NASHVILLE | FR:ALEXANDRA GREENBERG/MITCH SCHNEIDER
SHAZILA MOHAMMED/MSO
GOLDFRAPP SET FOR ‘LATE SHOW WITH LETTERMAN’ DEBUT
WEDNESDAY, MAY 17
APPEARANCE IS PART OF SELECT U.S. SHOWS THAT INCLUDE A PERFORMANCE AS SPECIAL GUESTS OF DEPECHE MODE MAY 13 AT JONES BEACH IN NEW YORK ;
GOLDFRAPP WILL ALSO TREAT NEW YORKERS TO A SPECIAL HEADLINING GIG AFTER THE DEPECHE MODE SHOW AND BEFORE THE LETTERMAN APPEARANCE;
SHOWS IN SAN FRANCISCO , PORTLAND SOLD OUT!
SEATTLE SHOW ALSO CONFIRMED
LIVE RADIO SHOW SET FOR TUESDAY, MAY 16
KEXP’s “Live Broadcast from NYC with John Richards”
Red-hot U.K platinum act GOLDFRAPP—who are continuing to build a firestorm of critical acclaim in America for their SUPERNATURE album on Mute—will make their Late Show With David Letterman debut Wednesday, May 17. This appearance is part of select U.S. May dates that will find GOLDFRAPP performing as the special guests of Depeche Mode Saturday, May 13 at Jones Beach in New York and then, as a special treat for New Yorkers, headlining a gig Monday, May 15 at Irving Plaza in Manhattan before the Letterman spot. The U.S. itinerary gets underway May 8 for a sold-out show at the Fillmore in San Francisco and moves to Portland for another sold-out performance (May 10, Crystal Ballroom, presented by KNRK) and Seattle (May 11, Showbox, presented by KEXP) before heading east. A full-on U.S. fall tour is now in the planning stages.
Known for their pioneering electronics, crystalline vocals, visual theatrics and dark-sex decadence, GOLDFRAPP will perform the propulsive “Ooh La La” on Letterman. The song, an irresistible mix of glam rock, pop and electronica, hit #1 on Billboard’s “Hot Dance Club Play” chart (April 17).
While in NYC, GOLDFRAPP will also perform a live set on KEXP’s “Live Broadcast from NYC with John Richards,” airing live Tuesday, May 16 at 5:15 PM EST from the Gigantic Recording Studios. Tune into KEXP @ www.kexp.org worldwide, or 90.3 in Seattle .
SUPERNATURE marks ALISON GOLDFRAPP and WILL GREGORY’s third album and was hailed as “the best pop album of 2005” by NME in England where it entered the chart at #2, quickly achieving platinum status in the U.K. The disc also received 4-star reviews in Mojo and Q, while Rolling Stone over here first noted–"Glam rock hooks, luscious synths…a smoking-hot singer? We're in love!" ("Hot List,” 12/29/05)—before its writer Lauren Gitlin praised the album in a review that said, “"Toxic and delicious, Supernature will make you do bad things–and like it” (3/6/06).
The Supernature track “Number 1” hit #1 January 30 on Billboard's “Hot Dance Club Play” chart—the song “has enough instantly memorable atmospherics to make its title prophetic….” wrote Josh Tyrangiel in Time magazine(3/27/06)–and set the stage for the album’s March 7 release. Blender hailed it as a four-star album (April 2006), Time placed it on the “5 Great Albums” page (3/27/06) and Time Out New York was so smitten with the album and GOLDFRAPP’S sold-out December show at the NYC’ Nokia Theatre, it placed Alison Goldfrapp on its cover (3/8/06).
A swing into Los Angeles in March this year saw GOLDFRAPP make its The Tonight Show with Jay Leno debut March 13 and perform a sold-out show at the Wiltern Theatre. Writer Richard Cromelin took note in his Los Angeles Times review: "The Wiltern LG was packed with cheering, arm-pumping fans on Saturday, giving the English singer and the synth-pop band that bears her name a hero's welcome…The music (written and produced by Goldfrapp and her partner, Will Gregory) has rich, sensual textures, and when the four instrumentals built a head of steam Saturday, as on the fat, bluesy riff of "Ooh La La," they strapped the old glam-rock spirit to contemporary electronica” (3/13/06). Writing about the album in Billboard, Michael Paoletta commented: “With the mesmerizing Alison Goldfrapp leading the way, a glam-rock fierceness reigns supreme throughout this stunning collection” (3/6/06).
GOLDFRAPP’s upcoming dates in the U.S. are as follows.
DATE CITY VENUE
May 8 San Francisco, CA Fillmore
May 10 Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom
May 11 Seattle, WA Showbox
May 13 New York City, NY Jones Beach w/ Depeche Mode
May 15 New York City, NY Irving Plaza
For more information on GOLDFRAPP, contact:
MSO 818-380-0400
National:
Alexandra Greenberg x223, agreenberg@msopr.com
Mitch Schneider x235, mschneider@msopr.com
Regional:
Shazila Mohammed x238, shazila@msopr.com
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