Legendary L.A. punk act X will celebrate the holidays this year by releasing a Christmas single — just like Ministry’s Al Jourgensen! — and performing four festive California concerts in late December.
The band’s original lineup — John Doe, Exene Cervenka, Billy Zoom and D.J. Bonebrake — convened in August in Los Angeles to record a pair of Xmas chestnuts, “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” and “Jingle Bells,” to be released around Thanksgiving as a “digital 45.”
Then, in December, the band is slated to play its second-annual slate of “X-Mas Celebration” concerts on Dec. 19 in Los Angeles (with Calexico opening), Dec. 29 in Sacramento and Dec. 30 and 31 in San Francisco. (See full tour details below.)
The December gigs follow a busy year for X, in which it toured the U.S., and during which Cervenka announced she suffers from multiple sclerosis and released a new solo album, Somewhere Gone.
See X’s holiday tour dates after the jump…
X tour dates:
Dec. 19: The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA
Dec. 29: Harlow’s, Sacramento, CA
Dec. 30: Slim’s, San Francisco, CA
Dec. 31: Slim’s, San Francisco, CA
PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS
- X letting fans help pick setlists on ‘Total Request Live’ tour
- Quick Spins: Big Audio Dynamite, X, Dinosaur Jr, Joy Division
- ‘Urgh! A Music War’ finally released on DVD
