SWANS ANNOUNCED AS NEXT YEAR'S ROADBURN FESTIVAL HEADLINER
By Louise on Aug 31, 2010 | In News, Background, News
We've just got work that New York's legendary and recently resurrected Swans have been confirmed as the headliner at the Terrorizer-sponsored Roadburn Festival next year.
Featuring band members Michael Gira, Norman Westberg, Christoph Hahn, Phil Puleo, Chris Pravdica and Thor Harris the band will headline Roadburn on Saturday, 16 April 2011.
After 15 years of touring and constant productivity Swans disbanded in 1997. The band’s recent revival finds Michael Gira seamlessly shifting from Angels Of Light mode to the more heavier and noisier origins of Swans, as showcased on the band's forthcoming album, 'My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky', which basically starts where 'Soundtracks For The Blind/Swans Are Dead' left off.
Roadburn Festival said they regard Swans "as the single biggest influence on the burgeoning doom / sludge / drone scene aside from the obvious likes of Black Sabbath. Swans' canon of work can be heard and felt throughout the entire festival and in most of the bands invited to perform. It is a massive understatement to say that we are looking forward to the formidable and brutal sonic waves and the extreme volume levels that Swans will bring to the festival. We are still pinching ourselves that the fever dream of this highly anticipated resurrection has become a reality."
Sponsored by Terrorizer and Germany's Rockhard, Roadburn Festival 2011, including Sunn O)))’s special event, will run for three days from Thursday, April 14 to Saturday, April 16 at the 013 venue and Midi Theatre in Tilburg, Holland. There will be an additional afterburner event on Sunday, April 17, 2011.
For more info, please visit: www.roadburn.com
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