Pixies anniounce warmup dates.

[eltee]

Originally posted by Barcelona:
  Apparently the first date in Europe might be May 28 in Barcelona with Mudhoney and other bands in the Primavera Sound Festival.
 
 This might leave them most of May to play in the East Coast in the US.

I wondered that too...or thought they might do some appearances, and press in May, back in the States after UK?

[Barcelona]

Originally posted by El Tee:
   

Originally posted by Barcelona:
  Apparently the first date in Europe might be May 28 in Barcelona with Mudhoney and other bands in the Primavera Sound Festival.
 
 This might leave them most of May to play in the East Coast in the US.

I wondered that too...or thought they might do some appearances, and press in May, back in the States after UK? [/b]

If Barcelona is their first date in Europe, then they would have more than 25 days left in May to play in the east coast and somewhere else. I guess they would try to play in NYC, Boston, DC, Chicago... I am checking prices to be home in Spain on the 28th and see them live there.

[Barcelona]

Originally posted by madtempest:
  www.pixiesmusic.com went live two days ago!  We are still doing quite a bit of work on it, but we're updating and adding every day, so give us a few days and everything will be 100% operational!

are you working on it? good work, any idea what they might do in May before going to Europe?

[redsock]

I don't think they are planning any other us shows until after the european dates. At least that's what's being reported now.
 
 How weird is it, that the Pixies didn't even have a website, since the band broke up before the web craze...so crazy to think about. Deep stuff..

[sonickteam2]

Originally posted by El Tee:
  I wondered that too...or thought they might do some appearances, and press in May, back in the States after UK?

i talked to Frank and he said they werent playing DC because of you El Tee.

[eltee]

Originally posted by sonickteam2:
 i talked to Frank and he said they werent playing DC because of you El Tee.

Then it's CN or bust.

[sonickteam2]

Originally posted by El Tee:
  Then it's Coachella or bust.

good idea  

[petey]

but the main question is when the hell are they comine to the dc area espectially to the 930

[thirsty moore]

They'll be at JAXX playing a double header with Kix.
 
 

Originally posted by pete c.:
  but the main question is when the hell are they comine to the dc area espectially to the 930

[Venerable Bede]

Originally posted by thirsty moore:
  They'll be at JAXX playing a double header with Kix.
 

dude, you're supposed to keep me up date on things at jaxx, like yngwie malmsteen is coming.  you've unleashed the fookin fury!!!

[Barcelona]

From http://www.pixiesmusic.com/warmupdates.txt
 
 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 TUESDAY, February 17, 2004
 PIXIES ANNOUNCE ON-SALE DATES, TICKET PRICES,
 FOR NORTH AMERICAN "WARM UP" DATES
 
 Tickets for the PIXIES' eleven-city "warm up" headline dates will go on sale beginning this week. Details are below.
 
 APRIL
 14 Burton Cummings Theatre, Winnipeg, MB CANADA
 Ticket price - $30.00; On-sale date - Saturday, February 21, 9:30AM
 PROMOTER: Timbre Productions
 
 15 Doris Knight Ballroom, Regina, SK CANADA
 Ticket price - $27.50; On-sale date - Saturday, February 21, 10:0AM
 PROMOTER: Timbre Productions
 
 17 Prairieland, Saskatoon, SK CANADA
 Ticket price - $27.00; On-sale date - Saturday, February 21, 2:00PM
 PROMOTER: Timbre Productions
 
 18 Red's, Edmonton, AB CANADA
 Ticket price - 30.00; On-sale date - Saturday, February 21, 9:30AM
 PROMOTER: Timbre Productions
 
 19 MacEwan Hall, Calgary, AB CANADA
 Ticket price - $32.50; On-sale date - Friday, February 20, 10:00AM
 PROMOTER: House of Blues Concerts
 
 21 Victoria Curling Club, Victoria, BC CANADA
 Ticket price - $32.50; On-sale date - Saturday, February 21, 9:30AM
 PROMOTER: Timbre Productions
 
 22-23 Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, BC CANADA
 Ticket price - $35.00; On-sale date - Saturday, February 21, 9:30AM
 PROMOTER: Timbre Productions
 
 24 Big Easy, Spokane, WA
 Ticket price - $24.00; On-sale date - Friday, February 20, 10:00AM
 PROMOTER: Bravo Entertainment
 
 25 The Big Easy, Boise, ID
 Ticket price - $24.00; On-sale date - Friday, February 20 - 10:00AM
 PROMOTER: Bravo Entertainment
 
 27 MacDonald Theatre, Eugene, OR
 Ticket price - $25.00 advance, $28.00 DOS; On-sale date - Saturday, February 21, 9:00AM
 PROMOTER: Monqui, Inc./KB
 
 29 Freeborn Hall, Davis, CA
 Ticket price - $25.00; On-sale date - Monday, March 1, 10:00AM
 PROMOTER: Another Planet Entertainment
 
 MAY
 1 Coachella Festival, Indio, CA
 (Currently on-sale)

[Barcelona]

Apparently it's selling out pretty fastly.
 
 http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/WinnipegSun/News/2004/02/22/356466.html

[paige]

Originally posted by Barcelona:
  Apparently it's selling out pretty fastly.
 
  http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/WinnipegSun/News/2004/02/22/356466.html

is fastly an actual adverb? quickly?  

[Venerable Bede]

when they go on sale, better be quick on the dial:
 
 Pixies Reunion Shows Sell Out Immediately  
 Tue Feb 24, 2:41 AM ET  Add Entertainment - Reuters to My Yahoo!
 
 By Jonathan Cohen
 
 NEW YORK (Billboard) - Confirming that interest in the Pixies' music has not waned since the band's 1993 demise, 11 of the 12 shows scheduled for the group's impending reunion tour sold out within minutes over the weekend.
 
 At the 1,600-seat Prairieland venue in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, capacity has been doubled to accommodate additional fans.
 
 "The demand has been so great," Prairieland events manager Carl Schlosser told Billboard.com. "We are the largest venue, so we'll be that overflow for fans who may have been shut out in other cities." Tickets for the 12th show on April 29 in Davis, Calif., go on sale March 1.
 
 The Pixies have logged several weeks of rehearsal in Los Angeles in preparation for the North American dates, which culminate May 1 at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio, Calif. "We were all a little nervous when we first got together, but within maybe five minutes, everything felt completely comfortable, and it was like the last 11 years had never happened," vocalist/guitarist Frank Black (news) said in a statement.
 
 Added bassist Kim Deal (news), "I experienced what I call 'muscle memory' -- we'd be playing a song and I didn't even have to think about what note came next -- my fingers remembered what to play."
 
 Following Coachella, the group will take a short break before hitting Europe for festivals and headlining appearances. So far, confirmed dates begin with a June 2-5 stand at London's Carling Brixton Academy and also include a June 11 appearance at the Super Bock Super Rock festival in Lisbon, two mid-June shows with the Red Hot Chili Peppers in Dublin and Paris and a July 10 set at the T in the Park festival in Kinross, U.K.
 
 Reuters/Billboard

[Bags]

Thanks for posting that, Bede.  I have friends who are gonna be ALL over the rest of the U.S. shows.