New York, NY (Top40 Charts) On the trail of a hugely successful West coast tour and release of their new video for 'Go!', POPTONE have announced they will head east to tour the Midwest and East coast of North America, including both U.S. and Canadian dates. Tickets will go on sale on Friday, May 25.
The band will be touring in support of their debut 'Poptone' album release, to be released via
Cleopatra Records. This double LP consists of 13 songs from their set, originally recorded for a recent Part Time Punks session on KXLU.
Through this project,
Daniel Ash and
Kevin Haskins - both founders of Bauhaus, Tones On Tail and Love and Rockets - they continue to carry the torch of these critically acclaimed bands. As Poptone, they are now joined by Kevin's daughter Diva Dompé on bass.
The trio will bring their blistering show to nine cities, including Minneapolis, Chicago, Detroit, Toronto, Montreal, Boston, SilverSpring (MD), Brooklyn and Wantagh (NY). The Poptone album.
Poptone was propelled to life by an epiphany that woke
Daniel Ash up in February 2017. In the early hours, loudly jolted awake by Motorhead's 'Ace of Spades', Ash had a light bulb moment…"I need to play live again".
Borrowing their name from 1979 seminal P.I.L track, Poptone is bringing back to life the ground-breaking music of Bauhaus, Love and Rockets and the otherworldly Tones On Tail, playing a diverse repertoire of their own highly original and hugely influential music.
Their set leans heavily on Tones On Tail, the songs of which have not been performed live for over 30 years! With Diva Dompé faithfully recreating original bassist
Glenn Campling's incredible bass lines, Poptone has essentially resurrected the Tones' archives. Having played only 27 live dates during their existence, this band remains somewhat of an enigma. Poptone also performs a sprinkling of solo
Daniel Ash, a healthy dose of classic Love and Rockets, and a dash of Bauhaus with live sets also featuring the odd inspirational cover to stir things up.
"It's been quite a remarkable journey so far! We as a band have been overwhelmed by our loyal following turning up in big numbers and celebrating all the music we have made over the past forty years. "We love our audience!," says
Kevin Haskins.
"Performing all these marvelous songs from our back catalog has made me really appreciate what a great songwriter and guitarist
Daniel is! Touring with my very talented daughter Diva, takes it to dizzying new heights. The addition of six more songs that we are playing on this new leg of the tour has for me, really cemented our legacy. I feel very grateful and blessed to be a part of this and very much look forward to the forthcoming shows."
Poptone are fulfilling a lifelong dream for much of their audience, most of whom would not have seen Tones On Tail play live during their brief existence. Of course, Bauhaus was resurrected in 1998 (after a 15-year absence) and again during 2005-06 and, save for occasional appearances in 2007 & 2008, Love and Rockets bowed out in 1999. For all three groups, but especially with respect to Tones on Tail, this is your chance to seize the day - Go!
The new 'Poptone' record will be available digitally, on CD in a mini jacket, and on white vinyl in a striking 2 LP set and can already be pre-ordered via
Cleopatra Records.
For tour announcements, merchandise and news, visit the Poptone website and Facebook. Also order
Daniel Ash's new solo single 'Alien Love' at www.danielashmusic.com and
Kevin Haskins' new book 'Bauhaus - Undead' from
Cleopatra Records at https://bit.ly/2qk1vzu.
TOUR DATES
June 20 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
June 21 Chicago, IL - Concord
Music Hall
June 22 Detroit, MI - The Loving Touch
June 23 Toronto, ON - Opera House
June 25 Montreal, QC - L'Astral
June 26 Boston, MA - Middle East
June 27 Wantagh, NY - Mulcahy's
June 28 Brooklyn, NY - Warsaw
July 1 SilverSpring, MD - The Filmore
TRACK LIST
1. Heartbreak Hotel
2. Ok This Is the Pops
3. Mirror People
4. Movement of Fear
5. Happiness
6. No Big Deal
7. Lions
8. Love Me
9. Performance
10. Christian Says
11. Ball of Confusion
12. Go!
13. Slice of Life
Recorded at COMP-NY Studio Los Angeles and mixed at Evergreen Stage, Burbank
Engineers: Claire Morison, Tommy Joy and
James Salter
Produced by
Daniel Ash,
Kevin Haskins and
James Salter
Performed by
Daniel Ash, Dompé and
Kevin Haskins
Mastering Engineer: Robert Hadley
Sleeve design by Poptone and Fendi Nugroho
Photography by Paul Rae
Special thanks to Michael Stock at Part Time Punks. Our crew: Tommy Joy, Nathan Bale and John Van Eaton. Matt Green at
Cleopatra Records, Robert Hadley,
Santa Barbara Sound Design and an extra special thanks to
James Salter for going above and beyond.
