The New Pornographers reunite with Destroyer’s Dan Bejar for North American tour
North American indie-rock collective The New Pornographers will tour with founding member Dan Bejar for the primary time in seven years this coming November.
The tour, introduced on Tuesday (July 13), celebrates two distinctive anniversaries for the band: The “twenty first birthday” of their debut album ‘Mass Romantic’, and the “candy sixteenth” of their 2005 album ‘Twin Cinema’. The band will carry out each albums in full throughout rotating nights on every tour cease.
Alongside Bejar, the tour will function three different founding members of the band: vocalist/guitarist Carl Newman, singer Neko Case and bassist John Collins. They are going to be joined by keyboardist/vocalist Kathryn Calder, who has carried out with the band since ‘Twin Cinema’, in addition to long-serving guitarist Todd Fancey and drummer/vocalist Joe Seiders, who’ve been within the band since 2003 and 2014 respectively.
Keyboardist Blaine Thurier and backing vocalist/violinist Simi Stone – who each appeared on the band’s most up-to-date album, 2019’s ‘Within the Morse Code Of Brake Lights’ – have exited the group forward of the tour.
Bejar – greatest identified for his solo mission, Destroyer – ceased performing with The New Pornographers shortly after the discharge of their 2014 album ‘Brill Bruisers’. His departure from the group was confirmed in 2017, though he continued to work with Collins, most lately on his 2020 album ‘Have We Met’.
In a press assertion, Newman expressed his pleasure at having Bejar return to the group after an prolonged absence.
“Bejar is coming and God is aware of if we’ll get him once more,” Newman joked.
“When he moved to Spain two months after ‘Mass Romantic’ got here out, I assumed he was finished within the band – and now, 21 years later, we’ve satisfied him to return alongside for one more trip. Simply the character of our band that it’s an important day when all of the singers present up.”
Newman additionally expressed gratitude that the band’s legacy allowed for them to commemorate such milestones of their profession. “Everybody desires to achieve success however, hand to my coronary heart, I had no delusions of success for The New Pornographers,” he stated.
“To be right here over 20 years later, nonetheless within the recreation, is one thing that I concurrently take without any consideration and really feel eternally grateful for.”
The New Pornographers’ 2021 tour dates are:
NOVEMBER
29 and 30 – Woodstock, Levon Helm Studios
DECEMBER
1 and a pair of – Washington D.C., 9:30 Membership
3 and 4 – New York Metropolis, Webster Corridor
6 and seven – Toronto, Danforth Music Corridor
9 and 10 – Seattle, Neptune
11 and 12 – Vancouver, Vogue Theatre