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22 March 2012

Jim Jones Revue play at o2 Academy 2 in Liverpool 13th April

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Jim Jones Revue

Jim Jones Revue play at o2 Academy 2 in Liverpool 13th April

 Special Guests:  Y Niwl
(Except Gloucester)
 Thrs 5 London, Le Beat Bespoke Festival, @229 The Venue
Fri 6 Gloucester, Guildhall
Sat 7 Swansea, Sin City
Thrs 12 Southend, Chinnerys
Fri 13 Liverpool Academy 2
Sat 14 Wolverhampton, Slade Rooms,
Thrs 19 Preston, 53 Degrees
Fri 20 York, Fibbers
Sat 21 Stoke, Sugarmill
The Jim Jones Revue head out on a short 9 date UK tour in April and exclusively showcase new material from their eagerly anticipated third album.   On the back a headlining show at Le Beat Bepsoke Festival at 229 in London on Thursday 5 April The JJR will  bring their unique rock’n’roll ramamlama to  cities and towns  they either haven’t played before or haven’t played in a long time.  So Gloucester, Swansea, Wolverhampton, Preston, York and Stoke will all host inaugural shows by The JJR and the band make a welcome return to  Liverpool and Southend .
Special guests for the tour (except Gloucester) are Welsh instrumental surf rockers Y Niwl who opened for The JJR at Shepherds Bush Empire last October. You may also be familiar with Y Niwl as Gruff Rhys’s band.
The tour also coincides with the release of  The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project: The Journey is Long which features a track by The Jim Jones Revue. This is a unique album that pays tribute to the legacy of Jeffrey Lee Pierce and features a stellar cast of musicians interpreting unrecorded JLP songs including Nick Cave, Debbie Harry, Mark Lanegan, Warren Ellis, Lydia Lunch, Tav Falco, Barry Adamson, Tex Perkins and Mick Harvey among many others.  The JJR are huge JLP and Gun Club fans and are very excited & honored to be part of this project. The band’s track ‘Ain’t My Problem Baby” closes the album in typically raucous JJR fashion!
In the wake of the release of Burning Your House Down in September 2010 The Jim Jones Revue rocketed out of their home town of London and toured across the world all over Europe, US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.  They played The David Letterman show in the US last year and nearly blew the roof off the historic Ed Sullivan Theatre in New York (check it out here…. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfOO9dvqzYU  ) in addition to Later with Jools  Holland in the UK and L’Album de la Semaine in France.
These will be the last Jim Jones Revue shows in the UK until at least the autumn as then band record their new album then play festivals all around Europe over the summer.
Rock Hard Brothers & Sisters!
Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project: The Journey is Long is released by Glitterhouse Records on 9 April 2011
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21 February 2012

The Jim Jones Revue come to Liverpool

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The Jim Jones Revue come to Liverpool o2 Academy

Friday 13th April 7pm £11.00 adv
ticketweb.co.uk 0844 477 2000
"Greatest rock 'n' roll band on the planet" – Phil Alexander, Editor, MOJO
“For God’s sake, see this band! ”– Mark Ellen, Editor, The Word
Tuesday 21st February; Academy Events is proud to bring The Jim Jones Revue to O2 Academy2 Liverpool on Friday 13th April. A live sensation that has been exploding on venue and festival stages worldwide, The Jim Jones Revue have quickly become renowned for their stage presence and astonishing live performance. Musically there is a swing combined with the punk-rock attack that creates a truly unique and contemporary take on high energy rock’n’roll.
Formed in London in 2008, The Jim Jones Revue recorded their self-titled debut album in a whirlwind 48 hours in Camden Town and released it in the same year. 2009 saw the band put out a collection of B-sides and singles entitled ‘Here To Save Your Soul’, and in 2010 came the critically acclaimed second album ‘Burning Your House Down’, with singles ‘High Horse’ and ‘Dishonest John’ showcasing The Jim Jones Revue’s powerful and original sound. It was also named by classic music title MOJO as one of the best albums of that year.
An endorsement of celebrity fans followed including Mick Jones of The Clash and Jack White from The White Stripes and The Jim Jones Revue supported The Dead Weather at the personal invitation of Jack White. Other celebrity fans include Bobby Gillespie (Primal Scream), Noel Gallagher and Bob Harris (BBC Radio 2).
The Jim Jones Revue have attracted widespread UK national radio airplay with very strong support from the BBC across Radio 1, Radio 2 and 6 Music, performing live sessions on shows from Mark Lamarr, Marc Riley and Tom Robinson. The band have also been making their mark stateside, ripping up the Ed Sullivan theatre in September 2011 when they appeared on legendary US TV programme, ‘The Late Show With David Letterman’. After their performance Letterman was so impressed he exclaimed; “This is the point The Mayor bans dancing!”
Liverpool – make way for The Jim Jones Revue! 
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