Violent Femmes’ “Love…” Video Debuts

JIMMY FALLON PREMIERES NEW VIOLENT FEMMES VIDEO 

HAPPY NEW YEAR EP OUT NOW

LEGENDARY TRIO’S FIRST NEW COLLECTION IN 15 YEARS

NORTH AMERICAN TOUR BEGINS IN JUNE

ROUGH TRADE NY SHOW SOLD OUT

Earlier this week, The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon premiered the new Violent Femmes video for their new single “Love Love Love Love Love.” The clip was animated and directed all on iPhone by Jake Brebes, who also wrote the song. “Love Love Love Love Love” comes from the band’s eagerly awaited new EP, HAPPY NEW YEAR, that was exclusively released on Record Store Day on 180 gram champagne clear vinyl. The EP is one of the top 2015 Record Store Day sellers to date, and will be available digitally worldwide on June 2.

Violent Femmes’ first new collection of songs in 15 years, HAPPY NEW YEAR was recorded this past New Year’s Eve in Hobart, Tasmania, after the legendary band performed a sold out concert at the world famous Sydney Opera House.

“Happy to have some new recordings for people that have loved our music,” singer/guitarist/songwriter Gordon Gano told Rolling Stone. “Would be honored to have a few new ears hear us for the first time too.”

Violent Femmes – Gano, bassist Brian Ritchie and drummer Brian Viglione – plan to reconvene this spring for more recording and then the trio will begin a major North American tour as Special Guests on Barenaked Ladies’ “Last Summer On Earth 2015,” getting underway June 5^th at Columbus, Ohio’s LC Amphitheatre and continuing through late July (complete dates below). Before this tour begins, they will play a sold out show at Brooklyn, NY’s Rough Trade.

One of the most beloved bands of the golden age of indie rock, Violent Femmes returned to action in 2013 with an acclaimed performance at Coachella. Viglione (The Dresden Dolls, Nine Inch Nails) came aboard and the newly reconstituted band embarked on a wide-ranging tour that included headline dates and ecstatically received festival sets around the world. “The Guardian” applauded a London date as “a triumphant rampage through their back catalogue,” declaring the band’s self-titled 1983 debut to be “a cult classic of teenage alienation – a sneerier, post-pubescent Catcher in the Rye, if you like, with added nocturnal emissions and rattling acoustic bass solos.”

Violent Femmes came together in 1981 in Milwaukee, WI, and were quickly ranked among the era’s most inventive and original, constantly pushing forward with their singular blend of folk and punk, sarcasm and spirituality. The trio released eight studio albums and more than a dozen singles, among them such iconic classics as “American Music,” “Gone Daddy Gone,” “Nightmares,” “Add It Up,” and of course, “Blister In The Sun.” Violent Femmes’ remarkable three-decade career earned them cumulative sales of many millions worldwide, with 1983’s VIOLENT FEMMES earning RIAA platinum certification eight years after its initial release.

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Violent Femmes complete tour dates below:

May 19 – Brooklyn, NY – Rough Trade – SOLD OUT

Violent Femmes/Barenaked Ladies tour dates below:

JUNE

5 – Columbus, OH – LC Amphitheatre

6 – Cleveland, OH – Jacob’s Pavilion

7 – Toledo, OH – Zoo Amphitheatre

8 – Cedar Rapids, IA – McGrath Amphitheatre

10 – Denver, CO – Red Rocks

12 – Welch, MN – Treasure Island Resort & Casino Island Events Center

13 – Milwaukee, WI – BMO Harris Pavilion

14 – Council Bluffs, IA – Harrah’s Council Bluffs

16 – Chicago, IL – First Merritt Pavilion

17- Indianapolis, IN – Farm Bureau Insurance Lawn at White River State Park

19 – Cincinnati, OH – PNC Pavilion

20 – Detroit, MI – DTE Energy Music Theatre

21 – Salamanca, NY – Seneca Allegany Resort & Casino

23 – Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE

26 – Portland, ME – Maine State Pier

27 – Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena

28 – Philadelphia, PA – Mann Music Center

29 – Boston, MA – Blue Hills Bank Pavilion

JULY

1 – New York, NY – JBL Live at Pier 97

2 – West Windsor, NJ – Mercer County Park Festival Fairgrounds

3 – Solomon’s, MD – PNC Waterside Pavilion @ Calvert Marine Museum

4 – Raleigh, NC – The Red Hat Amphitheatre

8 – Charlotte, NC – Time Warner Cable Uptown Ampitheatre                       

10 – Boca Raton, FL – Sunset Cove Amphitheatre

11 – St. Augustine, FL – St Augustine Amphitheatre

12 – Atlanta, GA           – Verizon Theatre

13 – Nashville, TN – The Woods at Fontanel

15 – Dallas, TX – Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie

18 – Las Vegas, NV – Boulevard Pool at Cosmopolitan

19 – San Diego, CA – OAT

21 – Los Angeles, CA – Greek Theatre

22 – Saratoga, CA – Mountain Winery

24 – Boise, ID – Idaho Botanical Garden

25 – Portland, OR – McMenamin’s Edgefield Amphitheater

26 – Seattle, WA – Marymoor Park