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Shonen Knife UK/Europe 'Free Time' Tour Dates
SHONEN KNIFE celebrate their 30th anniversary this year and have a new Double A-side Single & Album and Europe wide Tour.
The single includes 'Perfect Freedom' & 'P.Y.O' from their 15th Album 'Free time' (out on July 11th) with the bonus 60's style psychedelicious track 'Evil Birds', previously unreleased in Europe.
get it here from Today http://itunes.apple.com/gb?/album/perfect-freedom-p-y?-o-single/id439121879?uo=4
Shonen Knife began 30 years ago and first played a John Peel session 20 years ago, so as Naoko said '2011 is our 30th anniversay so, Let's ROCK!'
Upcoming European tour dates:
12 Aug 2011 – Summer Sundae Festival, Leicester, UK http://summersundae.com/li?neup/shonen-knife
13 Aug 2011 – Deaf Institute, Manchester, UK http://www.seetickets.com/?Event/SHONEN-KNIFE/The-Dea?f-Institute/558147
14 Aug 2011 – Cluny, Newcastle, UK http://www.seetickets.com/?Event/SHONEN-KNIFE/The-Clu?ny/558245
15 Aug 2011 – Sneaky Pete’s, 'Edinburgh, Scotland Edge Festival' Edinburgh, UK http://www.ticketweb.co.uk?/user/?region=gb_scotland&?query=detail&event=447699
16 Aug 2011 – Nice ‘N’ Sleazy, Glasgow, Scotland, UK http://www.ticketweb.co.uk?/user/?region=gb_scotland&?query=detail&event=448628
17 Aug 2011 – Blackbox, Belfast, UK http://www.blackboxbelfast?.com/event.aspx?e=1344
18 Aug 2011 – Róisín Dubh, Galway, Eire http://www.roisindubh.net/?ticketss.php
19 Aug 2011 – Whelans, Dublin, Eire http://www.tickets.ie/even?t.aspx/shonen-knife-whelan?s-dublin-19-August-2011/GP?Y4A
20 Aug 2011 – The Fleece, Bristol, UK
http://www.wegottickets.co?m/event/119645
www.bristolticketshop.co.u?k/cgi-bin/shop.cgi?group=F?leece
www.seetickets.com/see/pri?ce.asp?code=561749
www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/??region=gb_south&query=deta?il&event=448584
www.gigantic.com/gigantic/?home_shonen_knife.html
21 Aug 2011 – Buffalo Bar, Cardiff, WALES
http://www.wegottickets.co?m/event/120530
23 Aug 2011 – Paradiso, Amsterdam, Holland http://www.paradiso.nl/web?/show http://www.paradiso.nl/web?/Agenda-Item/Shonen-Knife-?1.htm
26 Aug 2011 – The Great Räng Teng Teng, Freiburg, Germany
27 Aug 2011 – Atomic Cafe, Munich, Germany
30 Aug 2011 – Chelsea, Vienna, Austria
01 Sep – Marie Antoinette, Berlin DE
02 Sep 2011 - Inkonst, Malmo, SE
03 Sep 2011 – Cafe Mono, Olso, Norway http://www.cafemono.no/pro?gram/20110903-shonen-knife?/
04 Sep 2011 – Bar Loose, Helsinki, Finland http://www.tiketti.fi/ http://www.barloose.com/
06 Sep 2011 – Loppen, Copenhagen, Denmark http://www.billetlugen.dk/?musik/18259
07 Sept 2011– Übel & Gefährlich, Hamburg - Germany
08 Sep 2011 -- dB's, Utrechtt, Holland-http://www.dbstudio.nl/
10 Sep 2011 – Bogeda Social, Nottingham, UK http://www.wegottickets.co?m/event/119693
11 Sep 2011 – Scala, London, UK (30th Anniversary Party Show)
http://www.wegottickets.co?m/event/119594
http://gigantic.com/gigant?ic/home_shonen_knife.html
http://www.seetickets.com/?Event/SHONEN-KNIFE/Scala/5?61748
http://www.ticketweb.co.uk?/user?region=xxx&query=sea?rch&category=misc&search=s?honen&referral_id=newmusic?alert
Shonen Knife Biography:
A ground-breaking all-female Japanese, pop-punk trio formed in Osaka in 1981. Naoko first heard late ‘70’s punk-pop particularly The Ramones. Inspired, the band crafted their own idiosyncratic songs, fashioned brightly coloured outfits and DIY albums. In 1985, K Records released ‘Burning Farm’ in the US. Deals with Sub Pop and various Majors followed. 1989 saw the crème of the alt. rock scene (including Sonic Youth, L7 and Redd Kross) covering their favourite Shonen Knife songs on the tribute album ‘Every Band Has A Shonen Knife Who Loves Them’. They toured with Nirvana (on the ‘Nevermind’ tour), The Breeders and as part of Lollapalooza. They recorded sessions for John Peel and appeared on MTV’s ‘Beavis and Butthead’ . Last year the band played Matt Groening’s curated ATP, extensively toured the UK/Europe/North America/China and Taiwan! We hope you will come see the band this year and soak up some magic from one of the greatest bands the world has ever seen!
“When I finally got to see them live, I was transformed into a hysterical nine-year-old girl at a Beatles concert.” Kurt Cobain
NME: “Osaka, Japan’s beloved Shonen Knife have now been churning out mini pop-punk masterpieces for bang on 30 years – not that you’d be able to guess from the youthful pep of ‘Free Time’. The heroic ladies sound just as fresh and enchantingly boisterous as they ever have,” said NME (7/10)
Uncut: “rocks like Motorhead designed by Hanna-Barbara” (3/5)
BBC Music: “ The Osaka Ramones, you must concede, still have it.”
The Sunday Times “…irrepressible slice of bounce-along indie-pop. Beguiling.” Stewart Lee
Voted the winner of BBC 6Music’s ‘Rebel Playlist’ by a landslide vote of 88%, which granted the single a play on every daytime 6Music show for a week plus album of the day on BBC 6Music
Artrocker: “Shonen Knife are brilliant.”
Nude Magazine: “I'd like to propose that the UK government make Shonen Knife concerts available on the NHS as a sure-fire cure for depression. “
BBC 6Music: Gideon Coe - “the most arresting record I’ve heard this week”
BBC 6Music: Steve Lamacq - “Shonen Knife - they know how to rock - Japanese punk pop at its best.”