{"id":19002,"date":"2022-06-10T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-10T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=19002"},"modified":"2022-06-09T20:28:57","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T20:28:57","slug":"bob-mould-hits-the-uk-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=19002","title":{"rendered":"BOB MOULD Hits the UK &#038; Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>LISTEN BACK TO BOB IN SESSION FOR JOHN KENNEDY ON\u00a0<em>RADIO X<\/em>\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/braceyourselfpr.us7.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=78e3d4fe315a4fdc0ab825f82&amp;id=b1449a49ef&amp;e=ee2350885c\">HERE<\/a><br><br>NEW LIVE EP,\u00a0<em>THE OCEAN<\/em>,<br>OUT NOW ON MERGE RECORDS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bob Mould - Forecast of Rain (Live)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DMnuzfojAKM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>his eagerly anticipated&nbsp;<em><strong>Solo Electric: Distortion &amp; Blue Hearts! Tour<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;having previously taken the show on the road across the US and Canada earlier this year. Kicking off at&nbsp;<strong>Brighton<\/strong>&#8216;s&nbsp;<strong>Concorde 2&nbsp;<\/strong>on&nbsp;<strong>June 9th<\/strong>&nbsp;and running through&nbsp;<strong>July 1st<\/strong>&nbsp;at&nbsp;<strong>Whelan&#8217;s<\/strong>&nbsp;in&nbsp;<strong>Dublin<\/strong>, these dates are Mould&#8217;s first on this side of the pond since the release of both his critically acclaimed 2020 album&nbsp;<em><strong>Blue Hearts<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;on&nbsp;<strong>Merge Records<\/strong>,&nbsp;as well as his solo career-encompassing&nbsp;<em><strong>Distortion<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/em>boxset series, available now on&nbsp;<strong>Demon Music Group<\/strong>. Catch a show across Mould&#8217;s nearly month-long UK\/Ireland residency and you can expect to hear solo takes on classics from across his beloved solo back catalogue, from his iconic time with&nbsp;<strong>H\u00fcsker D\u00fc&nbsp;<\/strong>and right through to&nbsp;<em>Blue Hearts<\/em>. Support on all dates comes from ascendant UK singer-songwriter&nbsp;<strong>Katie Malco<\/strong>.<br><br>Of the upcoming dates, Mould says:&nbsp;<em>\u201cI&#8217;m looking forward to the upcoming Solo Electric shows in the UK and Ireland. I\u2019m excited to be performing songs from 2020\u2019s Blue Hearts,&nbsp;as well as revisiting the prior 40 years of my songbook.\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ahead of his UK dates, Mould recently appeared in session on\u00a0<strong>John Kennedy<\/strong>&#8216;s\u00a0<em><strong>Radio X<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0show to perform a series of tracks from across his career: &#8216;<strong>Makes No Sense At All<\/strong>&#8216; (from\u00a0H\u00fcsker D\u00fc&#8217;s 1985 LP\u00a0<em><strong>Flip Your Wig<\/strong><\/em>), &#8216;<strong>Hoover Dam<\/strong>&#8216; (from\u00a0<strong>Sugar<\/strong>&#8216;s 1992 opus\u00a0<em><strong>Copper Blue<\/strong><\/em>), &#8216;<strong>The Descent<\/strong>&#8216; (from his revelatory 2012 solo set\u00a0<em><strong>Silver Age<\/strong><\/em>) and &#8216;<strong>The Ocean<\/strong>&#8216; (from\u00a0<em>Blue Hearts<\/em>). Listen back to the session and interview in full\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/braceyourselfpr.us7.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=78e3d4fe315a4fdc0ab825f82&amp;id=0100aad160&amp;e=ee2350885c\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/mail.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"584\" height=\"757\" src=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/mail.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19003\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/mail.jpg 584w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/mail-231x300.jpg 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>UK\/IE tour dates:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>June 9th | Brighton, UK \u2013 Concorde 2<br>June 10th | Ramsgate, UK &#8211; Ramsgate Music Hall&nbsp;<strong>SOLD OUT<\/strong><br>June 12th | Birmingham, UK \u2013 The Mill<br>June 13th | Southampton, UK \u2013 Engine Rooms<br>June 14th | Oxford, UK \u2013 Oxford O2 Academy 2<br>June 16th | London, UK \u2013 Islington Assembly Hall<br>June 17th&nbsp; Nottingham, UK \u2013 Rescue Rooms<br>June 18th | Stoke-on-Trent, UK \u2013 The Sugarmill<br>June 20th | Bristol, UK \u2013 Thekla<br>June 22nd | Glasgow, UK \u2013 Oran Mor&nbsp;<strong>SOLD OUT<\/strong><br>June 23rd | Newcastle, UK \u2013 Riverside<br>June 24th | Liverpool, UK \u2013 Arts Club<br>June 25th | Leeds, UK \u2013 Brudenell Social Club<br>June 27th | Chester, UK \u2013 The Live Rooms<br>June 28th | Cardiff, UK \u2013 The Globe<br>June 30th | Belfast, UK \u2013 Limelight 2<br>July 1st | Dublin, IE \u2013 Whelan&#8217;s&nbsp;<strong>SOLD OUT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tickets for all shows available at\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/braceyourselfpr.us7.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=78e3d4fe315a4fdc0ab825f82&amp;id=f56f7c7915&amp;e=ee2350885c\">https:\/\/bobmould.com\/tour\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/bobmould.com\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/bobmould.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Website<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bobmouldmusic\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bobmouldmusic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LISTEN BACK TO BOB IN SESSION FOR JOHN KENNEDY ON\u00a0RADIO X\u00a0HERE NEW LIVE EP,\u00a0THE OCEAN,OUT NOW ON MERGE RECORDS his eagerly anticipated&nbsp;Solo Electric: Distortion &amp; Blue Hearts! Tour&nbsp;having previously taken the show on the road across the US and Canada earlier this year. Kicking off at&nbsp;Brighton&#8216;s&nbsp;Concorde 2&nbsp;on&nbsp;June 9th&nbsp;and running through&nbsp;July 1st&nbsp;at&nbsp;Whelan&#8217;s&nbsp;in&nbsp;Dublin, these dates are Mould&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19004,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[1298,1787,1818,1710,1833],"class_list":["post-19002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-bob-mould","tag-its-a-revolution","tag-new-album","tag-rpm-online","tag-tourlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19002"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19005,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19002\/revisions\/19005"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}