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If a link for an external article or video is broken, look
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Video sections of this site, which
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Pre- and Post-Reunion
News
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March 1, 2018 |
 Record label
TBTCI (Twitter,
Facebook,
Blog)
releases the digital album "Lovelife: A Homage to Lush"
with 18 covers of Lush songs by 18 different artists!
Miki on Twitter: "CRIKEY O'REILLY and WOW!
This is MENTAL!!! What an honour to have these lovely folk
covering our lil ol' Lush songs. Genuinely, I'm blown away.
Mxxx"
Emma on Twitter: "Lovely Lush tribute album by some great
bands… Very flattered! Thanks to all involved. x" |
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March 1, 2018 |
 Japanese
musician Cornelius releases a
new music video for the song "The Spell of a Vanishing Loveliness"
featuring Miki's lyrics and vocals, from his 2017 album "Mellow
Waves". See the July 21, 2017 entry below for more details. |
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February 22, 2018 |
While responding to
a question on Twitter (screen,
link) about the possibility of another Lush reunion, Miki reveals there will be new music from her sometime in the
future!
"I'm genuinely sorry but it's just not
going to happen. I have been bitten by the bug, though, and
I promise there will be some music from me at some point.
Not the same as Lush re-reforming, I know, but (hopefully)
better than a slap with a wet fish!"
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December 8, 2017 |
Phil
participates in a panel discussion at the
book launch for "C86 & All That" at Rough Trade East,
and reads excerpts from his 1986 diary. |
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August 8, 2017 |
Emma re-joins
Twitter, with a new account, and is very active on it.
Unfortunately her old account was deleted so all the posts from
the reunion are gone. |
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July 21, 2017 |
A distant cousin
of Miki, Japanese musician Cornelius (Keigo Oyamada) releases
"Mellow Waves" his first new album in 11 years. Miki wrote the
lyrics for the song "The Spell of a Vanishing Loveliness" and
sings vocals on it.
Press:
Japan Times
Pitchfork
Billboard
The entire album can be streamed ahead of its
release on
NPR Music website's First Listen
The digital album can be purchased on
iTunes and
Amazon
CD can be pre-ordered on
Amazon US. |
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Nov. 25, 2016
2016
Reunion
View official
band news
during this
time period
Sep. 28, 2015 |
August 7, 2016 |
Miki joins
Twitter, after avoiding social media for many years. She
initialy joined as a way to report customer service issues but
was quickly discovered by fans, who she called
her "little band of followers."
She tweets only
ocasionaly, but responds to most tweets. |
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February 11, 2016 |
 Miki participates in an
in-depth
interview organized by
Soundstage Events at
The Others
in Stoke, Newington. This took place after the reunion was announced but
before any of the reunion shows. She does discuss the reunion at the end
of the interview. |
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February 8, 2016 |
Miki
participates in a panel discussion on songwriting at
UCA's
Stepping Out Music Conference, together with Viv Albertine,
Lucy O'Brien and Femme. |
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October 30, 2015 |
BBC 4 broadcasts the documentary "Girl
in a Band: Tales from the Rock 'n' Roll Front Line" which
includes a fantastic interview with Miki at 49 minutes.
https://youtu.be/v1vrDc2yLyE?t=49m15s (entire
documentary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpsdhC0r914 (Miki interview
portion)
Miki's first TV broadcast
interview in many years,
recorded before the reunion was announced but aired after the
accouncement. |
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The entries below give a sence of the inactive years
between 1998--when Lush first disbanded--and the 2016 reunion,
with very few note-worthy events each year. |
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September 22, 2015 |
Ola's Kool Kitchen radio show airs a
truly interesting interview with Phil. Its in three parts
and he discusses Lush in the second part. |
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June 13, 2015 |
Miki
participates in a
discussion of fanzines in Clerkenwell, London, part of the
Alternative Marga Carta Festival.
[PDF] |
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June 2015 |
Art Decades
magazine features a superb 20 page tribute to Lush, including
new in-depth interviews with Miki and Emma. Available in print
at
Amazon
US or
UK,
or view it
here. |
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May 7, 2015 |
Miki on stage
again, together with Phil and The Jesus and Mary Chain,
this time at the Roundhouse in London - the same venue where it
turns out Lush will perform exactly one year later!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B97p6_otoPE |
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April 29, 2015 |
Under
the Radar publishes an interview with Emma and Miki on "The
1994 Album Split" |
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April 28, 2015 |
Under
the Radar publishes an interview with Emma and Miki on "The
1996 Album Lovelife and the Last Days of the Band"
Back in 2007, Under the Radar
published Miki's first interview in 10 years (see below), a big
event at the time for Lush fans! |
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November 24 , 2014 |
Miki on stage together with Phil for the
first time in 18 years, at the Troxy in London.
Miki sings Just Like Honey with The
Jesus and Mary Chain, which Phil has been a member of for
several years.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8V-iw3jMYE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLjq-n549D8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ok43eTLEDQo
(Miki confirmed it was the 24th, not the 19th
as labeled on the 3rd clip) |
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September 23, 2014 |
The
ghostlifeghostlife blog publishes an extensive
"Split 20th Anniversary" interview with Miki, Emma, AND Phil.
This is seriosuly one of the best Lush
interviews I've ever seen, great questions and great answers! |
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July 7, 2014 |
Miki appears at a
book reading for David Quantick's book “Memoirs
Of A Shoegazing Gentleman” published by
Sonic Cathedral, at
The Social in London. Phil and Emma are in attendance also.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H81yolUW_yY
22 minute video. Miki starts at 2:30, and between
the book readings it turns into Miki's
first on-camera interview in many years. |
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September 26, 2013 |
Miki and Emma
attend the book launch for "Facing
the Other Way: The Story of 4AD" (Amazon
US,
UK) at
Rough Trade East.
Audio of the 45 minute panel discussion with
audience Q&A can be heard on the
BookD Podcast. Miki speaks only a few times. The book's
Facebook page has
some great photos from the event, see
if you can spot Miki and Emma. |
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June 13, 2013
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Miki
participates in a discussion of the album Parallel Lines
by Blondie with Lucy O'Brien on June 13, 2013 at 7:00 pm in London,
for Rock's Back Pages Albums Club at
The Idler Academy.
No audio or video of the event is known to exist. |
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May 18,
2013 |
The Verge
(a US technology website, of all things!)
publishes a wonderful
look back at Spooky by
Laura June. |
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May 10, 2013 |
Miki appears on stage with the band
Hard Skin to sing "You Still Here?"
As far as I know this is the first time Miki
sang publicly since Lush!
https://youtu.be/4NdWs1Xxotk?t=3m40s
The introduction to Miki starts at 3:40.
She's holding the lyrics and a band member tells her "Nevermind
the lyrics, just swear!" In fact Miki didn't tell her mom about
this video because of the swearing! But it turns out her mom
loved it.
See the
entry below for Miki's comments on recording the song and the
significance of this band for Lush fans.
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March 4,
2013 |
The punk band
Hard Skin releases a new album "Why
Do Birds Suddenly Appear" which includes guest vocals by
Miki Berenyi on track 3, "You Still Here?".
iTunes:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/you-still-here-feat.-miki/id593776278?i=593776777
Amazon:
http://amzn.com/B00B1BQ9UC
A note from Miki when she recorded the vocals,
back in the summer of 2012:
Just wanted to let you know that I did
a vocal on a rather unlikely recording the other day. One of
the last things Chris played drums on was Hard Skin - a punk
band. They've just done a record and have a 'female' version
with women singing, and I'm one of them. It was very
hilarious - and I had a very good time singing it, but it's
about as far away from Lush as you could possibly get (sort
of) and has a hell of a lot of swearing on it!
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August
11, 2012 |
Novelist
Scott Heim
(Mysterious Skin) has released an ongoing series of e-books "The
First Time I Heard..." and three of the volumes include
essays by the members of Lush: Part
IV: The First Time I Heard The Smiths
(Miki Berenyi) released August 7, 2012
Amazon Kindle
Apple iTunes
Part III: The First Time I Heard David Bowie
(Phil King) released July 2, 2012
Amazon Kindle
Apple iTunes
Part I: The First Time I Heard Joy Division /
New Order (Emma Anderson) released June 12, 2012
Amazon Kindle
Apple iTunes
(Please note these links are for the US
Amazon/Apple stores) I’ve
read the essays and they are all absolutely brilliant (no
exaggeration). I highly recommend all three e-books. |
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June 29,
2012 |
The
Concequence of Sound website publishes a brand new in-depth
interview with Emma Anderson. |
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April 28,
2012 |
The
Concequence of Sound website publishes
a
look back at Lovelife on its 16th anniversary. |
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March 23,
2011 |
Radio station
RRR 102.7 FM
in Melbourne airs an interview with Miki and Emma (recorded
March 10th) on the 'The
Golden Age of Piracy' program's "Formative Five" segment,
where they discuss 5 songs that influenced their music. This was
Miki's first radio interview in 15 years!
For a brief time the interview can be heard on the
RiSH
Publicity website (look for the "RiSH Radio streaming player
on the right side of the page). |
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August
30, 2010 |
The Delusions of
Adequacy website has published an
interview with Seinking Ships which includes several
comments from Miki. |
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June 8,
2010 |
The
Seinking Ships long-awaited debut LP 'Museum Quality
Capture' with 3 tracks featuring the vocals of Miki Berenyi,
is released today by
S-Curve Records. The CD can be previewed and ordered on
Amazon and one of the tracks with Miki is available as a
free MP3 download:
http://bit.ly/9Cr6YI |
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May 16,
2010 |
The
VPME Music Blog has published a
new interview with Emma, Miki and STEVE, on the 20th anniversary
of the Mad Love EP. |
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April 2,
2010 |
The Quietus,
a new rock music and pop culture website, has just published a
re-appraisal/appreciation of Lush for the 20th anniversary
of the Mad Love EP, with quotes from Miki and Phil. |
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March
2010 |
Spin Magazine's
cover story "Where
are they Now" which includes Lush on the cover, features a
small section on Miki Berenyi in which
she talks about the transition from
being in a band to an office job. |
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Dec. 13,
2009 |
The German label
Edition 59 is re-issuing a hard-to-find 1987 single by
Apple Boutique, a band which featured Phil King on
vocals. Only 59 numbered copies on 3" CD singles will be issued,
on
January 10, 2010, reviewed at
Uncut magazine. |
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June 23,
2009 |
The music video
game
Rock Band 2
has added
Sweetness and Light as a downloadable song.
That's the second Lush song on RB2, both written by Emma. |
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Jan. 15,
2009 |
Great news:
Seinking Ships has released some new songs from their
upcoming long-awaited LP on
MySpace, including two tracks with Miki Berenyi on vocals (You
Didn't Love Me and Digging His Own Hole). The new
songs are great and Miki sounds fantastic, as if a day hasn’t
gone by since Lush. She's still got it! |
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Sep. 14,
2008 |
The music video
game
Rock Band 2, which includes De-Luxe,
is released in North America for the Xbox 360. Release on the
Wii, PS2 and PS3 is scheduled for later this year. The original
Rock Band game sold several million copies. |
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Aug.
15, 2008 |
An update from
Seinking Ships
on their debut LP, for which Miki recorded vocals more than a
year ago:
"The album is recorded and sounds great. We are working out
the details with the lab." |
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July 3, 2008 |
Phil has done an
excellent and very in-depth new interview for the
VPME Music Blog |
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June 20, 2008 |
Emma has done an
excellent new interview for the
VPME Music Blog. |
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April 1, 2008 |
Miki Berenyi has
kindly offered to contribute her reminiscences of touring with
Lush to this website, in the new
Miki's Reminiscences page. Her accounts are an essential
part of Lush's history, and in typical Miki fashion they are
honest, fair, eloquent, personal, humorous, and just plain great
reading! |
Feb. 2008
(mid-month) |
Miki, Emma and Phil
meet at 4AD's offices to discuss Lush reissues! Nothing is
official or certain at all, and its unknown if this will be the
"box set" that has been talked about for years, but it does
sound very likely that something will happen. And just the idea
of Miki, Emma and Phil all getting together for a meeting at 4AD
is very exciting! |
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Jan. 25, 2008 |
Miki has done a new
interview for the
VPME Music Blog. She answers many more long-standing
questions. And once again her honesty, eloquence and humor shine
through. This superb interview is a must-read for all fans of
Lush. And there's a second part coming next week... Update:
Part 2 of the interview is now available, with many
never-before-seen Lush photos from Miki's personal collection,
including her commentary for each one. Update:
Part 3 of the interview is now available, with more photos
from Miki's personal collection. |
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Jan. 22, 2008 |
This website is launched. See the
Site News page for details. |
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Jan. 2, 2008 |
Major Event:
Sadly, Emma and Lisa announce that after 10 years of Sing-Sing
they have decided to "call it a day." It seems their
personal situations (parenthood, geography, careers, etc) make
it difficult to keep Sing-Sing going. However they added this
hopeful note: "Emma has some plans regarding her next
move.....2008 might have something very exciting in store."
The full announcement is available
here. |
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Dec. 14, 2007 |
Miki lists her
favorite Christmas songs for the
VPME Music Blog, and its a very cool list indeed! In typical
Miki fashion, she is kind enough to include some personal
background on each song. |
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Oct. 28, 2007 |
Major Event:
After 10 years of silence Miki grants
her first interview, to the excellent US-based music
publication
Under
the Radar. Her eloquent, honest, dead-on responses answer
many questions Lush fans have been asking for years. Its an
absolutely brilliant interview. |
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Oct. 11, 2007 |
Development of this
website starts. See the Site News
page for details. |
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June 15, 2007 |
On this day, Miki
went into the studio for the first time in several years to
record vocals for 3 songs for the debut LP of the
Eric
Matthews
and
Christopher Seink project
Seinking
Ships, due out in 2008.
Update: Word is, the recording session went wonderfully
(Miki's still got it!) and the songs are being mixed. |
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April 26, 2007 |
Phil goes on tour
with the reunited
Jesus and Mary Chain, including Coachella and
The David Letterman Show on NBC TV. |
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April 21, 2005 |
Resonance
104.4 FM in London broadcasts an interview with
Emma
on
Full
Circle with Mark Brady, while she was still in Sing-Sing.
Emma talks about herSunbathing demo (which became a
B-Side on the Sweetness and Light
EP), and the early days of Lush. |
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February 1998 |
NME: "LUSH have announced their permanent split after nearly
a year-and-a-half of inactivity following the suicide of drummer
Chris Acland" |
Reunion
News from the band's official website (2015-2016):
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This archive of official band announcements presents a good picture of how the
reunion played out in public, over time.
Event announcements appear in the order they were posted by the band (oldest at the bottom),
not chronologicaly - some announcements were made far more in advance
than others, some shows were rescheduled, and shows were being added
while the runion was ongoing.
Click on the images for a larger view.
This is an exact copy of the announcements
from the band's
official
website. They are archived here in case the band website is ever
taken down. Everything here is verbatim, with nothing
changed from the original and with all links left intact. |
| November 15, 2016
[fan reaction
to this news] |
BAND STATEMENT
It’s been a fantastic year for Lush. We received
an incredible reception to our Blind Spot EP and the three
beautiful career-spanning 4AD releases, sold out two Roundhouse
shows, toured North America with great success and had a ball at
our European festival appearances. It’s been wonderful to
revisit our old music and to create new material.
However, it is now time for us to return to
our families and homes, and bring our time together as a band to
a close. We offer heartfelt thanks to all our fans – this
reunion would never have happened without your overwhelming
support and dedication.
We would like to take this opportunity to
announce that, for our last-ever performance at Manchester
Academy on November 25th, Emma, Miki and Justin will be joined
by former 4AD label mate Michael Conroy, bass player for Modern
English. As with Justin’s involvement, Michael playing with Lush
has a special significance for us as he was a very close friend
of Chris’s. |
| November 7, 2016 [Note: Although this
announcement is worded as if it came from the band, it is in
fact for a release from an unrelated label, not the band’s own
Edamame Records. Also, since KCRW is a public radio station, its
broadcasts are
freely available
for re-distribution.] |
LIVE AT KCRW - MORNING BECOMES ECLECTIC,
LIMITED EDITION CD RELEASE We’re
pleased to announce the debut release on Thoughtforms of our
first live radio session in the US for 20 years for KCRW’s
Morning Becomes Eclectic, recorded on September 26th 2016.
The 8-track session is released in a limited
edition of 1,000 numbered copies on CD in an oversize gatefold
cover, with the sleeve design by Chris Bigg and photography by
Martin Masai Andersen.
The CD comes with issue two of Thoughtforms
magazine and Includes exclusive interviews with Emma Anderson,
Miki Berenyi, Robin Guthrie, Vaughan Oliver, Steve Rippon, Jim
Friedman and Audrey Riley.
Plus previously unseen promotional band
photographs; unseen photography for Lush’s record sleeve designs
by Jim Friedman; unseen cover designs for Lush’s Blind Spot EP
by Chris Bigg and Martin Masai Andersen; and unseen photographs
of the band in the studio at KCRW for their live session
recorded for Morning Becomes Eclectic.
An exclusive pre-order, with the chance to win
a selection of Lush goodies, is available now at
www.thoughtformsmusic.com |
| October 26, 2016 |
| SPECIAL LIMITED
EDITION BLIND SPOT PRINTS
Chris Bigg and Martin Masai Andersen have created a
special limited edition print for our Blind Spot EP.
Sized A2 (420mm x 594mm), with a
quality print on matt archival paper, each print will be
individually numbered and signed by Chris and Martin.
The prints will be packaged in a
secure postal tube.
Each print is £55.00 plus postage and
packing.
To order a copy, please email
info@lushofficial.com with ‘Blind Spot print’ in the
subject line and we will email you with the payment
details.
Postage and packing:
U.K. - First Class Signed For £7.00
Europe - Tracked and Signed For £12.15
U.S.A. (World zone 1) - Tracked and
Signed For £14.45
Australia, New Zealand (World zone 2)
- Tracked and Signed For £14.65
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| October 25, 2016 |
LIVE FOOTAGE FROM OUR SHOW AT THE
ROUNDHOUSE, LONDON Watch a
professionally shot video of us performing De-Luxe and Breeze at
the Roundhouse in London.
Filmed and edited by Badgerboy Productions.
https://youtu.be/H2zD3gS147g |
| October 18, 2016 |
BAND STATEMENT
We are very sad to announce the departure of Phil
King from the band. As a result, we will no longer be able to
appear at the Iceland Airwaves and Rolling Stone Weekender
festivals - massive apologies to everyone who was looking
forward to seeing us play there. We are in the process of
acquiring another bass player and look forward to our final show
at Manchester Academy on November 25th. |
| October 17, 2016 |
| REMEMBERING CHRIS |
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| October 9, 2016 |
| OUR DEBUT MINI-ALBUM 'SCAR' RELEASED 27
YEARS AGO TODAY 27 years ago today,
October 9th 1989, we released our debut mini album 'Scar' on
4AD. |
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| Octover 1, 2016 |
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| September 26, 2016 |
| FIRST US LIVE SESSION IN 20 YEARS AT KCRW
We played our first US live radio session in 20
years this morning at KCRW on Morning Becomes Eclectic, hosted
by Jason Bentley.
You can listen to the whole session
here.
You can also watch videos from the session for
Out of Control,
Desire Lines and
Sweetness and Light. |
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| September 24, 2016 |
LIVE RADIO SESSION AT KCRW
We are delighted to announce that KCRW will host
our first live US radio session in 20 years this coming Monday,
26th September, on Morning Becomes Eclectic at 11.15am PDT,
hosted by Jason Bentley.
You can also watch a live stream of the
session
here. |
| September 13, 2016 |
| NORTH AMERICAN TOUR
Our North American tour begins tonight in
Brooklyn at the Music Hall Of Williamsburg.
All the tour dates, including ticket details,
can be found
here
Our special guest on all dates, excluding
Toronto and Portland is Tamaryn. |
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| September 6, 2016 |
| BRIX AND THE
EXTRICATED ANNOUNCED AS SPECIAL GUESTS FOR MANCHESTER
ACADEMY We are pleased to
announce that Brix And The Extricated will be our
special guests at Manchester Academy on November 25th.
Tickets are available from the venue
directly here.
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| August 25, 2016 |
| LAST REMAINING TICKETS FOR OUR SHOW AT
TERMINAL 5 IN NEW YORK There are
less than 50 tickets available for our show at Terminal 5 in New
York on September 14th.
Get yours now from here. |
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| August
22, 2016 |
| 'ORIGAMI' 5LP BOX SET
AVAILABLE FROM 4AD 4AD have added a
limited number of our 'Origami' 5LP box sets to the 4AD Store.
They can be ordered from the 4AD store,
alongside the 5CD Lush retrospective 'Chorus' box set and 2LP
'Ciao! The Best Of Lush' on red vinyl
here.
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| August
17, 2016 |
| GREEN MAN FESTIVAL
This Friday, 19th August, we are heading to Green
Man Festival in the Brecon Beacons to headline the Far Out
stage.
"Lush return from a 20-year hiatus (20 years
too long in our opinion!) to play GM16. Their haze-filtered,
bittersweet grooves will be transporting us all away to blissful
harmony in Far Out.
Always one of the most interesting bands in
the original unrolling of the shoegaze genre, the pioneering
Lush formed in London in the eighties. Reuniting at the end of
2015, the band’s comeback shows were expectedly brilliant. This
reformation is a decisively thrilling new chapter in its own
right, and we're bowled over to have 'em at blooming last."
If you're heading to the festival, you can get
in the mood by listening to the Green Man Playlist on Spotify
here.
Visit our artist page on the Green Man
festival website
here.
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| August
8, 2016 |
| LIVE STREAM FROM LA ROUTE DU
ROCK Our full set from La Route Du
Rock festival in Saint-Malo, France, will be broadcast live this
evening at 20.00 (UK time).
You can watch it
here.
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| August
8, 2016 |
| NORTH AMERICAN TOUR
We will be on tour in North America in September.
Ticket details and information for each show
can be found in the Live Dates section of our website
here.
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| JUly
26, 2016 |
| ICELAND AIRWAVES MUSIC
FESTIVAL We will be appearing at
Iceland Airwaves Music Festival which takes place on 2nd-6th
November in Reykjavík.
Our set will be on Thursday 3rd November.
Further details can be found on the official
festival website
here.
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| July
25, 2016 |
| OFF FESTIVAL IN KATOWICE,
POLAND On Saturday August 6th we
will be heading to Katowice in Poland to play at OFF Festival.
Full details, including ticket information,
can be found on the festival website
here.
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| July
23, 2016 |
| LUSH LIVE AT THIS IS NOT A
LOVE SONG FESTIVAL IN NIMES, FRANCE
Part of our performance at the This Is Not A Love Song Festival
in Nimes, France, on June 4th is now available to watch online,
thanks to Culturebox.
The set featured 'Desire Lines' sung in French
for the first time.
You can watch it
here. |
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| July
14, 2016 |
| 'BLIND SPOT' EP BACK IN STOCK
Our 'Blind Spot' EP on CD is once again available
at our merch store. You can order it
here. |
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| July
13, 2016 |
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| July
12, 2016 |
| LUSH AT GREEN MAN FESTIVAL
There are only six weeks to go until we headline
the Far Out stage at Green Man Festival in the Brecon Beacons on
Friday 18th August.
If you've not got your tickets yet, you can
get them here.
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| July
5, 2016 |
| OUR 'ORIGAMI' 5LP BOX SET ON
4AD IS AMONGST THE VINYL FACTORY'S TOP 10 VINYL REISSUES OF 2016
Our 5LP box set 'Origami' on 4AD makes The Vinyl
Factory's
list of best vinyl reissues in 2016.
"Here we have an example of Record Store Day
done right: to coincide with their first tour and new material
in 20 years, ‘90s shoegazers Lush lined up this stunning
career-spanning box set. Spread across five colour vinyl
records, the release collects their previous albums and EPs.
With all of those original items either out-of-print or never
previously available on vinyl, it’s is an absolutely essential
reissue, and beautifully presented too."
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| July
6, 2016 |
| LUSH TO PLAY TIMES SQUARE IN
NEWCASTLE AS SPECIAL GUESTS TO MAXIMO PARK
On Sunday 31st July, we will be playing as
special guests to Maximo Park at Times Square in Newcastle.
Also on the bill are Public Service
Broadcasting, Teleman, Fear of Men and Warm Digits.
Tickets are available from
here.
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| July
4, 2016 |
| LUSH TO PLAY AT ZITADELLE IN
BERLIN AS SPECIAL GUESTS TO PIXIES
Two weeks today, Monday July 18th, we will be playing Zitadelle
in Spandau, Berlin, as special guests to Pixies.
Tickets are available from
here.
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| June
29, 2016 |
| OUR 'BLIND SPOT' EP TOPS THIS
LIST OF BEST SHOEGAZE RELEASES IN 2016
Our 'Blind Spot' EP is currently at the top of
this chart for 'The Best Shoegaze Albums of 2016'. |
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| June
28, 2016 |
| 'THOUGHTFORMS', THE LUSH FAN
MAGAZINE, IS NOW AVAILABLE IN OUR MERCH STORE
'Thoughtforms', the Lush fan magazine, is now
available to purchase directly from our merch store
here.
Issue one includes exclusive interviews with
Miki Berenyi, Emma Anderson, Philip King, Justin Welch, Ivo
Watts-Russell, Chris Bigg, Martin Masai Andersen, Daniel Hunt
and Edd Hartwell.
Plus:
Studio photographs taken from the Blind Spot EP recording
sessions
Photographs from the band’s rehearsal studio
Miki’s hand-written lyrics for tracks on Blind Spot
First official press photograph of the band with Justin Welch
Chris Bigg’s new logo presentation to the band
Outtake photographs taken from the filming of the band’s Out Of
Control video
Litho printed in full colour, 68 pages, A5, with a laminated
cover.
A second issue is currently in progress, and
is due to be published in time for our US live dates in
September. |
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| June
24, 2016 |
| MUSIC HALL OF WILLIAMSBURG
SHOW IN BROOKLYN SOLD OUT Our show
at Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, NY, on September 13th
is now sold out.
Limited tickets for our show the following
night at TERMINAL 5 in New York on September 14th are still
available here.
As previously announced, Tamaryn will be our
special guest on all our upcoming North American tour dates in
September, excluding Portland and Toronto. |
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| June
24, 2016 |
| LUSH ON FREE CD IN THE LATEST
ISSUE OF MOJO MAGAZINE Our track
'Out Of Control' can be found on the free CD with the latest
issue of Mojo magazine.
You can purchase the magazine
here.
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| June
18, 2016 |
| SIDEWAYS FESTIVAL, HELSINKI
We have just taken the stage at Sideways festival
in Helsinki, Finland, on the Park stage.
This is a secret show for us and was
previously unannounced.
Our appearance at the festival marks the first
time that Lush have ever played in Finland.
Further details about the festival can be
found
here.
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| June
14, 2016 |
| NORTH AMERICAN TOUR SPECIAL
GUEST ANNOUNCED We are pleased to
announce that Tamaryn will be our special guest on our North
American live dates in September*.
The dates are as follows:
13/09 Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
14/09 Terminal 5, NYC
15/09 The Royale, Boston
18/09 The Vic Theatre, Chicago SOLD OUT
19/09 Saint Andrew's Hall, Detroit
21/09 9:30 Club, Washington DC
22/09 Union Transfer, Philadelphia
24/09 Fonda Theatre, Los Angeles SOLD OUT
25/09 Fonda Theatre, Los Angeles SOLD OUT
27/09 Crystal Ballroom Portland*
Both LA shows and the show in Chicago are now
sold out. The Terminal 5 and Music Hall of Williamsburg shows
are also close to selling out, so get your tickets while you
still can!
*Tamaryn will not be appearing at Crystal
Ballroom in Portland on 27/09. |
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| June
13, 2016 |
| 'SPLIT' RELEASED 22 YEARS AGO
TODAY 22 years ago today, June 13th
1994, our second album 'Split' was released on 4AD. |
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| May
31, 2016 |
| LUSH AT THIS IS NOT A LOVE
SONG FESTIVAL This coming Saturday,
4th June, Lush play the
This Is
Not A Love Song Festival in Nimes, France.
Lush’s set will be broadcast live on
Culturebox (French Television’s cultural on-demand and online
service) at 19.40 (CEST). It will then be available on demand
for free for a few months.
You will be able to watch the live link
here |
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| May
30, 2016 |
| LUSH AT PRIMAVERA SOUND
FESTIVAL Lush’s European Festival
dates for the Summer begin this Friday, June 3rd, when the band
play at Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona, headlining the
Heineken Hidden Stage at 19.30.
For those who wish to attend, you can get a
free ticket at the information desk on the Parc del Fòrum site,
from 4 pm on the day of the concert. It will be on a one ticket
per person per concert basis until full capacity is reached.
Further details
here.
PrimaveraPro have organised an hour-long
interview with the band at 14.00, which will be hosted by Eamonn
Forde from The Guardian and Music Ally in the Centre Of
Contemporary Culture of Barcelona (CCCB). Further details
here.
For further details about Primavera, visit the
festival’s website
here. |
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| May
27, 2016 |
| EUROPEAN FESTIVAL PRIZE DRAW
WIN a pair of one-day tickets to see us perform
this Summer at one of our *European Festival appearances!
The full listing of our European Festival
appearances this Summer can be found on our website at
www.lushofficial.com/livedates.
To enter the prize draw, just subscribe to our
mailing list on our website
www.lushofficial.com and then email admin @ lushofficial.com
with the subject line ‘Euro Prize Draw’, listing the name of the
festival you are interested in attending. You’ll find the
subscribe button on the homepage and also on the Contacts
section.
If you are already subscribed to our mailing
list and you’d like to enter the prize draw, please email admin
@ lushofficial.com with the subject line ‘Euro Prize Draw’ and
list the festival you are interested in attending.
*Excludes Green Man Festival
US fans, rest assured that we will also be
launching a prize draw for you nearer the time of our North
American tour in September!
Terms and Conditions can be found
here. |
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| May
26, 2016 |
| TORONTO URBAN ROOTS FESTIVAL
We are delighted to announce that we will be
playing at the Toronto Urban Roots Festival (TURF), which takes
place on September 16th-18th at Fort York National Historic
Site.
Tickets are available from noon tomorrow
(EDT), Friday 27th May, from the festival website
here. |
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| May
17, 2016 |
| MUSIC HALL OF WILLIAMSBURG,
BROOKLYN, NY New York! We are adding
another show. It will be the first show of our North American
September run and it's at The Music Hall of Williamsburg,
Brooklyn on 13th September 2016. Tickets go on sale Friday May
20th 12pm EST at
http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/000050ABE9307EEE |
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| May
16, 2016 |
| FIERA DELLA MUSICA FESTIVAL
2016, ITALY Really pleased to
announce that we shall we playing at the Fiera Della Musica
Festival, Azzano Decimo (nr Pordenone), Italy on Friday July
1st. Also on the bill are Carl Barat and the Jackals and
Telegram. See you there! |
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| May
12, 2016 |
| THE HEINEKEN HIDDEN STAGE,
PRIMAVERA SOUND 2016 We are really
delighted to announce that we shall be appearing on the Heineken
Hidden Stage at Primavera Sound Festival, Barcelona on Friday
3rd June.
Don't forget to get your reservation ticket at
the INFO desk, capacity is limited.
http://www.primaverasound.es/heinekenHiddenStage |
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| May 9,
2016 |
| GREEN MAN FESTIVAL 2016
We are really pleased to announce that we are
playing at the Green Man Festival in Brecon, Wales on Friday
19th August. It will be our first UK festival for 20 years. See
you there!
http://gmfe.st/news |
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| April
28, 2016 |
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| April
19, 2016 |
| PORTLAND/SEATTLE/VANCOUVER
Great news (at last). We can confirm that all our
visa issues have now been resolved and we look forward to
playing in Seattle at The Showbox tomorrow (20th April). Massive
apologies again to the people of Portland, whose gig, we can now
tell you, has been rescheduled to September 27th. Furthermore,
for those of you in Vancouver, we’ve moved the venue to the
lovely surroundings of the The Rio Theatre,1660 East Broadway,
Vancouver V5N 1W1. We look forward to seeing you on Thursday
(21st April). |
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| April
15, 2016 |
| RESCHEDULING OF PORTLAND SHOW
We regret to announce that unfortunately, due to
ongoing visa issues, we have had to reschedule our Portland
Crystal Ballroom show from tomorrow (April 19th) to the end of
our September run, exact date to be announced tomorrow. Tickets
already purchased will be honoured for the rescheduled date and
refunds are available at the point of purchase. Our dates now
look like this:
4/20/16 Seattle, WA Lush @ The Showbox in
Seattle, WA
4/21/16 Vancouver, BC The Commodore Ballroom
4/23/16 Indio, CA Coachella
4/24/16 San Fran Lush @ The Warfield in San Francisco, CA
4/25/16 Los Angeles, CA The Roxy Theatre |
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| April
15, 2016 |
| RESCHEDULING OF NORTH
AMERICAN DATES With a heavy heart,
we regret to announce that our performance at Coachella this
weekend as well as our show at The Warfield in San Francisco, CA
on Sunday April 17th will no longer happen as planned. The
Warfield show will be rescheduled for Sunday, April 24th. All
tickets purchased previously will be honored for this new date.
All refunds will be available at point of purchase.
All other west coast shows, including
Coachella Weekend Two, remain scheduled as planned.
LUSH North American Tour Dates:
4/19/16 Portland, OR @ Crystal Room
4/20/16 Seattle, WA @ Showbox
4/21/16 Vancouver, BC @ Commodore
4/23/16 Indio, CA @ Coachella
4/24/16 San Francisco, CA @ Warfield
4/25/16 Los Angeles, CA @ The Roxy |
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| April
15, 2016 |
| 'BLIND SPOT' EP RELEASED
TODAY Our first record in 20 years,
the 'Blind Spot' EP, is released in the UK today (22nd April in
the US).
Recorded in the Summer of 2015 with Jim Abbiss
(Adele, Kasabian, Arctic Monkeys) and Daniel Hunt (Ladytron),
the EP features four tracks:
Out Of Control
Lost Boy
Burnham Beeches
Rosebud |
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| April
12, 2016 |
| 4AD LAUNCH CHORUS LINES
WEBSITE 4AD today launched their
Lush website, Chorus Lines.
It features one of the most expansive band
interviews ever by Martin Aston, author of Facing The Other Way:
The story of 4AD.
The website also features a gallery of
never-before-seen early band photographs as well as a Playlist,
titled Covered Lush, which features the original versions of
songs covered by the band.
You can visit the site here
http://4ad.com/forewords/choruslines/ |
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| April
12, 2016 |
| TIMES SQUARE, NEWCASTLE
We are delighted to announce that we will be
playing in Times Square, Newcastle on July 31st as special
guests of Maximo Park.
Tickets are available
here. |
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| March
31, 2016 |
| LA ROUTE DU ROCK, SAINT-MALO
We are pleased to announce that we will be
playing at La Route Du Rock festival in Saint Malo, France, on
Sunday 14th August.
Further details can be found here. |
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| March
24, 2016 |
| WARM-UP SHOW LONDON
On Wednesday 30th March at 3pm, we'll be
announcing details of a special warm-up show which will take
place in London on Monday 11th April. You will then have first
dibs on tickets for this show...our first show in 20 years! If
you've not already done so, please sign up to the Mailing List
to ensure you hear about this before anyone else. |
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| March
22, 2016 |
| ROLLING STONE WEEKENDER, KIEL
We are really pleased to announce that we shall
be appearing at the Rolling Stone Weekender festival near Kiel
in Germany over the weekend of 4th/5th November 2016.
www.rollingstone-weekender.de |
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| March
2. 2016 |
| ON RSD 4AD RELEASE 'ORIGAMI'
- 5 ALBUM VINYL BOXSET We know quite
a few of you have been asking us about this over the last few
months and we have had to keep quiet (quite difficult!) but AT
LAST we can reveal this exciting news; on Record Store Day
(April 16th 2016), 4AD are releasing ‘Origami’ which is a boxset
containing all our five albums on vinyl. Outer artwork is,
again, by Chris Bigg and all the albums are on coloured vinyl.
More information here:
http://4ad.com/releases/794 |
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February 18, 1016 |
| 'OUT OF CONTROL' VIDEO
RELEASED TODAY The video for 'Out Of
Control', taken from our forthcoming 'Blind Spot' EP, is
released today.
You can watch it here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bD4O20ePnXo
'Blind Spot' is released in the UK on April
15th and in the US on April 22nd. |
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February 18, 2016 |
| FIRST PLAY OF NEW MUSIC ON
STEVE LAMACQ (BBC 6MUSIC) Steve
Lamacq will playing 'Out Of Control' tomorrow (19th February) on
BBC 6Music after 4pm - tune in then. In the meantime, if you
would like to bag an exclusive limited edition 10" vinyl of the
forthcoming Blind Spot EP before anyone else, please sign up to
the mailing list now as you'll receive a priority email about
where/how to purchase before anyone else. |
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February 8, 2016 |
| FESTIVAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
We are very pleased to announce that we are going
to be appearing at OFF Festival, Katowice, Poland on 6th August
2016 and Iceland Airwaves Festival, Reykjavik, Iceland on 3rd
November 2016. They both promise to be really good ones. Ticket
links on the tour page. See you there. |
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January 29, 2016 |
| MANCHESTER SHOW MOVED
We’re disappointed to announce that, due to
unavoidable personal circumstances, our show in Manchester on
April 30th is going to have to be rescheduled. We’ve done all we
can to avoid having to do this but, sadly, we’re just unable to
make this commitment. As a result, the show is being rescheduled
for later in the year on Friday 25th November 2016.
Naturally, refunds are available for anyone
who cannot attend the rescheduled date. Original tickets remain
valid for the new date.
Miki, Emma & Phil |
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January 25, 2016 |
| THIS IS NOT A LOVE SONG
FESTIVAL - NIMES, FRANCE Pleased to
announce we'll be performing in Nîmes at the This Is Not A Love
Song Festival over the weekend of 3rd - 5th June. All details
can be found here:
http://thisisnotalovesong.fr/ |
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January 22, 2016 |
| TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE
14th April - The Roxy Theatre, LA -
http://bit.ly/20hlqXs
16th April - Coachella Festival, Indio - http://bit.ly/1QhdLnx
17th April - The Warfield, San Fran - http://bit.ly/1ZEQ1Mq
19th April - Crystal Ballroom, Portland - http://bit.ly/1nq36h7
20th April - The Showbox, Seattle - http://bit.ly/1Wyi7Js
21st April - Commodore Ballroom, Van - http://bit.ly/1Ktfsto
23rd April - Coachella Festival, Indio - http://bit.ly/1QhdLnx
14th Sept - Terminal 5, NYC - http://bit.ly/1S7Kihw
15th Sept - Royale, Boston - http://bit.ly/1Pr9Yk5
18th Sept - Vic Theatre, Chicago - http://bit.ly/1Wyirb3
21st Sept - 9:30 Club, DC - http://bit.ly/1OJ5LZL
22nd Sept - Union Transfer, Philli - http://bit.ly/1Qhe95j |
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January 19, 2016 |
| NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES
Delighted to announce alongside our previously
announced Coachella & TERMINAL 5 shows, we're going to be
playing the following:
14th April - The Roxy Theatre, LA
16th April - Coachella Festival, Indio
17th April - The Warfield, San Francisco
19th April - Crystal Ballroom, Portland
20th April - The Showbox, Seattle
21st April - Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver
23rd April - Coachella Festival, Indio
14th Sept - Terminal 5, NYC
15th Sept - Royale, Boston
18th Sept - Vic Theatre, Chicago
21st Sept - 9:30 Club, DC
22nd Sept - Union Transfer, Philadelphia
Tickets go on sale at 11am CST on Friday 22nd January. Links to
follow. |
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January 17, 2016 |
| NEW EP!
We're delighted to be able to share with you that
we've recorded a brand new EP. It was recorded over the Summer
and produced jointly by Daniel Hunt (Ladytron) and Jim Abbiss.
We will be bringing you further details about the EP in the not
too distant future. |
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January 10, 2016 |
| FIRST BAND PRESS SHOT IN 20
YEARS! We're pleased to share the
first press shot of the band in 20 years, taken by photographer
Gabriel Green. |
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January 5, 2016 |
| COACHELLA 2016
Very happy to announce that we're playing at Coachella Festival
in April. Hope to see a few of you there...
www.coachella.com |
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November 26, 2015 |
| OYA FESTIVAL, OSLO
We're very happy to announce our first festival
for 2016. We'll be performing at the Øyafestivalen (Øya
Festival) in Oslo, Norway on Friday 12th August.
Further details
here.
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November 25, 2015 |
| 'CHORUS' IS ALBUM OF THE DAY
ON BBC RADIO 6 MUSIC Our upcoming
'Chorus' box set on 4AD is Album Of The Day on BBC Radio 6 Music
today. |
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November 18, 2015 |
| MANCHESTER ACADEMY
We're excited to unveil another UK show! We play
Manchester Academy on Saturday 30th April.
Tickets will be available to purchase from
10am this coming Friday from
here. |
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November 11, 2015 |
| MERCHANDISE STORE
If you've not had a browse around our
merchandise
store yet, you can do so
here. We'll
be updating it from time to time and adding new products. Recent
additions this week are A2 posters for both the London
Roundhouse shows and the New York Terminal 5 show. |
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November 10, 2015 |
| TERMINAL 5, NYC
We're delighted to announce that we will be
performing at New York's Terminal 5 on 14th September, 2016.
Tickets go on sale Friday 13th November at
12pm EST
here |
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November 7, 2015 |
| CIAO! BEST OF LUSH - LP
RELEASE The first time vinyl
pressing of the band’s Best Of, Ciao! is being released on 27th
November as part of Record Store Day’s Black Friday event. This
first run will be limited, on double red vinyl, and will be
available from your local record store.
A1. Ladykillers
A2. Single Girl
A3. Ciao!
A4. 500 (Shake Baby Shake)
A5. Light From A Dead Star
B1. Love At First Sight
B2. Hypocrite
B3. Desire Lines
B4. Lovelife
C1. When I Die
C2. Nothing Natural
C3. Untogether
C4. For Love
D1. Monochrome
D2. De-Luxe
D3. Sweetness and Light
D4. Thoughtforms
D5. Etheriel
Cat No: CAD 2K22
Further details
here. |
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November 6, 2015 |
| CHORUS - THE LUSH
RETROSPECTIVE Following on from the
news that Lush are to reform next year, we're proud to formally
announce the full details of the band’s extensive anthology,
Chorus.
Over the course of a decade, Lush released
three studio albums – Spooky (1992), Split (1994) and Lovelife
(1996) – to growing critical and commercial success. Starting
out with the mini-album Scar (1989) and releasing a string of
singles and EPs throughout their career, these were used to
create the compilations Gala (1990) and Topolino (1996); two
albums that would ultimately bookend their story with the tragic
death of drummer Chris Acland in late-1996 leaving them too
grief-stricken to continue.
Twenty years on and Lush are a band long
overdue celebration. Compiled by the band, Chorus will be spread
over five CDs and housed in a beautiful hardbound book, designed
by long-time associate and former v23 collaborator Chris Bigg.
105 tracks in total, Chorus contains their
three studio albums and both singles compilations plus a wealth
of previously unreleased demos, radio sessions, remixes and
rarities.
The full tracklisting can be found
here.
Out on December 4th, Chorus is available to
pre-order now. You can get your copy from
here. |
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September 30, 2015 |
| SECOND ROUNDHOUSE SHOW ADDED
Our first Roundhouse show on 6th May sold out in
6 hours so we have added a second one for the 7th May. Thanks so
much for your amazing support!
Tickets are available
here |
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September 29, 2015 |
| ROUNDHOUSE, LONDON
Tickets for our Roundhouse show in London go on
sale tomorrow at 9am from here. |
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September 28, 2015 |
| REUNION ANNOUNCEMENT
We’ve been away for ages and ages, but we’re
really excited to announce that we’re finally ready to reform as
Lush. For all the fans who have been pestering us to do this:
thanks so much for your patience and support! We wish it could
have been sooner but, for many years, it was just too painful to
contemplate without Chris, and then all kinds of life-changing
commitments made it impossible. Now, at last, the three of us
are in the right place at the right time to play music together
again.
To celebrate our return, 4AD will be putting
out a vinyl edition of our ‘best of’ compilation Ciao! (limited
copies will be coloured red) and a box set of (very nearly)
everything we ever released along with a selection of rarities,
sessions and demos. We'll be playing the Roundhouse in London on
6 May 2016 – tickets will go on sale at 9am on 30 September – so
you've got plenty of time to regrow your shoey fringe. Chris'
old friend from back in the day, Justin Welch (Elastica), will
be on drums. There’s more information to come, so please keep in
touch…
Lots of love, Miki, Emma and Phil |
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