*The Following Press Release Was Issued By Big Hassle Media*
| BOB MOULD BEGINS SOLO TOUR SHOWS FOLLOW TREMENDOUSLY SUCCESSFUL FULL BAND TOUR ANNOUNCES LIVESTREAM CONCERT THIS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16 LIVE FROM STOUGHTON OPERA HOUSE WATCH HARDLY STRICTLY BLUEGRASS SET WITH SPECIAL GUEST FRED ARMISEN |
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| Bob Mould begins his solo run of his Distortion and Blue Hearts tour today at the Castle Theater in Bloomington, IL and will end in Iowa City, IA at the Englert Theater. Mould also announces that his show at the Stoughton Opera House in Stoughton, WI will be available to live stream here. Mould shares, “First, I’m thrilled that the Bob Mould Band shows had 99-100% mask compliance! We were able to complete the tour without any health incidents. Thank you so much and let’s keep the mask on for the Solo Electric shows. I’m really looking forward to this month’s run of Solo Electric dates. These shows were originally scheduled for March 2020 — right after recording and mixing Blue Hearts (Merge, Sep 25, 2020). I’ll be playing lots of new material, some favourites from DISTORTION and a handful of early songs. It’s great to be back on stage and I’m looking forward to celebrating my birthday this Saturday, October 16. Buy a streaming ticket, have some virtual birthday cake and enjoy the Stoughton (WI) Opera House show.” Fred Armisen was a surprise special guest at two of Mould’s concerts earlier in October, joining bassist Jason Narducy and drummer Jon Wurster and Mould at shows in Los Angeles and Boulder. For fans that missed the Mould-Armisen performances on those dates, the pair’s set at this year’s virtual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass is streaming here. |
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| Mould’s tour is in support of his last album, 2020’s Blue Hearts and his massive career retrospective box set Distortion. On tour, Mould is performing songs from his early days in the seminal band Hüsker Dü, his solo career and his 1990’s band Sugar. See below for tour dates (all are solo shows). TOUR DATES: US October 15 – Bloomington, IL – Castle Theatre October 16 – Stoughton, WI – Stoughton Opera House (SOLD OUT) October 17 – Kalamazoo, MI – Bell’s Eccentric Café October 19 – Kent, OH – Kent Stage October 20 – Nelsonville, OH – Stuart’s Opera House October 22 – Cincinnati, OH – Memorial Hall October 23 – St. Louis, MO – Off Broadway Nightclub (SOLD OUT) October 24 – Iowa, City, IL – Englert Theater EUROPE January 19 – Dublin, IE – Whelan’s January 21 – Liverpool, UK – Arts Club January 23 – Cardiff, UK – The Globe January 24 – Chester, UK – The Live Rooms January 25 – Birmingham – The Mill January 27 – Stoke-on-trent – The Sugarmill January 28 – Bristol, UK – Theka January 29 – Nottingham, UK – Rescue Rooms January 31 – Glasgow, UK. – Oran Mor February 1 – Newcastle, UK – Riverside February 3 – Southampton, UK – Engine Rooms February 4 – Brighton, UK – Concorde 2 February 5 – Oxford, UK – Academy O2 February 7 – Leeds, UK – Brudenell Social Club February 8 – London, UK Islington Assembly Hall |
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| (Photo Credit: Donald Fisher) |
