Pixies formed in Boston in 1986 and enjoyed moderate success, soon becoming the darlings of the college rock scene and earning cult status world wide for their style of music and are credited along with Dinosaur Jr as the forerunners of the Grunge alternative rock explosion at the start of the nineties.
When the Pixies broke up in 1992 after only six years together their fans were shocked, the grunge era was peaking and the band that started it all was splitting up. The split was very nasty and it seemed unlikely that they would ever get back together again.
Against all the odd’s Pixies reunited in 2004 and despite the odd dispute have remained pretty much together since. In the eleven years that they were apart the Pixies music continued to grow in cult status, probably owing much to Kurt Cobain’s acknowledgement to the debt that Nirvana owed to the band.
Pixies have announced plans of a European tour this October and will be playing shows in the UK in London, Glasgow and Dublin. The tour is being called the Doolittle tour, to mark the twentieth anniversary of the album of the same name. They will play all the tracks from Doolittle throughout the tour, including all singles and related B sides.
The band will perform at the O2 Brixton Academy in London for four nights, two night’s at Dublin’s Olympia and one night in Scotland at the Glasgow SECC. Such is the demand for tickets for Pixies shows that a further night has now been added in Dublin for the 30 September, before the two October dates.
There is no doubt that Pixies have, during their time apart, become something of a phenomenon, one of the great bands of their generation and one of the most influential rock band’s of recent history. Quite why they did not achieve the global success of Nirvana or indeed Pearl Jam is hard to fathom.
In the short time they were originally together the Pixies produced four excellent albums, providing aback catalogue that many band’s would die for, making for some excellent live shows.
Pixies – Gigantic - this is one of the rare tracks that Kim Deal gets to sing.
Pixies European Tour
September 30 Dublin Olympia
October 1 & 2 Dublin Olympia
October 4 Glasgow SECC
October 6,7,8,9 London O2 Brixton Academy
October 13 Amsterdam Heineken Music Hall
October 15 Paris Zenit de Paris
November 10 Frankfurt Jarhunderthalle
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