HOWARD JONES BIOGRAPHY
October 2011
Howard Jones played his 2011 two-album show at the Sandy
Amphitheatre in Salt Lake City on 9th July 2011. The promoters were
hoping for 1500 ticket sales but it turned out to be a complete sellout
with 2,750 tickets sold and 300 turned away. He encored with the
Killers’ ‘Human’ as a tribute to Salt Lake’s Brandon Flowers who had
apparently been in line for a Howard Jones in-store signing back in
the nineties.
On 3rd September Howard drew the biggest audience of the 2011
season to the Fremont Street Experience in Las Vegas.
It was in 1983 that Howard Jones first burst upon the contemporary
music scene with his very English song-writing and pioneering
synthesizers. Anyone who was around in the mid to late eighties will
remember those high energy gigs and his first two albums Human’s
Lib and Dream into Action. They lived in the higher reaches of the
album charts in the UK, USA, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Canada,
Australia and many other countries in the 1984-86 period and the hits
kept coming……..New Song, What is Love?, Pearl in the Shell, Hide
and Seek,(which he performed at Live Aid in 1985), Like to Get to
Know You Well, Look Mama, Things Can only Get Better, Everlasting
Love and the quintessential No One is To Blame, which reached No.1
in the US.
Now Howard Jones has re-mastered those first two classic albums
‘Human’s Lib’ and ‘Dream into Action’ and played them both live in
their entirety for the first time on November 6th 2010 at the IndigO2 in
London’s O2 Arena Complex. This two-album show is being repeated
throughout 2011 and 2012 at selected venues. The re-mastered
albums are available from www.howardjones.com. A special remastered box set of the 12” mixes was released in March 2011 and a
DVD of the IndigO2 concert will be available soon.
A classically trained pianist, Jones applied his technique to the early
synths particularly the Roland Juno 60, the Jupiter 8 and the Moog
Prodigy. He also pioneered the classic Roland 808 drum machine
and the Sequential Pro-One. In the early days he was triggering
sequencers live on stage whilst playing and singing, something that
no one had done before.
These days he still operates on the cutting edge of today’s
technology and has been one of the leading exponents of the Roland
Fantom G8 and the Roland V-piano. Many contemporary giants of
the dance world have shown interest in working with Howard which
has resulted in tracks such as ‘And do you Feel Scared?’ with Eric
Prydz and ‘Into the Dark’ with Ferry Corsten.
Jones continues to tour extensively and will be playing multiple dates
and festivals in 2011 and 2012 with Robbie Bronnimann on live
sequencing/sampling and effects using Ableton Live and various
controllers, and Jonathan Atkinson on electronic drums. He will be
performing the live Human’s Lib and Dream into action show in
selected US venues in October 2011. Go to www.howardjones.com
for details.
Always one to take chances, Jones continues to write great songs
inspired by his Buddhist beliefs as is evident on his latest studio
album ‘Ordinary Heroes’ which features a string quartet on every
track and one of the best Welsh male voice choirs in the world The
Morriston on the song ‘Soon You’ll Go’.
But 2011 will mark the return of one of the true eighties icons and
godfathers of modern electronic dance music in full electric mode.
If you were too young the first time around it’ll be a chance to find out
where all those beats and sounds came from, and if you were around
it’ll bring all those memories flooding back.
Contact David Stopps
davidstopps@fmlmusic.com
tel: +44 789987 0023
www.howardjones.com
HOWARD JONES UPCOMING TOUR DATES
HOWARD JONES SHOWS
Sunday October 10th
Saturday October 22nd
Sunday October 23rd
Sunday December 4th
MANILA The Philippines
ORLANDO Epcot USA
ORLANDO Epcot USA
HULL UK
HOWARD JONES SHOWS FEATURING THE FIRST TWO
ALBUMS ‘HUMAN”S LIB’ and ‘DREAM INTO ACTION’ played in
their entirety.
Tuesday October 12th
Wednesday October 13th
Thursday October 14th
Saturday October 15th
Tuesday October 18th
Wednesday October 19th
Thursday October 20th
Tuesday October 25th
Wednesday October 26th
Thursday October 27th
Friday October 28th
SAN DIEGO 4th&B USA
ST GEORGE UTAH Cox
Auditorium USA
HOLLYWOOD CA The Music Box
USA
DENVER Summit Music Hall USA
PLYMOUTH NH Flying Monkey
USA
NEW YORK Irving Plaza USA
GLENSIDE PA Keswick USA
TORONTO Oakville Canada
TORONTO Oakville Canada
CHICAGO Bottom Lounge USA
PEEKSKILL NY Paramount USA