The Cult - "Love" Live World Tour

The Cult has announced the launch of The Cult - "Love" Live Tour on May 18 - with confirmed dates in the U.S, Canada, and Europe.

The "LOVE" album is viewed by many fans as The Cult's pre-eminent release. From the immediately recognizable opening notes of "She Sells Sanctuary", through Billy Duffy's psychedelic guitar strains on "Phoenix", to the resolve of Ian Astbury's haunting baritone on "Brother Wolf, Sister Moon", the Cult created an album that maneuvers as a tour de force.

The Cult "LOVE" Live Tour is expected to showcase the band's alternative roots as musicians and performers stopping at a wide range of tour venues from London's, Royal Albert Hall, to Los Angeles' Nokia Theater, to the intimate setting of Paris', Le Bataclan.

"The band is redefining the live album experience with the "LOVE" Live Tour; nothing is comparable to witnessing The Cult, fully engaged in the live creation of arguably their seminal album. For fans this will be the greatest tour yet, and for those just discovering The Cult, this staging will envelop them in a pure performance experience," stated Cult manager, Tom Vitorino.

The evening's finale will include an encore of The Cult's greatest hits, spanning the bands' storied career. The band has been working closely with their art/ design team creating an arresting set, with dramatic effects, using state-of-the art technology.

Fans will be able to enjoy special access tickets in certain tour stops, along with "LOVE" Live exclusive merchandise available at www.thecult.us. The band also has plans in the pipeline for delivering live select track audio and video streams, downloads, and hi definition video/audio capture for full show releases of select tour stops.

In keeping with the band's philosophy of making their shows accessible to all fans, tickets will be available in a broad range of price categories. There will be a limited number of Gold Circle seats while the remaining 95% of the house will average e $40.00 USD per ticket. Tickets can be purchased through all usual ticket outlets, including online.

Continuing their historic creative partnership, Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy began writing together this winter, and have since recorded several songs at The Sunset Marquis Villa Recording Studios, in Los Angeles, CA. Their highly anticipated new tracks will be the follow up to The Cult's 2007 release, the critically acclaimed, "BORN INTO THIS".  As of press time, the band is keeping options open to drop new tracks in conjunction with the tour.

TOUR ITINERARY

August, 2009

Fri 21 - Phoenix, AZ     The Celebrity Theater

Sat 22 - Los Angeles, CA        Nokia Theater

Sun 23 - San Francisco, CA  Warfield Theater

Tue 25 - Portland, OR       Roseland Ballroom

Wed 26 - Seattle, WA      The Moore Theater

Fri 28 - Abbotsford, BC   AEG - REC Building

Sat 29 - Calgary, AB            Flames Central

Sun 30 - Edmonton, AB River Creek Event Ct

September, 2009

Tue 01 - Minneapolis, MN          First Avenue

Wed 02 - Chicago, IL            House Of Blues

Fri 04 - Dallas, TX               House Of Blues

Sat 05 - Austin, TX                         Stubbs

Sun 06 - Houston, TX           House Of Blues

Tue 07 - Charlotte, NC                      Amos

Wed 09 - Washington D.C.            9:30 Club

Fri 11 - New York, NY                Terminal 5

Sat 12 - Boston, MA            House Of Blues

Mon 13 - Toronto, ONT             Massey Hall

Fri 25 - Lisbon, Port        Lisbon Coliseum

Sat 26 - Madrid, Spain             La Riviera

Sun 27 - Valencia, Spain           Tingalo 2

Wed 30 - Zagreb, Croatia    Dom Sportova

October, 2009

Fri 02 - Paris, France              Le Bataclan

Sun 04 - Copenhagen, DK  DR Koncerthuset

Tue 06 - Leeds, Eng             The Academy

Wed 07 - Edinburgh, Scot      Picture House

Thu 08 - Wolverhampton, Eng            Civic

Sat 10 - London, Eng       Royal Albert Hall

Sun 11 - Amsterdam, NT    Heineken Music