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The National and The War On Drugs Announce The ‘Zen Diagram Tour’

SPECIAL GUEST LUCIUS TO JOIN ACROSS ALL DATES

Tickets available starting tuesday, february 27 with artist presales  , general onsale begins friday, march 1 at 10 am local at livenation.com.

Today, GRAMMY-award winning rock bands The National and The War On Drugs announced their 2024 Zen Diagram Tour across North America, marking the first time the two bands have toured together. Produced by Live Nation, the 19-date fall run kicks off on Thursday, September 12 in Gilford, NH at Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion, with stops in New York, Toronto, Chicago, Vancouver, Berkeley, and more before wrapping up with a performance at Mexico City’s Palacio De Los Deportes on Thursday, October 10. The tour also includes a show at the iconic Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. Special guest Lucius will be joining across all dates except Mexico City.

TICKETS: Tickets will be available starting with presales beginning Tuesday, February 27 at 10 AM local time. Additional presales will run throughout the week ahead of the general onsale beginning Friday, March 1 at 10 AM local time at livenation.com .

The tour will feature sets packed with great music from both bands, highlighting each group’s deep catalog. The Zen Diagram Tour follows The National’s solo global run across New Zealand, Australia, Europe, and the UK this year. Additionally, The War On Drugs has several UK headline performances and Europe festival dates scheduled for this summer.

THE ZEN DIAGRAM TOUR 2024 DATES:

Thu Sep 12 — Gilford, NH — Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion

Fri Sep 13 — New York, NY — Forest Hills Stadium

Sat Sep 14 — Mansfield, MA — Xfinity Center

Mon Sep 16 — Columbia, MD — Merriweather Post Pavilion

Tue Sep 17 — Philadelphia, PA — TD Pavilion at the Mann Center for Performing Arts

Thu Sep 19 — Laval, QC — Place Bell

Fri Sep 20 — Toronto, ON — Budweiser Stage

Sat Sep 21 — Cuyahoga Falls, OH — Blossom Music Center

Tue Sep 24 — Chicago, IL — United Center

Wed Sep 25 — Sterling Heights, MI — Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill

Thu Sep 26 — Madison, WI — Breese Stevens Field

Sat Sept 28 — Englewood, CO — Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre *

Sun Sep 29 — Salt Lake City, UT — Granary Live *

Tue Oct 01 — Seattle, WA — Climate Pledge Arena

Wed Oct 02 — Vancouver, BC — Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena

Thu Oct 03 — Portland, OR — Moda Center

Sun Oct 06 — Berkeley, CA — The Greek Theatre *

Mon Oct 07 — Los Angeles, CA — Hollywood Bowl

Thu Oct 10 — Mexico City, MX — Palacio De Los Deportes ^

* Non-Live Nation Date

^ Without Lucius

                     Praise for The National

“One of the most enduring and influential indie rock bands of the 21st century.” – Variety

“Only The National have the consistency of catalogue and the sheer musicianship to deliver such a marathon showcase of pure class. They are one of the century’s finest. Long may they reign.” – NME *****

                 Praise for The War On Drugs  

“[The War On Drugs] has reached improbable heights with meticulously crafted, guitar-forward songs”

 – The New York Times

“It’s hard to imagine a musical experience that’s more enveloping and uplifting than what The War On Drugs brought to the stage.” – Consequence of Sound

About The National

Formed in 1999, The National have established themselves as mainstays of arenas and festivals with sold-out performances and headlining slots around the world. The band has scored five top 10 albums on The Billboard 200, multiple Grammy nominations with 2017’s Sleep Well Beast earning the award for Best Alternative Album.

The National dropped not one but two new albums in 2023. First Two Pages of Frankenstein was released in April, followed by a surprise album Laugh Track in September, both on 4AD. Across two albums worth of new material they were joined by Phoebe Bridgers, Taylor Swift, Roseanne Cash, Bon Iver and Sufjian Stevens. 2023 was their best live year yet, selling out shows in North America and Europe, including Madison Square Garden, LA’s Greek Theatre and Alexandra Palace in London.

Named one of their “ Best Albums of 2023 ”, Rolling Stone called First Two Pages of Frankenstein ”…a remarkable reassertion of their potency and shared commitment…Nine albums deep, the National found new energy by conjuring not just a great, suffocating fog but also the far light that guides the way out.” They were also named Forbes ’s “ Band of the Year” , with the article stating, “All The National did in 2023 was release two superb albums … have a brilliant sold-out tour, deliver the festival set of the year with their riveting performance at BottleRock and collaborated with the likes of Phoebe Bridgers, Swift and Sufjan Stevens. The National are so consistently great it becomes easy to take for granted they will be at the top of their game. But even by their lofty standards this was an incredible year.” And The New Yorker ’s Amanda Petrusich named it as one of her favorites of the year, saying if you already like “what the National has been doing for the past two-plus decades – making brooding, fraught, atmospheric rock and roll, marked by careful, resonant production and a ribbon of debauched humor—you are likely to also savor First Two Pages of Frankenstein , a heady encapsulation of the band’s entire gestalt.”

The National is Matt Berninger (vocals) fronting two pairs of brothers: Aaron (guitar, bass, piano) and Bryce Dessner (guitar, piano), and Scott (bass, guitar) and Bryan Devendorf (drums).

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About The War On Drugs

The War on Drugs have steadily emerged as one of this century’s great rock and roll synthesists, removing the gaps between the underground and the mainstream, between the obtuse and the anthemic, making records that wrestle a fractured past into a unified and engrossing present. Led by Adam Granduciel, The New Yorker called them “the best American ‘rock’ band of this decade” in support of their album, A Deeper Understanding, for which they won the 2018 Grammy for Best Rock Album and were nominated for a BRIT Award for International Group of the Year. 2020 saw the release of LIVE DRUGS featuring live interpretations of songs throughout their career, including off their 2014 breakthrough, Lost In The Dream. Co-produced by Granduciel and Shawn Everett, their fifth studio album, I Don’t Live Here Anymore, chips away some of their hazier edges in favor of sharper melodies, broadening the borders of the meticulous yet joyously simple sound [Granduciel] has perfected” (Pitchfork, Best New Music). It landed on numerous 2021 best albums of the year lists and garnered a second GRAMMY Award nomination (Best Rock Song) and BRIT Award nomination. The band headlined Madison Square Garden in support of its release.

About Lucius

Acclaimed indie band Lucius has been turning heads since the start thanks to their irrepressibly catchy songs, explosive harmonies, and bold aesthetic. Formed by Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig, the Los Angeles group got rolling with their 2013 debut album Wildewoman — featuring long-standing hits like “Two of Us on the Run”. Rolling Stone hailed the record for “an updated ’60s girl-group sound at once fresh and thrilling.” Lucius shifted towards a folk rock sound with 2016’s Good Grief before taking a break from the studio to join Roger Waters on his Us + Them Tour in 2017-18. Lucius returned to the studio in 2022 with the dance-ready collection Second Nature , which features singles “Next to Normal”, one of NPR Music’s top songs of the year and “Dance Around It” the pulsing song with Sheryl Crow and Brandi Carlile. In addition to their own work, the GRAMMY-nominated Wolfe and Laessig are singers in demand: their voices have graced songs by a host of other artists, including Carlile, The War on Drugs, John Legend, Harry Styles, Jeff Tweedy and Ozzy Osbourne.

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Their next tour date is at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, after that they'll be at TD Pavilion at the Mann in Philadelphia.

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Not only that, but this ground-breaking indie-rock deliverer also played around two hours, non-stop, building up until the last two epic songs.

Let's talk about one of those: I was literally petrified during their performance of the soothing song Thinking Of A Place. Adam Granduciel gripped me with his euphony, all mixed with the bands grand performance and overall constant change yet stability. Every little tune that changes the song, hits you like a lovearrow, yet delivers a whole range of different emotional effects, ranging from excitement to love, from pain to deep pleasure and from melancholia to confidence.

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Massey Hall Sat.night I went to show and really enjoyed it. He is a good singer and great guitarist. He played several hits and a cover song as well. These guys are seasoned performers and the audience were clapping and enjoying the show. I miss guitar being part of the music scene so the 6 member band, filled that void for me.

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I saw future islands here recently here, from the moment they hit the stage the audience gave them a standing ovation and sang cheered and clapped the whole show. I was amazed at how the audience showed there love for this band...another must see band. They played hit after hit.

A really really good show. They are pretty flawless live. We saw Kurt Vile (a former member of The War on Drugs) last year and he has such a terrible stage presence that we actually walked out of the show (something I’ve never done before) so I was a little worried this would be a similar show but they proved within the first minute that it was not. So so good, go see them if you like to watch incredible musicians play.

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The War on Drugs Add 2022 North American Tour Dates

The War on Drugs have added a number of dates to their 2021 tour itinerary . The new shows take place between June 4 and June 15. The band has also rescheduled shows in Atlanta and Nashville for May. Plus, there are more dates in August, September, and October. Find the War on Drugs’ tour schedule below.

The War on Drugs are touring in support of I Don’t Live Here Anymore . Read the interview “ The War on Drugs Find Lightness on the Edge of Town .”

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02-01 Boston, MA - House of Blues 02-02 Washington, D.C. - Anthem 02-04 Columbus, OH - KEMBA Live! 02-05 Pittsburgh, PA - Stage AE 02-06 Newport, KY - PromoWest Pavilion at Ovation 02-08 Detroit, MI - The Fillmore 02-10 Chicago, IL - Chicago Theatre 02-11 Chicago, IL - Chicago Theatre 02-12 Milwaukee, WI - Riverside Theater 02-13 Milwaukee, WI - Riverside Theater 02-15 Saint Paul , MN - Palace Theatre 02-16 Saint Paul, MN - Palace Theatre 02-18 Denver, CO - Mission Ballroom 02-19 Salt Lake City, UT - The Union 02-21 Seattle, WA - Paramount Theatre 02-22 Seattle, WA - Paramount Theatre 02-23 Portland, OR - Theater of the Clouds 02-25 San Francisco, CA - Bill Graham Civic Auditorium 02-26 Los Angeles, CA - Shrine Auditorium 03-22 Helsinki, Finland - Helsinki Ice Hall 03-24 Stockholm, Sweden - Annexet 03-25 Stockholm, Sweden - Annexet 03-27 Oslo, Norway - Sentrum Scene 03-28 Oslo, Norway - Sentrum Scene 03-29 Oslo, Norway - Sentrum Scene 03-30 Copenhagen, Denmark - KB Hallen 03-31 Copenhagen, Denmark - KB Hallen 04-02 Berlin, Germany - Verti Music Hall 04-04 Zurich, Switzerland - Halle 622 04-05 Milan, Italy - Alcatraz 04-07 Munich, Germany - Zenith 04-09 Paris, France - L’Olympia 04-11 Birmingham, England - 02 Academy Birmingham 04-12 London, England - The O2 Arena 04-14 Dublin, Ireland - 3 Arena 04-16 Leeds, England - First Direct Arena 04-17 Edinburgh, Scotland - Edinburgh Corn Exchange 04-18 Edinburgh, Scotland - Edinburgh Corn Exchange 04-20 Cologne, Germany - Palladium 04-21 Wiesbaden, Germany - Schlachthof 04-22 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Ziggo Dome 04-23 Antwerp, Belgium - Sportpaleis 05-22 Atlanta, GA - Tabernacle 05-23 Atlanta, GA - Tabernacle 05-25 Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium 05-26 Louisville, KY - Old Forester's Paristown Hall 05-28 Charlottesville, VA - Ting Pavilion 05-29 Baltimore, MD - Pier Six Pavilion 05-30 Norfolk, VA - The NorVa 06-02 New Orleans, LA - Orpheum Theatre 06-04 Tulsa, OK - Cain’s Ballroom 06-05 Kansas City, MO - Grinders 06-06 St. Louis, MO - The Pageant 06-08 Indianapolis, IN - TCU Amphitheater 06-09 Cleveland, OH - Jacob’s Pavilion 06-10 Lafayette, NY - Beak and Skiff 06-11 Buffalo, NY - Artpark 06-13 Raleigh, NC - Red Hat Amphitheater 06-14 Charlotte, NC - Metro Credit Union Amphitheatre 06-15 Asheville, NC - Rabbit Rabbit 06-17 Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival 06-30 Werchter, Belgium - Rock Werchter 2022 07-01 Hamburg, Germany - Stadtpark-Open-Air-Bühne 07-01-03 Ewijk, Netherlands - Down the Rabbit Hole 2022 07-06 Lisbon, Portugal - NOS Alive 2022 07-08 Madrid, Spain - Mad Cool Festival 2022 08-28 Toronto, Ontario - Echo Beach 09-10 New Haven, CT - College Street Music Hall 09-11 Cooperstown, NY - Brewery Ommegang 09-12 Portland, ME - State Theater 09-19 Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre 09-21 Oklahoma City, OK - The Criterion 09-24 Memphis, TN - Soundstage at Graceland 09-26 Birmingham, AL - Avondale 09-27 Knoxville, TN - The Mill & Mine 09-29 Wilmington, NC - Live Oak Bank Pavilion 09-30 Charleston, SC - Firefly Distillery 10-03 Ft Lauderdale, FL - Revolution Live 10-04 Orlando, FL - House of Blues 10-05 Tampa, FL - Jannus Live 10-06 St. Augustine, FL - St Augustine Amphitheater 10-11 San Diego, CA - Open Air Theater

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Anthony LaMarca of The War on Drugs talks touring with The National, balancing a setlist and changing songs up live

By: Nicholas Kobe Posted on: Monday, September 16, 2024

CUYAHOGA FALLS, Ohio (WOUB) – The War On Drugs has carved out a distinct place in modern rock, blending heartland rock influences with expansive, ambient soundscapes.

Fronted by Adam Granduciel, the Philadelphia-based band has garnered critical acclaim for albums like Lost in the Dream and A Deeper Understanding , the latter of which won the 2018 Grammy Award for Best Rock Album. Their music explores themes of longing, isolation, and personal growth, set against lush, cinematic instrumentation.

A key component of the band’s sound is guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Anthony LaMarca, whose contributions add depth and texture to their sonic palette. On Saturday, The War On Drugs is set to perform at Bossom Music Center (1145 West Steels Corners Road) as a part of a tour with The National and featuring support from Lucius .

WOUB’s Nicholas Kobe interviewed LaMarca, and you can f ind a transcript of their conversation, edited for length and clarity, below.

Nicholas Kobe: If you had to describe The War on Drugs in one sentence, what would you say?

Anthony LaMarca: I dunno. That’s basically an impossible thing to answer, I dunno.

Fair enough. So, I’m calling you ahead of your tour with The National. What are you looking forward to in terms of going on that tour with that band in particular?

LaMarca: I think it’ll be fun to be out with not only them but also Lucius. We haven’t really done a tour like this where it’s the same three bands throughout the entire tour. Obviously we’ve done plenty of tours with us and an opener, but I think it’ll be fun while we’re much closer with the folks in Lucius, I think it’d be fun to get to know The National folks a little better. I think it’ll be just fun to play every night. Hopefully fun to play in front of some new people who maybe have never seen us before. But yeah, we’re super excited about it. It’s going to be a great run

Lost In The Dream had its 10-year anniversary earlier this year. Have you been reflecting at all on that record now that it’s hit this anniversary? 

LaMarca: Ten years feels like a long time, but also it doesn’t. But I mean, we’re not doing any shows where we’re only playing those songs or anything like that. We’re still just playing sort of full tunes from that record. Obviously loved that record and that one was special for me. That was when I joined the band. But yeah, I don’t know. Not too much other reflection. We have a little podcast and Adam and Dave and Robbie did a little episode talk about the recording of that, which was cool. I think the biggest takeaway from that was everyone realized how quickly the album was recorded.

Looking back on your entire discography in general through the years, are there any songs you feel are particularly underrated? Or perhaps have gone under the radar?

LaMarca: It kind of always changes. You always have tunes that are your favorites one week, not that they’re not your favorite, but I dunno. I will say we tend to not play a lot of the slower tunes, and I tend to love to play songs like You Don’t Have To Go or Queen Living . Those are ones that I do wish we played more often, but that’s sort of one of the privileges of having many albums – you have a lot of songs to try and get through. In the course of one show. You have to make those edits.

What’s next for The War on Drugs? What are you kind of looking to do in the future and what have you guys been working on as of late?

LaMarca: Well, we have a new live record coming out, so that’ll be out in time for this tour. And then there’ll be a bunch of new music. We’ve been busy in the studio. It’s kind of boring to say “more of the same.” But yeah, I mean, we’ll keep putting out records, more recording I feel like. I don’t know how much touring we’ll do next year, but I guess it remains to be seen.

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The last time the War on Drugs played a show in New York City was January of 2022 — “the night of the crazy blizzard and the third Covid wave,” Granduciel remembers. 

Being back in New York brings up a decent amount of nostalgia for the singer-guitarist. “I worked on I Don’t Live Here Anymore and A Deeper Understanding , and mixed Lost in a Dream , in Brooklyn. I have really fond memories of leaving the studio in Greenpoint. We recorded a lot of the last two records at Electric Lady. You’re in that studio and the Village is right above you. It’s just a lot of energy happening.”

The War on Drugs walk out onstage to a sold-out Forest Hills stadium. 

“I think my favorite moments are just things that were born out of the frustration of being exhausted and gone [on tour], but also like the elation of being able to do this,” Granduciel says, explaining his signature cheeky band introductions (“Mr. Keyboard!”). “That kind of started on this really insane seven-week tour we did in the summer of ‘22. Everyone was toasted. I remember being so exhausted, just laying on the ground, screaming into the microphone, introducing the band, but everyone in the band was laughing.” 

He adds: “It kind of became a way to make everyone laugh and have fun. Because it was like, man, we’re fried. But it became a celebration of the band. It’s not really like me to do that, walk around with a wireless mic, but I’ve gotten strangely addicted to it.”

At Forest Hills, the War on Drugs played highlights from their catalog like the euphoric, twinkling “Harmonia’s Dream,” “Pain,” and “Red Eyes.” 

On this tour run, both bands have honed tighter, more contained sets, with constantly-changing song selections. “We’re doing 70 minutes every night,” Granduciel says. “Normally we play two and a half hours.” 

The band was joined onstage by Lucius for a cathartic performance of fan favorite “I Don’t Live Here Anymore.” (Granduciel also stepped on to play “Old Tape” with Lucius during their opening set.) “As we get into the tour a bit, I’ll hopefully play a song with [the National],” he says. “Maybe a cover.”

Granduciel says it feels great to finally share Live Drugs Again with the world. “It’s our way of kind of saying thank you for this cycle of our touring, two and a half years, trying to highlight the unit we’ve become as a seven-piece band, and how the songs evolve over time through a different filter.”

Granduciel finds it tough to write on the road. “I do have a traveling sort of studio thing,” he says. “Once we get out of the East Coast –– New York, Boston, Philly is family and friends –– then I think we can take a breath and record. This first week is definitely right into the East Coast meat grinder.”

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There’s already a built-in sense of camaraderie on the Zen Diagram Tour, as the co-headliners have played shows together in the past. “Me and Scott [Devendorf] were just talking about tie-dyeing sometime,” Granduciel says. “There’s been some basketball and weightlifting that might turn into maybe a competition at some point. Like an obstacle course where you have to lift weights and then reverse-dye a shirt. And then play, like, a round of ping-pong or something, chug a Spindrift.”

Fans at the rail belt the National’s songs back to the band.

Matt Berninger, ever the punch-drunk, enchanting performer, meandered offstage and into the crowd countless times throughout the National’s 22-song set, singing face-to-face with fans (and putting the crew member manning the mic cord to work).

“The sets have been varied to a degree, and even when they’re not super varied, they’ve been drawing from almost all the records, so that’s cool for us,” Devendorf says. “It’s fun to play the older songs and make them feel fresh, or play them alongside a new track…There’s been a lot of tab-keeping and Google spreadsheets about what we have and haven’t played.”

The National’s Forest Hills set mixed rarities with beloved classics, from “Bloodbuzz Ohio” and “The Geese of Beverly Road” to “I Need My Girl.” Lucius also joined the band onstage to contribute their dynamic vocals to “Rylan.”

The National haven’t played in New York since their show last year at Madison Square Garden. The Ohio natives formed the band in Brooklyn in 1999, and the members now live in different cities (and countries). “We all reconvene in Brooklyn,” Devendorf says. “It sets off many memories of times we played here and practiced here and started the band.”

After two album releases in 2023 with features from artists like Taylor Swift, Sufjan Stevens, and Phoebe Bridgers, the question stands: Does the band have eyes on any exciting future collaborators? “Matt was like, ‘OK, the next one is going to be very simple’ …. But we always say that. It’s hard to predict,” says Devendorf.

The National ended the night with an acoustic singalong of 2010’s “Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks,” a touching tradition at many of the band’s shows. “All the very best of us string ourselves up for love,” sang the 13,000-person stadium with total reverence, while occasional rallying cries of passion emerged from men in the crowd.

“We’ve been doing this for 24, 25 years, starting from literally nothing and then sharing all these experiences and writing songs together,” Devendorf says. “What they mean to us has changed over time.”

These days, he’s resonating most closely with songs from 2010’s High Violet and 2013’s Trouble Will Find Me : “The songs are so specific about everyday life and also aging. Over time you start to recognize and remember what was happening when we made the song.”

What’s next for the National? “We’ll probably be relatively quiet next year and work on new stuff,” Devendorf shares. “There’s definitely always a lot of ideas floating out there, but we haven’t yet made a plan for when to make things concrete.”

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The War on Drugs announces a live album ahead of its tour with The National

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For many musicians, a live album is an afterthought — a way to quickly appease insatiable fans or make some easy money.

But when Adam Granduciel, the frontman of the anthemic rock band The War on Drugs , set out to make their newest live album announced Wednesday, it was a labor of love that is anything but quick or easy.

For “Live Drugs Again,” out Sept. 13, Granduciel wanted to do justice to the ways in which the band has grown, both literally (they’ve added a member since their first live album was released in 2020) and figuratively as musicians who have honed their sound. So he combed through about 100 hours of recordings from their shows and even spliced different parts of the same songs together.

The album comes in tandem with the start of their co-headlining tour with The National , which kicks off Sept. 12 in New Hampshire . Granduciel spoke with The Associated Press about how performing a song live changes it, whether the band has new music in the pipeline and how he came to play guitar on Beyoncé’s “II Most Wanted.”

The interview has been edited for clarity and brevity.

AP: Talk about what went into making this live record.

GRANDUCIEL: I think we used maybe like 50 shows total. There are a few songs where it’s four shows spliced together, and part of that too is just having fun with the process. You know, you go into it remembering specific nights, like there are a few songs from a show in Bentonville, Arkansas , which is a town we had never been to in 20 years of being a band. And we kind of rolled into this town and it was this really beautiful little young artist student community. It was incredible. We had an amazing day and the show at night was outdoors, and it was just one of those memorable nights.

You kind of start there, and then you get so deep into the process of mixing versions and maybe doing a little post-production, like all great live records do. I just wanted to put as much work into it as myself and the band put into our live show, you know, just the amount of time it takes to sort of hone a set, it’s years really. And we wanted to kind of put that into the record.

AP: You’re a bit of a gearhead. Did you use anything interesting for this album?

GRANDUCIEL: Well, unlike our first live record, we used a lot of the actual ambient mics that we recorded. Sometimes it can be tricky with phase and all this stuff. But for this one, we used a lot of the actual just source ambient mics so all the crowds are real to that moment. I think most live records these days are just going to be sort of put into digital spaces. You just have more control over everything. But this one, I think we had like 12 different ambient mics throughout the stage and the venues.

AP: Does the anticipation of performing your music inform your songwriting process at all? Do you factor in how it will sound live or do you just think about that part after?

GRANDUCIEL: Definitely after. I think things just naturally progress. And they sort of end up in a whole new place once the audience is part of the equation, you know? I mean, if we went back and made a re-recorded “Under the Pressure” the way we play it, it probably wouldn’t be the same thing on a record. But whenever you come off a touring cycle and things reach that next tier from the band dynamically, it always informs the next thing you do.

AP: Do you have new music in the works?

GRANDUCIEL: In theory there is new music.

It’s nice to be home for a bit and sort of get into the flow of everything when you start making a new one. We’re always working, whether it’s mixing live stuff or recording a new song or whatever.

AP: How did you end up playing guitar for “II Most Wanted,” the Beyoncé and Miley Cyrus duet?

GRANDUCIEL: I worked on my last two records with Shawn Everett. And he’s producing Miley’s new album. And he called me one day, and I was taking my kid and his friend to an indoor playground in North Hollywood. And he was like, “Do you want to come over tonight and play on this Miley song?” And I was like, “Yeah, definitely.” And then on the way over, he was like, “I think it may be a Beyoncé thing too. I’m not really sure.”

But it was very quick and I played on two songs. But I kind of thought it was gonna be submitted as a song, and then they would redo my parts or whatever, you know? And then literally five weeks later, I saw that it was like a Beyoncé-Miley song. And I was in the parking lot on a Saturday night on Hollywood Boulevard at the studio, and it was like really loud. And I was like listening on my phone. I was like, “Is that the song?” And I was like, “Wait, that is the song I played on.” And I texted Shawn and I was like, “Did they redo my guitar?” He’s like, “No, that’s your guitar.” And I listened to it on the way home in my car and I was like, “This is amazing.” I couldn’t believe it.

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The War on Drugs Warm Up Madison Square Garden on a Snowy New York Night: Concert Review

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The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and a blizzard that dropped nearly a foot of snow on New York certainly could have put a major damper on the War on Drugs ’ biggest-ever concert in the five boroughs — but despite those obstacles, an impressive crowd witnessed the group’s debut at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night.

Indeed, the Philadelphia band’s 18-song, 130-minute performance in many ways offered a refreshing snapshot of the state of arena rock circa 2022. Aside from drummer Charlie Hall’s snazzy patterned shirt and windblown hair and a tasteful light show, there was little, if any, flash. Rather, the War on Drugs offered up tune after great melodic tune, majestic sonics and sturdy musicianship clearly rooted in the teachings of Dylan, Springsteen, Petty and Knopfler. The group’s unabashed love of these forbearers is a big reason why its music connects, and why it is still finding new fans 15 years into its career.

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On a night when it wouldn’t have been surprising to see a thinner crowd than usual file into the world’s most famous arena, more than 10,000 people braved the elements to watch the Drugs at work. The significance was not lost on frontman Adam Granduciel, who admitted onstage that he and his bandmates expected they’d be playing to 800 people. Later, he joked about crying in the Madison Square Garden locker room during the encore, like an athlete who needed an ice bath and a stretch before coming back out for overtime.

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There may have been some early jitters afoot, as the group required a couple of songs to gain momentum, but they caught fire on the roof-raising guitar solos on “An Ocean in Between the Waves,” from 2014’s breakthrough album “Lost in the Dream.” Of the seven tracks performed from last year’s “I Don’t Live Here Anymore, ” the most interesting explored loops (“Victim,” with shades of the Smiths’ “How Soon Is Now”) and drum-machine ambiance (“I Don’t Wanna Wait”), resisting the urge to reach too frequently for the Drugs’ reliable six-string heroics.

Flanked by Hall, bassist Dave Hartley, keyboardist Robbie Bennett and multi-instrumentalists Anthony LaMarca, Jon Natchez and Eliza Hardy Jones, Granduciel gave several shout-outs to key members of the larger War on Drugs family, including manager Ami Spishock (whose birthday was just hours away), Secretly Group marketing director/new parent Hannah Carlen and, on show closer “Occasional Rain,” longtime friend Mike Bloch, who is not actually in the band but played lead guitar in the studio on several of the new album’s tracks.

That sense of inhabiting a larger rock and roll lineage was felt throughout the evening, particularly on highlights such as “Under the Pressure” (Granduciel crouched to his knees as the waves of sound slowly decayed into the MSG rafters), “I Don’t Live Here Anymore” and “Burning,” a “Dancing in the Dark” descendant dedicated to Granduciel’s dad.

The power of the band’s music eliminated the need for elaborate visuals. Thin, vertical lines of LEDs shimmered and swayed behind the group, and banks of lights on the sides of the stage bathed the artists in purple and yellow at suitable moments. The scheme switched to triangles of white on the first song of the encore, “Thinking of a Place,” emphasizing the perpetually out-of-reach dreams at the heart of its narrative.

If the characters in Granduciel’s songs often struggle with the impermanence of life’s formative moments, the pursuit of them is consistently rewarding, especially on such a grand stage as Madison Square Garden. On songs such as “Harmonia’s Dream” (”It’s so hard to find a friend these days”) and “Living Proof” (“I know the pain you’ve been feeling / I’ve been to the place that you’ve tried escaping”), the War On Drugs’ music proved thoughtful in a way that eludes many of its contemporaries. Amid a world cluttered by extraneous noise, that’s a valuable currency.

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Old Skin Pain An Ocean in Between the Waves I Don’t Wanna Wait Victim Strangest Thing Harmonia’s Dream Red Eyes Your Love Is Calling My Name The Animator Come to the City Living Proof I Don’t Live Here Anymore Under the Pressure In Reverse

Encore: Thinking of a Place Burning Occasional Rain

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On ‘Live Drugs Again,’ The War On Drugs Sound Bigger Than Ever

This week, The National and The War On Drugs commence a 19-date nationwide run of shows . It has been dubbed The Zen Diagram Tour, and I can only assume that the title refers to the commonly held belief that the same sort of person loves both The National and The War On Drugs. In this instance, that person happens to be me. Sure enough, I will be attending this tour in two weeks. I will be the flannel-shirted man with the salt and pepper beard. You won’t be able to miss me.

Incredibly, this is the first time these groups have toured together. But it is not the first time they have appeared on the same bill. That happened back in 2011 at the Beacon Theater in Manhattan and — would you believe it? — I was at that show as well. It was a fun night. I remember that we were all younger. I was much younger. A fresh-faced 34-year-old, the proverbial babe in the woods!

A few weeks before that gig, I moderated an interview between The National’s Aaron Dessner and The War On Drugs’ Adam Granduciel and Dave Hartley that (I think) was the first substantive conversation between the musicians. I revisited the article this week for the first time in many years, and it was a fascinating time capsule. At the time, The National had ascended to “large theater headliner” status in the wake of 2010’s High Violet . And The War On Drugs made their first significant impression outside of their home base of Philadelphia with the release of their second full-length, Slave Ambient . One of the record’s biggest boosters was Dessner, who had requested a public audience with Granduciel and Hartley after listening obsessively to Slave Ambient for months. He was especially taken with what he termed TWOD’s “organic” experimentation, which he contrasted with his own band’s tendency to constantly tinker until the last possible moment before putting out music.

My favorite part of the interview happens near the end, when Dessner suggests — kind of “jokingly,” he says — that The War On Drugs could one day fill arenas. “I would be so happy if music as good as this could do that someday, because it has that kind of wide horizon to it. It doesn’t feel like it would be a struggle for it to communicate on that kind of level.”

What Dessner possibly didn’t know is that The War On Drugs had only recently come into their own as a live act. The fourpiece that toured in support of Slave Ambient formed the first steady core of the band, with Granduciel supported by fellow charter member Hartley and keyboardist/guitarist Robbie Bennett. (A few years later, for the Lost In The Dream tour, the “classic” lineup solidified with the additions of drummer Charlie Hall, guitarist Anthony LaMarca, and multi-instrumentalist Jon Natchez.) In the studio, Granduciel made a lot of Slave Ambient by himself, writing songs as he was recording them by meticulously assembling countless instrumental passages, samples, and overdubs. To Dessner, he admitted that “before the record came out, I wasn’t sure how we were going to play them.”

Dessner then pivoted to reminiscing about the upsides of being a tour opener. “I kind of love opening, because it’s easier and kind of just more fun to get up and play fast and furious and have a good time.”

Adam concurred. “You have, like, two hours afterwards to party and hang out.”

If only they knew that the “party and hang out” days were already behind them.

I thought about that bygone interview from the first Obama administration while listening to Live Drugs Again , the second concert album in four years from The War On Drugs, out Friday. It follows 2020’s Live Drugs , a stirring capstone for the Lost In The Dream and A Deeper Understanding eras that leaned into the grandest — what Dessner termed the “wide horizon” — aspects of their music. It was regal and imposing and smooth, like a monolith, an impression supported by the pitch-black cover. It felt like a record that should have been packaged inside of a deluxe double-CD jewel case and sold at Sam Goody for $18.99.

Like Live Drugs , Live Drugs Again is a Frankenstein version of a live record, with each track composed of stitched-together moments lifted from countless performances. (I suspect only Granduciel knows exactly the myriad sources from which each song derives.) This approach makes sense coming from a man who assembles music like the rest of us contemplate jigsaw puzzles. Though the purist in me objects to this approach, especially given the number of excellent intact War On Drugs bootlegs just waiting for a sonic upgrade. ( The three-show “Drugscember To Remember” stand from 2022 immediately comes to mind.) While these shows aren’t as technically perfect as the growing Live Drugs franchise, they have a sense of narrative and vibe that the official concert releases can’t match.

Of course, when I put on Live Drugs Again , the purist in me is eventually drowned out. This is epic rock ‘n’ roll that manages to top even the titanic Live Drugs , if only because The War On Drugs are that much better as a live band. Yes, I could quibble with some of the song choices. (I, for one, would have replaced “Pain” — a repeat from Live Drugs — with the rousing cover of Bob Seger’s “Against The Wind” that highlighted many shows on this tour .) But how can I complain when this band clearly “let the cowboys ride” on their own songs in ways that often top their recorded takes?

Several tracks already feel like definitive versions. “Harmonia’s Dream” was a consistent highlight of the I Don’t Live Here Anymore tour, and Live Drugs Again honors that with an extended open in which a trance-inducing electronic pulse is augmented by infectious arena-rock audience clapping. The build in “Old Skin” to Hall’s dramatic entrance packs a wallop on the album, but live it has that extra E Street-esque oomph that really elevates the song. And then there’s “I Don’t Live Here Anymore,” which feels more and more like The War On Drugs’ finest anthem. On Live Drugs Again , we hear Granduciel honor his band in the intro, giving hype-man intros for each member and drawing out the last syllable in every name like he’s Paul Stanley addressing the unwashed hoards at Cobo Hall.

This sort of showmanship from the once-reticent leader of The War On Drugs is the most obvious departure point from the original Live Drugs . At some point during the I Don’t Live Here Anymore era, Granduciel embraced his inner rock star, drawing on the impassioned evangelism of perhaps his two most important influences, Bruce Springsteen and Mike Scott of The Waterboys. On “Burning” and “Under The Pressure,” he pushes his vocals like never before, practically shouting his way to new musical climaxes as his fellow bandmates aspire to maximum levels of heartland rock grandiosity. It’s no longer “Burning,” it’s now “ Burninnnnng .” And “Under The Pressure” is gone, meet “Under The Preshhhhahhhhh !” (There’s also the matter of Granduciel’s always stellar guitar playing, which achieves peak shred-itude on the sultry “I Don’t Wanna Wait” and the welcome Slave Ambient deep cut, “Come To The City,” not to mention the obvious six-string showcase that is “Under The Pressure.”)

Putting out multiple live albums in relatively quick succession during an era when most bands wouldn’t think of putting out a single concert record says a lot about how The War On Drugs have evolved since that conversation with Aaron Dessner at the end of 2011. It reasserts the group identity that Granduciel pushed to the fore on the last studio record, as well as the importance of their live show as a calling card on nearly equal footing with their immaculate and deliberative studio work.

It also reiterates The War On Drugs’ relationship with hugeness. It differs from The National’s relationship with hugeness, which in recent years has manifested with Dessner’s entrée into the worlds of Taylor Swift and stadium pop. It’s hugeness as a form of celebrity and cultural capital. Granduciel has only fitfully flirted with that sort of hugeness, contributing guitar to records by Beyoncé and Miley Cyrus. Otherwise, his brand of hugeness is musical and spatial. As The War On Drugs’ audience grows, the music continues to expand ever-so-slightly beyond the confines of wherever they’re playing. When I saw them open for The National at the Beacon Theater 13 years ago, they were a small band who filled every square inch of the venue with guitar drones and synth swells. It was a wave of sound intended to overwhelm the senses, which it did.

Live Drugs Again feels like that, too. It’s the widest iteration yet of the “wide horizon” sound. The War On Drugs made the Beacon feel like a phone booth. And every time I’ve seen them since, they have given me the same feeling, whether it was a theater, an arena, or an open field. I look forward to seeing them push toward the next horizon.

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Labor of love: The War on Drugs releases a live album ahead of its tour with The National

LOS ANGELES — For many musicians, a live album is an afterthought — a way to quickly appease insatiable fans or make some easy money.

But when Adam Granduciel, the frontman of the anthemic rock band The War on Drugs, set out to make their newest live album, announced last week, it was a labor of love that is anything but quick or easy.

For “Live Drugs Again,” out Friday, Sept. 13, Granduciel wanted to do justice to the ways in which the band has grown, both literally (they’ve added a member since their first live album was released in 2020) and figuratively as musicians who have honed their sound. So he combed through about 100 hours of recordings from their shows and even spliced different parts of the same songs together.

The album comes in tandem with the start of their co-headlining tour with The National, which brings them, along with Lucius, to Chicago’s United Center on Tuesday, Sept. 24. Granduciel spoke with The Associated Press about how performing a song live changes it, whether the band has new music in the pipeline, and how he came to play guitar on Beyoncé’s “II Most Wanted.”

The interview has been edited for clarity and brevity.

Q: Talk about what went into making this live record.

A: I think we used maybe like 50 shows total. There are a few songs where it’s four shows spliced together, and part of that too is just having fun with the process. You know, you go into it remembering specific nights, like there are a few songs from a show in Bentonville, Arkansas, which is a town we had never been to in 20 years of being a band. And we kind of rolled into this town and it was this really beautiful little young artist student community. It was incredible. We had an amazing day, and the show at night was outdoors, and it was just one of those memorable nights.

You kind of start there, and then you get so deep into the process of mixing versions and maybe doing a little postproduction, like all great live records do. I just wanted to put as much work into it as myself and the band put into our live show, you know, just the amount of time it takes to sort of hone a set, it’s years really. And we wanted to kind of put that into the record.

Q: You’re a bit of a gear head. Did you use anything interesting for this album ?

A: Well, unlike our first live record, we used a lot of the actual ambient mics that we recorded. Sometimes it can be tricky with phase and all this stuff. But for this one, we used a lot of the actual source ambient mics so all the crowds are real to that moment. I think most live records these days are just going to be sort of put into digital spaces. You just have more control over everything. But this one, I think we had like 12 different ambient mics throughout the stage and the venues.

Q: Does the anticipation of performing your music inform your songwriting process at all? Do you factor in how it will sound live, or do you just think about that part after?

A: Definitely after. I think things just naturally progress. And they sort of end up in a whole new place once the audience is part of the equation, you know? I mean, if we went back and made a rerecorded “Under the Pressure” the way we play it, it probably wouldn’t be the same thing on a record. But whenever you come off a touring cycle and things reach that next tier from the band dynamically, it always informs the next thing you do.

Q: Do you have new music in the works?

A: In theory there is new music.

It’s nice to be home for a bit and sort of get into the flow of everything when you start making a new one. We’re always working, whether it’s mixing live stuff or recording a new song or whatever.

Q: How did you end up playing guitar for “II Most Wanted,” the Beyoncé and Miley Cyrus duet?

A: I worked on my last two records with Shawn Everett. And he’s producing Miley’s new album. And he called me one day, and I was taking my kid and his friend to an indoor playground in North Hollywood. And he was like, “Do you want to come over tonight and play on this Miley song?” And I was like, “Yeah, definitely.” And then on the way over, he was like, “I think it may be a Beyoncé thing too. I’m not really sure.”

But it was very quick and I played on two songs. But I kind of thought it was gonna be submitted as a song, and then they would redo my parts. And then five weeks later, I saw that it was a Beyoncé-Miley song. And I was in the parking lot on a Saturday night on Hollywood Boulevard at the studio. And I was listening on my phone. I was like, “Is that the song?” … “Wait, that is the song I played on?” And I texted Shawn and I was like, “Did they redo my guitar?” He’s like, “No, that’s your guitar.” And I listened to it on the way home in my car and I was like, “This is amazing.” I couldn’t believe it.

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The War On Drugs announce 2023 UK and European tour

"Looking forward to coming back!"

The War On Drugs have announced a UK and Ireland headline tour for 2023 – tickets will be available from here .

The Adam Granduciel-fronted band are due to return to these shores next summer as part of a wider European stint. Following shows in Oslo, Warsaw, Prague and Berlin, the group will play begin the UK/Ireland leg at the Brighton Centre on June 17.

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Further gigs are scheduled at The Eden Project in Cornwall (June 18), the OVO Hydro arena in Glasgow (20), The Piece Hall in Halifax (21) and Trinity College in Dublin (27). Additionally, The War On Drugs will perform at the Zénith arena in Paris on June 23.

The new dates mean that the band are currently free to appear at Glastonbury 2023 on either the Saturday (June 24) or Sunday (25). No acts have been announced for the festival as of yet.

Tickets for The War On Drugs’ 2023 UK and European tour go on general sale at 10am local time this Friday (November 11) with the exception of Paris (on sale next Monday, November 14).

You’ll be able to purchase your ticket(s) here (UK) – see the announcement post and full itinerary below.

Announcing European shows for 2023! Tickets for all dates are on sale Friday, 11th of November at 10am local with the exception of Paris which is on sale Monday, 14th of November at 10am local. Looking forward to coming back! https://t.co/vo0MOTW0Cj pic.twitter.com/bWdokXsDBH — The War on Drugs (@TheWarOnDrugs) November 8, 2022

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JUNE 2023 8 – Loaded Festival, Oslo  12 – Progresja Summer Stage, Warsaw  13 – Forum Karlin, Prague 14 – Zitadelle, Berlin 17 – Brighton Centre, Brighton  18 – The Eden Project, Cornwall  20 – OVO Hydro, Glasgow  21 – The Piece Hall, Halifax  23 – Zenith, Paris  27 – Trinity College, Dublin 

The War On Drugs last toured the UK and Ireland this April in support of their fifth studio album, ‘I Don’t Live Here Anymore’ , which came out in October 2021.

Reviewing Granduciel and co’s headline appearance at The O2 in London , NME hailed the concert as “a big-hearted, loosely spun rock’n’roll night out”.

Back in September, The War On Drugs shared two previously-unreleased songs – ‘Oceans Of Darkness’ and ‘Slow Ghost’ – as part of an extended deluxe edition of ‘I Don’t Live Here Anymore’.

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The war on drugs annonce un nouvel album live.

« Live Drugs Again », qui sortira ce vendredi, présente des performances de 2022 et 2023 de The War on Drugs.

Les héros du rock indépendant The War on Drugs préparent un nouvel album live, Live Drugs Again, qui sortira ce vendredi 13 septembre, sur Super High Quality Records.

L’album de 11 titres reprend les concerts que The War on Drugs a donnés dans le monde entier (en Amérique, au Royaume-Uni, en Europe et en Australie) entre février 2022 et décembre 2023. À l’époque, le groupe assurait la promotion de son dernier album studio, I Don’t Live Here Anymore (2021), même si leur setlist, qui couvre l’ensemble de leur discographie, comprenait de nombreux anciens morceaux, comme une interprétation de « Burning » de Lost in the Dream, qui constitue la pièce maîtresse de ce nouvel album live.

Dans un communiqué, le leader Adam Granduciel a déclaré : « Live Drugs Again retrace l’évolution de ces chansons du studio aux scènes du monde entier, documentant notre croissance continue en tant que groupe de scène. Cette série garantit que ces versions, et certains de nos moments préférés sur scène, perdureront. »

Live Drugs Again est le deuxième album live de War on Drugs, après son prédécesseur de 2020, Live Drugs . Le nouvel album sera disponible en version numérique la semaine prochaine, mais les fans peuvent également précommander une version vinyle double LP en édition limitée (666 exemplaires ont été pressés sur un vinyle bleu transparent). Une version standard de l’album, en vinyle et en CD, arrivera plus tard dans l’année.

Pour ceux qui veulent vivre l’expérience War on Drugs en direct, le groupe se lancera bientôt dans une tournée américaine avec The National, avec la participation de Lucius. La tournée Zen Diagram débutera le 12 septembre à Gilford, dans le New Hampshire, et se terminera le 12 octobre à Monterrey, au Mexique.

Live Drugs Again Tracklist 1. “Harmonia’s Dream” 2. “Burning” 3. “Old Skin” 4. “Come To The City” 5. “I Don’t Wanna Wait” 6. “Pain” 7. “Slow Ghost” 8. “In Chains” 9. “Living Proof” 10. “Under The Pressure” 11. “I Don’t Live Here Anymore”

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Live report : festival de beauregard 2024.

Retour sur la dernière édition en date du festival de Beauregard, avec notamment la prestation scintillante de LCD Soundsystem.

Toujours bien accueillis chez John ! Le festival normand, situé en plein cœur du majestueux parc du château de Beauregard, s’est déroulé sur cinq jours, abondamment pulsés d’ une programmation aussi éclectique qu’alléchante . Rolling Stone a répondu présent le samedi 6 juillet pour applaudir, entre autres, l’émouvante Véronique Sanson, les impeccables Black Pumas , les trublions – pour autant fascinants – Fat White Family, les envoûtantes Bat for Lashes et Zaho de Sagazan. Puis pour tâter le fer brûlant du rappeur Zola et embrasser la beauté naissante de Fishtalk, lauréat émérite de la John’s Session.

Mais surtout, James Murphy était attendu au tournant avec son groupe LCD Soundsystem : en fin de soirée, un moment scintillant sous une immense boule à facettes, baignant la foule sous ses sonorités dance-punk et groovy. “Oh Baby”, “I Can Change”, “Tribulations”… Sur scène, les morceaux s’étirent et installent une transe crescendo, jusqu’aux immenses “Losing My Edge”, “Dance Yrself Clean” et le duo final, ambivalent entre larmes et fédération (“New York, I Love You…”, “All My Friends”). Si Murphy n’a pas sorti d’album depuis 2017, gardons en tête que, sur scène, il est toujours le maître en la matière.

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Faites le tour des festivals de cet été dans notre numéro 165, disponible en kiosque et via notre boutique en ligne .

De La Soul de retour à Paris

La prochaine venue du groupe américain De La Soul aura lieu le 4 octobre au Zénith de Paris pour l’anniversaire de son premier album.

Ne manquez pas le prochain concert de De La Soul au Zénith de Paris, prévu pour le 4 octobre. Les places sont disponibles .

Cette date unique en France sera l’occasion pour Kelvin Mercer (alias Posdnuos) et Vincent Mason (alias Maseo) de célébrer l’anniversaire de 3 Feet High and Rising, leur premier album. On y retrouve notamment les classiques « Me Myself and I, » « The Magic Number » ou encore « Say No Go. »

Ce disque a non seulement défini une époque, mais qui continue d’influencer et d’inspirer nombre d’artistes actuels. De La Soul , avec leur esprit pionnier et leur créativité inépuisable, demeure un groupe emblématique dont l’impact transcende les générations et les frontières musicales. Acclamé par la critique et fort d’un grand succès commercial, 3 Feet High and Rising a atteint la 24e place du Billboard 200 et est devenu disque de platine aux États-Unis.

Cet album comprend aussi la patte du regretté David Jude Jolicoeur (alias Trugoy the Dove), décédé en 2023 . Il n’était pas seulement un membre fondateur de De La Soul , mais aussi une force créative majeure au sein le groupe. Sa contribution à la musique et à la culture hip-hop reste indélébile et de nombreux hommages lui ont été adressés, dont Erick Sermon ou A-Trak.

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Jon Bon Jovi aide à sauver une femme sur un pont

Jon Bon Jovi tournait un clip vidéo lorsqu’il s’est arrêté pour aider une femme suspendue à la corniche d’un pont de Nashville.

Jon Bon Jovi a aidé à sauver une femme qui était suspendue à un pont à Nashville dans la nuit de mardi à mercredi.

Selon la police de Nashville, le musicien a aidé à persuader une femme de descendre du pont piétonnier John Seigenthaler, qui enjambe la rivière Cumberland dans le Tennessee, et de se mettre à l’abri. « Nous devons tous contribuer à la sécurité des autres », a déclaré le chef de la police, John Drake, dans un communiqué publié sur les réseaux sociaux.

La vidéo mise en ligne par les autorités montre Bon Jovi en train de tourner un clip vidéo sur le pont avec une équipe et s’arrêtant lorsqu’il aperçoit la femme suspendue au rebord. L’artiste et une autre personne s’approchent de la femme et lui parlent, puis l’aident à se mettre en sécurité. Bon Jovi embrasse la femme avant de quitter la caméra avec le reste de l’équipe. En 2006, Jon Bon Jovi a créé la JBJ Soul Foundation afin d’apporter des solutions au problème des sans-abri, de la pauvreté et de la faim pour les familles à travers les États-Unis, grâce à des programmes qui fournissent de la nourriture, des logements abordables, des services sociaux et des formations professionnelles.

« Il y a près de vingt ans, lorsque j’ai créé la JBJ Soul Foundation et les JBJ Soul Kitchens, j’ai vu de mes propres yeux et je continue de voir aujourd’hui l’impact du travail caritatif et communautaire , a déclaré Bon Jovi dans un communiqué en début d’année. Je suis sûr d’une chose : aider sa communauté, c’est s’aider soi-même. »

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The dead daisies – accords lumineux.

À l’occasion de la sortie de Light’em Up , Doug Aldrich, guitariste émérite et membre de longue date de The Dead Daisies, passe en revue ses inspirations, évoque son rapport avec ses compagnons de route, sans oublier d’évoquer sa carrière prolifique.

Retrouvez cet entretien avec Doug Aldrich de The Dead Daisies dans notre hebdo n°166, disponible via notre boutique en ligne .

Ce disque marque le retour de John Corabi. Comment se distinguent vos méthodes de travail avec lui ?

Tout d’abord, je suis très heureux de ce que nous avons accompli avec Glenn Hughes. Nous avons eu l’occasion d’expérimenter, d’explorer de nouveaux territoires musicaux. Nous travaillions différemment avec lui, en trouvant des idées chacun dans notre coin avant de nous les échanger. Avec John, nous travaillons tous ensemble en studio, en jetant nos idées avant qu’elles soient finies. Dans ma carrière, j’ai eu la chance de travailler avec d’excellents chanteurs comme Ronnie James Dio ou David Coverdale, et John rentre dans la même catégorie. Son timbre se distingue bien et il a fait d’excellentes choses avant d’intégrer Mötley Crüe, notamment avec The Scream. Nous nous connaissons depuis l’adolescence, mais n’avions jamais pu travailler ensemble avant The Dead Daisies. Sur scène, il est indestructible et même lorsqu’il est malade, il assure comme personne.

Light’em Up semble aller plus loin dans l’optique d’un album de hard rock direct.

Parlons de la direction que vous avez prise. C’est un disque en effet très direct, animé par un principe simple : “less is more”. Cependant, nous nous sommes autorisés à aller un peu plus en profondeur en termes d’arrangements, notamment sur “Back to Zero”. Le riff était à l’origine inspiré par “Dazed and Confused”, mais la manière dont je le jouais faisait plus penser à “Cryin’ In the Rain”. Notre producteur Marti Frederiksen l’a ensuite réarrangé. Le résultat est assez différent de nos habitudes avec The Dead Daisies. Il en est de même pour “Take My Soul”, qui explore l’histoire des États-Unis, y compris sur des sujets controversés. Nous en avons fait un titre épique, ce qui n’est pas notre habitude. Light’em Up conserve donc notre griffe typique, mais peut tout de même prendre des tournants inattendus.

L’Estival : la chanson francophone à l’honneur

L’équipe du festival l’Estival vous attend à partir du 20 septembre à travers les Yvelines avec un plateau francophone.

Rendez-vous dès le 20 septembre pour la prochaine édition de l’Estival, événement musical fort de 37 ans d’existence qui met à l’honneur la musique francophone. La billetterie est ouverte .

En place depuis 36 ans dans les Yvelines. Voyagez donc entre : Poissy, mais aussi Achères, Houilles, Montesson et le Pecq. L’équipe de l’Estival entend vous faire voyager dans les méandres de la musique made in France.  « Cette nouvelle édition promet une expérience musicale inédite, allant de la musique pop à la variété, du métal à la musique urbaine, du jazz au slam. Une pluralité de styles à l’image de ce que s’étaient promis ses fondateurs… » déclarent les organisateurs dans un communiqué.

Retrouvez donc au sein de la programmation des têtes d’affiche comme Jeanne Added, Keziah Jones ou encore Christophe Willem. Une place non-négligeable est également réservée aux découvertes françaises et internationales comme Natasha Kanapé Fontaine, Mathieu Lippé ou encore Lovanna.

L’équipe du festival se félicite de sa programmation : « Le plaisir d’élargir encore la diversité de nos musiques grâce à la multitude de nos lieux de concerts : des têtes d’affiches comme Keziah Jones à Poissy, à la soirée Rap à Achères, en passant par un Jazzy Buddy Brass Band à Montesson, par Alexis HK & Benoit Dorémus à Houilles, ou par Hector ou rien au Pecq… Il y en aura encore cette année, pour tous les goûts, tous les styles et toutes les envies. »

Voici l’ensemble des artistes programmés :

• 20 septembre : Maelle + Camille Laïly (Le Sax – Achères)
• 21 septembre : Conscience / Imparfait (Club Peguy – Poissy)
• 21 septembre : Simony / Juste Shani (Le Sax – Achères)
• 22 septembre : Blaubird (Salle Blanche de Castille – Poissy)
• 22 septembre : Ycare + Lupo (Théâtre de Poissy)
• 26 septembre : Jeanne Added + Prattseul (Théâtre de Poissy)
• 27 septembre : Vitrines découvertes avec Mathieu Lippé / Mymytchel (Espace Jacques Tati – Achères)
• 27 septembre : Vitrines découvertes avec Natasha Kanapé Fontaine / Amay Laoni / Lumière / Malaka / Lovanna / Sèbe (Le Sax – Achères)
• 28 septembre : Alexis HK & Benoît Doremus + Halynka (Salle René Cassin – Houilles)
• 28 septembre : Christophe Willem + Amay Laoni (Théâtre de Poissy)
• 29 septembre : Hector ou rien (Conservatoire – Le Pecq)
• 3 octobre : Julie Lagarrigue / Nicolas Jules (Maison Chanson – Saint-Germain-en-Laye)
• 4 octobre : Pépite + Sainte Nicole et Lumière (Le Sax – Achères)
• 5 octobre : Rodeo Joe (Stade de Montesson)
• 5 octobre : Keziah Jones + Nesrine (Théâtre de Poissy)
• 6 octobre : Cubbe / Alex Saint Cricq (Place Michelet – Houilles)
• 6 octobre : French Quarter (Fête du Céleri (Achères)

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