5 May 2009
Jarvis will play the following three dates:
4 May 2009
Jarvis and his band will be resident at Galerie Chappe in Paris between May 5 and 10, 2009. They will be there each day between about 12 noon and 6/7pm. They plan to host a series of activities and events that will attempt to answer the question "What is music?".
Activities that will take place include:
The gallery will also display a selection of photographs by Rankin shot for Jarvis' new album Further Complications.
All of these events will be broadcast on Jarvis' website: www.jarviscocker.net
30 April 2009
Jarvis will be playing at the following two European festivals:
21 April 2009
There is some uncertainty about the tracklisting for Further Complications.
Most tracklistings are as follows:
However, several online record stores strangely list the UK CD version as not including Further Complications nor I Never Said I Was Deep. This may well be a mistake, but there is also a chance it is correct. (EDIT: This fortunately turned out to just be a mistake.)
18 April 2009
As well as being offered as a free download on jarviscocker.net, Angela will also be released as a limited 7" single on 15th June. The B-side will be I Found Myself Looking For God.
In addition, Angela also appears on a limited edition compilation cassette released on 18th April as part of Record Store Day. An event in support of the dwindling number of independent record shops around the country. The cassette is called C09, clearly a nod towards the legendary C86 cassette. It is limited to just 300 copies, which will be sold in independent record shops for the minimal price of 99p.
17 April 2009
A website to promote Jarvis' new album has appeared at jarviscocker.net. New track Angela is available as a free download (email address required).
The album's tracklisting is as follows:
20 March 2009
10 June - Blackpool Empress Ballroom
12 June - Glasgow ABC
14 June - Rock City, Nottingham
16 June - Brighton Dome
17 June - London Troxy
24 July - Secret Garden Party, near Huntingdon
Also, on 16 April Jarvis will perform an acoustic set at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. This is a charity appearance with funds going to the Alder Hey Children's Hospital. Also appearing are Badly Drawn Boy, I Am Kloot and Stephen Fretwell.
20 March 2009
29 May - Primavera Festival, Barcelona
31 May - Vega, Copenhagen
2 June - Fabrik, Hamburg
3 June - Rockhal, Luxembourg
4 June - Bataclan,Paris
6 June - Ancienne Belgique, Brussels
7 June - Paradiso, Amsterdam
Plus:
19 June - Ejekt Festival, Athens
8 August - Berlin Festival
30 December 2008
On 31st December 2008, Jarvis will guest edit the Today programme on BBC Radio 4. The morning news and current affairs show traditionally picks a selection of guest editors between Christmas and New Year. It is reported that Jarvis' programme will focus on the credit crunch.
There is a video trailer for the programme on the BBC website.
30 December 2008
Jarvis has recently performed at two events in London.
Information from the Barbican website:
A deliciously dark evening of twisted Christmas songs from an exciting line-up of singers, musicians and stage actors performing their own versions of Christmas songs past, present and future.
Featuring Jarvis Cocker, Patrick Wolf, Sandy Dillon, Daniel Knox, Bonfire Madigan, Mary Margaret O’Hara, The Inn-Ringers, The Smoke Fairies, Foy Vance, Kathryn Williams and Neill MacColl, The New London Children’s Choir, Lou Rhodes, Frank Sidebottom & more.
He performed an interpretation of the traditional Christmas carol God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman, and also a song he had written himself called Slush
Information from the Southbank Centre website:
Beatbox artist Shlomo hosts a very special show to promote music as an aid to fight knife crime in the UK. A diverse cast of guest artists collaborate with Shlomo for one night of spontaneous music.
The idea for the concert is based on Shlomo's two-hour show at Glastonbury festival this year, where he brought out a whole host of guest artists to collaborate and jam in front of 15,000 people.
In this performance, each artist performs one or two songs, either solo or duetting with Shlomo or other guests, with Shlomo's beatbox choir, The Vocal Orchestra, always on-hand as the backing band.
He performed Fat Children with his usual band replaced by beatbox artists vocally mimicking the sounds of the instruments.
Jarvis reportedly met beatboxer Shlomo while on a recent trip to the Arctic to raise awareness of climate change.
Related pages: Jarvis - Miscellaneous Live Performances