Last Life’s Breath, this one features an excerpt from the brand-new Edward Ka-Spel solo track Comedown and an exclusive Nurse With Wound piece called A Wasted Life Of Phogocyte Foot Fetishism. The sampler is available from BLRR and we should have copies of it for you at our merch booth as well. I know you’re dying to see it, so here’s the cover art:

TOUR FAQs: If you haven’t already done so, please take a few moments to read through the FAQs pertaining to the North American tour. I would really appreciate it.

STREET-LEVEL PROMOTIONS: Those of you who want to know how you can help promote the upcoming tour, please keep checking this space. As soon as my head stops spinning from this whirlwind of updating, I will be uploading a little page I built for the website where you will be able to download and print out fliers and find the information you are so desperately seeking! I’ve got loads of ideas for you if you can keep up!

UPDATED TOUR SCHEDULE: And finally, here is that updated North American tour schedule I promised above!

5/20: Kansas City, MO – The Hurricane
5/21: Sauget, IL – Pop’s
5/22: Chicago, IL – Double Door
5/23: Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
5/24: Milwaukee, WI – Shank Hall
5/26: Cleveland, OH – Beachland Ballroom
5/28: Detroit, MI – Magic Bag
5/29: Toronto, ONT – Lee’s Palace
5/30: Montreal, QUE – Le Salon
6/01: Boston, MA – Middle East
6/02: New York, NY – BB King’s
6/05: Charlotte, NC – Tremont Music Hall
6/08: Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Culture Room
6/09: Orlando, FL – The Social
6/10: St. Petersburg, FL – State Theatre
6/11: Atlanta, GA – Echo Lounge
6/12: New Orleans, LA – Howlin’ Wolf
6/13: Houston, TX – Engine Room
6/17: Dallas, TX – Gypsy Tea Room
6/18: Oklahoma City, OK – The Green Door
6/20: Phoenix, AZ – The Mason Jar
6/22: West Hollywood, CA – Troubadour
6/23: San Francisco, CA – Cafe du Nord
6/24: San Francisco, CA – Cafe du Nord
6/26: Portland, OR – Berbati’s Pan
6/28: Vancouver, BC – Richard’s On Richards
6/29: Seattle, WA – Chop Suey
7/02: Denver, CO – Bluebird ONE NIGHT ONLY!!!

 

04/04/04: WHISPERING WALL TRACK LIST UPDATE:

As predicted, the tracklist for The Whispering Wall has changed! Here is the final version – straight from the lips (or fingertips) of The Silverman:

01. Soft Toy
02. A Distant Summer
03. Dominic
04. In Sickness And In Health
05. For Sale
06. King Of A Small World
07. The Region Beyond
08. 06
09. Peek-A-Boo
10. The Divide
11. Sunken Pleasure/Rising Pleasure/No Walls, No Strings

 

04/05/04: MORE UPDATES – FULL SPEED AHEAD!

RASPUTINA JOINS LPD IN ORLANDO: In big, big, BIG news, I can now announce thatRasputina will join us on the bill at our gig in Orlando on June 9th!

TOUR UPDATE: We have just confirmed our show in Salt Lake City on July 1st. An updated tour schedule appears below. We’re still wrapping up shows in Washington DC, Albuquerque, Austin, Pittsburgh, and Tulsa.

THANK YOU RYAN! Former Pink Dot Ryan Moore has been helping me out these days by taking photos of the new band line-up. I believe the last promo photos we saw of the Pink Dots were taken during the Malachai era, so his efforts are greatly appreciated. Otherwise, Ryan’s been doing well in his endeavours with Twilight Circus Dub Sound System and he is now an official label-mate of LPD – via ROIR. You can read all about his latest release, due out April 20, by clicking here.

AND OF COURSE: Here is the most recent tour schedule!

5/20: Kansas City, MO – The Hurricane
5/21: Sauget, IL – Pop’s
5/22: Chicago, IL – Double Door
5/23: Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
5/24: Milwaukee, WI – Shank Hall
5/26: Cleveland, OH – Beachland Ballroom
5/28: Detroit, MI – Magic Bag
5/29: Toronto, ONT – Lee’s Palace
5/30: Montreal, QUE – Le Salon
6/01: Boston, MA – Middle East
6/02: New York, NY – BB King’s
6/05: Charlotte, NC – Tremont Music Hall
6/08: Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Culture Room
6/09: Orlando, FL – The Social
6/10: St. Petersburg, FL – State Theatre
6/11: Atlanta, GA – Echo Lounge
6/12: New Orleans, LA – Howlin’ Wolf
6/13: Houston, TX – Engine Room
6/17: Dallas, TX – Gypsy Tea Room
6/18: Oklahoma City, OK – The Green Door
6/20: Phoenix, AZ – The Mason Jar
6/22: West Hollywood, CA – Troubadour
6/23: San Francisco, CA – Cafe du Nord
6/24: San Francisco, CA – Cafe du Nord
6/26: Portland, OR – Berbati’s Pan
6/28: Vancouver, BC – Richard’s On Richards
6/29: Seattle, WA – Chop Suey
7/01: Salt Lake City, UT – In The Venue
7/02: Denver, CO – Bluebird ONE NIGHT ONLY!!!

 

04/06/04: HELLO ALBUQUERQUE!

LPD fans in Albuquerque, New Mexico will be thrilled to know that there is no need for them to make that long drive to Denver this spring! For the first time ever, The Legendary Pink Dots will perform in Albuquerque at the Launch Pad on Saturday June 19th! We are very excited and look forward to seeing you there!

NORTH AMERICAN TOUR FAQs EDITED TO ADD THE FOLLOWING:

Question: My band wants to open for The Legendary Pink Dots when they play in my city. Who should I contact?

Answer: Please contact Lisa. I forward all of your requests to the individual promoters in each city. It is their prerogative whether or not local bands open for national/international touring acts. If a promoter wishes to put you on the bill with The Legendary Pink Dots, either they or I will be back in touch as soon as possible.

EDITED TO ADD: Sending your request directly to our booking agent will only result in our booking agent immediately e-mailing the request right back to me so I can discuss it with the promoters. Therefore, we ask that you do not contact our booking agent directly.

FURTHER EDITED TO ADD: Please do not send multiple e-mail requests to me. I have already stated if a promoter is interested in putting you on the bill, someone will be in touch with you as soon as possible. By sending multiple requests, you will only succeed in slowing me down further and making it that much more difficult for me to find your message in the ocean of e-mail churning away in my mailbox. I do appreciate your enthusiasm and The Pink Dots appreciate it too, but please keep in mind that multiple posts are completely counter-productive for the reasons stated above.

 

04/12/04: MP3s FROM THE WHISPERING WALL ONLINE NOW – NEW TOUR DATES CONFIRMED TOO!

NEW MP3s: Head over to the Downloads page for MP3 snippets from every track on the new Pink Dots album The Whispering Wall, which will be released by ROIRon May 18, 2004 – two days before our first show!

MORE CONFIRMED TOUR DATES:

We have just added dates in Washington DC, Austin, Tulsa, San Diego, and Chapel Hill to our tour schedule!

5/20: Kansas City, MO – The Hurricane
5/21: Sauget, IL – Pop’s
5/22: Chicago, IL – Double Door
5/23: Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue with Gotterdammerung
5/24: Milwaukee, WI – Shank Hall
5/26: Cleveland, OH – Beachland Ballroom
5/28: Detroit, MI – Magic Bag
5/29: Toronto, ONT – Lee’s Palace
5/30: Montreal, QUE – Le Salon
6/01: Boston, MA – Middle East
6/02: New York, NY – BB King’s
6/03: Washington, DC – Velvet Lounge
6/05: Charlotte, NC – Tremont Music Hall
6/06: Chapel Hill, NC – Room 4
6/08: Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Culture Room
6/09: Orlando, FL – The Social with Rasputina
6/10: St. Petersburg, FL – State Theatre
6/11: Atlanta, GA – Echo Lounge
6/12: New Orleans, LA – Howlin’ Wolf
6/13: Houston, TX – Engine Room
6/14: Austin, TX – Elysium
6/16: Tulsa, OK – Ikon
6/17: Dallas, TX – Gypsy Tea Room
6/18: Oklahoma City, OK – The Green Door
6/19: Albuquerque, NM – Launch Pad
6/20: Phoenix, AZ – The Mason Jar
6/21: San Diego, CA – Casbah
6/22: West Hollywood, CA – Troubadour
6/23: San Francisco, CA – Cafe du Nord
6/24: San Francisco, CA – Cafe du Nord
6/26: Portland, OR – Berbati’s Pan
6/28: Vancouver, BC – Richard’s On Richards
6/29: Seattle, WA – Chop Suey
7/01: Salt Lake City, UT – In The Venue
7/02: Denver, CO – Bluebird ONE NIGHT ONLY!!!

 

04/13/04: ANOTHER NEW LPD ALBUM IN THE WORKS!

There is yet another LPD album in the works this year. I’ve just been given the thumbs up to release the following details:

TeKa15/BLRR The Legendary Pink Dots: The Poppy Variations

Newest CD release from Terminal Kaleidoscope licensed to Beta-lactam Ring Records for the Americas. Details, MP3 samples and art coming soon. A vinyl edition will occur late Summer 2004 with a bonus 4th side and remixed songs from the CD.

I’ll post more details as and when, so keep checking this space!

 

04/16/04: UPDATE: THE POPPY VARIATIONS

Over at the Downloads page, you’ll find MP3 samples of every track on the nextnew LPD album The Poppy Variations, which will be released by TEKA/Beta-lactam Ring. The track list is as follows:

Krussoe
L’oiseau Rare (Parts I & II)
Personal Monster
Hot Breath Around Your Neck
Poppy Variations Part I
Equaliser
It Doesn’t Matter Anyway
Poppy Variations Part II

 

04/22/04: WHISPERING WALL/LPD TOUR PARTY AT THE LUCKY CAT IN NYC MAY 12

The Lucky Cat
245 Grand Street
Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Dogs Blood Rising
Wednesday May 12, 2004

Cover: $2.00
10pm – 4am
18+

The Legendary Pink Dots 2004 Tour Party

DJs Princess Coldheart and The Narwhal will spin a variety of LPD and LPD side projects. There will also be drawings for free copies of the new Legendary Pink Dots CD The Whispering Wall and other goodies!

Remember: The Pink Dots perform at BB Kings on June 2 so get your tickets soon! LPD will be playing several tracks from The Whispering Wall on the 2004 tour, so you don’t want to miss your chance to win a free copy!

“Sing While You May!”

Live PA TBA – Starts promptly at 10pm

Information:
Dog’s Blood Rising
The Lucky Cat

 

04/24/04: NEW RELEASES AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER AT TEKA NOW!

A plethora of new releases is now available for pre-order through TeKa. Click on the big magenta letters on the main page and you’ll be able to place your orders for The Whispering Wall, Pieces of 8, The Poppy Variations, and yet another release entitled Crushed Momentos, which is described by Chez Dots as “Ridiculously rare pieces from the early 80s presented on CD for the first time. Not so lo-fi anymore as Raymond painstakingly remastered this delightful dance around the People Tree.”

TeKa is also taking pre-orders for Legendary Pink Dots t-shirts and buttons this time around! We’ll also have buttons galore at the LPD merch booths along the course of the North American tour (Thanks to the kind folks at ROIR).

More updates to follow this weekend, including the long-awaited “Street Team” page, so keep checking back!

 

04/25/04: STREET-LEVEL PROMOTIONS – FULL SPEED AHEAD!

When you’re taking a break from perusing TeKa and pre-ordering all those beautiful new releases, you may want to head over to the Street Team page to find out how you can help promote the rapidly-approaching North American tour. Any help is greatly appreciated! I’ve outlined some basic suggestions for you, but please always feel free to think outside the box. If you have a great idea for additional promotions, get in touch!

You’ll also find a new link on our purple sidebar at the left-hand side of your screen that will take you straight to the tour dates. No more scrolling through pages and pages of text to make sure you’ve got the most current information. Just use the handy link!

 

04/27/04: PIETER SCHOOLWERTH – PINK DOTS FAN, ARTIST, … DJ?

Those of you attending the LPD Tour Party at The Lucky Cat in Brooklyn on May 12th are in for a treat! Artist extraordinaire Pieter Schoolwerth will be spinning tunes along with DJ Princess Coldheart. You’ll remember Pieter for the brilliant cover art gracing the cover of the 090301 CD-single from the Love and Loud Colours lyric book.

Remember, they’ll be giving away free copies of the new Legendary Pink Dots album The Whispering Wall, so don’t miss out!

The Lucky Cat
245 Grand Street
Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Dogs Blood Rising
Wednesday May 12, 2004

Cover: $2.00
10pm – 4am
18+

 

04/28/04: WHISPERING WALL LISTENING PARTIES IN FLORIDA!

There will be two Whispering Wall listening parties in Florida next month! They’ll be giving away tickets to the June 8 LPD show at The Culture Room in Ft. Lauderdale and ROIR will supply all sorts of fun stuff, so don’t miss out!

Details are as follows:

May 19 at Wormhole:
Legendary Pink Dots – The Whispering Wall 11pm
THE WORMHOLE
@ The Lounge
517 Clematis Street
Downtown WPB
561.655.9747 9P-3A
Indie/ElectroSmash/80’s/BritPop/NewWave “…A refreshing change from the all too familiar corporate radio, cheesy club, and annoying MTV fodder that currently pollutes the entire freakin’ world.”

May 22 at Respectable Street:
Legendary Pink Dots – The Whispering Wall Midnite
PSYCHOCANDY
@ RESPECTABLE STREET
518 Clematis Street
Downtown WPB
DJs: BITCHWAX, CLOUDER, NICO, and MORE! 9pm-4am

 

04/29/04: BIG CITY ORCHESTRA TO OPEN SAN FRANCISCO LPD SHOWS

We’re pleased to announce that Big City Orchestra will be opening the shows atCafe du Nord on June 23 and 24th. LPD and BCO have collaborated on several different projects throughout the years so we’re looking forward to these dates!

 

05/05/04: NEW T-SHIRT DESIGNS, ANOTHER RASPUTINA DATE, WHITELODGE TO OPEN IN ATLANTA

We’re very excited to announce that Rasputina will once again be coming on board at the State Theatre in St. Petersburg on the 10th of June!

We have also added Whitelodge to our bill in Atlanta on June 11th.

Thought you all might want a sneak peek at the new t-shirts we’ll be peddling this year. Here they are:

Text on the “Poppy” design reads The Legendary Pink Dots: We Shall Not Grow Old. Text on the “Handprint” design reads The Legendary Pink Dots: It Won’t Be Long Now

We’ll have plenty of these at the merch stands in North America for sure, but if you simply can’t wait to get your hands on one of these gorgeous new t-shirts, you can pre-order them through TeKa now!

 

05/11/04: PITTSBURGH, PA DATE ADDED – MORE OPENING ACTS ANNOUNCED

LPD fans in Pittsburgh take heart! We’ve been able to add a date at The Brew House Art Space (2100 Mary Street – 412-381-7767) on May 25th! We’re glad this one worked out as we were feeling a bit sad about not visiting PA on this romp through the US.

We’d also like to welcome A Tiger Named Lovesick to our bill in Dallas, TX andGlow to our bill in Sauget, IL!

 

05/12/04: OPENING ACT IN DENVER ANNOUNCED – LIVE VERSION OF NEW TRACK AT DOWLOADS PAGE

Over at the Downloads page, you’ll find a live version of Soft Toy, which is the opening track on the new CD The Whispering Wall – many thanks to Erik Gibbels.Soft Toy was recorded in Liege on April 14, 2004.

Denver-based Orbit Service has been invited to open for The Legendary Pink Dots in Denver on July 2. Orbit Service also opened the show last year when Edward Ka-Spel’s solo tour made its way through Colorado. Welcome back, guys!

 

05/19/04: LET’S HIT THE ROAD AND ON WE GO

We are very, very excited about the North American tour! Lots of great buzz is circulating – we’ve scheduled lots of interviews for national and local print media and – dare I say it – The Whispering Wall is even seeing some airplay on several radio stations around the country! We’ll also be broadcasting our June 23 show at Cafe du Nord live as it’s happening – so keep your ears peeled!

It’s going to be a great tour and we are all looking forward to seeing all of you at the shows! Make sure to come and say hello to me at the merch booths.

A few final things before we jump in the van:

If you write or see a print review of one of our North American shows or the new albums, please send a copy to:

Lisa Amend
P.O. Box 25327
Colorado Springs, CO 80936-5327

If you take photos at the shows, we would really appreciate it if you would send copies to me at the address noted above. 300 dpi resolution photos of the band are ALWAYS requested and we ensure that full credit is given to the photographer if the photos are used on album releases or in print media.

A side note: PLEASE DO NOT E-MAIL ME ANY PHOTOGRAPHS UNTIL I RETURN FROM THE ROAD. My e-mail access will be very limited until mid-July.

So – until soon…off we go!

 

06/12/04: ATLANTA

The Atlanta show at Echo Lounge was cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances outside of everybody’s control. Both the band and the Echo Lounge want to extend their apologies to everybody who came out for the show but were unfortunately turned away. LPD want to especially thank everybody who stuck around and bought merch from the group on the street. At this point, if there are still people who are in need of a refund, they need to conact the Echo Lounge at 404-681-3600. LPD are doing well and are sad they didn’t get to play, Atlanta’s always been a supportive town and LPD will definitely return there next tour.

 

07/12/04: THE STUFF DREAMS ARE MADE OF:

The Legendary Pink Dots will open for Skinny Puppy in Amsterdam at the Paradisoon 13th July!!!!!!

 

08/08/04: EGG LAKE SHOW / NEW DOWNLOAD

The Legendary Pink Dots will perform on San Juan Island on August 14 at Egg Lake Music Faire (Friday Harbor, WA). Those attending should e-mail egglake (AT) rockisland (DOT) com for details and to be added to the invitation list – required by the State of Washington Liqour Board.

At our Downloads page, you will find a live version of one of the more popular new tracks The Equaliser. This version was recorded in Washington, DC on June 3, 2004.

 

08/12/04: LEGENDARY PINK DOTS RETURN TO ST. PETERSBURG

The Legendary Pink Dots will be appearing at Red Club in St. Petersburg, Russia on September 18. I will post more details as they are confirmed.

 

08/19/04: EURO TOUR PLANS UNDERWAY / ALL THE KING’S MEN ON VINYL

The Legendary Pink Dots are preparing for their European tour which is slated to begin on October 13 at the Underground in Cologne. The Pink Dots also hope to play their first-ever shows in Finland, Latvia, Greece, Slovania and Estonia this year.

Edward has asked that fans with tips for clubs in the south of France or Slovania contact the band with information. You can use the contact form at this site or send an e-mail to me.

Also, the vinyl release of ROIR‘s All The King’s Men is imminent (release date is August 24). You can view the one-sheet here.

 

08/20/04: THE BRAINWASHED EYE VOLUME 834

We are pleased to announce that the Brainwashed Eye: Volume 834 is now available for sale through Brainwashed Commerce.

Arranged and filmed by Jon Whitney, The Eye: Volume 834 includes interviews and concert footage from Edward Ka-Spel’s solo show (September 2003) and The Legendary Pink Dots concert (June 2004) at The Middle East in Boston, MA.

IMPORTANT: These will only be available directly from Brainwashed and not from the band or TEKA or any other retailer. They come personalized (yes, your name is written on it) since nobody wants these floating around on ebay…

To see part of the videos, you can go here. Both videos have been slightly updated/modified to include footage not featured in the online versions.

This volume is being sold for $15 (before shipping) and is only available here.

 

08/26/04: NEW LPD AND EKS VINYL RELEASES

The 2 X LP version of All The King’s Men has been released by ROIR. Though there is no bonus material on this album, it will still make a spiffy addition to your LPD collection. The cover art is exactly the same as the CD release, only “bigger and more beautiful.” Though the album may not be listed on the ROIR website just yet, rest assured it is indeed available for purchase.

Beta-lactam Ring tells me that the 2 X LP version of Edward’s Pieces of 8 will start shipping on or around September 1. The LP features a bonus track called Wall of Fire as well as a poster and a signed and numbered insert. This release is limited to 333 copies.

 

09/02/04: FIRST EUROPEAN TOUR DATES / CONTACTS IN GOTHENBURG NEEDED

The Legendary Pink Dots are in the process of confirming dates for their European tour. Previously, we had announced that the tour would begin in Cologne on October 13, but now it is slated to kick off on October 20 in Arhus. The show in Cologne will take place later in the tour. We will post updates as shows are confirmed, so keep checking the website for details. The Dots are looking for contacts in Sweden (preferably Gothenburg – preferred date is October 22). Please use the contact form at this website or send me an e-mail if you can help.

The obligatory disclaimer: Dates and venues can still change.

20 Oct: Arhus / Train (DK)
21 Oct: Copenhagen / Rust
23 Oct: Oslo
24 Oct: Stockholm / Debaser
26 Oct: Helsinki / Tavistia-Semifinal (provisional)
27 Oct: Tallinn (provisional)
28 Oct: Riga (provisional)
29 Oct: Vilnius
30 Oct: Gdansk / Zak
31 Oct: Berlin / Knaack

 

09/22/04: UPDATE: EUROPEAN TOUR SCHEDULE

More dates for the upcoming European tour are being confirmed. The latest tour roster looks like this:

19 Oct: Rostock (D) / MS Stubnitz
20 Oct: Arhus / Train (DK)
21 Oct: Copenhagen (DK) / Rust
23 Oct: Oslo (N) / Elm Street
24 Oct: Stockholm (S) / Debaser
26 Oct: Helsinki (SF) / Taviasti-Semifinal (to be confirmed)
28 Oct: Riga (LV) / TBA
29 Oct: Vilnius (LT) / Mule Rozas
30 Oct: Gdansk (PL) / Zak
31 Oct: Berlin (D) / Knaack
02 Nov: Hamburg (D) / Logo
04 Nov: Brno (CZ) / Fleda
05 Nov: Krakow (PL) / TBA
06 Nov: Warszawa (PL) / Fabryka
07 Nov: Wroclaw (PL) / WZ
08 Nov: Plzen (CZ) /Pod Lampou
09 Nov: Prague (CZ) / TBA
10 Nov: Munchen (D) / Feierwerk
11 Nov: Vienna (A) / Monastery
13 Nov: Debrechen (H) / TBA
21 Nov: Athens (GR) / Gagarin 205
01 Dec: Basel (CH) / Wagenmeister
02 Dec: Brussels (B) / Magasin 4
03 Dec: Verviers (B) / Spirit of 66

Please note that date and venue changes are likely, so keep checking this page for details. Also, friends and fans with contacts that can help us “fill the gaps” in the current roster can use the contact form at this site or e-mail me with tips and / or information. We appreciate all the help!

 

09/23/04: ANOTHER UPDATE: MORE EURO SHOWS CONFIRMED:

The following dates have been added to the roster:

27 Oct: Riga / Klub Depo
04 Dec: Darmstadt / Villa Oetinger

 

The Helsinki show at Taviasti-Semifinal on 26th October has been officially confirmed as well.

 

09/24/04: BEYOND THE MUSIC ART EXHIBIT:

What: See Beyond the Music
When: Sept. 30th – Oct. 27th (Opening Reception Sept. 30 6PM – 10PM)
Where: 1829 NE Alberta St. #11, Portland, Oregon. Phone: 503.827.4142
Who: Optic Nerve Arts, Jackpot Records, Beta-lactam Ring Records

Featuring: Edward Ka-Spel: “15 Minutes of Sorrow” – an edition of one cassette album release with a lament dedicated to the format itself. Music is exclusive to the artpiece. There will also be a limited gallery 10″ acetate with new tracks from Edward Ka-Spel and many other BLRR artists. Come one, come all!

 

09/28/04: EUROPEAN TOUR UPDATE

The following shows have just been added to the European tour schedule:

12 Nov: Budapest (H) / Marco Polo
15 Nov: Ostrava (CZ) / TBA
17 Nov: Ljubljana (SI) / Channel Zero
15 Dec: Cologne (D) / Underground

Also confirmed:

23 Feb 2005: Munster (D) / Gleis 22

I will post shows as they are added/confirmed, so please keep checking this website for details.

 

09/29/04: MP3 DOWNLOADS / CURRENT EUROPEAN TOUR SCHEDULE:

If any of you have been having trouble with the latest downloads, the files have been re-uploaded and should be working fine now. If you are still having problems, please e-mail me.

Here is the current European tour schedule. More shows are being confirmed so keep checking this page.

19 Oct: Rostock (D) / MS Stubnitz
20 Oct: Arhus / Train (DK)
21 Oct: Copenhagen (DK) / Rust
23 Oct: Oslo (N) / Elm Street
24 Oct: Stockholm (S) / Debaser
26 Oct: Helsinki (SF) / Taviasti-Semifinal
27 Oct: Riga (LV) / Klub Depo
29 Oct: Vilnius (LT) / Mule Rozas
30 Oct: Gdansk (PL) / Zak
31 Oct: Berlin (D) / Knaack
02 Nov: Hamburg (D) / Logo
04 Nov: Brno (CZ) / Fleda
05 Nov: Krakow (PL) / TBA
06 Nov: Warszawa (PL) / Fabryka
07 Nov: Wroclaw (PL) / WZ
08 Nov: Plzen (CZ) /Pod Lampou
09 Nov: Prague (CZ) / TBA
10 Nov: Munchen (D) / Feierwerk
11 Nov: Vienna (A) / Monastery
12 Nov: Budapest (H) / Marco Polo
13 Nov: Debrechen (H) / TBA
15 Nov: Ostrava (CZ) / TBA
17 Nov: Ljubljana (SI) / Channel Zero
21 Nov: Athens (GR) / Gagarin 205
01 Dec: Basel (CH) / Wagenmeister
02 Dec: Brussels (B) / Magasin 4
03 Dec: Verviers (B) / Spirit of 66
04 Dec: Darmstadt (D) / Villa Oetinger
08 Dec: Weinheim (D) / Cafe Central
15 Dec: Cologne (D) / Underground
23 Feb 2005: Munster (D) / Gleis 22

 

10/01/04: NEW MP3 DOWNLOAD:

The download for the month of October is Third Secret recorded in Salt Lake City, UT on July 1, 2004.

 

10/04/04: STRANGE ATTRACTOR: NEW NIELS VAN HOORN / SONAR LODGE PROJECT TO BE RELEASED NOVEMBER 18:

Niels Van Hoorn and Richard van Kruysdijk (of Sonar Lodge) are pleased to announce their first release under the name Strange Attractor. Entitled Rorschach, the album will be officially released November 18 on the Music for Speakerslabel. Legendary Pink Dots fans will be able to purchase the album at the merchandise stand on the European tour prior to the release date.

From the label press release: “Out of a warm, acoustic jazz atmosphere springs forth a cold, sequenced synth pattern. ÔFull throttleÕ acoustic drums and harsh double sax frenzy turns into minimal glitches. Hip-hop style raw beats are underlined with eerie, floating acousmatic soundscapes. Touching the edges of jazz, ambient and electronica, Strange Attractor’s debut LP is a high-spirited exercise in associative music-making. Rorschach gives insight in how tracks evolve through different approaches of sound, while retaining a constant emotional depth and consistent, intense undercurrent. Although often placed in a moody, melancholic musical setting, it is the result of a joyful, inspired collaboration between Niels van Hoorn (The Legendary Pink Dots) and M4S resident Richard van Kruysdijk (Sonar Lodge). Guest appearances by vocalists Edward Ka-Spel (The Legendary Pink Dots) and Marie-Claudine Vanvlemen (Sonar Lodge) add even more colour to the rich sound palette of this vinyl-only release.”

You can listen to the album in RealAudio here and you can view the entire .pdf press release here.

 

10/05/04: ANOTHER EUROPEAN TOUR DATE CONFIRMED:

The Legendary Pink Dots have just confirmed a show at Cafe Central in Weinheim on December 8th. Scroll down for a complete list of European tour dates.

 

10/13/04: MORE EUROPEAN TOUR DATES CONFIRMED:

Here is the current European tour schedule for The Legendary Pink Dots. More shows are being added and confirmed, so keep checking this space for updates.

19 Oct: Rostock (D) / MS Stubnitz
20 Oct: Arhus / Musickafeen (DK)
21 Oct: Copenhagen (DK) / Rust
23 Oct: Oslo (N) / Elm Street
24 Oct: Stockholm (S) / Debaser
26 Oct: Helsinki (SF) / Taviasti-Semifinal
27 Oct: Riga (LV) / Klub Depo
29 Oct: Vilnius (LT) / Mulen Ruzas
30 Oct: Gdansk (PL) / Zak – CANCELED
31 Oct: Berlin (D) / Knaack
02 Nov: Hamburg (D) / Logo
04 Nov: Brno (CZ) / Fleda
05 Nov: Krakow (PL) / Loch Ness
06 Nov: Warszawa (PL) / Fabryka
07 Nov: Wroclaw (PL) / WK
08 Nov: Plzen (CZ) /Pod Lampou
09 Nov: Prague (CZ) / Roxy
10 Nov: Munchen (D) / Feierwerk
11 Nov: Vienna (A) / Monastery
12 Nov: Budapest (H) / Marco Polo
13 Nov: Debrehen (H) / City Theatre of Debrecen (Csokonai Szinhaz Studio)
15 Nov: Ostrava (CZ) / Marley
17 Nov: Ljubljana (SI) / Channel Zero
21 Nov: Athens (GR) / Gagarin 205
26 Nov: Campi Bisenzio – Firenze (IT) / Werk
28 Nov: Milano (IT) / Transilvania
29 Nov: Torino (IT) / Antidox
30 Nov: Innsbruck (A) / PMK Bogen
01 Dec: Basel (CH) / Wagenmeister
02 Dec: Brussels (B) / Magasin 4
03 Dec: Verviers (B) / Spirit of 66
04 Dec: Darmstadt (D) / Villa Oetinger
08 Dec: Weinheim (D) / Cafe Central
14 Dec: Wurzburg (D) / Cafe Cairo
15 Dec: Cologne (D) / Underground
11 Feb 2005: Tilburg (NL) / 013
19 Feb 2005: Leiden (NL) / LVC
20 Feb 2005: Utrecht (NL) / Ekko
23 Feb 2005: Munster (D) / Gleis 22
24 Feb 2005: Potsdam (D) / Waschhaus

 

10/14/04: VENUE CHANGE:

The show in Arhus on October 20th has been moved from Train to Musickafeen.

 

10/15/04: NEW DATE ADDED:

A show at Waschhaus in Potsdam has just been confirmed. This show will take place on February 24, 2005. Scroll down to see all confirmed dates for 2004/2005.

10/22/04: OSTRAVA SHOW CONFIRMED:

The Pink Dots have confirmed their show in Ostrava for November 15th. The show will take place at Marley. Scroll down for a list of all confirmed dates for 2004/2005 and please keep checking this page for updates.

 

10/28/04: GDANSK SHOW CANCELED:

Due to unforeseen circumstances beyond the control of the band or the venue, The Pink Dots show scheduled for October 30th in Gdansk has been canceled by the promoter. The Pink Dots extend their apologies and hope to return to Gdansk as soon as possible.

 

10/29/04: NEW DATES CONFIRMED FOR 2004 / 2005:

Shows in Wurzburg and The Netherlands have been added to the 2004 / 2005 European tour schedule. Scroll down for a complete list of dates.

 

11/02/04: NEW DOWNLOAD:

Over at the Downloads page, you’ll find an achingly beautiful version of The More It Changes recorded in Burlington, VT in 1989. Lovely!

 

11/03/04: KRAKOW, PL VENUE CHANGE:

The show in Krakow, Poland on 5 November will be at Loch Ness instead of RE.

 

11/05/04: NEW DATE ADDED:

The Legendary Pink Dots have just added a show at Antidox in Torino, Italy to the roster. The show wil be on November 29 and Fabrizio Modonese Palumbo & Paul Beauchamp will open.

The Pink Dots are still looking for contacts and tips for venues and more shows in Italy this month. If you can help, please e-mail me. Any and all information will be greatly appreciated.

 

11/10/04: DEBRECEN VENUE CHANGE:

The November 13 show in Debrecen (originally at Kasanthaz) has been moved to City Theatre of Debrecen (Csokonai Szinhaz Studio). Scroll down for a complete list of European tour dates.

 

11/16/04: NEW EURO TOUR DATE ADDED:

A show in Milan, Italy at Transilvania has been added. The show will take place on November 28.

Here is the current tour roster for Europe 2004/2005:

17 Nov: Ljubljana (SI) / Channel Zero
21 Nov: Athens (GR) / Gagarin 205
26 Nov: Campi Bisenzio – Firenze (IT) / Werk
28 Nov: Milano (IT) / Transilvania
29 Nov: Torino (IT) / Antidox
30 Nov: Innsbruck (A) / PMK Bogen
01 Dec: Basel (CH) / Wagenmeister
02 Dec: Brussels (B) / Magasin 4
03 Dec: Verviers (B) / Spirit of 66
04 Dec: Darmstadt (D) / Villa Oetinger
08 Dec: Weinheim (D) / Cafe Central
14 Dec: Wurzburg (D) / Cafe Cairo
15 Dec: Cologne (D) / Underground
28 Jan 2005: Tel Aviv (IS) / Barbie Club
29 Jan 2005: Tel Aviv (IS) / Barbie Club
11 Feb 2005: Tilburg (NL) / 013
16 Feb 2005: Nijmegen (NL) / Merleyn
19 Feb 2005: Leiden (NL) / LVC
20 Feb 2005: Utrecht (NL) / Ekko
22 Feb 2005: Amsterdam (NL) / Desmet Live (Human Radio)
23 Feb 2005: Munster (D) / Gleis 22
24 Feb 2005: Potsdam (D) / Waschhaus

 

11/21/04: NEW DATE ADDED – NIJMEGEN, NL:

A show at Merleyn in Nijmegen has been added to the tour roster. The show will take place on February 16, 2005.

 

11/29/04: DESMET LIVE (HUMAN RADIO):

The Legendary Pink Dots will perform at Desmet Live (Human Radio) on February 22, 2005. Admission for approximately 40 people will be possible. More details will be posted soon.

 

12/01/04: NEW MP3 DOWNLOAD:

At the Downloads page, you will find a great version of Black Zone, recorded in Burlington, VT in 1989.

 

12/06/04: NEW TOUR DATES ADDED: TEL AVIV, ISRAEL:

Just confirmed: The Legendary Pink Dots will perform in Tel Aviv, Israel on January 28 and January 29, 2005.

Here is the most current tour roster:

08 Dec: Weinheim (D) / Cafe Central
14 Dec: Wurzburg (D) / Cafe Cairo
15 Dec: Cologne (D) / Underground
28 Jan 2005: Tel Aviv (IS) / Barbie Club
29 Jan 2005: Tel Aviv (IS) / Barbie Club
11 Feb 2005: Tilburg (NL) / 013
16 Feb 2005: Nijmegen (NL) / Merleyn
19 Feb 2005: Leiden (NL) / LVC
20 Feb 2005: Utrecht (NL) / Ekko
22 Feb 2005: Amsterdam (NL) / Desmet Live (Human Radio)
23 Feb 2005: Munster (D) / Gleis 22
24 Feb 2005: Potsdam (D) / Waschhaus
25 Feb 2005: Poznan (PL) / Browar
26 Feb 2005: Bydgoszcz (PL) / Mozg
27 Feb 2005: Lodz (PL) / Dekompresja

 

12/07/04: NEW TOUR DATES ADDED / HELP WANTED IN EAST GERMANY / CZECH REPUBLIC:

The following dates in Poland have just been confirmed:

25 Feb 2005: Poznan (PL) / Browar
26 Feb 2005: Bydgoszcz (PL) / Mozg
27 Feb 2005: Lodz (PL) / Dekompresja

The Pink Dots are looking for shows in East Germany or Czech Republic on February 28 or March 1. If anyone has any suggestions or venue contact information, please use the Contact Form on this website or send me an e-mail. Any and all tips will be welcomed!

 

12/11/04: 12/07/04 UPDATE EDITED TO ADD:

The Pink Dots have tentatively scheduled a show in Lund, Sweden on March 2, 2005 (more details to follow as they are confirmed). They are still seeking shows in East Germany or Northern Czech Republic on February 28 and/or March 1, 2005.

Areas of interest in East Germany are Leipzig, Dresden, Chemnitz and possibilities in Northern CZ are Hradec Kralove, Olomouc. If anyone has any suggestions, contacts or tips for the aforementioned locations, please send me an e-mail or use the Contact Form on this website.

 

12/23/04: CORRECTION:

The show in Poznan, Poland on 25 February, 2005, will be at the Blue Note and not the Browar.