OFFICIAL - Pixies Reform to headline Coachella with Radiohead, Kraftwerk

[Screaming Lord Byron]

http://www.nme.com/news/107239.htm

PIXIES are to reunite for this year's COACHELLA festival in the US.
The indie rock legends will headline the bash alongside Radiohead and Kraftwerk.
All three bands will headline the first day of the festival, which takes place at Empire Polo Field, Indio, California on May 1/2. Organisers are still finalising contracts with dozens of other bands, including headliners for the festival's second day.
The news is the first official confirmation of the Pixies much-anticipated reunion following their split in 1993. Speculation has been rife for months now that the band would be playing shows in 2004, although no dates beyond Coachella have been confirmed yet, though more shows in the US and UK are strongly rumoured to be taking place later in the year.
What is definite is that the band's former label 4AD are to release a 'best of' album and DVD sometime this year. The DVD will feature eight Pixies videos, a 1988 concert taped at London's Town And Country Club and the documentary 'Gouge', which features interviews with Radiohead's Thom Yorke, David Bowie and Bono.

[progressiverealist]

1. wow!!!!

That will be good. Love the Pixies and Frank Black.

[GOPisEvil]

2. I heard this yesterday!!!!!

:bounce::bounce::bounce: How exciting!!!! A Pixies tour!!! :bounce::bounce::bounce:

[Loonman]

3. Surfer Rosa

Is one of the best albums ever made.

[Intelsucks]

4. Am I the only one who thought "Doolittle" was a little better

than "Surfer Rosa"? Evidently so.

[GOPisEvil]

5. You're not alone.

I think Surfer Rosa is better, slightly, but I know folks who feel as you do.

[Intelsucks]

7. I guess I just listen to Doolittle more often, but both are great.

n/t

[ellie]

6. Must. Go. See. Pixies.

[XNASA]

8. The Pixies, Kraftwerk & Radiohead? Excellent.

I'm hoping that this tour lineup makes it to the Chicagoland area.

I know that Yorke is a big fan of the Pixies. I'll bet he's as excited about this as anyone.

I've never seen the Pixies. I did see Kraftwerk, about 20 years ago. Radiohead is one of the best live bands I've ever seen. This should be some show.

If you haven't been on the Kraftwerk website, do yourself a favor and check it out. It's really fun.

http://www.kraftwerk.com/

[GOPisEvil]

9. I'm not sure Kraftwerk is planning any more than a couple US shows.

Here's the latest on Kraftwerk's tour:
02-06 Helsinki, Finland - Old Ice Hall
02-08 Stockholm, Sweden - Cirkus
02-09 Stockholm, Sweden - Cirkus
02-10 Stockholm, Sweden - Cirkus
02-12 Oslo, Norway - Rockefeller
02-13 Oslo, Norway - Rockefeller
02-14 Copenhagen, Denmark - KB Hall
02-15 Copenhagen, Denmark - KB Hall
02-24 Osaka, Japan - Namba Hatch
02-25 Osaka, Japan - Namba Hatch
02-26 Nagoya, Japan - Kinro Kaikan
02-28 Tokyo, Japan - Zepp
02-29 Tokyo, Japan - Zepp
03-02 Tokyo, Japan - Shibuya Ax
03-03 Tokyo, Japan - Shibuya Ax
03-04 Tokyo, Japan - Shibuya Ax
03-15 Dublin, Ireland - Olympia
03-16 Glasgow, Scotland - Academy
03-17 Manchester, England - Apollo
03-18 London, England - Royal Festival Hall
03-20 London, England - Brixton Academy
03-22 Paris, France - Grand Rex
03-23 Brussels, Belgium - Ancienne Belgique
03-25 Berlin, Germany - Tempodrom
03-27 Cologne, Germany - Palladium
03-28 Hamburg, Germany - CCH3
03-29 Amsterdam, Holland - Heineken Music Hall
03-31 Barcelona, Spain - Razzmatazz 1
04-01 Madrid, Spain - La Riviera
04-02 Lisbon, Portugal - Coliseum
04-05 Munich, Germany - Muffathalle
04-06 Munich, Germany - Muffathalle
04-07 Frankfurt, Germany - Jahrhunderthalle
04-08 Dresden, Germany - Alter Schlachthof
04-23 Toronto, Ontario - Ricoh Coliseum
04-24 Montreal, Quebec - Metropolis
04-26 Seattle, WA - Paramount
04-28 San Francisco, CA - Warfield
05-01 Indio, CA - Coachella Festival (w/ The Pixies, Radiohead)


http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/news/04-01/14.shtml

[CreamyGoodness]

10. Love the Pixies

When I started listening to the Pixies, they were just some obscure band that nobody had ever heard of. Now I am amazed when I listen to the radio and there are so many bands that have obviously been influenced by the Pixies. Hopefully I'll be able to catch them on tour!

[no name no slogan]

11. HOLY FREAKING SHIT!!!!!

I got to see them on the "Doolittle" tour w/ Love & Rockets in 1989. A fantastic show-- in my top five for sure (and I've seen some pretty amazing shows in my 34 years).

That sounds like a blast. I wonder if Frankie will go back to calling himself Black Francis for the occassion?

[Paragon]

12. Bowie loves The Pixies.

Good cover of "Cactus" on his Heathen album.