The Cult will make its 2012 concert debut when
the band plays the South by Southwest (SXSW) Music Festival next
month, headlining the Auditorium Shores Stage onSaturday,
March 17. The Auditorium Shores Stage show will be free and open to
the public, and The Cult will take the stage at 8:00PM.
"SXSW is thrilled that The Cult is returning to play
our biggest stage at Auditorium Shores," said Darin Klein, SXSW Festival
Producer. "We're excited to hear their new tunes and their classic
hits. The show is free and open to the public, so everyone in Austin
should get fired up for a great night of music."
The Cult - Ian Astbury/vocals, Billy Duffy/guitar, Chris
Wyse/bass and John Tempesta/drums - will make the appearance in support of Choice
of Weapon, the band's first new studio album in five years, due out May
22 (Cooking Vinyl). Written by founding members Astbury and Duffy and
produced by Chris Goss (Queens of the Stone Age, U.N.K.L.E., Masters of Reality)
and Bob Rock (Metallica, Bush and The Cult's Platinum-certified Sonic Temple),
the album reveals the band at its rawest and most visceral, and reflects the
current discontent and destruction of our eco systems, the search for
individual meaning against a tide of rampant materialism, narcissism and
disconnected lives.
"The title of the record reflects the fact that here we
are, we have a choice to make right now," Astbury recently toldRolling
Stone. "In a metaphorical sense, a weapon can be a camera,
a weapon can be a pen, a weapon can be a statement, a verbal statement, a
weapon can be an article of clothing. I think what needs to be said is
that we have to start looking inward. Our spiritual lives are almost
bankrupt. The material systems are not going to fix where we are."
More tour dates for The Cult will be announced shortly.
For a taste of Choice of Weapon, go to www.thecult.us/ for a free download of the brand new
track "Lucifer."
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