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The Tour's Back On! The Go-Go's Announce Summer Reunion! The Tour's Back On! Go-Go's Announce Summer Reunion!
Phew! We were nervous this day would never come! When Belinda Carlisle and the girls announced last summer that they were canceling their plans for a farewell tour, we were, to say the least, devastated. However, today we bring you the good news that the ladies have rescheduled and plan to tour North America this summer. Plus, BONUS - to commemorate their30th anniversary, The Go-Go's are rereleasing their double-platinum debut album with a bonus disc that features previously unreleased music from a 1981 live set. Woohoo! We're excited for this! Check out the official dates for the tour…after the jump! Who thinks they'll go-go to their shows??? May 2011 June 2011 August 2011 "Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
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Didn't one of them get hurt badly and that was the reason for the canceled tour? Space for sale... | |
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Yes, Jan injured her knee and had to have surgery nut they're ready to tour again! "Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
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THE GO-GO’S ANNOUNCE: LADIES GONE WILD TOUR Commemorative Activities to Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Beauty and the Beat. March 28, 2011 (LOS ANGELES, CA) – 30 years after the release of Beauty and the Beat, their double-platinum debut album that cemented in our hearts and our pop-vernacular such smash hits as “Our Lips Are Sealed” and “We Got the Beat”, the Go-Go’s and their fans prepare for a slew of 30th Anniversary activities for the 2011 summer and beyond.
Kicking off the festivities will be Ladies Gone Wild, a national U.S. tour with the legendary Go-Go’s Belinda Carlisle, Charlotte Caffey, Gina Schock, Jane Wiedlin and Kathy Valentine. The tour will include a very special Los Angeles homecoming show at the Greek Theater on August 17, Belinda’s birthday. An exclusive VIP package will be available in most tour markets for fans to meet the band and purchase limited edition merchandise. This summer will also see the release of a Deluxe Edition of Beauty and the Beat, available May 17 from EMI, including a limited edition on hot pink vinyl. The Deluxe Edition includes a special bonus audio CD that features previously unreleased music from a 1981 live show. In August, the Go-Go’s will receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 1981, the Go-Go’s delivered Beauty and the Beat hot on the heels of their debut U.S. single “Our Lips Are Sealed.” The album hit #1, and was the first to top the Billboard charts by an all-female band that wrote and performed their own songs. 1982’s Vacation and 1984’s Talk Show continued their chart and radio successes with “Vacation” and “Head Over Heels” and cemented the Go-Go’s as one of the most iconic and beloved groups of the 80s. The Go-Go’s released a much-celebrated anthology, Return to the Valley of The Go-Go’s in 1994, and 2001 marked the last studio album of new material, God Bless The marked the last studio album of new material, God Bless The Go-Go’s.
Last summer the Go-Go’s had scheduled a farewell tour which was subsequently canceled when guitarist Jane Wiedlin required surgery after suffering injury to her knees in a hiking fall. During the band’s time off, they decided they were not quite ready to hang up their instruments and set to work preparing for this summer’s 30th Anniversary spectacular, Ladies Gone Wild. Their story truly is a punk version of the American Dream. They came, they saw and they conquered the charts and airwaves with their kicky kitsch and sparkling California appeal, five feisty role models for future generations of ready-to-rock girls. From their halcyon days as America's sweethearts to their current status as superstars who pioneered a genre, the Go-Go’s preside over an amazing three-decade reign as high priestesses of pop.
Today, the Go-Go's live show continues to deliver every bit of the raw energy of their now-legendary punk beginnings, tempered with the wisdom of three decades of pop perfection. Don’t miss the celebration and a chance to go wild with the ladies of the Go-Go’s. "Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
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"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
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Love The Go-Go`s since the early 80`s and I believe they are the best all gal group. I seen them live a couple of times and they put on a fun show. I will be going to the S.F. Fillmore show this August. Looking foward to this. |
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Jane was in town last weekend signing autographs at Wondercon. I tried taking a couple of pics of her from a distance, but the pics turned out blurry. I might consider seeing them. "Funkyslsistah… you ain't funky at all, you just a little ol' prude"!
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Can't believe it's been 30 years since the release of "Beauty And The Beat", but I guess it has been that long. I saw them perform live at The Greek Theatre in Hollywood back in 1981. They could have only gotten better since then.
30 years!
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Wow.
So wait they are re-uniting for a farewell tour? "We went where our music was appreciated, and that was everywhere but the USA, we knew we had fans, but there is only so much of the world you can play at once" Magne F | |
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They reunited in 1990, and since then they've toured now and then. I don't think they broke up a second time but just haven't done stuff that regularly. So they didn't break up a second time so they aren't reuniting just for a farewell tour. They are just continuing what they started in 1990. | |
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I was there. I got a pic and her comic book signed. Jane will be at another comic book convention in May at San Jose. Looks like no VIP at the Fillmore. The other Go-Go`s shows have a special Vip deal. Will ask Jane about this. |
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they announced last year, that they were going on a farewell tour. they had come to an agreement to go about their seperate careers. then Jane injured her knee. so the tour was cancelled. 2011 marks their 30th anniversary, so it's fitting. they might be rethinking a farewell.
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