Los Angeles-based, female rock icons, Cherie Currie and Brie Darling have announced the initial dates for their first-ever tour together. The tour, in support of their recently released new album The Motivator is set to kick off in Las Vegas on November 8. The month long trek will weave through major markets including Chicago, Philadelphia and New York as well as some Canadian dates. All dates will go on sale Friday, September 6 at 8 AM PST\/11 AM EST.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve worked my whole life for this. I feel so lucky to share this new experience with an icon I truly admire.\u201d says Cherie Currie while Brie Darling sums up her excitement for the upcoming tour with \u201cIt’s gonna get noisy …You’re gonna wanna be here!”<\/p>\n
The Motivator debuted in the Top 20 on Billboard\u2019s Heatseeker\u2019s Chart and has received rave reviews with The Big Takeover saying \u201cthe chemistry of Currie and Darling is awe inspiring as the vocal gymnastics of both complement each other perfectly,\u201d while Uncut magazine raves \u201cThe pick of their three originals is the defiant pop-rock anthem, \u201cThis Is Our Time\u201d. \u201cIt ain\u2019t over yet, turn up our voices past 10,\u201d sings Currie. And they have.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Motivator via Blue \u00c9lan Records was produced by the six-time Grammy nominated Dave Darling (Brian Setzer, Stray Cats, Janiva Magness, Tom Waits) and features nine classic covers by bands including The Rolling Stones, Stevie Wonder, and John Lennon, plus three powerful new originals, \u201cToo Bruised,\u201d \u201cI\u2019m Too Good, That\u2019s Just Too Bad\u201d and the topical \u201cThis Is Our Time.<\/p>\n
Guests on the album include a host of family and friends who came in to do backups, including Currie\u2019s sister, actress Sondra Currie, her ex-husband, actor Robert Hays; friends, Susan Olsen of Brady Bunch fame, Leslie Koch Foumberg, and actress\/director, Allison Scagliotti. Darling\u2019s brother, Henry Berry is on \u201cHe Ain\u2019t Heavy\u201d; and brother Phil Berry does a guitar solo on the Kinks tune \u201cDo it Again\u201d while her sister, Rory Berry Bishop plays drums on Thunderclap Newman\u2019s \u201cSomething in the Air.\u201d Patti Quatro\u2014Suzi\u2019s sister and a member of Fanny\u2014plays guitar and sings on \u201cFor What It\u2019s Worth.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Runaways front-woman and solo artist, Currie, met the Fanny drummer and singer, Darling, in 2017 and immediately connected. Currie had come in to contribute vocals to Fanny Walked the Earth, a reunion album from the trailblazing Fanny, the first all-female band signed to a major label (Reprise) in 1969. Though the two musicians were certainly admirers of each other, they had not yet met until that session. Once connected, the idea to continue collaborating was hatched and soon the idea to record an album was solidified.<\/p>\n
It was decided they would record an album of cover songs that resonated with the duo. The covers chosen mostly share\u2014unintentionally\u2014a socio-political resonance that\u2019s as relevant today as when the songs were written. \u201cThe original album concept was that Brie was going to sing a few, I\u2019d sing a few, and we\u2019d back each other up,\u201d furthers Currie. \u201cBut I knew our voices really work well together. On T. Rex\u2019s \u2018The Motivator,\u2019 Brie did a great soulful rock scratch vocal but maybe I have more of a tough rock quality to my voice, so I think Dave decided I was going to sing it. But in my head I heard a duet, me doing the first verse, her on the second verse\u2026.and that started the dialog of using our voices together as a concept. Our voices complement each other, so we decided we should share the majority of these songs, because it makes them better.\u201d Producer Dave Darling says, “It’s extremely rare to have two such powerful vocalists in the same band. Cherie’s a steam roller and Brie’s a flame thrower. That just doesn’t happen!”<\/p>\n
White Mystery<\/p>\n
Miss Alex White & Francis Scott Key White are sibling rock\u2019n\u2019roll duo White Mystery from Chicago. Since April 20, 2008, White Mystery self-released eight records, played 1000 shows on three continents with the likes of Iggy Pop, Garbage, Thee Ohsees, and Patti Smith; modeled for Levi\u2019s Jeans; performed in the Sundance film Station to Station; earned rave reviews from MTV, VICE, NPR \u201cSound Opinions,\u201d and High Times; jammed on a parade float with Sir Richard Branson; and rocked the NBC late night TV show, Last Call with Carson Daly. Witness for yourself what Pitchfork calls, \u201cjovial rock\u2019n\u2019roll delivery and DIY sensibility.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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