Toad the Wet Sprocket to return to 'New Constellation' on September 17, 2013

How excited am I by the return of Toad the Wet Sprocket? Very excited. One of my favorite rock bands to emerge in the 1990s, the group is set to release its first new full-length studio album in more than 15 years on September 17. Just hearing the title track via the link below is pure joy for fans of the legendary quartet. Here is the official media release.

TOAD THE WET SPROCKET ANNOUNCE THE SEPTEMBER 17, 2013 RELEASE OF NEW CONSTELLATION

 

Listen To The World Premiere of the First Single and Title Track, “New Constellation” on RollingStone.com:
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/toad-the-wet-sprocket-find-a-new-constellation-song-premiere-20130605

 

Bilboard-Charting Band Announcing Extensive Run of U.S. Summer Tour Dates as They Put the Finishing Touches on The First All-New Toad The Wet Sprocket Album in 16 Years

 

 

Toad the Wet Sprocket. Photo by Rob Shanahan

 

 

Toad the Wet Sprocket, the band famed for such Billboard-charting hits as “Walk on the Ocean”, “All I Want”, “Something’s Always Wrong”, and “Fall Down” has been back in the studio again, recording their first album together in 16 years. The same creative curiosity that inspired the band to form in 1986 and then to branch out in different directions in 1998 has brought them full circle to come back together again. As Glen Phillips put it, "At some point we would play shows and remember not why we'd broken up, but why we got together in the first place. That made it possible and exciting to move forward again." The result is New Constellation, an album of new material produced by Mikal Blue and being released on the band’s label, Abe’s Records, September 17^th, 2013. 

Bassist, Dean Dinning says, "The idea to make this record was born out of the fact that we are really enjoying playing live together again- and adding new songs into the set just makes it that much better.” Phillips added, "We've all been making music outside of the band for a while now. It's amazing to get back together and incorporate all we've learned in the last years but immediately hear the sonic signature that is essentially Toad re-emerge."

 

Today, the band’s first single from the album and title track “New Constellation” premiered on Rolling Stone’s site. In a statement about the track, Glen Phillips said, “After not having recorded as Toad the Wet Sprocket for over 16 years, we finally decided to make a new record for our fans.  "New Constellation" was the very first new song written specifically for the band. After a decade in the folk/singer/songwriter world it was exciting to write with the band in mind. I wanted come up with material that would respect our origins but also respect everything we'd learned in the intervening years. The lyric veers from outer space to patron saints to depression to heroic gestures of love in a quick three minute pop song. We hope you like it.”

 

 

Click here to hear “New Constellation” on RollingStone.com: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/toad-the-wet-sprocket-find-a-new-constellation-song-premiere-20130605

 

Stay tuned for further details and events. Toad will be touring throughout the year, and continuing into 2014.

 

 

Toad The Wet Sprocket on Tour:

6/05- BALTIMORE, MD- Sound Stage Baltimore

6/06- NEW YORK, NY- Hard Rock Café- Willie Nelson’s Birthday Celebration

6/07- NEW YORK, NY- 4pm- Live Taping with Rich Russo,

Anything Anything Interview Event at Bowery Electric

6/08- BROOKLYN, NY- Brooklyn Bowl

6/09- WILMINGTON, DE- World Café Live at The Queen

7/12- CHATTANOOGA, TN- Track 29

7/13- PEACHTREE CITY, GA- Frederick Brown Jr. Amphitheater

7/14- KNOXVILLE, TN- Bijou Theatre

7/15- ASHEVILLE, NC- The Orange Peel

7/18- VIRGINIA BEACH, VA- Neptune’s Park at 31^st Street

7/19- CHARLOTTE, NC- Neighborhood Theatre

7/24- PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FL- Ponte Vedra Concert Hall

7/25- ORLANDO, FL- Hard Rock Orlando

7/26- FT. LAUDERDALE, FL- Culture Room

7/27- ST. PETERSBURG, FL- The State Theatre

8/08- SANTA FE, NM- Sol

8/09- ARVADA, CO- Arvada Center for the Arts & Humanities

8/10- BOULDER, CO- Chautauqua Auditorium

8/11- BRECKENRIDGE, CO- Riverwalk Center

8/17- SILOAM SPRINGS, OK- Seven- Cherokee Casino & Hotel

8/22- SARATOGA, CA- The Mountain Winery

8/24- SAN DIEGO, CA- Humphrey’s Concerts by the Bay

Inbox Update: Nine Inch Nails, Amos Lee, Atoms For Peace

Lots and lots of news to report. Here are some of the most high-profile music media releases worth featuring...

NINE INCH NAILS ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM, NEW SINGLE   AND NORTH AMERICAN ARENA TOUR  Hesitation Marks Set For September 3 Release, Available For Pre-order On iTunes Now   New Single "Came Back Haunted" Available Thursday, June 6 On iTunes   Tickets For Fall Tour Go On Sale Beginning Friday, June 14

On September 3, 2013, Columbia Records will release Hesitation Marks, the new full-length album from Nine Inch Nails. Recorded in secret over the last year, Trent Reznor teamed with producers Atticus Ross and Alan Moulder to create the first new music from Nine Inch Nails in five years.   Lead single "Came Back Haunted" is available Thursday, June 6 on iTunes (iTunes.com/NineInchNails). In addition, fans who pre-order Hesitation Marks on iTunes will instantly receive a download of "Came Back Haunted." The album can also be pre-ordered at www.nin.com, where the singleis streaming now.   Today plans were also unveiled for "Nine Inch Nails: Tension 2013" - afall 2013 North American arena tour.  Reznor says, "Tension picks up where Lights in the Sky left off.  This is the full-on NIN live experience realized as we never could before." The run will launch on September 28 at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, MN and include shows at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY (October 14) and Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA (November 8).   Tickets for the arena outing will go on sale to the public beginning Friday, June 14, at www.livenation.com. See below for itinerary and specific on sale dates. Fans who register at www.nin.com will receive exclusive first access to tickets before they go on sale to the general public.

AMOS LEE'S MOUNTAINS OF SORROW, RIVERS OF SONG SET FOR OCTOBER 1 RELEASE BY BLUE NOTE RECORDS PRODUCED BY JAY JOYCE, ALBUM INCLUDES SPECIAL GUESTS ALISON KRAUSS AND PATTY GRIFFIN AND FOLLOWS 2011's CHART-TOPPINGMISSION BELL Amos Lee                   Photo credit: Harper Smith

Mountains Of Sorrow, Rivers Of Song, Amos Lee's fifth studio album, will be released on October 1 by Blue Note Records. See below for track listing. Lee recorded the 12-song collection in Nashville with Jay Joyce (Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin, Eric Church, Cage the Elephant). "I've always enjoyed it down there, so I thought I'd bring my band and see how a bunch of Philly guys fit in," says Lee. "Jay brings a musicality, a different kind of ear. He definitely hears things in ways that I don't, and brings out extra dimensions in the songs." Mountains Of Sorrow, Rivers Of Song is the follow-up to 2011's Mission Bell, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and Billboard Rock Albums charts and contained the No. 1 Triple A radio hit "Windows Are Rolled Down." The new studio record is the first to feature Lee's longtime touring band - comprising Freddie Berman, Zach Djanikian, Andy Keenan and Jaron Olevsky - and the first album ever recorded at St. Charles, producer Joyce's brand new studio, which is housed in a converted East Nashville church. The convenient location allowed several remarkable guests to participate in the sessions.Alison Krauss joins Lee on "Chill In The Air" and Patty Griffin sings harmony on "Mountains of Sorrow," a song inspired by Lee's visit to Levon Helm's barn in Woodstock, where he appeared at the legendary drummer's Midnight Ramble not long before Helm's death. Instrumentalists Jerry Douglas (Alison Krauss & Union Station),Mickey Raphael (Willie Nelson and Family) and Jeff Coffin (Dave Matthews Band) also contribute to the record. Mountains Of Sorrow, Rivers Of Song finds Lee in new sonic territory, working with a broader palette of textures and instrumentation yet retaining the trenchant impact of the scenes, characters and stories that he is renowned for. The album arrives a full 10 years after he first signed with Blue Note Records and began a career that continues to grow and surprise. The New York Times praised Lee's "honeyed singing voice," noting that 2011's chart-topping Mission Bell  "sharpens the payoff...it plants Mr. Lee and his tunes in a stark landscape, enveloped by rustling percussion and reverberant drones " while MOJO said: "His lyrics sweat with detail and nervy experience." "Mission Bell is a darker turn for Lee, and shows that his artistic arc is still peaking," observed Associated Press. Lee - who has toured with such artists as Bob Dylan, Norah Jones, Elvis Costello, Adele and Dave Matthews Band - will celebrate the release of Mountains Of Sorrow, Rivers Of Song with an extensive fall headline tour. Details will be announced shortly. Mountains Of Sorrow, Rivers Of Song - Track Listing 1.     Johnson Blvd                                               2.     Stranger                                                        3.     Scamps                                                         4.     Chill In The Air                                             5.     Dresser Drawer                                           6.     Indonesia                                                     7.     High Water                                                    8.     The Man Who Wants You                           9.     Loretta                                                           10.  Plain View                                                    11.  Mountains of Sorrow                                 12.  Burden Atoms For Peace (Thom Yorke and Nigel Godrich)  LIVE DJ Set on KCRW (89.9FM and KCRW.com) THIS Friday, June 7 at 10am Thom Yorke and Nigel Godrich have teamed up on many projects, from Radiohead to their current musical outlet Atoms For Peace, and will join forces for an unprecedented DJ set in our studios -- their first time doing a live set on U.S. radio -- THIS Friday, June 7, 2013 at 10 a.m. (Pacific Standard Time); Tune in to 89.9FM or stream it online at KCRW.com.   KCRW is handing over an entire hour of Morning Becomes Eclectic to the duo, who will alternate between DJ sets and short interview segments with host Jason Bentley.  Atoms For Peace’s debut album “Amok” was released in February on XL Recordings. Tickets are still available for their full band performance at the Hollywood Bowl on October 16.

Inbox Update: Save Ferris to return this summer

A blast from the past for sure; '90s ska champion Save Ferris is set to return after a decade...here is the media release I received earlier today.

SAVE FERRIS TO PEFORM AT THIS YEAR’S ORANGE COUNTY FAIR

Monique Powell has fought hard to bring this show to Save Ferris’ fans

FIRST SHOW IN OVER TEN YEARS!

 

Revered Orange County ska-punk band SAVE FERRIS is getting ready to perform their first show in over 10 years!  The newly reformed group, featuring original vocalist Monique Powell, will perform at the Orange County Fair in Costa Mesa on July 27^th with special guest, 2 Tone Icons - The English Beat.

Fans of the pioneering ska/punk hit-maker band have been awaiting a return to the stage for a decade and this performance will be extra special for Powell herself. After a miraculous 4-level cervical laminoplasty surgery, the punk songstress is ready to belt out the SAVE FERRIS songs she made famous over a decade ago.

About her recent major surgery, Mo declares to her fans, “It's been 10 years since I've performed these songs but I have fought hard to bring you this show and I’ve WON. I can't WAIT to put on the best show for you guys...thanks for sticking around and for continuing to support SAVE FERRIS.”

Named after a classic, recurring line from John Hughes’ iconic comedy “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” SAVE FERRIS got their start circa 1995 on the OC punkster scene.  Led by Powell, SAVE FERRIS was among the pioneering ska bands that helped break the genre into the mainstream with a string of critically acclaimed releases, including an EP, Introducing Save Ferris, and two groundbreaking, full-length albums on Epic Records, It Means Everything and Modified, which featured the hit cover “Come On Eileen” and singles “Goodbye” and “The World Is New.”

After several lineup changes and touring the world extensively for years in support of their music, SAVE FERRIS’ last tour to date was in 2003, dubbed the “For The Fans” Tour. The band has been on indefinite hiatus for the last ten years.  Now in 2013, SAVE FERRIS returns with their first show in a decade, headlined by a rejuvenated Monique Powell, and in the very neighborhood that launched their musical career. 

www.saveferrisofficial.com                  www.facebook.com/saveferrisofficial                @SFOfficialBand

Sights and Sounds: Daryl Hall, John Fogerty

This post features news from two corners of the modern music universe to be sure...but the one thing that Daryl Hall and John Fogerty share is that both are artists who continue to push themselves and find new audiences long after they launched their respective groundbreaking careers.


DARYL HALL’S TV CAREER EXPANDS INTO COTTAGE INDUSTRY, WHICH NOW INCLUDES HOME RESTORATION

'Daryl’s Restoration Over-Hall' Will Debut on Scripps Networks Interactive’s DIY Network in 2014, Joining Live from Daryl’s House, which Continues on Palladia, RFD, Family Net and in Syndication

Daryl Hall

NEW YORK, June 4, 2013 – Daryl Hall is a true renaissance man for all seasons, with his interests in music and home restoration the subjects of two different TV shows on four individual cable networks and national syndication. One could say he’s building that resume from the ground up as the record-setting musician displays his talents as a builder and designer on Daryl’s Restoration Over-Hall, a new show debuting on Scripps Networks Interactive’s DIY Network in 2014. Hall and his manager Jonathan Wolfson are executive producers, and Michael Morrissey is the director.

Daryl’s Restoration Over-Hall joins Live from Daryl’s House, his critically acclaimed, award-winning, web-to-cable series, which can currently be seen on Viacom’s high-def network Palladia, RFD-TV, FamilyNet and in national syndication. Production of Live from Daryl’s House, which has produced 62 episodes to date, resumes in the fall.

DIY Network, HGTV’s sister property, originally contacted Hall upon learning of his interest in vintage architecture. Daryl, who has previously restored a number of antique homes, including the 18th century farmhouse in Dutchess County, N.Y., where his Live from Daryl’s House regularly takes place, will tackle a late Georgian house circa 1780 located on the Fairfield-Litchfield County border of Connecticut, where DIY Network’s cameras will follow his progress on a weekly basis.

“The purpose of my new show is to restore an antique New England house, showing how it can be done in an authentic manner, keeping the original elements and making it consistent with the modern world,” said Hall. “I also want to feature the important community of crafts-people, who are expert in authentic restoration.”

In Daryl’s Restoration Over-Hall, Hall plans to revive the quaint 1-bedroom into a new family home that was originally built by a widowed sea captain. His care in historically accurate restoration must be melded with the mandates of modernity and small town regulations. Hall will bring in a team of craftsmen he has worked with over the years. He also plans on involving the American College of Building Arts in Charleston, S.C., which is the only school in America with an accredited program in this field.

“This is yet another way of putting my creativity and my other passions aside from music out there, so they can all mix together, Hall added, "We have a legacy of unique antique architecture here in America. Unfortunately, in many cases, they have been let go, demolished or altered inconsistently to their original character.”


JOHN FOGERTY'S 'MYSTIC HIGHWAY' VIDEO PREMIERES ON VEVO

Back in May 2007, John Fogerty delivered one of the finest concerts I've ever seen at the Doheny Blues Festival; you can read my review of that show that ran in The Orange County Register here. In fact, as evidenced by his new album Wrote a Song for Everyone, the legendary singer-songwriter-guitarist continues to blaze ahead. I was especially moved by his new music video for the song "Mystic Highway." 

Today VEVO is hosting the premiere the latest videos from John Fogerty, One Republic and Florida George Line. You can catch all of the videos on VEVO, and I've also embedded Fogerty's fantastic new music video below...

Inbox Update: Aerosmith, Filter, The 88, Yellowcard

Just got this release a bit ago and wanted to post this breaking Aerosmith news ASAP. I've also provided some links to check out some other updated music news of interest...

Aerosmith's 'Rock for the Rising Sun' set for release on July 23, 2013

Highly-anticipated release to land via DVD, Blu-ray and digital Video

On July 23, 2013, Eagle Rock Entertainment will release Rock For The Rising Sun by Aerosmith. This is a simultaneous release on DVD, Blu-ray and digital formats.


This is the band’s first live video release in 9 years, since the release of You Gotta Move in 2004 and it offers a unique portrayal of life on the road with Aerosmith combined with superb live performances, as the band toured Japan. Rock For The Rising Sun features the classic tracks: “Love In An Elevator,” “Livin’ On The Edge,” “Last Child,” “Walk This Way,” “Draw The Line,” “Sweet Emotion,” “Hangman Jury,” and many more, with material drawn from shows throughout this tour. As bonuses, the DVD includes extra live tracks, “Lick And A Promise” recorded at the Hiroshima Green Garden Arena and “One Way Street” taken from the Tokyo Dome.

In March 2011, Japan was beset by a huge earthquake, a monstrous tsunami and the subsequent meltdown of the Fukushima nuclear plant. In the autumn of 2011, despite advice to the contrary, Aerosmith brought their “Back On The Road” tour to Japan, a country with which they’d always had a special relationship. The Japanese fans came out in droves and Aerosmith responded with some of the finest shows of their distinguished career. This film follows the band on that tour combining full-length live tracks with behind the scenes footage, which is at times touching and emotional and at others humorous and insightful. More than anything else it demonstrates the Japanese fans’ love affair with Aerosmith and their music.

Aerosmith are truly one of the great rock acts of all time and this incredible concert film brings together tracks from across their storied career. A live band par excellence, Rock For The Rising Sun shows them rolling up their sleeves and doing what they do better than anyone else.


Eagle Rock Entertainment is the largest producer and distributor of music programming for DVD, Blu-Ray, TV, Audio and Digital Media in the world. Eagle works directly alongside talent to produce top quality, High Definition and 3D programs, both concerts and documentaries, including The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, The Who, Queen, The Doors, Jeff Beck, U2, Peter Gabriel, Paul McCartney and Ozzy Osbourne. Eagle is a Grammy Award winning company and has received over 30 multi-platinum, over 50 platinum and over 90 gold discs, worldwide. Eagle Rock Entertainment has offices in London, New York, Toronto, Paris and Hamburg.

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AREOSMITH DVD/BLU-RAY TRACK LISTING

1) Draw The Line

2) Love In An Elevator

3) Livin’ On The Edge

4) Hangman Jury

5) No More No More

6) Mama Kin

7) Monkey On My Back

8) Toys In The Attic

9) Listen To The Thunder

10) Sweet Emotion

11) Boogie Man

12) Rats In The Cellar

13) Movin’ Out

14) Last Child

15) S.O.S. (Too Bad)

16) Walk This Way

17) Train Kept A Rollin’ (credits)

 
In other music news, check out writer George A. Paul's Music Minded blog for news on Filter, The 88 and Yellowcard.

Sights and Sounds: Bad Company, Pet Shop Boys

Has Bad Company really been around for four decades? And have the Pet Shop Boys been making music together since 1981? Read on for the latest news from both legendary acts...

 

 

BAD COMPANY TO MAKE THEIR NETWORK

LATE NIGHT DEBUT

ON THE TONIGHT SHOW JUNE 10^th

40th Anniversary Celebration Tour Kicks Off On June 15^th  

New York --- Bad Company will make their network late night debut on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno next Monday June 10^th.  The following day, the band will be the featured guests at The Grammy Museum in Los Angeles for a rare Q&A with their fans and an intimate set.  The Grammy Museum event sold out within five minutes of going on sale.  This Wednesday evening, fans can tune into the long running nationally syndicated program ROCKLINE, which will feature Paul Rodgers as their guest.

 

The band’s summer tour which will celebrate their 40th anniversary since forming begins on June 15 in Rancho Mirage, CA and will stage 30 dates, ending on September 29 at the Los Angeles County Fair in Pomona.  In front of the tour, Paul Rodgers shares, "When Mick and I formed the band we were amazed at the instant success.  It didn't hurt to have Led Zeppelin behind us and I think we wrote some decent songs that still resonate.  This one is for the fans."

 

Bad Company were dubbed a super-group upon the band's formation due to the union of Free's Paul Rodgers (Vocals / Multi-Instrumentalist) with Mott The Hoople's Mick Ralphs (Guitar) plus Free's Simon Kirke (Drums) and King Crimson's Boz Burrell (Bass), who passed away in 2006.  Over the next nine years, the band released a string of six albums that sold tens of millions of copies, yielding international hits "Can't Get Enough," "Bad Company," "Feel Like Makin' Love," and many others penned by the main songwriters Paul Rodgers and Mick Ralphs.  Original members Rodgers, Ralphs, and Kirke will be joined by guitarist Howard Leese and bassist Todd Ronning (from Paul Rodgers solo band).  

 

On 14 of the dates, Bad Company will co-headline with Lynyrd Skynyrd.  Paul Rodgers recently shared, "The Skynyrds and I go back to the 70's and the days and nights at the Hyatt House on Sunset in LA aka the Riot House.  In the 90's the band introduced me to my wife Cynthia, and that's why I am so damned happy and healthy these years."  Lynyrd Skynyrd's Johnny Van Zant offered, "Every member of Skynyrd has been fans of Bad Company from the get go.  Personally, Paul is one of my favorite rock singers.  We have a deep appreciation for Bad Company’s music and look forward to being on the road with them and sharing the stage.” 

 

DiscLive Network (www.disclivenetwork.com) has partnered with Bad Company.  Recordings of all appearances where available will be released to fans the evening of the appearance so that they have the opportunity to walk out of the show with the concert they just attended.  These double CD sets, which will be individually numbered and packaged in super high quality DigiPaks commemorating the 40th Anniversary Tour, will also contain an extra "bonus" CD with an exclusive "rockumentary" style interview with Bad Company.  Fans may go to www.disclivenetwork.com to reserve their copy today.

 

The expanded itinerary follows, with co-headline dates cited via the notation W/LS:

6/15     Rancho Mirage, CA                Aqua Caliente Casino Resort Spa

6/20     Auburn, WA                           White River Amphitheater                             W/LS

6/21     Ridgefield, WA                       Sleep Country Amphitheater                         W/LS

6/23     Mountain View, CA               Shoreline Amphitheater                                  W/LS

6/25     Del Mar, CA                           San Diego County Fair

6/28     Hammond, IN                         The Venue at Horseshoe Casino

6/29     New Lenox, IL                        Community Center

7/03     Riverside, IA                           Riverside Casino & Golf Resort

7/05     Hinckley, MN                         Grand Casino - Outdoor Amph.

7/07     Airway Heights, WA              Northern Quest Resort & Casino

7/10     Grand Prairie, TX                   Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie                    W/LS

7/11     Houston, TX                          Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion                  W/LS

7/13     Charlotte, NC                         Verizon Wireless Amphitheater                     W/LS

7/14     Bristow, VA                           Jiffy Lube Live                                               W/LS

7/16     Buffalo, NY                            Artpark Amphitheater

7/17     Camden, NJ                            Susquehanna Bank Center                              W/LS

7/19     Burgettstown, PA                   First Niagara Pavilion                                     W/LS

7/20     Noblesville, IN                        Klipsch Music Center                                    W/LS

7/23     Clarkston, MI                         DTE Energy Music Theater                           W/LS

7/24     Cincinnati, OH                        Riverbend Music Center                                 W/LS

7/26     Gilford, NH                            Meadowbrook Music Pavillion                      W/LS

7/27     Bethel, NY                              Bethel Woods Center for the Arts                  W/LS

7/29     Bethlehem, PA                        Sands Bethlehem Event Center

8/02     Solomons, MD                       PNC Waterside Pavillion

8/03     Orilla, Ontario, CAN              Casino Rama

9/14     Penticton, BC, CAN               South Okanagan Events Centre

9/18     Coquitlam, BC, CAN             Red Robinson Show Theatre at Boulevard Casino

9/19     Manson, WA                          Mill Bay Casino Deep Water Amphitheater

9/27     Lincoln, CA                            Thunder Valley Casino Resort

9/29     Pomona, CA                           Los Angeles County Fair

PET SHOP BOYS HAVE MADE THEIR NEW TRACK 'VOCAL' AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD TODAY, MONDAY 3 JUNE. 'VOCAL' IS TAKEN FROM THE NEW ALBUM 'ELECTRIC', WHICH WILL BE RELEASED ON x2 ON JULY 15

Los Angeles, CA - June 3, 2013 - Pet Shop Boys have made the brand new track 'Vocal' available to download from today. The song is taken from the forthcoming Stuart Price produced album Electric, which is released on July 16 through Pet Shop Boys' own x2 Recordings (via Kobalt Label Services). 'Vocal' will be released on CD on July 23. A vinyl version will also be made available. Listen to the track below:  Pet Shop Boys - Vocal (Audio) 'Vocal' follows 'Axis', the first track to appear from 'Electric', which was made available to download in April to a flurry of critical acclaim: "Extremely good 10/10" - Popjustice "A triumphant return" - Metro "Just as disreputably banging as you might expect, spinning your head round its axis of amyl with a ferocious robo-house mid-section" - NME "Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe sound fired up and re-wired"  -Q 'Vocal' is one of the many highlights of 'Electric', and has already received support from the world's number one DJ, Armin Van Buuren, on his top 10 podcast 'A State of Trance'. Remixes of 'Vocal' will be announced shortly. Pet Shop Boys are currently on the worldwide 'Electric' tour, for which Q Magazine recently gave 4 stars in an early review.  'Electric' features nine tracks in total - eight brand new Pet Shop Boys' songs plus a cover of Bruce Springsteen's 'The last to die'.  The result is as uncompromising a collection of dance anthems as Pet Shop Boys have ever made. 'Vocal' is available to download now here: http://bit.ly/16D3aQt Pet Shop Boys Live Dates  3 June - Oktiaborski Concert Hall, St Petersburg, Russian Federation 5 June - Crocus City Hall, Moscow, Russian Federation 9 June - Falconer Salen, Copenhagen, Denmark 11 June - Grand Rex, Paris, France 15 June - Sónar Festival, Barcelona, Spain 18 June - O2 Arena, London, United Kingdom 20 June - Manchester Arena, Manchester, United Kingdom 23 June - Nokia Hall, Tel Aviv, Israel 26 June - Life Park, Istanbul, Turkey 29 June - Peace & Love Festival, Borlänge, Sweden 1 July - Dortmunder Music Week, Dortmund, Germany 3 July - KV Arena, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic 5 July - Õllesummer 20, Song Festival Grounds, Tallinn, Estonia 7 July - Ruisrock Festival, Turku, Finland 9 July - ZMF, Freiburg, Germany 10 July - Tollwood Festival - Musik Arena, Munich, Germany 16 July - Ejekt Festival, Athens, Greece 9 August - SonicMania, Tokyo Makuhari Messe, Tokyo, Japan 11 August - Summer Sonic festival, Tokyo, Japan 17 August - Skeeno Hall, Jakarta, Indonesia 24 August - Impact Exhibition Center, Bangkok, Thailand 6 Sept - Berlin Festival, Berlin, Germany 12 Sept - The Jackie Gleason Theatre, Miami Beach, USA 13 Sept - Mahaffey Theatre, Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA 14 Sept - Symphony Hall, Atlanda, Georgia, USA 16 Sept - Beacon Theatre, New York, NY USA 17 Sept - Beacon Theatre, New York, NY USA 19 Sept - Music Centre at Strathmore, Bethesda, Maryland, USA 21 Sept - House of Blues, Boston, Massachusetts, USA 22 Sept - Mann Centre for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 24 Sept - Olympia Theatre, Montreal, Canada 25 Sept - Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto, Canada 27 Sept - Caesars Windsor - The Colosseum, Windsor, Canada 28 Sept - Auditorium Theatre, Chicago Illinois, USA 2 Oct - Paramount Theatre, Seattle, Washington, USA 3 Oct - Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver, Canada 4 Oct - Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, Oregon, USA 5 Oct - Fox Theatre, Oakland, California, USA 8 Oct - Copley Symphony Hall, San Diego, California, USA 11 Oct - Hard Rock Hotel & Casino - The Joint, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA 12 Oct - Shrine Auditorium, LA, California, USA 'Electric' Artwork:    Axis is now available on iTunes here: http://smarturl.it/psbaxis Pre-order links: Electric (iTunes) http://smarturl.it/psbelectricdigital Electric Physical Album http://smarturl.it/psbelectricphysical Pet Shop Boys Store: http://smarturl.it/psbelectricd2c www.petshopboys.co.uk