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ANDY BELL TO PLAY THREE NORTH AMERICAN SHOWS IN OCTOBER

Andy Bell will be playing three shows in North America in October. The shows will each feature Andy performing with a full band, which includes producer and frequent collaborator Dave Audé. Expect a setlist packed with Erasure classics, Andy Bell solo tracks and more besides. OCTOBER 202405 – ‘Enchanted World’ Allies Gala 2024, Salt Lake […]

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Erasure / The Neon Live

Andy bell and vince clarke reissue live album across two formats.

By Sean Hannam

Erasure’s The Neon Live was issued less than two years ago, but the synth-pop duo are already releasing a new version of it.

The 24-track live album was recorded over two nights at Manchester’s O2 Apollo in October 2021, during the tour of the group’s eighteenth studio album, The Neon , and was originally issued by specialist live music label, Live Here Now, in April 2022.

It was a limited release and was available as a 2CD deluxe edition, 3LP deluxe edition and a super deluxe 4CD edition with a hardback book. This year’s version of the album, which is on Mute Records, comes as either a 3LP edition, with a 12-page booklet, and a 2CD set, which includes a 16-page booklet.

The 2022 LP edition came in ‘violet sparkle’ vinyl, but the new version is a black vinyl pressing. The previous releases also had metallic foil lettering on the covers but, as far as we can tell, this year’s editions do not.

The Neon , which was the follow up to 2017’s World Be Gone , and entered the UK album chart at number 4, saw the band going back to their roots and using old synths to recapture their early sound. It includes the singles ‘Hey Now (Think I Got A Feeling), ‘Nerves of Steel’ and ‘Fallen Angel.’

The Neon Live features Andy Bell and Vince Clarke’s favourite performance of each song from across the two shows in Manchester. As well as songs from The Neon , the live album has tracks from Erasure’s entire career, including versions of ‘A Little Respect’, ‘Sometimes’, ‘Oh L’Amour’, ‘Always’, ‘Chains Of Love’ and ‘Blue Savannah.’

The Neon Live will be released on 26 January 2024 via Mute Records.

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• Intro (Joe 90)
• Hey Now (Think I Got A Feeling)
• Fill Us With Fire
• Who Needs Love Like That
• Nerves of Steel
• Blue Savannah
• Chains of Love
• Turns The Love To Anger
• Careful What I Try To Do
• Save Me Darling
• Shot A Satellite
• Love To Hate You
• Love Is A Stranger
• Push Me Shove Me
• Victim of Love
• A Little Respect

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• Sun 29 May M&S Bank Arena Liverpool Erasure
• Sat 28 May Hull, Connexin Live Erasure
• Thu 26 May Leeds, first direct arena Erasure
• Wed 25 May Motorpoint Arena Nottingham Erasure
• Tue 24 May Aberdeen, P&J Live Erasure
• Wed 11 May Dublin, 3Arena Erasure
• Tue 10 May SSE Arena, Belfast Erasure

October 2021

• Mon 18 Oct Brighton Centre Erasure
• Sun 17 Oct London, The O2 Erasure Blancmange
• Sat 16 Oct Utilita Arena Birmingham Erasure
• Thu 14 Oct The BIC, Bournemouth Erasure
• Tue 12 Oct Utilita Arena Cardiff Erasure
• Sun 10 Oct O2 Apollo Manchester Erasure
• Sat 9 Oct O2 Apollo Manchester Erasure
• Thu 7 Oct Edinburgh, Usher Hall Erasure
• Wed 6 Oct Edinburgh, Usher Hall Erasure
• Mon 4 Oct Dublin, 3Arena Erasure
• Mon 4 Oct Glasgow, SEC Erasure
• Sat 2 Oct Glasgow, SEC Erasure
• Fri 1 Oct Glasgow, SEC Erasure

December 2020

• Fri 18 Dec Online / Streaming Events Erasure's Virtual Christmas Party 2020

August 2020

• Fri 21 Aug Online / Streaming Events Erasure - The Neon Album Launch Party
• Sat 20 Jun Online / Streaming Events Love Record Stores HAAi, Darkstar, Richard Russell, Coldcut, 4AD…
• Fri 1 May Online / Streaming Events Erasure
• Thu 15 Mar Dublin, 3Olympia Theatre Erasure
• Wed 14 Mar Dublin, 3Olympia Theatre Erasure
• Tue 13 Mar Dublin, 3Olympia Theatre Erasure

February 2018

• Sat 24 Feb London, Eventim Apollo Erasure
• Fri 23 Feb London, Eventim Apollo Erasure
• Thu 22 Feb Norwich, UEA Erasure
• Tue 20 Feb Guildford, G Live Erasure
• Mon 19 Feb Brighton Dome Erasure
• Sun 18 Feb Aylesbury Waterside Theatre Erasure
• Fri 16 Feb Cardiff, St David's Hall Erasure
• Thu 15 Feb O2 Guildhall Southampton Erasure
• Wed 14 Feb Ipswich, Regent Theatre Erasure
• Mon 12 Feb Nottingham, Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall Erasure
• Sun 11 Feb O2 Academy Birmingham Erasure
• Sat 10 Feb Cambridge Corn Exchange Erasure
• Thu 8 Feb O2 Apollo Manchester Erasure
• Wed 7 Feb Hull City Hall Erasure
• Tue 6 Feb Liverpool Philharmonic Hall Erasure
• Sun 4 Feb Newcastle upon Tyne, O2 City Hall Newcastle Erasure
• Sat 3 Feb Edinburgh, Usher Hall Erasure
• Fri 2 Feb Dundee, Caird Hall Erasure

January 2018

• Wed 31 Jan Dublin, 3Olympia Theatre Erasure
• Tue 30 Jan Dublin, 3Olympia Theatre Erasure

October 2017

• Thu 19 Oct London, OVO Arena, Wembley Bananarama, Boy George, Erasure, Europe, Imagination, Jason Donovan, Katrina Leskanich (Katrina and The Waves), Louisa Johnson, Nick Heyward, OMD, UB40 Featuring Ali Astro and Mickey …
• Sat 24 Jun → Sat 1 Jul Roskilde Festival 2017 The Weeknd, Justice, Blink-182, Bonobo, G-Eazy…
• Fri 23 Jun The London Stadium Robbie Williams, Erasure
• Wed 21 Jun Cardiff, Principality Stadium Robbie Williams, Erasure
• Sat 17 Jun Robbie Williams, Erasure
• Tue 13 Jun Coventry Building Society Arena Robbie Williams, Erasure
• Fri 9 Jun Edinburgh, Murrayfield Robbie Williams, Erasure
• Tue 6 Jun Southampton, St Mary's Stadium Robbie Williams, Erasure
• Sat 3 Jun Manchester, Etihad Stadium Robbie Williams, Erasure
• Fri 2 Jun Manchester, Etihad Stadium Robbie Williams, Erasure
• Mon 29 May London, The Roundhouse Erasure
• Sun 28 May Manchester, Albert Hall Erasure
• Sat 27 May O2 Academy Glasgow Erasure

December 2014

• Mon 15 Dec London, O2 Forum Kentish Town Erasure, Parallox
• Sun 14 Dec London, O2 Forum Kentish Town Erasure, Iris Gold

November 2014

• Sun 30 Nov O2 Apollo Manchester Erasure, Shelter (2)
• Sat 29 Nov Wolverhampton, The Civic at The Halls Erasure, Shelter (2)
• Fri 28 Nov Newcastle upon Tyne, NX Newcastle Erasure, Nights (2)
• Tue 25 Nov Erasure, Nights (2)
• Mon 24 Nov Cardiff, St David's Hall Erasure, Nights (2)
• Sun 23 Nov Brighton Dome Erasure, Nights (2)
• Fri 21 Nov O2 Academy Glasgow Erasure, Nights (2)
• Thu 20 Nov O2 Academy Edinburgh Erasure, Nights (2)
• Wed 19 Nov Aberdeen Music Hall Erasure, Nights (2)
• Mon 17 Nov Bristol Beacon Erasure, Nights (2)
• Sun 16 Nov Guildford, G Live Erasure, Chad Valley
• Sat 15 Nov Nottingham, Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall Erasure, Chad Valley
• Thu 13 Nov O2 Guildhall Southampton Erasure, Chad Valley
• Wed 12 Nov Reading, Hexagon Erasure, Chad Valley
• Sat 8 Nov Belfast, Ulster Hall Erasure, Chad Valley

November 2011

• Sat 5 Nov Blackpool, Joe Longthorne Theatre Erasure
• Fri 4 Nov Brighton Dome Erasure
• Thu 3 Nov Reading, Hexagon Erasure
• Tue 1 Nov Cambridge Corn Exchange Erasure

October 2011

• Sun 30 Oct Cardiff, St David's Hall Erasure
• Sat 29 Oct Bristol Beacon Erasure
• Fri 28 Oct O2 Guildhall Southampton Erasure
• Wed 26 Oct Southend-on-Sea, Cliffs Pavilion Erasure
• Tue 25 Oct London, The Roundhouse Erasure
• Sun 23 Oct Wolverhampton, The Civic at The Halls Erasure
• Fri 21 Oct Erasure
• Thu 20 Oct O2 Apollo Manchester Erasure
• Wed 19 Oct Nottingham, Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall Erasure
• Mon 17 Oct Grimsby Auditorium Erasure
• Sun 16 Oct Newcastle upon Tyne, NX Newcastle Erasure
• Sat 15 Oct O2 Academy Edinburgh Erasure
• Thu 13 Oct O2 Academy Glasgow Erasure
• Wed 12 Oct Leicester, De Montfort Hall Erasure
• Fri 15 Jul → Sun 17 Jul Guildford, Stoke Park Guilfest 2011 Roger Daltrey, Echo & the Bunnymen, The Rifles, Little Fish, Razorlight…
• Fri 1 Jul Northwich, Delamere Forest Erasure
• Sat 25 Jun Pickering, Dalby Forest Erasure, Sophie Ellis Bextor
• Fri 24 Jun Rugeley, Cannock Chase Forest Erasure, Sophie Ellis Bextor
• Sat 18 Jun Tetbury, Westonbirt Arboretum Erasure, Sophie Ellis Bextor

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Erasure (created in 1985) is a synthpop duo from London, England. Made up of singer and songwriter Andy Bell and Keyboardist Vince Clarke.

Erasure's first three singles did not as well as had been hoped after they were released. They received some recognition in some European countries, but it wasn't until the release of "Sometimes" that they had any acknowledgement they deserved.

The duo first got attention for their music with their debut single "Who Needs Love Like That", following on from their fourth single release of "Sometimes".

Together they became hugely successful in the mid 1990s and made it to the UK Singles Chart.They received 24 Top 40 hits in the UK in a row, as well as 3 Top 20 hits in the US. These included their songs "A Little Respect", "Chains of Love" and "Always".

Erasure have sold over 25 million albums internationally and are very well known within the LGBT community, as singer Andy Bell has become some what of a gay icon over the years.

In 2009 a collection of Erasure's first 40 hits along with a remix of the "Always" single by Jeremy Wheatley was released. Later on the same year they released an album of their classic remixes called "Erasure Club".

In May 2014, the duo announced their 16th studio album was due to be released, named "The Violent Flame". It gave them their first Top 20 album since the release of "Other People's Songs" in 2003.

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It is hard for me to write an unbiased review of Erasure "live". As I love the group so much. And have done so for MANY years (nearly 30 now!) BUT, they have done numerous tracks, over those years, that I have not been too fond of. So, I think I still have my head (and ears) screwed on, in regards to not being "blinded" by LOVE for a group. So ..... Erasure "live" = FANTASTIC!! The songs everyone knows are all there "A little respect", "Stop!", "Chains of love" etc. Along with new ones "Elevation", "Reason" and "Sacred". The underlying theme of the show would, imo, be DANCE. Erasure want you to get up and dance. Many of the old tracks were presented in remix form or new/updated dance versions. And there wasn't a single one that I thought sounded out of place. At the end of the show everyone, who could, was up and dancing. Andy quips between songs were as fun/daft as usual. And it was a brilliant performance all round. From Andy and Vince. As well as Valerie and Emma (backing singers). This is a show I would take ANYONE to. And recommend to EVERYONE. It's fun. It's singalong. It's dancealong. It puts a smile on your face and makes you feel good for a couple of hours. Who could ask for more? Certainly not me :)

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80s English pop-rock staples Erasure are still performing live shows for fans both old and new. Frontman Andy Bell's vocal range still packs a powerful punch, hitting and sustaining all the high notes. In addition to still sounding amazing, Bell and music partner Vince Clarke both look fit in appearance and ready to rock. Andy Bell is known to switch things up even more by wearing short shorts, high heels, or dresses during his stage performances. These antics draw cheers from the crowd, and more impressively do not distract from the main focus- the music.

Fans cheer when they hear familiar songs, and sing along. It's clear that Erasure still can captivate and enchant their audience. Fans consistently clap and scream after each song, particularly known hits such as "A Little Respect", "O L'Amour", and "Chains of Love". Even newer songs, such as 2010s "Always" perk up fans' ears and prove that Erasure is a band that does not just live off their past. They are just as relevant, catchy, and powerful in the 2000s as they were in the 1980s.

Andy and Vince were in fine form for their final stop of their North American 2014 tour showcasing their newest album, The Violet Flame. The opening act Superhumanoids songs were enjoyable, if short, and put us in a good mood for the main act. These two guys have given me more consistent pleasure over more than 30 years than any of my lovers. I adore the intricacies of Vince's rhythms and harmonies and that oh so welcome preponderance of major chords, and floor rumbling bass notes. We were on our feet dancing for at least half the concert, even Andy's ballads are eminently danceable. I wasn't impressed that Andy had occasion to wake up the security team, but impressed that he did, and that he followed up with a statement that "this is a violence free zone" at the end of the song. In all a triumphant finish to the tour.

Great as always, but the show was really short. Encore was one song, then the house lights. Never experienced that from them before. Andy was moving really well, so don’t think it was his hips. What I think it may have been, was it being hotter than hell in the venue. We were in the front row of the second balcony (Moore Theater, Seattle) and it was beyond hot, with people stripping their shirts off, and all of us a dripping sweaty, mess.

I love Erasure and they never disappoint. Other than I would prefer general admission instead of seats, the group always performs the best of their songs. They usually come for more than one night, which is cool. I try to see them every time they come. The crowd is also great and friendly. It's always like a big dance party when Erasure comes to town.

As ever, an utterly brilliant performance not dampened by the venue being evacuated after just 3 songs due to fire. Impromptu sing song on the street outside the O2 then back in to a storming set of all of the old favourites and tracks from the new album.

First saw them on The Innocents tour and will be back for the next one !

Saw erasure at the apollo in Manchester. I saw them when they suported robbie williams and before that back in 1989 at g-mex. I wasnt dissaoointed. Brilliant

night great atmosphere and the cover of blondies "atomic" blew me away. If you are soon to see them, get your party mojo on and have a ball.

1st concert I ever saw was Erasure Wild tour as a 15 year old. I took my daughter who is about to turn 16 as an early bday present to her and it did not disappoint. This show was amazing and so glad we could see any and vince in person, thanks guys!

Fantastic evening, venue was amazing and Andy Bell didn’t miss a beat.....truly first class amazing night....ERASURE was fantastic.

Venue easy to get to and lots of parking at the event, a must see if you haven’t seen ERASURE on there tour

Unbelievable these guys have still got it the two backup singers were incredible.

Absolutely incredible these guys were great amazing backup vocalist to

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Brandi Carlile and the Hanseroth Twins on Joni Mitchell at the Bowl and the rock stardom that wasn’t

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Brandi Carlile is picky about voices — “very picky,” she says, “and strange, and specific” — which is probably why she’s surrounded herself with the same ones for more than 20 years.

Since the early 2000s, the singer-songwriter from Washington state has written, recorded and performed as a member of the three-person band she calls Brandi Carlile with Tim and Phil Hanseroth, identical twin brothers who play guitar and bass, respectively, and add harmony vocals behind Carlile’s show-stopping instrument.

“He’s pointy and honky and harsh,” Carlile says on a recent afternoon, nodding toward Phil. “And he’s crazy and low and mellow,” she adds, nodding toward Tim. “One sounds like Cat Stevens, one sounds like Chris Cornell, and together they only sound like the twins.”

Says Tim with a smile: “That’s something where we can both feel like we got the better end of the compliment.”

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Now, after seven Carlile studio albums — and 10 Grammy nominations, including multiple nods for album and song of the year — the siblings are stepping out on their own with a debut LP, “Vera,” credited to the Hanseroth Twins.

Well, almost on their own: Carlile served as an executive producer on the album, which balances intricately fingerpicked ballads with stately folk-rock numbers, and this year she’s had the brothers opening shows for her on the road. (Carlile also contributes backing vocals to the stirring “I’ll Always Know I Do.”) Yet “Vera” offers a welcome showcase of the Hanseroths’ bone-deep musical connection.

Carlile and the twins sat down at the Sunset Marquis to discuss the album and their intertwined careers — and to build some anticipation for the concerts they’ll play with Joni Mitchell at the Hollywood Bowl on Oct. 19 and 20.

A few years ago, Tim, you told me that Brandi has a light switch that she flips when she goes onstage to access her inner diva. Brandi, how are the twins different in front of an audience versus not? Brandi Carlile: That’s kind of what I wanted to find out. In our band, there is no difference — these guys’ll wear those skintight pants to do yard work. On their own they have to find a persona to settle on that is who they are onstage. They have to talk between songs, for one thing.

Tim Hanseroth: We don’t say a lot onstage with Brandi.

Carlile: You don’t say anything!

What has Brandi taught you over the years about performing? Tim: Oh, God — everything. She has such a way with words, and she just knows how to pull people into her story.

Carlile: They watched me learn how to do that. I remember going out and opening for Howie Day and Ray LaMontagne in the very early days and getting in the van at the end of the night and going, “Guys, I’m just not breaking through — I gotta learn how to talk between these songs.” Then we went on tour with Shawn Colvin, who just talks the whole time, and I started learning some comedic timing.

Brandi, you first encountered the twins when they were playing in their old rock band, the Fighting Machinists. Carlile: They were famous in Seattle. Everybody knew who they were.

Was the fact that they were twins part of the appeal? Carlile: It was jarringly cool, the charisma of their identicalness. They had these blond haircuts, great tattoos, rail thin, just walking around looking like supermodels. The first time I saw them was across the room in a bowling alley. I was already out of the closet, a little baby dyke, and I remember telling my sister, who’s now married to Phil — I was like, “Look at those two.” They looked liked they’d walked off the cover of Seventeen magazine.

Phil Hanseroth: I wish I’d known that back then.

Carlile: They just didn’t look like everybody else. They were sparkly — fairy dust came off them everywhere they went.

Why didn’t it happen for the Fighting Machinists outside Seattle? Tim: We were a great band, but we were very loud with very little to say. We had these two big Marshall stacks and this wonderful wall of grungy sound, but there wasn’t a ton of emotional substance in there.

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I’m not sure that was an impediment for Candlebox. Carlile: The Candlebox drummer was our drummer for a while. I lived at his house.

Tim: I just don’t think we’d done the living yet to really write a song that would connect emotionally with people.

Carlile: It was also the very tail end of [the ’90s Seattle rock frenzy]. They were boarding up the windows of the record labels in downtown Seattle. It was changing, and the twins just didn’t get there in time. Thank God.

You both were in your mid-20s when the band broke up. Did that feel young enough in rock ’n’ roll years to find a new path? Tim: Absolutely.

Carlile: They even separated, the two of them, a little bit. Phil joined a punk band from Philly called the New Black. And me and Tim started bonding musically. But the whole time, I was like, “We gotta get your brother.” Phil was like, “I don’t know…”

Phil: Well, you called one night and you guys were opening for Vienna Teng or something. I was like, “Dude, I was just making out with a chick in the middle of the street in Portland.”

Carlile: It was also weird for a bass player to join two acoustic guitar players — though I think that’s the cornerstone of what our band sounds like now. It made his bass lines really melodic and unique and strange.

You’ve said that making “Vera” grew out of a decision to dial back Brandi’s touring for a while. Tim: It started as like a COVID hobby that we eventually put aside. Then, when we decided to spend less time touring, we thought it was a good time to pick it back up. But it’s also an opportunity to go learn some things that we can bring back into the Brandi Carlile band.

Carlile: Our real periods of growth have always been when we’ve taken a risk that threatens the shape of our trio.

What’s a previous example? Carlile: [Producer] Dave Cobb writing “ The Joke ” with us. That was the first time we ever had another person come into our little agreement, and at the time I don’t think anybody knew how to make room for it. We’ve been impenetrable to drummers. We’ve alienated wives and family members [ laughs ]: “I’m not hanging out with Brandi and those f—ing twins. Those guys don’t let anybody into their jokes. They don’t let anybody into their songs.” But we don’t have to keep the shape. We can do these things and then snap right back to our triangle.

Tim and Phil, you didn’t grow up immersed in the world of roots music that you’ve found a home in with Brandi. What was it like to absorb that tradition? Tim: It was like finding another book in the set of encyclopedias. We’d always liked Gordon Lightfoot and some of the folk stuff. But, like, Johnny Cash? Before we met Brandi, that was just a name I’d heard. Never listened to that growing up — not even close. I can’t actually remember hearing a country song except for maybe “The Devil Went Down to Georgia.”

Carlile: They would also say s— like, “We don’t listen to women’s music.” They weren’t being misogynist — they just hadn’t heard much. I was like, “This is gonna be a great van ride, then, because we’re gonna go through the entire Lilith Fair lineup for the last three years.”

Phil: Emmylou Harris I remember hearing for the first time in 2005 or something.

Carlile: I played Indigo Girls for them: “Listen to the harmonies, guys — it’s like Simon and Garfunkel, but they’re lesbians.”

“Vera” includes a very pretty cover of “A Little Respect,” the great late-’80s synth-pop hit by Erasure. To my mind, Erasure was never as big, at least in the States, as it should’ve been. Why is that? Phil: They were ahead of their time and people weren’t ready for it.

Carlile: Ahead of their time in so many ways: spiritually, musically, technologically. When I was young and didn’t have much access to pop culture, I didn’t know that [singer] Andy Bell was any less important than Freddie Mercury. But they were much more camp than Queen.

Phil, were you responding to the camp aspect when you discovered Erasure? Phil: I’m not sure I was really thinking about that.

Carlile: Well, Phil’s kind of camp.

Tim: He’s wearing a mesh shirt.

Phil: I’ve never been kicked out of a place for being too masculine, I’ll tell you that.

Carlile: Remember we used to tease you about having your legs crossed all the time?

Phil: In fact, you used to call me Bitch Lips.

Carlile: He always had his f—ing ChapStick and he was always doing his lips. We’d be taking photos for a fan: “Hang on, hang on…”

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The three of you live with your families in separate houses on what you call a compound near Seattle. Clearly, you believe in its benefits. What’s a drawback? Carlile: That no one can move.

Phil: If one person moves, the whole thing crumbles [ laughs ].

Carlile: The only real drawback I can think of is that the mountain we all look at, they’re clear-cutting it right now. So we’re looking at a molehill. But it’ll be green again some day.

Would you have imagined as a kid that you’d live this way? Tim: Honestly, yeah, as a best-case scenario. I actually think it’s the way that people are meant to live — closer, more communal. People have coexisted like that for 200,000 years or more.

Carlile: I can feel a little silly as a woman in her 40s explaining to people that everyone I love is on top of me. But not silly enough to change it. It’s because we live on top of each other that I push a little harder to have us find our way out in the world as individuals. I’m writing another book. They’ve done this album. Tim almost tried out for the f—ing Smashing Pumpkins.

Tim: They got a way better guitar player than they would have with me. I don’t know if I would’ve lasted anyway.

Carlile: He didn’t end up trying out because they were looking for somebody for more than a tour.

Tim: Big commitment.

I can’t let you go without saying something about Joni Mitchell at the Bowl. Carlile: The tea I can spill is that I’ve spent these last five, six years in the passenger seat with Joan, and in this case I’m in the backseat. She’s chosen to learn songs that I never heard before, that have been an incredible challenge for us all to learn. It’s gonna be a long show. She wants to give everybody a full-spectrum performance of who she really is and what her career has done. It’s different than [Mitchell’s shows at the Newport Folk Festival and the Gorge Amphitheatre ] — it’s gonna be even crazier. I’m seeing her be inspired in ways I haven’t seen before. And we’ve got some people that have joined the party that are just an inspiration to watch work.

Phil: Probably half the songs on our next record are gonna be in weird tunings because of working with her.

Carlile: He’s having to do [bassist] Jaco [Pastorius’ parts] on songs where Jaco tripled his bass. Phil’s got to play all the licks — and not piss off Joni in the meantime.

Phil: You can’t get anything by her.

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