The Jesus And Mary Chain Plot 40th Anniversary UK And European Tour For Spring
Wednesday, 29 November 2023
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: Steve Gullick
The Jesus And Mary Chain have announced a UK and European tour for 2024 to celebrate their 40th anniversary as a band.
The Scottish alt-rockers will kick off the trek on March 22 in Manchester, before heading to Dublin, Belfast, Edinburgh and London, where they'll play the Roundhouse on March 30. They'll follow the UK and Ireland run with European dates throughout April. Tickets go on general sale at 10am local time on December 1.
Alongside the news, Jim and William Reid have announced a new album, 'Glasgow Eyes', due out on March 8 via Fuzz Club, following recording sessions at Mogwai’s Castle Of Doom studio in Glasgow. It's led by the first single, Jamcod, which couples programmed beats and synth layers for a dark and distorted electro-pop affair.
If that wasn't enough, the duo have also shared the first details of a documentary and autobiography written with help of Ben Thompson, though an exact publication date and title is still to be confirmed. In an interview with NME, they said:
"We just told him our story and he’s editing it all together. It’s just us jabbering on about us as usual. There are a few amusing anecdotes, I guess. If you’re interested in the Mary Chain I’m sure it’ll make good reading."
Discussing the documentary, they revealed: "That’s very early stages. I’m not really sure how that’s gonna go. We’ve not really filmed anything too much. But again that’s us just working with Ben Unwin who made some of our videos back in the ‘90s. He’s pulling that thing together."
The Jesus And Mary Chain's most recent studio album is 2017's 'Damage and Joy'. Since then, they've put out a deluxe edition of that record, as well as two live LPs, 2022's 'Live At Barrowland' and 2023's 'Sunset 666'. The latter was recorded during the band's two shows at the Hollywood Palladium on their 2018 tour of North America supporting Nine Inch Nails.
'Glasgow Eyes' tracklist:
1. Venal Joy
2. American Born
3. Mediterranean X Film
4. Jamcod
5. Discotheque
6. Pure Poor
7. The Eagles and The Beatles
8. Silver Strings
9. Chemical Animal
10. Second of June
11. Girl 71
12. Hey Lou Reid
The Jesus And Mary Chain Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Fri March 22 2024 - MANCHESTER Albert Hall
Mon March 25 2024 - DUBLIN 3Olympia Theatre
Tue March 26 2024 - BELFAST Limelight 1
Wed March 27 2024 - EDINBURGH Usher Hall
Sat March 30 2024 - LONDON Roundhouse
Tue April 02 2024 - COPENHAGEN Amager Bio (Denmark)
Wed April 03 2024 - GOTHENBURG Pustervik (Sweden)
Fri April 05 2024 - OSLO Rockefeller (Norway)
Sat April 06 2024 - STOCKHOLM Munich Brewery (Sweden)
Sun April 07 2024 - MALMO Plan B (Sweden)
Tue April 09 2024 - HAMBURG Markthalle (Germany)
Thu April 11 2024 - BERLIN Huxleys (Germany)
Fri April 12 2024 - COLOGNE Live Music Hall (Germany)
Sat April 13 2024 - PARIS Elysee Montmartre (France)
Mon April 15 2024 - GENEVA Lusine (Switzerland)
Tue April 16 2024 - WINTERTHUR Salzhaus (Switzerland)
Wed April 17 2024 - MILAN Alcatraz (Italy)
Fri April 19 2024 - KREMS Donaufestival (Austria)
Sat April 20 2024 - HEIDELBERG Halle O2 (Germany)
Sun April 21 2024 - TILBURG Roadburn Festival (Netherlands)
Tue April 23 2024 - BRUSSELS Ancienne Belgique (Belgium)
Wed April 24 2024 - HAGUE Paard (Netherlands)
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