The Church 30th anniversary acoustic tour

[Slicing Up Eyeballs]

[b]<a href="http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2010/02/20/church-tour-dates-30th-anniversary-intimate-space-acoustic/">The Church plots ‘An Intimate Space’ 30th anniversary acoustic tour of U.S.</a>[/b]

[MikeP]

Saw them on their opening gig at The Coach House in San Juan Capistrano, CA -- a great show despite lots of technical snafus. As always, they bridged the dead time with hilarious banter. They performed roughly 18 songs (one song from each album) in reverse chronological order and capped it off with a double encore, including a Smashing Pumpkins cover.

Don't miss them if you get a chance. As an added bonus they are giving away a free CD ("Deadman's Hand" EP) and tour program.

Here's what's ahead for them:
April 8: Mississippi Studios, Portland, OR
April 9: Showbox, Seattle, WA
April 13: Fine Line Music Cafe, Minneapolis, MN
April 14: Majestic Theatre, Madison, WI
April 15: Park West, Chicago, IL
April 17: The Winchester, Cleveland, OH
April 18: The Magic Bag, Ferndale, MI
April 19: Club Cafe, Pittsburgh, PA
April 21: Arts at the Armory, Somerville, MA
April 22: City Winery, New York, NY
April 23: YMCA Boulton Center for the Performing Arts, Bay Shore, NY
April 24: Sellersville Theater 1894, Sellersville, PA
April 25: The State Theatre, Falls Church, VA
April 27: Rams Head on Stage, Annapolis, MD
April 28: The Norva Theatre, Norfolk, VA
May 1: Center Stage, Atlanta, GA

[Frau_Blucher]

[quote][i]Originally posted by MikeP[/i]
<br>They performed roughly 18 songs (one song from each album) in reverse chronological order
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Freaking awesome! Thanks for the review Miguel.

[MikeP]

[quote][i]Originally posted by Blir[/i]
<br>[quote][i]Originally posted by MikeP[/i]
<br>They performed roughly 18 songs (one song from each album) in reverse chronological order
[/quote]
Freaking awesome! Thanks for the review Miguel.
[/quote]
It's No Reason (to see The Church) #14: Marty Willson-Piper's beard![;)]

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[SallyLightfoot]

So bummed I'll be out of town for the NYC date.

[AlwaysSaturday]

I saw The Church at Center Stage in Atlanta this past Saturday for the final night of their tour. This was the best concert that I've seen in quite some time.

As advertised, The Church played one song per album in reverse chronological order...

Set 1:
Pangaea (Untitled #23)
Space Needle (Uninvited, Like The Clouds)
Reptile (jazzy version from El Momento Siguiente)
Ionian Blues (Back With Two Beasts)
The Unguarded Moment (El Momento Descuidado)
Appalatia (Forget Yourself)
Invisible (After Everything Now This)
Louisiana (Hologram Of Baal)
Comedown (Magician Among The Spirits)
My Little Problem (Sometime Anywhere)

Intermission

Set 2:
Mistress (Priest=Aura)
Metropolis (Gold Afternoon Fix)
Under the Milky Way (Starfish)
Already Yesterday (Heyday)
10,000 Miles (Remote Luxury EP)
Fly (Seance)
Almost With You (The Blurred Crusade)
Tear It All Away (The Church/Of Skin And Heart)

Encore:
Disarm (Smashing Pumpkins cover)
Space Saviour (Untitled #23)
Grind (Gold Afternoon Fix)


A fun night, with songs that I never expected to hear The Church play again. Steve Kilbey and Marty Willson-Piper chatted at length during the gaps and shared several amusing anecdotes about their past, including a late-1980's altercation that they had with opening band, The Mighty Lemon Drops, when The Mighty Lemon Drops ate all of their chocolate backstage.

[WoodlandParkPunk]

Had me until I read "acoustic" ZZZZzzzzzzzzz.....

"You just pick a chord, go twang, and you've got music." ~ Sid Vicious

[AlwaysSaturday]

[quote][i]Originally posted by WoodlandParkPunk[/i]
<br>Had me until I read "acoustic" ZZZZzzzzzzzzz.....
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Haha. Acoustic music usually puts me to sleep as well, so I'd normally agree with you. There are a small number of artists out there that I'd pay to see acoustic performances from and The Church is one such band. They threw enough curveballs at this acoustic show to keep things interesting.

Besides, the acoustic setup was stretched by definition. Aside from Marty's mandolin and 12-string guitar, every instrument was plugged in. Mostly an acoustic sound, but with enough flourish to give it that atmosphere that The Church is known for.