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Perry’s Satellite Of Love
The tour launched August 8 at the House of Blues in Cleveland and will make its way across the U.S. and Canada through the middle of October.
Stops include Mr. Smalls Theater in Milwaukee (August 14), the KRBZ Beach Ball radio show at the City Market in Kansas City, Mo. (August 19), Emo’s in Austin (August 25), The Village in Little Rock, Ark. (August 31), The Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza (September 5), NorVa in Norfolk, Va. (September 9), Revolution in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (September 15), the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver (September 23), New Oasis in Reno, Nev. (September 29), the LA Weekly Detour Festival in Los Angeles (October 6), and the House of Blues in Las Vegas (October 10).
Payloaded, which was released in May, took three years to complete. The album blends a variety of sounds from rock to urban beats to symphonic flourishes and features appearances by an army of guest artists, including Flea, John Frusciante, Hybrid, Peter Hook, Thievery Corporation and Fergie.
A highlight of the disc is the song “Woman In The Window,” which features an unreleased vocal track from The Doors recorded by Jim Morrision.
Farrell calls the track the mantra of The Solutionists, the fictional brain trust of artists, musicians, technologists, philanthropists, and fashionistas inspired by their collective dismay in how the world was being led toward dead ends by people with no vision whose story is told in song on Payloaded.
“When you hear it, it sounds as though Jim Morrison were watching us and commenting on the world today,” Farrell said.