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Broken Bells 2014 After Disco Tour Opening Band: Au Revoir Simone
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Frequently Asked Questions
What songs will Broken Bells play in concert?
Despite this being the big tour on the Broken Bells recently released, After the Disco, the group’s setlist is evenly split on material from this album as well as their debut self-titled record from a number of years ago. The group’s first record put them on the map with its mix of electronic undertones and shimmering vocals, earning them a grand success.
Broken Bells has an extremely stagnant setlist that hardly changes from one show to the next. With only two records to their credit, there is little room for breathing and altering things. The group’s most popular song, “The High Road,” closes out the initial setlist prior to the encore. “Holding on for Life” from the latest record is perhaps their current high watermark in musicality and success. It is also positioned in the middle of the setlist.
After the Disco smashes are alternatively weaved throughout the setlist like quiltwork. “Perfect World” opens up the set followed soon after by the group’s penultimate track, “The Angel and the Fool” and title track, “After the Disco.”
By the end of the evening, the sprinkling between their popular self-titled and 2014’s sound-expanding After the Disco runs in at roughly 9 songs a piece. Observant fans will notice that this makes up nearly every single song the band has released to an official studio album.
Fans that really dive deep into their music will recognize an off the wall performance of “Meyrin Fields” from their 2011 EP of the same name. This does not come out at every setlist, so consider it a bit of a special treat.
Perfect World
The Ghost Inside
After the Disco
Mongrel Heart
The Mall & Misery
The Angel and the Fool
Holding On for Life
Vaporize
Control
Meyrin Fields
Sailing to Nowhere
Medicine
Leave It Alone
The High Road
Citizen
Trap Doors
October
How long is a Broken Bells concert?
The band’s two respective albums clock at a total of 100 minutes. Their setlist is impressively long running at about 95 minutes in total, giving little room for moving and shifting.
Does the band perform any non-Broken Bells material from their other respective projects?
Broken Bells is a collaborative project between Brian Burton, professionally known as Danger Mouse, and James Mercer, who is the current lead singer of the famous indie rock brethren, The Shins. Fans should not expect material from either one of these projects. This is a Broken Bells tour, so they stay away from recreating any versions of other projects live. They also do not perform any covers outside of any of their projects, which is a bit odd but keeps the setlist specific and focused.
Broken Bells is a perfect culmination of the two artist’s sounds, regardless of them having to directly cover anything, such as The Shins famous surf-rock jam, “Australia.”
What is the B612 Foundation and how does it relate to the show and band?
The B612 Foundation focuses on Earth preservation and space exploration in light of climate change and the overall decline of our planet. Broken Bells has long worked with the foundation, bringing light to many of the harrowing issues of our times. For this tour specifically, a $1 of every ticket sold goes towards funding a specific project called Sentinel Mission. In short, the mission is an effort to catalog and document 90% of asteroids larger than 140 meters which are in our surrounding space.
How do I get access to presale tickets for Broken Bells’ tour?
Broken Bells presales are quite hard to obtain for whatever reason. Fans can go through the almost always present American Express presale platform. Unfortunately, the service is only covering a seemingly hand-picked selection of dates for this tour, and there are not many. Also, you need an American Express card for purchase.
Alternatively, you can opt for the growing Presale Passwords Info resource. The website is covering most of the dates, but you still need an account with them for purchase, as well as through TicketMaster for acquiring the actual tickets post-purchase.
Broken Bells has made a handful of announcements for very specific dates on their official Facebook page. Though these announcements for presale tickets usually send a visitor to an external local page, such as WXRT for the Chicago date.
Who is Broken Bells’ publicist and press contact?
Broken Bells actually do not have their own standalone management company. You may have the best chance of reaching the band by going through The Shins booking agency. Lead agent, Marc Geiger, can be reached at 310-285-9000.
Concert Reviews
“Song-for-song, Broken Bells can be hooky and shiny dance music or melancholy and strange atmospheric music, but almost never emotional. That makes them seem like a better fit for some extravagant, sci-fi theater-like production than LPs and EPs – and their show can definitely mesmerize.” – Steven Arroyo of Consequence of Sound
“Broken Bells’ performance easily made its mark as one of the most spectacular nights yet in my mere two decades of life, and no, not because it was on Tax Day. The band performed a surreal, intimate show at The Fonda Theatre and quite simply, James Mercer and Danger Mouse could not have been better.” – Pauline Pechakjian of Rukkus Entertainment
“With Danger alternating between banging the drums and keyboards and Mercer holding down lead vocals and guitar center-stage in front of a four-member backing band, the rock duo whipped out a steady, non-stop playlist of cuts from their first album (which earned four stars from Rolling Stone), including the hit “The High Road” and stupendous renditions of “The Ghost Inside,” “Mongrel Heart” and “Vaporize.” – Ian Drew of US Magazine
Tour Archive
Broken Bells 2010 Club Tour
Tour Opening Acts: The Morning Benders
Started February 19, 2010 in Los Angeles, California | Ended December 14, 2010 in Burbank, California