The Posies will play the Festival Rock Alaquas in Alaquas, Spain on Sept. 2nd, and the Ebrovision Festival, in Miranda del Ebro, Spain, on Sept. 23. On the tour page, you can find a new Big Star festival date in Spain for September, and a show Ken is playing as part of The Disciplines (featuring Bjorn, Baard, and Claus of Briskeby) in Norway at the end of December.
Also, Ken is now on Myspace – click here to check out his page and add him to your friends.
The venue for Big Star’s show in Stockholm on Sunday (the 19th) has been changed; the show is now at Sodra Teatern.
Tour dates for 2006 are up! The Posies’ European tour begins about a week from now, and there are Ken Stringfellow, Big Star, and White Flag dates for February. Details available on the tour page.
The Posies’ 12/2 show in Bordeaux, France has been cancelled.
In addition to his 12/31 show in Vaduz, Liechtenstein, Ken will be playing these additional shows in January:
1/4 KS solo at B72, Vienna AUSTRIA
1/5 KS solo at Weekender, Innsbruck AUSTRIA
1/6 KS solo at Sporting Club, Crans-Montana SWITZERLAND
Here are two Big Star dates for February (tickets are for sale now for both shows):
2/21 Big Star @ Tivoli, Utrecht NETHERLANDS (tickets)
2/22 Big Star @ De Handelsbeurs, Gent BELGIUM (tickets)
Visit Filter Magazine to register to win one of 5 copies of the new Big Star album. Contest ends on October 17th.
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 10, 2005 – TEMPE, AZ
Stinkweeds Records 4PM – Ken & Jon acoustic set
1250 E Apache Blvd , Tempe, AZ 85281
On-air Radio performance:
KASC Ken & Jon on The Blaze (ASU) 5PM
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 11, 2005 – TUCSON, AZ
Ken & Jon will be doing their acoustic set at the ZIA RECORDS in Tucson Arizona
7940 E Speedway Blvd. Tucson, AZ 85710
www.ziarecords.com
ON-AIR RADIO PERFORMANCE
7:30 PM KAMP
Ken & Jon on KAMP
KAMP Radio – University of Arizona
http://kamp.arizona.edu/
MONDAY SEPTEMBER 12, 2005 – ALBUQUERQUE, NM
6PM Natural Sounds in-store performance – Ken & Jon acoustic
3422 Central Ave Se, Albuquerque, NM 87106
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 – DALLAS, TX
7 PM GOOD MUSIC IN-STORE PERFORMANCE
Ken & Jon acoustic set
617 N. Good Latimer
Dallas, TX
http://www.goodrecords.com/
Also, here is an ecard created by Jonathan Krop for the new Big Star album. Three full-length songs available (‘Lady Sweet’, ‘Best Chance We Ever Had’, ‘Dony’) to listen to on the site.
It has been confirmed by friends & family that Alex Chilton has been located and is safe.
Also, a ton more of Jon’s tour photos have been added here.
Jonathan Krop (atomicpopmonkey.com) is creating a site for Big Star and while it is still in progress, there are 30 second clips of all the songs on the new record In Space, as well as the album cover.
Check it out at bigstartheband.com.
An article from rollingstone.com today:
The mystique of the first three Big Star albums was not on the minds of the band members during the making of In Space. “No one was ever going to recreate the mood and vibe of those early records,” Stringfellow says. “The conditions that generated the first Big Star records were so special, there’s no way they could be repeated.”
With the upcoming release and a possible supporting tour, Stephens is certain about one thing that never happened for Big Star the first time around. “A lot of people will be interested in listening to this record,” he says. “It would be great if it connects.”
Jon interview on Billboard.com – full story here.
“We had no expectations,” Auer tells Billboard.com of the recording sessions, “and I think we came up with a pretty credible record. It’s impossible, of course, to compete with the original Big Star, but it’s pretty crazy that a band that broke up 30 years ago made a new record.”