AUTUMN UK TOUR
“My best ever line up, playing my best ever shows …” JAH WOBBLE
The legendary JAH WOBBLE continues his extensive touring schedule this year with further dates throughout the autumn, revolving around a number of Metal Box Rebuilt In Dub shows which rework the second PUBLIC IMAGE LTD album with additional tracks from their debut album FIRST ISSUE. The Metal Box Rebuilt In Dub dates also feature Jon Klein, guitarist with Siouxsie & The Banshees.
OCTOBER
Wed 25 EXETER Phoenix (METAL BOX)
Thu 26 NOTTINGHAM Rescue Rooms (METAL BOX)
Fri 27 SOUTHAMPTON 1865
Sat 28 BARTON ON HUMBER The Ropewalk
NOVEMBER
Wed 01 SUDBURY The Quay Theatre
Thu 02 TUNBRIDGE WELLS The Forum
Fri 03 WORTHING The Venue
Sat 04 LONDON Camden Forge
Wed 08 DEAL Lighthouse
Thu 09 NORWICH Epic (METAL BOX)
Fri 10 GUILDFORD Holroyd Arms (METAL BOX)
Sat 11 MILTON KEYNES MK 11
Wed 15 GLASGOW St Lukes (METAL BOX)
Thu 16 EDINBURGH La Belle Angele (METAL BOX)
Thu 23 MANCHESTER Blues Kitchen
Fri 24 LEEDS The Wardrobe
DECEMBER
Fri 01 TRURO The Old Bakery (METAL BOX)
Sat 02 CARDIFF The Globe
Sun 03 BIRMINGHAM Hare & Hounds
Thu 07 ORMSKIRK Edgehill University Arts Centre
Fri 08 LEEK Foxlow Arts Centre (METAL BOX)
Sat 09 BRISTOL Thekla (METAL BOX)
Tickets available from www.songkick.com
After an astounding 45-year career that began as the bassist for John Lydon’s post-Sex Pistols band Public Image Ltd – earning immense and lasting praise for his trailblazing musicianship – his solo career has continued throughout to include collaborations with the likes of Holger Czukay from Can, The Edge from U2, Chris Connelly from Ministry, Geordie Walker from Killing Joke, Brian Eno, Sinead O’Connor and Bjork. After all this, one would think that Jah Wobble would have said all he has to say by now. Turns out, he was just getting started.
His new solo album, A Brief History Of Now, finds him returning to the post-punk genre that he had a key role in developing, both in his tenure with PiL and later. Co-written, produced and performed with another post-punk hero, Jon Klein of Siouxsie & The Banshees, the album packs a powerful blow both musically and lyrically as they deliver an innovative collection of musical treatises.
The album’s first single Last Exit, for instance, is a pulsating, psychedelic-tinged track that interweaves Wobble’s distinctive bass with a spoken-word vocal and Klein’s razor-sharp guitar and provokes and processes current events that continually threaten to suffocate us. The accompanying video, made with Vicente Cordero from Industrialism Films, vividly brings the song to life and offers a captivating catharsis for the post-post-postmodern age.
“It’s all about the dopamine rush,” says Wobble. “Assault on the senses. Bang! Bang! Bang! Rush after rush after rush. But never satisfied. No satisfaction. Never any conclusion. Always moving. Appearances arising. Ephemeral. Lacking substance. But often so beautiful and exciting. Glorious esoterica.”Watch the video here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2_3uk9Ey8o
