On May 10, 2009 John Cale will bring Life Along The Borderline, a tribute to the life and music of Nico, to Teatro Comunale in Ferrara, Italy. Jonathan, Grasshopper & Jeff are honored to be sharing the stage with John Cale for this very special evening. Other guests include Lisa Gerrard, Mark Lanegan, Mark Linkous, Peter Murphy, Soap & Skin to name just a few. Tickets are available right here.
The boys will be manning the decks at Cassette Number Nine (9 Vulcan Lane Auckland, New Zealand) tonight from 12:30-1:30. See you there…
Mercury Rev spins down under…
Friday March 6 at Roxanne Parlour – 2 Coverlid Place Melbourne 10 p.m. – $10 cover
Friday March 13 at Oxford Art Factory – 38/46 Oxford Street Darlinghurst (after Mountains In The Sky) – FREE!!
Perth, Australia with Coldplay night one, reviewed…
We’re pleased to confirm that Mercury Rev will appear as Coldplay’s special guest on the upcoming tour of Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong & U.A.E. The dates are below, check out the TOUR page for ticket links and other Mercury Rev shows!
February 27/28 – Perth, Australia
March 3, 4 & 5 – Melbourne, Australia
March 8/9 – Brisbane Australia
March 11/12/14 & 15 – Sydney, Australia
March 18/19 – Auckland, New Zealand
March 23 – Singapore
March 25 – Hong Kong
March 28 – Abu Dhabi, UAE
Mercury Rev are pleased to announce that they will be part of the line-up for Camp Bestival 2009. While the exact date & time of the Rev’s show has not been confirmed, we can tell you that the festival will take place July 24,25 & 26 at Lulworth Castle in Dorset. Visit the Camp Bestival Website for more information and check back right here for more tour dates soon!
Mercury Rev is set to appear as the featured guest on National Public Radio’s World Café with David Dye, Wednesday Dec. 17. The band will perform on the exclusive Lillywhite Sessions with influential producer Steve Lillywhite (U2, Dave Matthews Band, Peter Gabriel).
The performance will be broadcast on nearly 200 NPR affiliate stations. Click here to find your local NPR station, or stream it live on Philadelphia’s WXPN at 2 p.m. (EST) Dec. 17. You can also listen to the archived session after the initial broadcast at the Lillywhite Sessions Web site.
The band is scheduled to appear on KCRW’s popular “Morning Becomes Eclectic” broadcast Tuesday, December 16 at 11:15 a.m. PST. Listeners can stream the band’s appearance live from KCRW’s Web Site.
To listen to Mercury Rev’s appearance archived on the KCRW website, click here.
Both MOJO & UNCUT concur… Snowflake Midnight lands at #50 in Uncut’s Best Albums of 2008, while MOJO ranks Mercury Rev’s latest release at #22. Read more right HERE.
Go to the Album Exclusives or Media page and check out two fantastic new re-mixes of “Butterfly’s Wing”… Isan’s “Alien Adoption” mix and Carlos Anthony Molina’s “Four On The Flux Mix” are loaded up and ready to go in the Mercury Rev player right now. 12″ vinyl versions of these re-mixes, as well as “Senses On Fire” re-mixes by Holden and Fujiya & Miyagi are available in select UK record shops now!
