THE MAGNETIC FIELDS CELEBRATE THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF 69 LOVE SONGS, NEW WASHINGTON D.C. DATES ADDED

THE BAND PERFORMS THE FULL ALBUM OVER TWO NIGHTS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 20 YEARS

“A tour de force of pop mastery…”—Rolling Stone

“Years in the making and spanning three CDs, this masterwork by Stephin Merritt is exactly what it’s billed as; art about the most personal emotion stamped out in bulk; and a love offering in its own right. About 40 of these head-turners sink in their hooks the first time through; a dozen sound like standards after two hearings, the rest make for useful punctuation. And pop hasn’t seen a lyricist of Merritt’s kind and caliber since Cole Porter.”—SPIN

March 25, 2024—In celebration of the 25th anniversary of its release, the Magnetic Fields will continue to perform 69 Love Songs—the 3-disc masterwork that marked a significant breakthrough for the American band—in its entirety over the course of 2 nights, for the first time in over two decades. New dates at Washington D.C.’s Lincoln Theater on October 17-18 have been added to the previously announced routing. Starting in March, the band will perform 69 Love Songs throughout 2024.

The shows will see composer Stephin Merritt joined by original members Sam Davol and Shirley Simms, along with Chris Ewen and Anthony Kaczynski.

The full tour routing can be found below. For more information on tickets visit houseoftomorrow.com.

The Magnetic Fields will perform the album as it was originally performed in the early 2000’s: In full order over 2 nights, with one half of the triple-disc album performed each night. Featuring multiple singers, the band delivers signature orchestral-pop arrangements with cello, uke, guitars and keyboards.

Written and recorded entirely by Stephin Merritt, 69 Love Songs garnered universal acclaim at its 1999 release, landing on best of year-end lists in Rolling Stone, The New York Times, SPIN, LA Times and The Washington Post, and received notable praise from Pitchfork, The Guardian, Stereogum and much more.

The Magnetic Fields are the brainchild of Merritt, who also releases albums as the 6ths, the Gothic Archies and Future Bible Heroes. With the Magnetic Fields, he has written, produced, and recorded twelve albums to date. He composed original music and lyrics for three music theater pieces directed by Chen Shi-Zheng, and in 2008, mounted an Off-Broadway stage musical of Neil Gaiman’s Coraline, for which he won an Obie Award. Merritt composed the score for the Academy Award–nominated film Pieces of April and for the independent film Eban and Charley. His song “The Book of Love” was performed by Peter Gabriel and appears in the film Shall We Dance as well as numerous other films and TV shows. He has composed incidental music for the HarperCollins’ audio books of A Series of Unfortunate Events and Neil Gaiman’s Coraline. Recently, the Magnetic Fields have been touring to support their 2020 release, Quickies, on Nonesuch records.

For more information, please contact Krista Williams or Carla Sacks at Sacks & Co., 212.741.1000.

MAGNETIC FIELDS 2024 USA TOUR DATES
March 24-25 /// Boston, MA /// Roadrunner
April 3-10 /// New York, NY /// The Town Hall
April 17-20 /// Chicago, IL /// Thalia Hall
April 23-24 /// Los Angeles, CA /// United Theater on Broadway
April 26-29 /// San Francisco, CA /// Curran
May 29-30 /// Durham, NC /// Carolina Theatre
June 1-2 /// Atlanta, GA /// Variety Playhouse
October 19-20 /// Washington, DC /// Lincoln Theatre
October 22-23 /// Austin, TX /// Paramount Theatre
October 26-27 /// Boulder, CO /// Boulder Theater
October 29-30 /// Portland, OR /// Revolution Hall
November 1-2 /// Seattle, WA /// Neptune Theatre
October 17-18 /// Washington, D.C. /// Lincoln Theater
May 3-4 /// North Adams, MA /// MASS MoCA

UK AND EUROPE 2024 TOUR DATES
August 21-22 /// Dublin, Ireland /// Vicar St.
August 28-29 /// Manchester, UK /// Albert Hall
August 31-September 1 /// London, UK /// Barbican
September 4-5 /// Barcelona, Spain /// Paral.lel 62
September 8-9 /// Vienna, Austria /// Volkstheater
September 11-12 /// Utrecht, Netherlands /// Tivoli Vredenburg Hertz
September 14-15, 2024 /// Stockholm, Sweden /// Nya Cirkus
September 16-17 /// Copenhagen, Denmark /// Bremen Theatre

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