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Frank Black to launch fall tour with new band
Pixies frontman Frank Black will head down yet another musical avenue this fall, launching a major tour with a newly minted band in support of his recently released "Fast Man Raider Man" double-disc set.
The tireless Black will also mount a solo-acoustic trek in August, a mix of support dates for Foo Fighters and his own headlining dates, kicking off Aug. 9 in Salt Lake City.
After his acoustic outing, Black will join up with his new bandmates--guitarist Duane Jarvis, bassist Eric Drew Feldman and drummer Billy Block--and open two shows for Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers in late September, followed by a full-fledged headlining tour starting Oct. 1 in Tempe, AZ.
The 38-date headlining tour will stretch into late November, with shows spread across the US and Canada.
The August solo dates are the singer/guitarist's first since 1995. Over the last decade he has toured extensively with several backing units, the longest lasting of these being The Catholics, with whom he recorded five albums in the late '90s and early years of this decade, the last of which was the 2002 combo of "Black Letter Days" and "Devil's Workshop."
Black, of course, was also front and center during the celebrated Pixies reunion over the last couple of years.
"Fast Man Raider Man," Black's 11th solo album since the original breakup of the Pixies in 1992, was recorded over a two-year period at studios in Nashville and Los Angeles, and features a long list of accomplished guest musicians, including The Band's Levon Helm, legendary keyboardist Al Kooper, and bassist Tom Petersson from Cheap Trick. The album hit stores in late June.
