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Cranberries Resurface For Worldwide Club TourIrish pop quartet's return from hiatus with month-long outing will coincide with fourth album. by Senior Writer Gil Kaufman |
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The Cranberries have kept a low profile since late 1997. |
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Irish pop band the Cranberries will celebrate the release of their fourth album, Bury
the Hatchet (April 27), with a worldwide, intimate club tour. Kicking off with a show April 28 at Washington, D.C.'s 9:30 Club, the group will
The follow-up to its platinum-selling 1996 album, To the Faithful Departed, which featured the radio track "Salvation" (RealAudio excerpt), Bury the Hatchet was produced by Benedict Fenner (David Bowie, Elvis Costello) and recorded in Canada and France. The quartet -- fronted by charismatic singer Dolores O'Riordan and featuring Noel Hogan on guitar, Mike Hogan on bass and Fergal Lawler on drums -- formed in Limerick, Ireland, in 1990. Mixing late '80s British dream pop with Irish melodies, its breakthrough hit was the lush ballad "Linger" from its 1993 debut, Everybody Else is Doing It, So Why Can't We? After the single caught fire in the U.S., the Cranberries became worldwide stars, scoring several more hits on their multiplatinum follow-up, 1994's No Need To Argue, including the slightly harder-edged "Zombie." The first single from the 13-track album will be "Promises." The full track listing for Bury the Hatchet is: "Animal Instinct," "Loud and Clear," "Promises," "You and Me," "Just My Imagination," "Shattered," "Desperate Andy," "Saving Grace," "Copycat," "What's on My Mind," "Delilah," "Fee Fi Fo" and "Dying in the Sun." The Internet-only promotion could be both a boon and a pain to Cranberries fans hoping to catch the group live, according to one music industry expert. "The only detriment would be if they're completely ignoring their fans with no computer access," said Gary Bongiovanni, editor of touring industry trade magazine Pollstar. "But, then again, it's great for their fans to get an opportunity to see them in such an intimate setting and it's general admission, so everyone has a chance at getting a good spot." The group will appear on "The Late Show With David Letterman" April 26, before it launches the U.S. leg of the tour April 28. The Cranberries have kept a low profile for the past two years, after they cancelled a November 1997 tour citing O'Riordan's exhaustion. They played their only live show since then at last year's Nobel Peace Prize celebration in Oslo, Norway, on Dec. 15, where they shared the stage with Alanis Morissette and Norwegian pop act a-ha. Cranberries Tour Dates: April 28; Washington, D.C.; 9:30 Club April 30; Philadelphia, Pa.; Tower Theatre May 3; Boston, Mass.; Orpheum May 5; New York, N.Y.; Hammerstein Ballroom May 8; Toronto, Ontario; Phoenix Club May 12; Chicago, Ill.; Riviera May 15; Las Vegas, Nev.; The Joint May 17; San Francisco, Calif.; Warfield May 19; Los Angeles, Calif.; Wiltern |
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