THE LATEST JOHN FOXX NEWS

LATEST NEWS

09.05.08 – foxx and gordon down under

After years of being a fan, Matt Cutler finally got to see John Foxx live in Adelaide this week. Head over to the Plaza for Matt’s review!

05.05.08 – Ultravox! The Early Years: HA!-HA!-HA!

Gem Wheeler’s exploration of John Foxx’s time as Ultravox! front man continue with an in-depth look at the band’s second album, HA!-HA!-HA! – head over to the Plaza to read, and get the album on standby, because once you’ve read this, you will have to play it!

03.05.08 – INTERNATIONAL JOHN FOXX TOUR DATES

What started out as a quiet year for the quiet man, is turning into a frenzy of activity, with this month’s Australian tour kicking off tomorrow, and this week saw the announcement of the following concerts:

Cathedral Oceans in Durham

On Wednesday the 18th of June, John Foxx will be performing Cathedral Oceans III in the Fellow’s Garden at Durham Castle as part of the Durham Arts Festival.

From the 14th to the 21st of June, the city of Durham will host the inaugural Durham Arts Festival. An all inclusive program of visual art, film, workshops, lectures, theatre and musical events will provide opportunities for everyone to engage with the arts.

The Durham Arts Festival is a unique project both in its motivations and its management. The project has been brought together by a team of dedicated student volunteers from Durham University, who have managed all aspects of the event from programming and fundraising to marketing and co-ordination.

Exhibitors include: Lee Miller, Quentin Blake, Judith Kerr, Dariush Mehrjui, Martin Firrell and a very special presentation of John Foxx’s Cathedral Oceans III in the Fellow’s Garden of Durham Castle.

Created by pioneering electronic composer John Foxx, Cathedral Oceans III is a multimedia installation that comprises of a series of digitally composed stained glass windows projected directly onto the walls of Durham Castle. The piece comments on the deterioration of sacred spaces and looks to a future reconciled with nature. John will accompany the images with a live soundtrack, evoking the choral traditions of religious society to complete this rich presentation. Framed within the walls of Durham Castle, a Norman castle facing Durham Cathedral and overlooking the River Wear, this stunning use of high tech audio visual equipment in a World Heritage Site will create a sumptuous sensory experience that is bound to be one of the biggest audiovisual events in the North East this summer.

Tiny Colour Movies in Barcelona

John Foxx will be performing Tiny Colour Movies in Barcelona on Saturday the 14th June at the very prestigious Caixaforum.

Japanese tour

John Foxx and Louis Gordon will be playing two shows in Takadanobaba Area in Tokyo, Japan on Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd September. More details soon.

Info courtesy of Metamatic.com

26.04.08 – A New Kind of Man

A page for this new live album has been added to the disgography. A New Kind of Man will be on sale on John’s Australian tour. 1000 copies have been initially pressed.

A New Kind of Man is the ultimate souvenir for anyone who attended last year’s live shows based around the Metamatic album. This live album features the entire Metamatic live set, as performed by John Foxx, Louis Gordon and Steve D'Agostino. Released on the 21st of April, it is available from Townsend Records

Courtesy of Robin Harris/Metamatic.com

Quiet Man Performance in November 2008

John Foxx will also be performing sections from his on-going Quiet Man novel at the Victoria Hall, Leeds, 9pm on November 7, 2008. John will be playing a grand piano to accompany a pre-recorded reading of the text and there will also be a set of Quiet Man images projected onto a screen in the Hall. Tickets are £10, £8 concessions. More details will follow.

Courtesy of Metamatic

03.02.08 - Another golden moment

Film-maker Tessa Meijer shares with us her story of discovering and then re-discovering the music of John Foxx.

21.01.08 - Ultravox! The Early Years

John Foxx and Ultravox! fan Gem Wheeler, takes a retrospective look at the first Ultravox! album, in the first of several upcoming reviews. Click here or head over to the Plaza section!