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Howerdel discusses new A Perfect Circle material

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In a recent interview with Gotham Radio, Billy Howerdel talks about A Perfect Circle, new songs, the upcoming tour and Ashes Divide.  Here’s a snippet:

So will we hear new APC music on the tour? “We are gonna hear at least a song, I would say,” Billy tells me. “One of them is very, very close to being done. And from there, things could come together once we get on the road and start hashing through some of the other ideas and they could quickly become a song and find their way onto the live stage.”

Does that mean a new album is in the works? “In the works, but not for this summer. I think the idea was to try and get the juices flowing a bit and get back into A-B-C mode a bit and go from there,” he says. “See what happens in the new year. We have intentions of recording new material.”

I haven’t listened to the whole thing yet, so if any of you enterprising Fourtheye readers do, and hear anything else of note, feel free to comment below!  Thanks to av333 for the tip!

KanAPerfectCircleSas

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It came to my attention the other day (and I forgot to post about it – thanks Zach) that A Perfect Circle also recently joined the KanRockSas festival in Kansas on either the 5th or 6th of August. Other notable acts joining APC on the bill are Primus, Muse and The Flaming Lips.

Here’s a round up of dates confirmed for the 2011 tour:

  • Sunday, May 22, Crew Stadium, Columbus, OH
  • Wednesday, June 29, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, OR
  • Thursday, June 30, Showare Center, Kent, WA
  • Saturday, July 02, Boonstock, Gibbons, AB
  • Monday, July 04, Centennial Concert Hall, Winnipeg, MB
  • Wednesday, July 06, Roy Wilkins Auditorium, St. Paul, MN
  • Friday, July 08, Fox Theatre, Detroit, MI
  • Saturday, July 09, Downsview Park, Toronto, ON
  • Sunday, July 10, Ottawa Bluesfest, Ottawa, Canada
  • Tuesday, July 12, Bank of America Pavilion, Boston, MA
  • Wednesday, July 13, Hammerstein Ballroom, New York, NY
  • Friday, July 15, Beacon Theatre, New York, NY
  • Saturday, July 16, Penn’s Landing – Festival Pier, Philadelphia, PA
  • Sunday, July 17, Constitution Hall, Washington, DC
  • Tuesday, July 19, Time Warner Cable Uptown Amphitheatre, Charlotte, NC
  • Wednesday, July 20, The Tabernacle, Atlanta, GA,
  • Friday, July 22, Freeman Coliseum, San Antonio, TX
  • Saturday, July 23, Verizon Theatre, Grand Prairie, TX
  • Monday, July 25, Comerica Theatre, Phoenix, AZ
  • Tuesday, July 26, SDSU Open Air Theatre, San Diego, CA
  • Thursday, July 28, Gibson Amphitheater, Los Angeles, CA
  • Friday, July 29, Memorial Auditorium, Sacramento, CA
  • Saturday, July 30, The Greek Theatre, Berkeley, CA
  • Monday, August 1, Kingsbury Hall, Salt Lake City, UT
  • Tuesday, August 02, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Denver, CO
  • August 5th or 6th, Kanrosksas, Kansas City KA
  • August 5th, 6th or 7th, Lollapalooza, Chicago, IL
  • Tuesday, August 09, Stage AE, Pittsburgh, PA

Most of the shows (if not all) have already gone on sale, so don’t waste any time getting tickets!  I wouldn’t expect any other dates to be announced at this stage either.

A Perfect Circle join Ottawa Bluesfest

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In what’s turning out to be a busy day for A Perfect Circle announcements, it seems as though they will also be playing at the Ottawa Bluesfest on the 10th of July.  This festival, which spans a couple of weeks is bringing a pretty amazing lineup of acts including Soundgarden, Huey Lewis & the News, Joe Satriani and Shpongle.  The official website seems to be having problems at the moment, but you can check details here.

A Perfect Circle playing Lollapalooza

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As I predicted a little while back, A Perfect Circle were today announced as part of the Lollapalooza lineup for 2011.  A Perfect Circle seem to be one of the second tier acts, and other bands joining them on the three day festival include Foo Fighters, Ween, Muse, Deftones, Death From Above 1979 and The Cars.  Overall it seems like a quite reasonable lineup, and much lighter on shitty metal than other festivals they’re playing.

According to the website, the only tickets left are 3-Day passes, so I hope you had the foresight to get an earlybird ticket if APC are legitimately the only band you fancy on the lineup…

A Perfect Circle ticket details

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Released earlier today were the details for the Perfect Circle tour dates. Have at ‘em:

May 22     Columbus, OH    Rock on the Range (tickets on-sale now: http://rockontherange.com/tickets.html)

June 29     Portland, OR       Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall  (ticket link: http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0F00467BE2904DEF)

June 30     Kent, WA           Showare Center (ticket link: http://tickets.showarecenter.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=82)

July 2        Edmonton, AB     Boonstock Festival (tickets on-sale now: http://www.boonstock.ca/tickets.htm)

July 4        Winnipeg, MB     Centennial Concert Hall (ticket link: http://www.ticketmaster.ca/event/1100468174F67834)

July 6        St. Paul, MN       Roy Wilkins Auditorium (ticket link: http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/06004674C608BF3B)

July 8        Detroit, MI          Fox Theatre (ticket link: http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/08004681C21064BE?artistid=707500&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=60)

July 9        Toronto, ON       Edgefest @ Downsview Park (tickets on-sale now: http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/10004633A17C7D55?artistid=853603&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=60)

July 12       Boston, MA        Bank of America Pavilion (ticket link: http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0100467BEFFB9367)

July 13       New York, NY   Hammerstein Ballroom (ticket link: http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0000467DEB96BC16)

July 15       New York, NY   Beacon Theatre (ticket link: http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1D004684A7E95893)

July 16       Philadelphia, PA  Penn’s Landing – Festival Pier (ticket link: http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0200467DB9A56425)

July 17       Washington, DC  Constitution Hall (ticket link: http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/15004681D6576664)

July 19       Charlotte, NC      Time Warner Cable Uptown Amphitheatre (ticket link: http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0E004681BA70CBC2)

July 20        Atlanta, GA         The Tablernacle (ticket link:  http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0E00467610BADB7F)

July 22        San Antonio, TX  Freeman Coliseum (ticket link: http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0C004684D70C9BAD)

July 23        Grand Prairie, TX  Verizon Theatre (ticket link: http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/2B0046869EFF2CC0)

July 25        Phoenix, AZ         Comerica Theatre (ticket link: http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1900467F6E512436)

July 26        San Diego, CA     SDSU Open Air Theatre (ticket link: http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0A00467541C43B7C)

July 28        Los Angeles, CA   Gibson Amphitheater (ticket link: http://www.livenation.com/event/0900468277083E64?crosssite=T)

July 29        Sacramento, CA    Memorial Auditorium (ticket link: http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase?agency=SACRAMENTO_CONV&pid=7002813)

July 30        Berkeley, CA        The Greek Theatre (ticket link: http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1C0046713B455473)

August 2     Denver, CO           Red Rocks Amphitheatre (ticket link: http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1E004678973A27DB)

August 9     Pittsburgh, PA        Stage AE (ticket link: http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1600467EB52A777A)

All VIP tickets are on sale via this site at 7am Pacific!  I look forward to reading a whole bunch of posts cursing Ticketbastard in the morning!

A Perfect Circle VIP Details announced

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A Perfect Circle announced details of the VIP tickets via Facebook a little while ago.  I know you’re all dying to know them so without further ado:

  • Package #1 (Sound Check Pass, $175): one premium location ticket, early entrance to venue, access to APC sound check, ltd edition signed APC 2011 tour lithograph and exclusive APC 2011 tour sound check pass. 4 ticket limit per person.
  • Package #2 (Wine Tasting & Sound Check Pass, $200): pre-show wine tasting, one premium location ticket, early entrance to venue, access to APC sound check, ltd edition signed APC 2011 tour lithograph and exclusive APC 2011 tour sound check pass. 4 ticket limit per person.

So there you go, personally I think the $175 ticket sounds like pretty good value.  $25 extra for some wine tasting sounds a little much to me though.

All VIP tickets go on sale via the A Perfect Circle site on Friday (no time confirmed yet), with links to the sales appearing on Thursday evening.

A Perfect Circle shows on sale April 8th

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A promised, A Perfect Circle have suppled some on-sale information for each of their tour dates.  Tickets will go on sale at varying times on the 8th of April, and links to the ticket sales can be found on the Perfect Circle website. 

From what I’ve heard, tickets are about $72, though this may vary from venue to venue.  VIP tickets are also available for each of the shows, and presumably include a meet & greet as well as a bag of treats.

March Tool Newsletter, Other Stuff!

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I had a busy day yesterday ingesting more beer than my body can safely hand.  Fitting then that Blair releases the March 2011 Newsletter on Toolband that get the collection nuts of Fourtheye abuzz with excitement.  Here’s an excerpt:

In the spirit of this newsletter about Tool memorabilia, "Merch" is going to be putting some nice stuff in the store tomorrow (consider this a head’s up). These items will include vintage tee-shirts (those now out of circulation), tour posters (maybe even a couple of signed ones), and at least one real gem that will have some fans salivating. In the meantime, keep hunting for those Tool rarities. They would sure look good next to that souvenir tour poster that you purchased at the last show.

Well all love a bit of Tool merch, and I know many of you have been hitting up Toolarmy in readiness for this sale, however as I write this tomorrow has yet to arrive and there are no goodies on the site.  Perhaps tomorrow tomorrow… Looks like stuff is there – check the Collectibles section!

In other news, A Perfect Circle will be announcing on-sale details for their summer tour on the 4th of April.  Presumably this will be the times that tickets go on sale and at what outlets.  There doesn’t seem to be any sign of further dates, however there is plenty of speculation (and a gap in the schedule) suggesting that A Perfect Circle could be one of the acts on Lollapallooza this year.

Speaking of APC, drummer Josh Freese has released another range of unique purchase options for his latest EP My New Friends.  The $75k package which included a ride in Danny’s Lamborghini was offered, and as I write this appears to have finally sold to someone!  Presumably it was purchased for me as a gift for my birthday later this month – thanks in advance!

Tool merch is cool and all, but nothing would beat owning a genuine piece of Melvins history!  Point your credit cards at this Ebay auction and buy King Buzzo’s old Hiwatt Cabinet.  Current bidding puts it at US$405.  Bargain!