Strange Brew, 24th February
LUKE HAINES & PETER BUCK Announce UK Tour February 2023
New album ‘All The Kids Are Super Bummed Out’ out now
“Have you heard the news?”
“No.”
“All The Kids Are Super Bummed Out.”
All The Kids Are Super Bummed Out is the second album/collaboration between Luke Haines (Auteurs / Baader Meinhof / Black Box Recorder) and Peter Buck (R.E.M).
Following the release of the new album in October 2022 Luke Haines & Peter Buck have announced a UK tour in February 2023. Tickets for the tour go on sale at 10am Friday 9th December and the dates are as follows:
February 2023
20 Manchester – Gorilla
21 Leeds – Brudenell)Social Club
22 Birmingham – Hare & Hounds
23 Brighton – Chalk
24 Bristol – Strange Brew
25 London – Lafayette
After a chance meeting in 2019 when Peter bought one of Luke’s paintings online (Lou Reed, £99.00), the pair decided to collaborate on what turned out to be their debut album – Beat Poetry For Survivalists. The songs about legendary rocket scientists and occultist Jack Parsons had to wait almost two years before given a proper live outing when Luke, Peter and the band toured the UK, culminating in two sold out nights at the 100 Club in April 2022.
During those last two years, over lockdowns. Luke and Peter retreated to a cold war bunker and recorded this double album/manifesto; monster-piece and masterpiece, in answer to the question: Why are all the Kids super bummed out?
There are mantraps at the bottom of the garden for falling fighter pilots. Richard Dadd’s dad saw it all; Richard Dadd murdered his dad (chanted the children) then hid in the maze. Marshall Applewhite was wearing a Guy Burgess mask and trading naked videos of Anthony Blunt. (Given to him by a passing gang of apes and angels) I tuned into the sound of North Korean cheerleaders being blasted out over the speakers on the outer perimeter of the maze and found my way to the sun dial, where I would bide my time doing drawings of the flying children until the helicopter arrived. I was finally bundled inside the cockpit by a Branch Davidian. ‘We are under constant aerial attack,’ said someone claiming to be a Brigadier. “No shit, Sherlock,” I said, gazing up at the embassy roof. “Are you still a psychedelic sitar casual”? said the shrouded mourner, who had spent the last half century mourning Valentino. “I will let you know,” I shot back, and carried on drawing the flying children.
Peter Buck plays guitar and feeds LSD to a broken Moog synthesiser. Luke Haines – sings songs about God, provides an occasional strum on his guitar and blows Pan’s flute. Scott McCaughey – plays the bass and mellotron, and Linda Pitmon bangs the ritual drum. Lenny Kaye drops in and has a nightmare in the key of do-wop.
Luke Haines and Peter Buck will be playing US, European, and UK live dates early 2023. Tickets for the UK shows will be available here:
https://crosstownconcerts.seetickets.com/tour/luke-haines-peter-buck
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