Interpol @ the Manchester Albert Hall (Photo: Gary Mather for Live4ever)
Interpol will mark the 15th anniversary of their modern classic debut Turn On The Bright Lights by playing the record in full on a European tour later this year.
The European run includes a quick stop in the UK for London and Manchester shows, those immediately followed by a show in Paris and a closing performance at Madrid’s DCode Festival.
At the time of its 10th birthday, Live4ever’s New York Cares feature lauded it as record ‘that will resonate with anyone in a certain state of reparation, whether mental or physical, looking for an outlet for scattered emotions’:
“The pounding snare drum belonging to Sam Fogarino, and now departed Carlos Dengler’s staccato bass that drives the vital percussive ingredients of a distinctively atmospheric sound in the vein of 80’s iconic gloom post-punkers Joy Division is given appropriately polished weight alongside lead vocalist and guitarist Paul Banks’ baritone singing delivery.”
“It is prudent to note that this added touch up doesn’t detract in any way from a sound which was seen as a grainy, brutally honest account of New York life at the time when many musicians around them were trying their best to put a shine on collective public despondency in the hope it would all just go away; the core heartbeat and message of the album still rings true.”
Tour dates:
AUGUST
9 – Prague, CZ, Lucerna Music Bar
10 – Vienna, AT, Arena
12 – Buftea, RO, Summer Well Festival
13 – Belgrade, RS, Belgrade Fortress
15 – Budapest, HU, Sziget Festival
16 – Munich, DE, Muffathalle
19 – Luxembourg, LU, Den Atelier
20 – St. Malo, FR, La Route Du Rock
22 – Asolo, IT, AMA Music Festival
23 – Milan, IT, Carroponte
25 – Zurich, CH, Zurich Open Air Festival
27 – Copenhagen, DK, The Koncerthuset
29 – Tilburg, NL, 013
30 – Groningen, NL, Oosterpoort
SEPTEMBER
1 – London, UK, Alexandra Palace
3 – Manchester, UK, Albert Hall
5 – Paris, FR, Le Trianon
9 – Madrid, ES, DCode Festival