Pixies have announced a five-night residency at London’s Roundhouse to celebrate the 30th anniversary of ‘Come On Pilgrim’ and ‘Surfer Rosa’.
The alt-rock legends and forefathers of grunge released their debut mini-LP ‘Come On Pilgrim’ in 1987 before dropping the seminal ‘Surfer Rosa’ the following year – featuring the likes of ‘Bone Machine’, ‘Gigantic’ and ‘Where Is My Mind’ and influence countless acts in generations to follow.
To mark three decades since their release, the band will be honouring the two records during five nights at The Roundhouse in London from October 30 until November 3. Tickets are on sale now and available here.
.@PIXIES announce new shows at the Roundhouse, London in October / November to celebrate the 30th anniversary of 'Come on Pilgrim…It’s Surfer Rosa'!
Tickets on sale now:https://t.co/tfIk3V1xYp pic.twitter.com/LvOMl1rh5L— See Tickets (@seetickets) April 20, 2018
In a bid to battle touts, the band wrote:
All tickets are £50.00.
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Reassessing Pixies’ career, NME’s Mark Beaumont wrote: “Quiet/loud? That was Pixies. Radiohead cited them as a major influence and David Bowie hailed them as leftfield US giants, but their most notable testimonial came from one Kurt Cobain, who admitted that when writing ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ he was basically copying the electro-therapy dynamic that Black Francis and crew had perfected on tracks like ‘Gouge Away’ and ‘Tame’. Alongside Hüsker Dü and the ’80s US hardcore scene, the grunge movement was rooted in Pixies’ early records – ‘Come On Pilgrim’, ‘Surfer Rosa’ and ‘Doolittle’.
“So any time you hear an alt-rock band making a noise like melodic excavation machinery – from Wolf Alice to Savages – that’s Pixies gnawing at their souls.”
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