The Pixies are making their first visit to South Africa, headlining the inaugural Rock on the Lawns music festival on the Festival Lawns at Carnival City, Jo’burg, and also gigging under the stars at Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens in Cape Town.
Some consider the Pixies to be one of the most influential alternative rock bands of all time. Their string of anthems include Gigantic, Where Is My Mind, Here Comes Your Man and Monkey Gone to Heaven.
At the Rock on the Lawns music fest they’ll be supported Springbok Nude Girls, Prime Circle, aKing, CrashCarBurn, Shortstraw, The Sweet Resistance and The Robfather (DJ). They’ll perform on the Carnival Festival Lawns, a premium outdoor setting at a venue that perfectly caters for large-scale music festivals. Their Cape show will be a more intimate experience and fans can enjoy them live with support by Springbok Nude Girls.
Pixies have recently released their new album, Head Carrier. The 12-track collection of the band’s unique aural mix of surrealism, psychedelia, dissonance and surf rock was produced by Tom Dalgety (Killing Joke, Royal Blood) and recorded at London’s Rak Studios.
A special limited edition deluxe box set of Head Carrier is available exclusively through Pixiesmusic.com, which includes the CD, the album on heavy-weight/180 grams black vinyl, and a 24-page, oversized booklet with the song’s lyrics and Vaughan Oliver’s original artwork. Also available only through the band’s website is a special bundle that includes the deluxe box set, special t-shirt, and a special 12” x 12” record sleeve sized poster.
Tour info:
Kirstenbosch Gardens, Cape Town16 March, 2017
Festival Lawns, Carnival City, Joburg18 March, 2017
Tickets: From R495
Book: computicket.com
Song links:
Where is my mind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iC0YXspJRM
Gigantic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTQmClWe5N4
Debaser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVyS9JwtFoQ
Here comes your man: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPgf_btTFlc
Monkey Gone to Heaven: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHC9HE7vazI
Hey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIkWJZf33UY
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