Wayne Kramer Joins Pere Ubu For Inertia Tour

2 Sep 1998 04:00:00 EDT

MC5 guitarist Wayne Kramer has signed on to be a touring musician for avante garde rockers Pere Ubu during that band's stint on the Inertia Tour, which will also feature the Buzzcocks, the Dickies and the Fall.

Kramer, whose career has been in a critical upswing following two recent solo records, 1995's "Hard Stuff" and last year's "Citizen Wayne," has even moved the release of his own upcoming record, "Live Like a Motherf**ker," back to November 10 in order to focus on the Pere tour.

The bulk of Kramer's concert album was recorded during his last solo road outing, and features two new songs, "Take Your Clothes Off" and "Bomb Day in Paris," as well as an updated version of the classic MC5 diatribe, "Kick Out the Jams."

The dates just announced for the Inertia Tour:

10/14 - Montreal, QUE @ Melody
10/15 - Montreal, QUE @ Melody
10/16 - Toronto, ONT @ Concert Hall
10/17 - Toronto, ONT @ Concert Hall
10/18 - Detroit, MI @ State Theater
10/22 - Boston, MA @ Cyclorama
10/23 - New York, NY @ U.S.S. Intrepid
10/24 - New York, NY @ U.S.S. Intrepid
10/25 - Washington DC @ Capital Ballroom
10/29 - Cincinnati, OH @ Music Hall
10/30 - Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theater
10/31 - Chicago, IL @ Vic
11/1 - Milwaukee, WI @ Rave
11/4 - Vancouver, BC @ Plaza of Nations
11/5 - Vancouver, BC @ Plaza of Nations
11/6 - Seattle, WA @ Pier 48
11/7 - Seattle, WA @ Pier 48
11/8 - Portland, OR @ Museum
11/11 - San Francisco, CA @ Maritime Hall
11/12 - San Francisco, CA @ Maritime Hall
11/13 - Los Angeles, CA @ Palladium
11/14 - Los Angeles, CA @ Palladium

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Pere Ubu's "Pennsylvania" Shuffle

29 May 1998 02:00:00 EDT

Twenty-years after the release of its groundbreaking debut, "Modern Dance," absurdist rock group Pere Ubu has returned with its eleventh studio album, "Pennsylvania," and plans to launch a tour in June.

Hailing from Cleveland, Pere Ubu rose out of a late '70s Ohio scene that also spawned Devo, and though "Modern Dance" sold less than 20,000 copies in the U.S., Ubu's sound was a major source of inspiration to a wave of postpunk bands, including R.E.M., Husker Du and the Pixies.

Pere Ubu will also use the summer outing to celebrate the Geffen reissue of "Modern Dance," which is scheduled to arrive in stores on June 2.

The dates announced so far for Pere Ubu's summer tour:

6/13 - Toronto, ONT @ NXNE
6/14 - Toronto, ONT @ Horseshoe
6/15 - Burlington, VT @ Club Toast
6/16 - Montreal, QUE @ Club Soda
6/17 - Cambridge, MA @ Middle East
6/18 - New York, NY @ Wetlands
6/19 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Graffiti
6/20 - Cleveland, OH @ Wilbert's
6/21 - Chicago, IL @ Lounge Axe
6/22 - Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line
6/24 - Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
6/25 - Seattle, WA @ OK Hotel
6/26 - Santa Monica, CA @ McCabe's
6/27 - San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill

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