https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/the-cult-announces-spring-2022-u-s-tour/
THE CULT will embark on a U.S. tour this spring. The 13-date trek will kick off on April 21 in St. Petersburg, Florida and will conclude on May 11 in San Diego, California. Tickets go on sale this Friday, February 4.
Tour dates:
April 21 - St. Petersburg, FL - Duke Energy Center For The Arts (Mahaffey Theatre)
April 23 - Atlanta, GA - Tabernacle
April 26 - Memphis, TN - Graceland Live- The Soundstage At Graceland
April 28 - Biloxi, MS - Hard Rock Hotel And Casino – Hard Rock Live
April 29 - Lake Charles, LA - Golden Nugget-Lake Charles-Grand Event Center
May 01 - San Antonio, TX - Aztec Theatre
May 03 - Dallas, TX - House Of Blues
May 04 - Tulsa, OK - Tulsa Theatre
May 06 - Denver, CO - Mission Ballroom
May 07 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Complex
May 08 - Las Vegas, NV - House Of Blues
May 10 - San Diego, CA - Humphreys Concerts By The Bay
May 11 - San Diego, CA - Humphreys Concerts By The Bay
Last April, THE CULT guitarist Billy Duffy spoke to Tone-Talk about the progress of the recording sessions for the band's new album. The follow-up to 2016's "Hidden City" is being helmed by producer Tom Dalgety, who has previously worked with GHOST and ROYAL BLOOD, among others.
"We've been digging away at that over the last year and a half," Billy said. "We're working with a great young English producer called Tom Dalgety. And, obviously, with the circumstances of the last year or so, it's been a little challenging. But we're making some progress.
"The philosophy in THE CULT camp, really, is about quality, not quantity," Duffy explained. "We don't just need to keep putting out records for the sake of it. Without being ridiculous, we wanna, within a certain realistic time frame, make sure that the records that we put out are as good as they can be. So sometimes that takes a bit longer. And that's kind of where we're at."
He reiterated: "We're well into the process of the new CULT album."
Speaking about THE CULT's songwriting approach this time around, Billy said: "One of the things about THE CULT, I think, that may be worth mentioning is it's always been a collaborative creative effort between me and Ian [Astbury, vocals]. And as you can imagine, like any kind of situation, there's pushing and pulling, and Ian wants to go a certain direction, and I might resist, or I might wanna go a certain direction. And that tension creates [THE CULT sound]. It's not like Ian writes 'Ian songs' and Billy writes 'Billy songs,' and we record them as THE CULT. There are no 'Ian songs' or 'Billy songs' — there are Ian and Billy songs together. And over the time, there's a bit of a creative — it's not always tension; I don't mean that in a bad way. That's what makes it good. It's that blend. We sort of respect each other to the extent that I think there's a trust there, and I think that, after this many years together, and a few years apart, I think we trust each other and respect each other enough.
"I think it's healthy to have creative tension," he continued. "There's nothing worse than walking into a room where nobody's got any ideas. I'd rather have an argument about something creative than to have nothing, just the sound of crickets: 'All right. What are we gonna do now?'
"We see things very differently," Billy admitted. "In a lot of ways, we're very alike. Our birthdays are one year and two days apart. So we're both Taureans. Our birthdays are both coming up very soon. We're very alike in a lot of ways and very different in a lot of ways."
"Hidden City" was released in February 2016 via Cooking Vinyl. The follow-up to 2012's "Choice Of Weapon" was written by Astbury and Duffy and was produced by Bob Rock, who has previously worked with METALLICA and MÖTLEY CRÜE.
In May 2020, it was announced that THE CULT had inked a deal with Black Hill Records.
The aforementioned "Sonic Temple" album catapulted THE CULT into superstar status and remains their most commercially successful release. It has sold over 1.5 million copies in the U.S. alone and was certified platinum in 1990. It made it to No. 10 on the Billboard charts, and several of the album's songs remain rock-radio staples to this day.
Everyone has a plan, till you get punched in the face,
One of my favorite bands that I have seen live more than a dozen times. Glad to see they are touring again and hopefully they are going to add more dates closer to where I live as I would love to see them again.
Also looking forward to a new album but have to say the last couple were mediocre IMHO. They seem to have gone away from their strength which was Duffy's guitar hooks. They had also added a keyboard player which doesn't fit their music for me. I would rather see a second guitar player to play rhythm to Duffy's leads and fatten the sound.
One of my favorite bands that I have seen live more than a dozen times. Glad to see they are touring again and hopefully they are going to add more dates closer to where I live as I would love to see them again.
Also looking forward to a new album but have to say the last couple were mediocre IMHO. They seem to have gone away from their strength which was Duffy's guitar hooks. They had also added a keyboard player which doesn't fit their music for me. I would rather see a second guitar player to play rhythm to Duffy's leads and fatten the sound.
hmm i'm not feeling the mediocre thing. it thought they were fine albums
One of my favorite bands that I have seen live more than a dozen times. Glad to see they are touring again and hopefully they are going to add more dates closer to where I live as I would love to see them again.
Also looking forward to a new album but have to say the last couple were mediocre IMHO. They seem to have gone away from their strength which was Duffy's guitar hooks. They had also added a keyboard player which doesn't fit their music for me. I would rather see a second guitar player to play rhythm to Duffy's leads and fatten the sound.
hmm i'm not feeling the mediocre thing. it thought they were fine albums
They weren't terrible but they were lacking Billy Duffy's crunch that made their earlier albums great for me.
Personally I prefer the two Coloursound I & II album collaborations of Mike Peters and Billy Duffy to the last three Cult albums but that's just me. Then again the big attraction of The Cult for me is Duffy's guitar playing and riffs so I am a bit biased.
I will say that the songs they played from "Born Into This" were much better live than on the album when I saw the Cult at the Boston Orpheum Theater after that album was released so maybe the music from the last two albums will grab me better if played live.
JMO of course and YMMV.
One of my favorite bands that I have seen live more than a dozen times. Glad to see they are touring again and hopefully they are going to add more dates closer to where I live as I would love to see them again.
Also looking forward to a new album but have to say the last couple were mediocre IMHO. They seem to have gone away from their strength which was Duffy's guitar hooks. They had also added a keyboard player which doesn't fit their music for me. I would rather see a second guitar player to play rhythm to Duffy's leads and fatten the sound.
hmm i'm not feeling the mediocre thing. it thought they were fine albums
They weren't terrible but they were lacking Billy Duffy's crunch that made their earlier albums great for me.
Personally I prefer the two Coloursound I & II album collaborations of Mike Peters and Billy Duffy to the last three Cult albums but that's just me. Then again the big attraction of The Cult for me is Duffy's guitar playing and riffs so I am a bit biased.
I will say that the songs they played from "Born Into This" were much better live than on the album when I saw the Cult at the Boston Orpheum Theater after that album was released so maybe the music from the last two albums will grab me better if played live.
JMO of course and YMMV.
Yeah I get where you are coming from regarding the last three. Just a little different. I do really like "Born Into This". I have the 2cd edition.
I did not know anything about Coloursound till I heard an interview with Billy last summer and he was talking about it. Not sure how I missed the boat on that one. Thanks for reminding me,will look into it.
Everyone has a plan, till you get punched in the face,
The first Coloursound album is fantastic IMHO with a nice blend of Alarm and Cult influences. Plenty of Duffy riffs and not a bad song on the whole album.
I just got Coloursound II and it is not as consistent as the the first but more diverse styles. I still prefer it to the last two Cult albums.
Would love to see that band live someday
I do like some of the songs on Born Into This and they had more muscle and crunch live then on the studio album so preferred them live.
