Interpol Newsletter
2007.05.22
Having just finished some amazing European shows-- including a stellar performance at Koko in London last Tuesday night-- Interpol is very excited and gearing up for their third release, Our Love to Admire.
Here's an exclusive first look at the album artwork (see below), featuring a scene in which a lion and lioness take down a gazelle in an act of synchronized predation. The album cover was shot by photographer Seth Smoot and designed by David Calderley.
The first single to be released from the album is the twisted love song/ode to Cali "The Heinrich Maneuver." Interpol is teaming up with Elias Merhige --best known for his work with "Shadow of the Vampire" and the cult-classic Nosferatu"-- to shoot the video for this single.
Our Love to Admire will be available on Capitol on July 10th in the US and on July 9th internationally.
Catch Interpol live on the following US and International tour dates:
Sun, 27 May - Sasquatch Music Festival George, WA - The Gorge
Thurs, 31 May - Dallas, TX - The Palladium
Sat, 2 June - Big Day Out 99x Radio Show Atlanta, GA - HiFi Buys Amphitheater
Sun, 3 June - Chicago, IL - The Metro
Thu, 7 June - Toronto, ON - The Guverment
Sat, 9 June - Live 105 BFD 07 San Francisco, CA - Shorline Amphitheater
Sun, 10 June - 94.9 Independence Jam San Diego, CA - Devore Stadium
Thu, 21 June - Dusseldorf - ISS Dome w/ Pearl Jam
Sat, 23 June - GER - Hurricane Festival
Sun, 24 June - GER - Southside Festival
Mon, 25 June - GER - Dresden Alter Schlacthof
Wed, 27 June - DEN - Copenhagen Vega
Thu, 28 June - NOR - Hove Festival
Fri, 29 June - SWE - Accelerator
Sun, 1 July - BEL - Rock Werchter
Thu, 5 July - POR - Lisbon Superbock Superrock
Sat, 7 July - Eire - Oxegen
Sun, 8 July - UK - T in the Park
Thurs, 19 July - Rochester, NY - Harro East Ballroom
Fri, 20 July - Atlantic City, NJ - Music Box @ Borgata
Sat, 21 July - Norfolk, VA - Norva
Mon, 23 July - Cleveland, OH - House of Blues
Tues, 24 July - Pittsburgh, PA - Byham
Wed, 25 July - Columbus, OH - The LC Ampitheatre
Fri, 27 July - Grand Rapids, MI - Orbit Room
Sat, 28 July - Detroit, MI - State
Mon, 30 July - Milwaukee, WI - Rave
Tues, 31 July - Indianapolis, IN - Egyptian
Wed, 1 August - St. Louis, MO - Pagent
Fri, 3 August - Covington, KY - Madison Theatre
Sat, 4 August - Lollapalooza Chicago, IL - Grant Park
Sun, 5 August - V Festival Baltimore, MD - Pimlico Race Course
Sat, 11 August - JAP - Summersonic Festival
Sun, 12 August - JAP - Summersonic Festival
Fri, 24 August - UK - Reading Festival
Sat, 25 August - UK - Leeds Festival
Sun, 27 May - Sasquatch Music Festival George, WA - The Gorge
I will be there :rocker
Hopefully they'll pass back through and play theaters in the fall.
You suck. They are playing about an hour and a half from me (Atlantic City), but it just so happens to be the same friggin' day that I am going to see the Police in Hershey....
Bummer man. Well, I'll be bringing my gear. :smth020
Going to The Police, huh? I'm going to the 2nd Seattle show. My seat isn't so great, but I wasn't going to break the bank for Sting.
QuoteWed, 27 June - DEN - Copenhagen Vega
Thu, 28 June - NOR - Hove Festival
Fri, 29 June - SWE - Accelerator
so, let's see: danmark, norway, sweden.... and just guess which country they are skipping?
oh how nice, once again. :?
(but police? :twisted: sorry guys but are you serious? :-P
well surely they will be skipping finland too but i don't feel so sad: for me, less sting the better!)
Nope, no Interpol for the Finnish. But look at all of these excellent concerts coming your way :D
Sun 06/03/07 Macy Gray Helsinki Hall of Culture
Mon 06/11/07 Korn Ice Hall
Sun 07/01/07 George Michael Olympic Stadium
Tue 07/03/07 My Chemical Romance Ice Hall
Thu 09/06/07 Jethro Tull Finlandia Hall
Fri 10/12/07 Gwen Stefani Hartwall Arena
I'm sure HIM will be adding a show. :lol: Now I see why you travel so much :smth023
Quote from: crowbi_wan on May 24, 2007, 08:12:09
But look at all of these excellent concerts coming your way :D
yep. and just add placebo on 27th may. genesis 11th june. etc. etc...
enjoy the laugh...
It surprises me that bands skip some cities. Do they (or promoters) think that there isn't a high enough demand? The Cure skipped Seattle in '89 and 2000 for some reason beyond me. But then they played here and Portland, which is smaller market, in '97. Okay, those '97 shows were radio station deals. Still, a lot of cities were left out that year. It probably all boils down to money.
Others in Helsinki:
Motley Crue 04 June
Suicidal Tendencies 13 June (I wouldn't mind that one!)
Neville Brothers 05 August
Jerry Lee Lewis 27 August
And I like old Police...and am not a fan of Sting at all (mainly his solo junk). I have 10th row for the show in Hershey and will be bringing my gear. I recorded a show from the same section, 4 rows behind where I am and it turned out really well.
i think finland must have the shittest promoters of them all, or something. for instance, that george michael gig was settled on the olympic stadium - that's like 40 000 - 50 000 people... i mean, come on! because i can assure that george michael really isn't that big around here - so wtf were they thinking? who the f*ck wants to see george michael... especially in 2007? :evil:
and there's even proof for that: i think they recently announced that the gig will be removed from the stadium, to a smaller venue... so go figure.
it probably boils down to the money, in some shitty ways. anyway, these complete crap choices just keep coming here year after year after year. so i'm convinced that the promoters are also complete idiots, they live somewhere in the early 90s or something with they choices. or in 70s. or whatever. if they really wanted to make money they'd have some brains and they'd try to lure in something that's reasonable TODAY.
luckily there are some festivals that do manage to draw some genuinely interesting artists here, but they have limited amount of money to spend so it's one or two interesting acts per year. the "big" acts that stop by outside the festival season and play stadium/larger venue shows are always something utterly crappy. i don't get it...
Quote from: j on May 24, 2007, 14:37:21
Others in Helsinki:
Motley Crue 04 June
Suicidal Tendencies 13 June (I wouldn't mind that one!)
Neville Brothers 05 August
Jerry Lee Lewis 27 August
oh yes.... i hope you're having a good time laughing it all up now... :(
i just can't stand sting in any forms - even police has too much sting in it.
so no thanks for me! :lol:
Well, Caley has it pretty bad, too. Check out the next few months in Sioux City...
06/02/07 Kansas
06/05/07 Insane Clown Posse
06/07/07 Fair Warning - A Van Halen Tribute Band + Def Repplica
06/09/07 Randy Travis
06/15/07 Firehouse + Warrant
06/16/07 38 Special
07/16/07 38 Special
08/25/07 Tone Loc
09/11/07 Chicago
12/31/07 Crystal Gayle
03/15/08 38 Special
38 special 3 times in a 9 month period! And what a New Years Eve extravaganza, with Special Guest Crystal "Don't it make my brown eye blue" Gayle.
Quote from: j on May 24, 2007, 19:46:12
Well, Caley has it pretty bad, too. Check out the next few months in Sioux City...
06/02/07 Kansas
06/05/07 Insane Clown Posse
06/07/07 Fair Warning - A Van Halen Tribute Band + Def Repplica
06/09/07 Randy Travis
06/15/07 Firehouse + Warrant
06/16/07 38 Special
07/16/07 38 Special
08/25/07 Tone Loc
09/11/07 Chicago
12/31/07 Crystal Gayle
03/15/08 38 Special
38 special 3 times in a 9 month period! And what a New Years Eve extravaganza, with Special Guest Crystal "Don't it make my brown eye blue" Gayle.
Awesome! I already brought up the Tone Loc concert. Caley, would you like to borrow my gear for this one? I think it's Mr. Loc's only performance.
Funky Cold Medina
Tone Loc :rocker :rocker :rocker :rocker
Cold coolin' at a bar, and I'm lookin' for some action
But like Mick Jaggar said, "I can't get no satisfaction"
The girls are all around, but none of them want to get with me
My threds are fresh and I'm looking def
Yo, what's up with L-O-C?
The girls I saw jokin' at the other end of the bar
Havin' drinks with some no-name chump
When they know that I'm the star
So I got up and strolled over to the other side of the cantina
I asked the guy, "Why you so fly?"
He said, "Funky Cold Medina"
Funky Cold Medina
This brother told me a secret on how to get more chicks
Put a little Medina in your glass
And the girls will come real quick
It's better than any alcohol or aphrodisiac
A couple of sips of this love potion and she'll be on your lap
So I gave some to my dog, when he began to beg
Then he licked his bowl and he looked at me
And did the Wild Thing on my leg
He used to scratch and bite me
Before he was much, much meaner
But now all the poodles run to my house
For the Funky cold Medina
You know what I'm sayin'? I got every dog in my neighborhood
Breakin' down my door, I got Spuds McKenzie, Alex from Stroh's
They won't leave my dog alone with that Medina, pal
I went up to this girl, she said, "Hi, my name is Sheena"
I thought she'd be good to go with a little Funky cold Medina
She said, "I'd like a drink, " I said OK, I'd go get it
Then a couple of sips, she sold licked her lips
And I knew that she was with it
So I took her to my crib, and everything went well as planned
But when she got undressed, it was a big old mess
Sheena was a man
So I threw him out, I don't fool around
With in Oscar Meyer weiner
You must be sure that your girl is pure
For the Funky Cold Medina
You know, ain't no playin' with a man
This is the 80's and I'm down with the ladies, ya know?
Break it down
Back in the saddle, lookin' for a little affection
I took a shot as a contestant on the Love Connection
The audience voted and you know they picked a winner
I took my date to the Hilton for Medina and some dinner
She had a few drinks, I'm thinkin' soon what I'll be gettin'
Instead she started talkin' about plans for a weddin'
Said wait, slow down, love, not so fast, says "I'll be seein' ya"
That's why I found you don't play around
With the Funky Cold Medina
Ya know what I'm sayin', that Medina's a monster, y'all
Funky Cold Medina
Quote from: japanesebaby on May 24, 2007, 14:38:11
luckily there are some festivals that do manage to draw some genuinely interesting artists here, but they have limited amount of money to spend so it's one or two interesting acts per year. the "big" acts that stop by outside the festival season and play stadium/larger venue shows are always something utterly crappy. i don't get it...
Like the Ilosaarirock Festival, yes? I knew HIM would be playing somewhere in Finland this summer. Porcupine Tree should one act to catch and one that I need to check out.
Quote from: crowbi_wan on May 25, 2007, 04:47:21
Quote from: japanesebaby on May 24, 2007, 14:38:11
luckily there are some festivals that do manage to draw some genuinely interesting artists here, but they have limited amount of money to spend so it's one or two interesting acts per year. the "big" acts that stop by outside the festival season and play stadium/larger venue shows are always something utterly crappy. i don't get it...
Like the Ilosaarirock Festival, yes? I knew HIM would be playing somewhere in Finland this summer. Porcupine Tree should one act to catch and one that I need to check out.
yes Ilosaarirock is often one of the "possibly interesting" ones. unfortunately it's just a bit far from where i live so it takes some traveling to get there. i'd probably need to rent or loan a car etc. anyway, i'd really like to see porcupine tree so i suppose i need to consider it.
and thankfully it now seems they'll be playing simultaneously with HIM (on another stage) so i don't have to torture myself by seeing HIM.
i can't stand ville valo....! :evil:
(i'd recommend checking porcupine tree out -whatever caley's telling you hehe ;)
anyway, beats chris cornell for sure! ;))
Quote from: j on May 24, 2007, 19:46:12
Well, Caley has it pretty bad, too. Check out the next few months in Sioux City...
06/02/07 Kansas
06/05/07 Insane Clown Posse
06/07/07 Fair Warning - A Van Halen Tribute Band + Def Repplica
06/09/07 Randy Travis
06/15/07 Firehouse + Warrant
06/16/07 38 Special
07/16/07 38 Special
08/25/07 Tone Loc
09/11/07 Chicago
12/31/07 Crystal Gayle
03/15/08 38 Special
38 special 3 times in a 9 month period! And what a New Years Eve extravaganza, with Special Guest Crystal "Don't it make my brown eye blue" Gayle.
Ha. You know, I never saw this until now. I know you sent me a similar e-mail around this time, but it didn't have all those bands. Actually, it wasn't as bad as you guys make it sound.
I had no idea ICP was playing at the time. I was just going to see them the other day, but screwed up in getting tickets at the last minute. And by the way, I'd rather see them over Interpol any day! :smth016
Who's goin' chicken huntin'?
[Watch in HD] Insane Clown Posse: Chicken Huntin [Psychopathic records] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0I9h4RafyAg#ws)
ICP? Are you serious? :smth017 :smth078 I'd take any other show on that list over ICP. Hell, you couldn't pay me to enough to go to one of their shows. I know we don't always agree on bands, but those guys are pretty horrible.
So what you're saying is that you're not Down With The Clown?
ICP - down with the clown (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jxd6fVw8qSo&fmt=18#)
And don't have Clown Love?
clown love (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VyaXiY5NGA&fmt=18#)
Damn. :lol:
After canceling a bunch of shows due to the U2 postponement, Interpol have released new tour plans. Nothing on the west coast, though. :? Guess I have to wait until 2011?
october west coast, dates should be out shortly