Tour Dates January 2014

January 11.
Melbourne.
Hi-Fi Bar, CBD.

January 16.
Hobart.
Mona Foma.

January 19.
Sydney.
Paradiso/Sydney Festival.

Tour Dates Early-Mid 2014

Republik der Wölfe

March 5 to 9, April 11 to 13, May 9 to 11.
Dortmund, Germany
Theater Dortmund

The Ministry of Wolves

March 11.
Dresden, Germany.
Scheune.

March 12.
Vienna, Austria.
Szene.

March 13.
Tübingen, Germany.
Sudhaus.

March 14.
Le Locle, Switzerland.
Le Lux.

March 15.
Geislingen, Germany.
Rätschenmühle.

March 16.
Bern, Switzerland.
Dampfzentrale.

March 17.
Heidelberg, Germany.
Halle 02.

March 18.
Zurich, Switzerland.
Ziegel Oh Lac.

March 20.
St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Grabenhalle.

March 22.
Hamburg, Germany.
Kampnagel.

March 23.
Berlin, Germany.
Lido.

March 26.
Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Kino Siska.

March 27.
Köln, Germany.
Bahnhof Ehrenfeld.

March 29.
Antwerp, Belgium.
De Studio.

March 31.
Bristol, UK.
The Exchange.

April 1.
London, UK.
Lexington.

April 26.
Prague, Czech.
Pilot Club.

April 27.
Leipzig, Germany.
Schauspiel Leipzig.

May 8.
Bielefeld, Germany.
Forum.

Solo Shows

March 22.
Hamburg, Germany.
Kampnagel (opening for Ministry of Wolves).

March 28.
Dortmund, Germany.
Theater Dortmund.

April 17.
Bucharest, Romania.
The Silver Church [Pledge].

April 18.
Solo in Cluj, Romania.
Flying Circus Pub.

Intoxicated Man Shows

May 27.
London, UK.
Union Chapel.

May 28.
Bristol, UK.
The Lantern, Colston Hall.

May 30.
Barcelona, Spain.
Primavera Festival.

June 13.
Hasselt, Belgium.
Kunstencentrum Belgie.

June 14.
Tilburg, Netherlands.
Tilburg Theater.

Tour Dates September/October 2014

Republik der Wölfe

October 3, 4, 5.
Dortmund, Germany.
Theater Dortmund.

October 11.
Berlin, Germany.
Volksbühne.

Solo Shows

September 24.
Bucharest, Romania.
Question Mark.

September 27.
Brno, Czech.
Henry Lee Festival.

September 29.
Livorno, Italy.
Teatro Aurora.

September 30.
De Panne, Belgium.
Kerk @ Zeelaan 129.

October 6.
Zurich, Switzerland.
El Lokal.

The Ministry of Wolves

September 25.
Bucharest, Romania.
Silver Church [PLEDGE].

September 27.
Brno, Czech.
Henry Lee Festival.

September 28.
Budapest, Hungary.
A38.

October 1.
Hasselt, Belgium.
Kunstencentrum Belgie.

October 8.
Oslo, Norway.
Kulturhuset.

October 9.
Helsinki, Finland.
Ääniwalli.

The Ballad of Jay Givens
Sketches from the Book of the Dead

Famous Last Words
Sketches from the Book of the Dead

Harley Davidson
with Anita Lane

The Sun Before The Darkness
Crime & The City Solution

Hank Williams Said It Best
One Man's Treasure

Intoxicated Man
Live @ The Spanish Club

Jesus Almost Got Me
Anita Lane

Angel (Live)
Crime & The City Solution

Initials B.B.
Intoxicated Man

Do That Thing
Anita Lane

The World's A Girl
Anita Lane

The Next Man That I See
Anita Lane

Mick will be performing as part of the Liveland Showcase in Bucharest in April, along with Andrea Schroeder, Catherine Graindorge and Robin And The Backstabbers. You can help create a live album and concert film of this performance by pledging your support.

Mick Harvey is set to release a double CD collection of his two Serge Gainsbourg albums, Intoxicated Man and Pink Elephants, on Mute on 7 April 2014.

Intoxicated Man (1995) and Pink Elephants (1997) are Mick Harvey’s interpretations of the songs of legendary singer, songwriter and poet Serge Gainsbourg and are the first major works translating Gainsbourg’s infuential work from French to English. The double CD collection will include two unreleased tracks, Dr Jeckyll and Run From Happiness.

Originally Harvey embarked on the project as a result of his own curiousity about the songs and particularly the lyrics. At the time of the original recordings Gainsbourg was little known outside classic works such as Je T’aime… Moi Non Plus (I Love You… Nor Do I), Lemon Incest, Harley Davidson, Initials B.B. and Bonnie & Clyde. On this collection these classic works are presented alongside some of Gainsbourg’s lesser known compositions.

The vocal parts originally sung by Gainsbourg’s muses Jane Birkin, Brigitte Bardot and daughter Charlotte Gainsbourg are here sung by long time collaborator Anita Lane. Guests on the albums include Bertrand Burgalat, Warren Ellis and David McClymont.

Mick Harvey explains, “Translating a great writer is like walking through a minefield and I set myself the difficult task of attempting to keep the places of rhyming, metre and meaning accurate to the originals. One or more of these elements is usually dispensed with in the translating of poetry and lyrics, but I did not want to iron out any of Gainbourg’s more aberrant angles or lose any of his especially perverse and peculair touches. Some word plays and turns of phrase were inevitably lost. For this I make no apology.”

2013 saw Mick Harvey and his band perform the songs of Serge Gainsbourg at the Yeah Yeah Yeahs curated ATP festival. After successful performances in Australia, a European tour is planned for spring 2014.

Tour Dates Early 2013

Einstürzende Neubauten Support

February 19th 2013.
Melbourne.
Palace Theatre.

February 22rd 2013.
Sydney.
Enmore Theatre.

February 23rd 2013.
Brisbane.
Tivoli.

Possibly guesting with Crime & the City Solution

February 18th 2013.
Melbourne.
The Hi-Fi.

February 21st 2013.
Sydney.
The Hi-Fi.

February 24th 2013.
Brisbane.
The Hi-Fi.

New Zealand Tour

March 21st 2013.
Wellington.
Mighty Mighty Bar.

March 22nd 2013.
Auckland.
TBC.

March 23rd 2013.
Leigh.
Sawmill.

Europe Tour Dates May 2013

May 4.
London, UK.
ATP Alexandra Palace (Gainsbourg set).

May 5.
London, UK.
Lexington.

May 7.
Oslo, Norway.
Kampen Bistro.

May 8.
Tromsø, Norway.
TBA.

May 10.
TBA.
TBA.

May 11.
Hasselt, Belgium.
Kunstencentrum.

May 12.
Paris, France.
Espace B.

May 15.
Stavanger, Norway.
Folken.

May 16.
Bergen, Norway.
Hulen.

May 18.
Berlin, Germany.
Roter Salon.

May 23.
Lisbon, Portugal.
CCB.

May 24.
Guimarães, Portugal.
CCVF.

May 25.
Aveiro, Portugal.
Teatro Aveirense.

May 27.
Istanbul, Turkey.
Nublu.

Australian Tour June 2013

Australian shows have been announced for June and should be featuring special guest support slots by the great Louis Tillett in Melbourne and Sydney (and possibly Adelaide too).

June 7.
Melbourne.
Memo Theatre, St. Kilda.

June 22.
Adelaide.
The Wheatsheaf, Thebarton.

June 23.
Adelaide.
The Wheatsheaf, Thebarton.

June 27.
Sydney.
The Camelot Lounge, Marrickville.