Post-punk icons Killing Joke this weekend announced plans to release two albums in 2013 and perform “a very small run of headline shows” to coincide with the first release — expected some time in March or April — including “limited U.S. tour dates,” according to a short note posted on the band’s Facebook page.
No further details were revealed about the albums, and it’s unclear whether one of them could be the KJ in Dub project, a 3CD set of remixes announced by the band in August.
Killing Joke’s statement also reveals that its most recent album, MMXII, will receive a belated U.S. release in November via Universal Records. The band adds: “Apologies it’s taken forever, but we were trying to get some U.S. dates in around the release but simply ran out of time.”
This weekend’s announcement follows much controversy over the summer over KJ’s attempts to extract itself from a joint U.K. tour with The Cult and The Mission, a feat the band managed after frontman Jaz Coleman allegedly vanished, only to reappear later in the Sahara desert.
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- Killing Joke: Jaz Coleman ‘alive and kicking’ in the Sahara, new ‘KJ in Dub’ project due
- Killing Joke’s Jaz Coleman goes missing, band ‘concerned about our singer’s welfare’
- Killing Joke quits U.K. tour with The Cult, The Mission over venue downsizing?
- The Cult, The Mission, Killing Joke U.K. arena tour downsized for ‘more intimate experience’
- The Cult, The Mission, Killing Joke team up for 5-date U.K. arena tour this September
- Video: Killing Joke, ‘In Cythera’ — plus stream 5-minute ‘MMXII’ album ‘taster’
EPIC! Can’t wait. I hope they have at least a couple east coast dates!
Yeah. If they can find their batshiz crazay singer again. Ha ha.
“limited U.S. tour dates,” means Atlanta gets the shaft.
I’m guessin’ The Cult aren’t on the short list for openers…
Not holding my breath after Jaz’s lunacy as of late…