Spin Doctors Set U.S. Club Tour For October, To Celebrate 20th Anniversary Of Pocket Full Of Kryptonite; Band To Perform Album Live, In Its Entirety, For First Time In U.S.
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Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of ‘Pocket Full of Kryptonite,’ Spin Doctors Set U.S. Club Tour for October; Band to Perform the Smash Album Live, in its Entirety, for First Time in U.S.
‘Two Princes’, ‘Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong’ and Other Tracks are Remastered, as Epic/Legacy Plans ‘Pocketful Of Kryptonite: 20th Anniversary Edition’ – Deluxe August 30th Two-CD Package to Include Rare Demos and Live Recordings
In celebration of the 20th Anniversary of ‘Pocket Full of Kryptonite’, Spin Doctors have confirmed a special U.S. club tour for October. For the first time ever in the United States, the band will perform ‘Kryptonite’ live, in its entirety, at each concert. In January 2012, the band will return to Europe for a “Kryptonite Live” club tour as well. Tickets for both tours will go on sale this week.
The Fall tour coincides with Epic/Legacy’s August 30th release of a deluxe, two-CD edition of ‘Pocket Full of Kryptonite’, available for pre-order here and elsewhere: http://www.amazon.com/Pocket-Full-Kryptonite-20th-Anniversary/dp/B005694Z6U
‘Pocket Full of Kryptonite: 20th Anniversary Tour’:
10/07/11 Visulite Theatre Charlotte, North Carolina
10/08/11 The Pour House Music Hall Raleigh, North Carolina
10/09/11 Birchmere Bandstand Alexandria, Virginia
10/11/11 Rams Head On Stage Annapolis, Maryland
10/13/11 Bowery Ballroom New York, New York
10/14/11 World Cafe Live Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
10/15/11 Brighton Music Hall Allston, Massachusetts
10/16/11 Higher Ground Ballroom Burlington, Vermont
10/18/11 Port City Music Hall Portland, Maine
10/20/11 The Town Ballroom Buffalo, New York
10/21/11 The Westcott Theater Syracuse, New York
10/22/11 The Ridgefield Playhouse Ridgefield, Connecticut
EUROPE
18.01.2012 FR-Paris, Palladium
19.01.2012 NL-Dordrecht, Bibelot
20.01.2012 NL-Zoetermeer, Boerderij
21.01.2012 DE-Aschaffenburg, Colo-Saal
22.01.2012 DE-Cologne, Gloria
25.01.2012 DE-Hamburg, Fabrik
26.01.2012 DE-Berlin, Columbia Club
27.01.2012 DE-Erfurt, Club Centrum
28.01.2012 DE-Memmingen, Kaminwerk
29.01.2012 IT-Milano, Bloom
When top-class musicianship and great songwriting meet, the result can help to define an era. Such was the case with Spin Doctors’ ‘Pocket Full Of Kryptonite’, one of the biggest smashes of the 1990s, selling over 10 million copies worldwide. Featuring hit after hit, from ‘Two Princes’ to ‘Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong’ and more, the original album reached #3 on Billboard’s Top 200 Album Chart, made the magazine’s Top 100 list of the Best-Selling Albums of The Decade, hit #2 in the UK and #1 in Australia and New Zealand, was certified 3x Platinum in Canada, Gold in Germany, France, Holland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and Singapore, and cemented the group’s debut as an international phenomenon. In fact, ‘Two Princes’ was the most-played rock song in the world in 1993, and was recently certified by BMI with 3 million international radio plays (‘Little Miss’ is at the 2 Million mark.)
As a live band, the core members of Spin Doctors (Chris Barron (lead vocals), Eric Schenkman (guitar), Mark White (bass), and Aaron Comess (drums),) are among the best in the business, a fact often overshadowed by their commercial success, but arguably more important than ever. Now, with the upcoming release of ‘Pocket Full of Kryptonite: 20th Anniversary Edition’, Spin Doctors are hitting the road once again to do what they do best: perform great pop/rock songs for live audiences.? Like their H.O.R.D.E. allies Phish, Blues Traveler, Allman Brothers and more, and like The Black Crowes, Counting Crows and other respected contemporaries, Spin Doctors are a reminder that hits and chops needn’t be mutually exclusive. ?Here’s a clip of the band performing ‘Two Princes’ in Manchester, England last month: http://www.romanklun.com/spin-doctors/two_princes.mov
Recent items about the 20th Anniversary release, here:
http://www.spinner.com/2011/06/25/spin-doctors-pocketful-of-kryptonite-anniversary/
http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/amplifier/89383/more-evidence-youre-getting-old-spin-doctors-pocket-full-of-kryptonite-turning-20/
http://www.jambands.com/news/2011/06/24/spin-doctors-to-mark-20-years-of-two-princes
A recently completed series of UK dates proved the band is still at the top of its game. Veteran rock critic David Sinclair commented, “The Spin Doctors didn’t waste any time getting the crowd involved. On a warm summer night in North London the venue was rammed, and the group’s rubber-limbed frontman Chris Barron had the whole place singing along from the very first song of the night, a deliciously fast and funky ‘Jimmy Olsen’s Blues’… this show was all about reliving the good times.” “The idea for this tour was to play the songs from Kryptonite in sequence and in full – the first time they had done such a thing…” “The crowd knew what to expect, even if they were surprised to find the gig getting off to such a flying start. But then there always was a special magic attached to that album.”
New York-based Spin Doctors debuted to the sort of explosive success and attention most bands can only dream of: appearances on Saturday Night Live, The Grammy Awards, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, multiple slots on Late Show with David Letterman, and live appearances on tour with The Rolling Stones confirmed the Spin Doctors’ as one of the biggest bands of the decade — and Rolling Stone Magazine trumpeted their success with a coveted cover story. Back in the day, you couldn’t walk by a college dorm that wasn’t blasting ‘Pocket Full Of Kryptonite’, or turn on MTV and not see one of their spirited videos.
The double-disk ‘Pocket Full Of Kryptonite: 20th Anniversary Edition’ will feature the remastered album plus rare, never before released demo recordings and live tracks from “back in the day”.
Disk one will include a remastered version of the classic album.? Its quintet of single releases ruled the charts for over 18 months:
– “Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong” (the first single, Billboard Hot 100 #17, Album Rock #2 for 4 weeks);
– “Two Princes” (the Grammy Award-nominated second single, Hot 100 #7, Album Rock #2 for 7 weeks);
– “Jimmy Olsen’s Blues” (the third single, Hot 100 #78, Album Rock #8);
-? “What Time Is It?” (the fourth single, Album Rock #26);
– “How Could You Want Him (When You Know You Could Have Me?)” (the fifth single, Album Rock #28).
Disk Two is comprised of early demo recordings by the band and is a must-own for Spin Doctors fans.? These demos were only ever available for sale at gigs on two cassettes, entitled Can’t Say No (1989) and Piece Of Glass (1990), cherished by fans who’ve held on to the tapes all these years.? Songs from the demos were later developed on Pocket Full Of Kryptonite and the subsequent albums, Homebelly Groove…Live (1993), Turn It Upside Down (1994) and You’ve Got to Believe in Something (1996).? Two of the demo tunes – “Can’t Say No” and “Turn It Upside Down” – do not appear on any official Spin Doctors album.
Along with Spin Doctors, Producers of the original album were Peter Denenberg, the late Frankie LaRocca, and Frank Aversa. Denenberg mixed the record as well.
In addition to the October ‘Kryptonite’ Tour, other upcoming Spin Doctors tour dates include:
July22 East Meadow, NY Harry Chapin Lakeside Theater
29 Paso Robles, CA California Mid-State Fair
30 Salem, OR The Bite and Brew of Salem
Aug.5 Sheboygan, WI Sheboygan Brat Days
13 Kailua-Kona, HI Royal Kona Resort
20 Laahaina, HI Royal Lahaina Resort
23 Mashantucket, CTFoxwoods Resort & Casino
25 Orlando, Florida Hard Rock Hotel
Source: www.spindoctors.com
