FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PIXIES ANNOUNCE EXCLUSIVE SPOTIFY SESSION
Band Readies for Australia, European and Japanese Summer Festivals,
and North American Fall Tour
LOS ANGELES, CA - TUESDAY, May 20, 2014 - The iconic Pixies braved January's winter
blizzard to travel to Water Music in Hoboken, NJ to record an acoustic performance exclusively
for a Spotify Session. Click HERE to check out the entire session, and click HERE to view a
video clip of “Silver Snail” which was filmed during the performance.
The band - Black Francis (vocals, guitar), Joey Santiago (guitars), and David Lovering (drums)
were joined by touring bassist Paz Lenchantin who played violin and sang background vocals, for
a six song set comprised of four songs from Pixies just-released album, Indie Cindy, and two
from the band’s 1987 debut, Come On Pilgrim. Spotify also conducted a 13-track, exclusive
Q&A with Pixies, where they discussed the new album, current global tour and much more. The
Spotify track listing includes:
Greens and Blues
Andro Queen
Caribou
Indie Cindy
Silver Snail
Nimrod’s Son
Spotify is releasing this Session globally today with a major promotional campaign including
newsletters, in-client marketing, social posts, and much more.
Pixies 2013-2014 extensive global touring schedule is back in full swing beginning May 23 with
a four-night stand at Australia's Sydney Opera House. Pixies then play a series of major festivals
throughout Europe, travel to Japan for the Summer Sonic festivals, and then kick off Leg Two of
their North American tour in late September. Complete dates are below.
MAY
23-26
29/30
Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia
Primavera Sound, Barcelona, Spain
JUNE
2
4
5/7
8
10
11
13
15
17/18
20
21/22
Rock In Idro, Bologna, Italy
Caribana Festival, Crans-Pres-Celighy, Switzerland
Primavera Sound, Porto, Portugal
Field Day, Victoria Park, London, UK
Grona Lund, Stockholm, Sweden
LaugardallSholl, Reykjavik, Iceland
Orange Festival, Warsaw, Poland
Northside, Arhus, Denmark
Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv, Israel
Best Kept Secret, Hilvarenbeek, Holland
Hurricane, Schessel, Germany
21/22
24
25
29
30
Southside, Neuhausen, Germany
Black Box, Istanbul, Turkey
Inmusic, Zagreb, Croatia
Marley Park, Dublin, Ireland (with Arcade Fire)
Live at the Marquee, Cork, Ireland
JULY
2
4
5
6
9
10
11
Nuits De Fourviere, Lyon, France
Eurockeenens, Belfort, France
Rock Werchter, Werchter, Belgium
Beauregard, Herouville-St. Clair, France
Eden Sessions, Cornwall, UK
Castlefield Bowl, Manchester, UK
T In the Park, Balado, UK
AUGUST
16/17 SummerSonic Festival, Tokyo/Osaka, Japan
SEPTEMBER
27
Humphreys, San Diego, CA
28
Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA
30
The Masonic, San Francisco, CA
OCTOBER
2
Revolution Center, Boise, ID
3
INB Performing Arts Center, Spokane, WA
5
MacEwan Hall, Calgary, AB CANADA
6
Shaw Conference Center, Edmonton, AB CANADA
7
TCU Place, Saskatoon, SK CANADA
9
Burton Cummings Theatre, Winnipeg, MB CANADA
11
State Theatre, Minneapolis, MN
12
Orpheum Theatre, Madison, WI
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818-705-1267
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