Speaking Heads’ Jerry Harrison and Adrian Belew announce ‘Stay In Gentle’ 2023 North American tour
Speaking Heads mainstay Jerry Harrison and Adrian Belew – who was briefly a member of the band within the early Nineteen Eighties – have introduced a North American tour for subsequent yr in celebration of ‘Stay In Gentle’.
The 19-date tour will begin in February and embrace dates in Colorado, Oklahoma, Chicago, New York, Toronto, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Boston and extra. They’ll be joined on the run by Cool Cool Cool, which incorporates former members of the defunct Turkuaz. See full dates and venues beneath – tickets are on sale this Friday (November 4).
It’s not the primary time Harrison and Belew have carried out the album in full. They carried out it along with Turkuaz in 2020, and in September of this yr, carried out it as a part of a particular occasion in Los Angeles.
“Stay in Gentle is a excessive level in my profession,” Harrison mentioned in an announcement alongside the tour’s announcement. “Adrian and I had usually mentioned the magic of the 1980 tour and the sheer pleasure it delivered to audiences.”
In his personal assertion, Belew described the upcoming performances as a “joyful present of Speaking Heads songs you already know and love carried out by a sizzling, eleven-piece ensemble together with Jerry and me”. He added: “You’ll be able to’t assist however dance and go house with a contented smile in your face.”
‘Stay In Gentle’, Speaking Heads’ fourth studio album, arrived in 1980 and spawned singles reminiscent of ‘Crosseyed And Painless’ and ‘As soon as In A Lifetime’. The third and closing of the band’s albums to be produced by Brian Eno, a variety of further musicians had been introduced in to contribute to the album, together with Belew, who performed guitar.
To advertise ‘Stay In Gentle’, Speaking Heads’ touring personnel expanded significantly, with a dwell band that included Belew. As such, Belew’s guitar-playing could be heard on the second half of the band’s 1982 double dwell album ‘The Title of This Band Is Speaking Heads’.
Jerry Harrison and Adrian Belew’s 2023 ‘Stay In Gentle’ tour dates are:
FEBRUARY
Thursday 16 – Denver CO, Ogden Theatre
Friday 17 – Boulder CO, Boulder Theater
Saturday 18 – Beaver Creek CO, Vilar Performing Arts Middle
Tuesday 21 – Oklahoma Metropolis OK, Tower Theatre
Wednesday 22 – St. Louis MO, Manufacturing facility
Friday 24 – Minneapolis MN, First Avenue
Saturday 25 – Chicago IL, Vic Theatre
Sunday 26 – Indianapolis IN, Egyptian Room
Monday 27 – Akron OH, Goodyear Theater
Tuesday 28 – Buffalo NY, City Ballroom
MARCH
Thursday 2 – Toronto ON, Danforth Music Corridor
Friday 3 – Pittsburgh PA, Roxian Theatre
Saturday 4 – Baltimore MD, Rams Head Stay
Sunday 5 – Sayreville NJ, Starland Ballroom
Tuesday 7 – Philadelphia PA, Keswick Theatre
Wednesday 8 – Albany NY, Empire Stay
Thursday 9 – New York NY, Sony Corridor
Friday 10 – Boston MA, Home of Blues
Saturday 11 – New Haven CT, Faculty Road Music Corridor