About this Event

*NEW SHOW!*

One inch Badge by arrangement with MJR Live presents..

Swans

+ Jenny Haval



Thursday 29th May @ Sub89 | Reading

Doors 7.00pm | Tickets £18.50adv

14+ show



On Sale - FRIDAY 14TH FEB 9AM @ www.sub89.com & all usual outlets!



http://sub89.fatsoma.com/events/104435/



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"SWANS

UK TOUR DATES - MAY / JUNE



NEW ALBUM – ‘TO BE KIND’

OUT ON 12 MAY



Swans announce details of a UK tour in May and June 2014, following the release of the new album 'To Be Kind' on Mute on 12 May / 13 May on Young God Records (North America).



The UK dates begin in Manchester on 22 May and include London's Brixton Electric on 27 May plus a return to Birmingham's Supersonic festival. Full details below.



Swans are Michael Gira, Norman Westberg, Christoph Hahn, Phil Puleo, Thor Harris and Christopher Pravdica and these are the first UK dates since last year's Mouth to Mouth festival, curated by Gira and the Green Man festival.



Swans infamous and powerful live show was described by Guardian as "a magnificent achievement", by Clash as "perfectly orchestrated carnage" and by The Quietus as "a revelation" and it was on this recent 2012/2013 tour, Gira explains, that "a good portion of the material for this album was developed live".



The dates go on sale on 9am Friday 14 February from http://www.seetickets.com/go/swans.



'To Be Kind' will feature several special guests: Little Annie, St. Vincent, labelmate Cold Specks and Bill Rieflin. The album was produced by Michael Gira, and recorded by John Congleton at Sonic Ranch, Texas. Further recordings and mixing were accomplished in Dallas, Texas.



Explaining the proposed formats, Gira has said, "It will be available as a triple vinyl album, a double CD, and a 2XCD Deluxe Edition that will include a live DVD. It will also be available digitally. In addition, I am thinking of releasing it as a USB “stick” / flashdrive (with special packaging), so that this ultimate, high quality version can be listened to from beginning to end, without interruption (the album is a little over 2 hours long)."



Swans, led by Michael Gira, formed in 1982 and, after disbanding in 1997, returned with the critically acclaimed albums 'My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky' (2010) and 2012’s 'The Seer'. 2014's new album 'To Be Kind' was part funded through sales of the double live CD 'Not Here/Not Now' via the band's own site http://bit.ly/1igMi70



SWANS US / UK TOUR

22 May - Manchester UK, Academy 2

23 May - Newcastle UK, Hoults Yard

24 May - Glasgow UK, The Arches

25 May - Aberdeen UK, The Lemon Tree

27 May - London UK, Brixton Electric

28 May - Bristol UK, Trinity Community Arts

29 May - Reading UK, Sub89

31 May - Birmingham UK, Supersonic Festival - Custard Factory

1 June - Leeds UK, Cockpit

2 June - Brighton UK, Concorde 2: