Pixies Offer Fans New Gigs & A Video

Francis talked to Pollstar ahead of EP-2’s January release, explaining that the act wrote “Greens and Blues” with the live show in mind.

“‘Gigantic’ had become very much a big closer number, either at the end of the set or even sometimes the last song in the encore. … I was trying to write a song that could be that type of song like ‘Gigantic’ when I did ‘Greens and Blues.’ It couldn’t be, for example, too fast or two slow. It had to be a nice kind of medium tempo, it needed to kind of have a big chorus. The chord structure of the verses is very similar to the chord structure of the chorus. It’s not exactly the same, but it’s very similar.”

To set the scene for the video, here’s the band’s description: “On a lonely abandon planet one man remains, left behind to wander the desolate landscape marking his time and documenting the history of a once great civilization on its corroding walls and on his decaying mind, waiting for ‘them’ to return…”

Josh Frank – who co-authored “Fool The World, the Oral History of the Band Called Pixies” – wrote and directed the video. Mel Rodriguez (“Panic Room,” “Little Miss Sunshine,” “The New Normal”) stars as the planet’s remaining man.
   

Here’s where the band’s 2014 schedule stands:

March 28 – Santiago, Chile, Teatro La Cupula     
March 30 – Santiago, Chile, Elipse Del Parque O’Higgins (Lollapalooza Chile)
April 1 – Montevideo, Uruguay, Teatro De Verano (Rock N Fall)
April 2 – Buenos Aires, Argentina, San Isidro Hippodrome (Lollapalooza Aregnetina)
April 4 – Bogota, Colombia, Festival Estereo Picnic Grounds (Festival Estereo Picnic)
April 6 – Sao Paulo, Brazil, Autodromo de Interlago (Lollapalooza Brazil)    
April 8 – Lima, Peru, Costa Verde     
April 15 – Big Sur, Calif., Henry Miller Library     
May 30 – Barcelona, Spain, Parc del Forum (Primavera Sound)
June 2 – Bologna, Italy, Arena Joe Strummer (Rock In IdRho)
June 4 – Crans-sur-Nyon, Switzerland, Caribana Festival Grounds (Caribana Festival)
June 6 – Oporto, Portugal, Parque De Cidade (Optimus Primavera Sound)
June 8 – London, United Kingdom, Victoria Park (Field Day)
June 11 – Reykjavik, Iceland, Laugardalsholl     
June 13 – Warsaw, Poland, Stadion Narodowy Orange (Warsaw Festival)     
June 15 – Aarhus, Denmark, Adalan (Northside Festival)    
June 17 – Tel Aviv, Israel, Bloomfield Stadium     
June 20 – Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands, Beekse Bergen (Best Kept Secret Festival)
June 25 – Zagreb, Croatia, Jarun (INmusic Festival)
June 29 – Dublin, Ireland, Marlay Park (appearing with Arcade Fire)
June 30 – Cork, Ireland, Docklands (Cork Live At The Marquee)
July 2 – Lyon, France, TBA (Nuits de Fourvière)
July 5 – Werchter, Belgium, Festivalpark (Rock Werchter Festival)
July 6 – Herouville, France, Chateau de Beauregard (Festival Beauregard)
July 10 – Manchester, United Kingdom, Castlefield Arena     
July 11 – Kinross, United Kingdom, Balado (T In The Park)
Sept. 28 – Los Angeles, Calif., Hollywood Bowl (KCRW’S World Festival)

The band will take the stage at Hurricane Festival in Bremen, Germany, as well as Southside Festival in Neuhausen ob Eck, Germany. These events, which are both scheduled June 20-22, have not released their daily lineups. Neither has Tokyo’s Summer Sonic, which will host Pixies sometime between Aug. 16-17.

Tickets for most dates are available now. Tickets for the Sept. 28 gig in Los Angeles go on sale May 4.

For more information visit PixiesMusic.com.