Metropolis Records this spring will release a new live set from The Chameleons featuring seven songs recorded in May 2021 by founding members Mark Burgess and Reg Smithies, along with newer members Chris Oliver and Stephen Rice, plus three more songs recorded during the band’s ChameleonsVox era.
The 10-song Edge Sessions (Live From the Edge) will be released digitally and on CD and vinyl on April 25. The set can be pre-ordered now via Bandcamp and Amazon.com.
The Chameleons will tour North America later this year as part of The Mission’s Deja Vu 2002 tour, which also will feature Theatre of Hate. That tour runs from Sept. 7 through Oct. 15.
Below, check out the tracklist for Edge Sessions (Live From The Edge) and the dates for The Mission’s tour with The Chameleons and Theatre of Hate.
The Chameleons, Edge Sessions (Live From the Edge)
1. “A Person Isn’t Safe Anywhere These Days”
2. “Return of the Roughnecks”
3. “Up The Down Escalator”
4. “Anyone Alive”
5. “Soul In Isolation”
6. “Singing Rule Britannia (As The Walls Close In)”
7. “Second Skin”
8. “Sycophants”
9. “Heaven”
10. “Ever After”
The Mission’s Deja Vu Tour 2002
Sept. 7: Baltimore, MD @ Soundstage
Sept. 8: Millersville, PA @ Phantom Power
Sept. 9: Richmond, VA @ The Broadberry
Sept. 10: Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
Sept. 11: West Palm Beach, FL @ Respectable Street
Sept. 13: Tampa ,FL @ The Orpheum
Sept. 15: Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall
Sept. 16: Dallas, TX @ Gas Monkey
Sept. 17: Austin, TX @ Elysium
Sept. 19: Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theater
Sept. 20: Mesa, AZ @ Nile Theater
Sept. 21: San Diego, CA @ Music Box
Sept. 23: Los Angeles, CA @ The Belasco Theatre
Sept. 24: San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel
Sept. 27: Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
Sept. 28: Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
Sept. 29: Boise, ID @ Visual Arts Collective
Sept. 30: Salt Lake City, UT @ Metro Music Hall
Oct. 1: Denver, CO @ Oriental Theater
Oct. 2: Kansas City, MO @ Record Bar
Oct. 4: Minneapolis, MN @ PNA Hall
Oct. 5: Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall Ballroom
Oct. 6: Columbus, OH @ Athenaeum Theatre
Oct. 7: Ferndale, MI @ The Magic Bag
Oct. 8: Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
Oct. 9: Toronto, ON @ Velvet Underground
Oct. 11: Montreal, QC @ Theatre Fairmount
Oct. 12: Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall
Oct. 13: New York, NY @ Le Poisson Rouge
Oct. 14: Ardmore, PA @ Ardmore Music Hall
Oct. 15: Jersey City, NJ @ White Eagle Hall
* All dates featuring The Chameleons and Theatre of Hate
PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS
- John Lever, powerful drummer for The Chameleons, dies following short illness
- Mark Burgess records unfinished Chameleons songs for new EP, announces U.S. dates
- ChameleonsVox performing ‘Script of the Bridge’ on North American tour in 2015
check the year. you made a mistake.
Guess I’m buying tickets to the Austin show!
Do we need another Chams live album? At what point do we say enough? What we need is for Mark to call Dave and bury the hatchet. Do one last tour and call it a day. Stop flogging the Chameleons around the world playing the same songs despite how great those songs are.