Hitting U.S. cities with The English Beat: 03/21 – St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant 03/22 – Kansas City, MO @ Uptown Theater 03/23 – Minneapolis, MN @ Uptown Theater Minneapolis 03/25 – Milwaukee, WI @ The Pabst Theater 03/26 – Chicago, IL @ Auditorium Theater 03/27 – Indianapolis, IN @ Egyptian Room at Old National Center 03/29 – Detroit, MI @ Masonic Temple Theater 03/30 – Akron, OH @ Goodyear Theater 04/01 – Boston, MA @ The Wilbur 04/02 – Derry, NH @ Tupelo Music Hall 04/03 – New Brunswick, NJ @ State Theatre New Jersey 04/05 – Patchogue, NY @ The Patchogue Theater 04/06 – Mashantucket, CT @ Foxwoods Resort Casino 04/07 – New York, NY @ Palladium Times Square 04/09 – Glenside, PA @ Keswick Theater 04/10 – Washington, DC @ Warner Theater 04/12 – Durham, NC @ DPAC 04/13 – Pelham, TN @ The Caverns 04/14 – Atlanta, GA @ The Eastern 04/16 – Dallas, TX @ Majestic Theater 04/17 – San Antonio, TX @ Charlene McCombs Empire Theater 04/19 – New Orleans, LA @ The Fillmore 04/20 – Houston, TX @ Bayou Music Center 04/21 – Austin, TX @ ACL Live at the Moody Theater 04/23 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Tower Theater 04/24 – Albuquerque, NM @ Revel 04/26 – Las Vegas, NV @ Event Lawn at Virgin Hotel Las Vegas 05/02 – Seattle, WA @ Neptune Theater 05/03 – Salem, OR @ Elsinore Theater 05/05 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Eccles Theater 05/06 – Denver, CO @ Paramount Theater 05/08 – Colorado Springs, CO @ Pikes Peak Center 05/10 – Phoenix, AZ @ Celebrity Theater 05/11 – Pasadena, CA @ Cruel World Festival https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,66575,66575#msg-66575 Mon, 09 Mar 2026 14:32:46 +0000 Phorum 5.2.23 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,66575,66877#msg-66877 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,66575,66877#msg-66877 Delvin Trouser Press Mon, 19 Feb 2024 02:45:40 +0000 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,66575,66811#msg-66811 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,66575,66811#msg-66811 steevee Trouser Press Mon, 05 Feb 2024 20:15:10 +0000 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,66575,66809#msg-66809 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,66575,66809#msg-66809
I guess it took seeing another band doing his early stuff live to get him to decide to do it himself.]]> breno Trouser Press Mon, 05 Feb 2024 18:16:06 +0000 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,66575,66594#msg-66594 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,66575,66594#msg-66594 Delvin Trouser Press Mon, 11 Dec 2023 13:40:26 +0000 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,66575,66593#msg-66593 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,66575,66593#msg-66593 Curious Creatures podcast and also quite like the incidental music provided by Lee, so I'm pretty keen for a listen of that record.]]> Aitch Trouser Press Mon, 11 Dec 2023 11:23:46 +0000 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,66575,66587#msg-66587 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,66575,66587#msg-66587
At this point in time, anyone who hasn't seen the Beat yet has been willfully avoiding them. I think this tour will mark their 4th appearance in St. Louis since the beginning of 2022. Nobody plays effing St. Louis that often! Hell, Jay Farrar LIVES here and he's seen around town less than Dave Wakeling. (Not complaining by any stretch. It's always a great show.)

So the organizers likely told Dave "Hey. Can you do General Public this time, just to change things up?" Given that they probably get, what, five song sets on these sorts of things? - I'm sure Dave and band will do "Tenderness," "Never You Done That" and "Hot You're Cool," then toss in "Save It For Later" and "Tears of a Clown," call it General Public and be off the stage in 20 minutes.]]> breno Trouser Press Fri, 08 Dec 2023 18:52:23 +0000 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,66575,66586#msg-66586 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,66575,66586#msg-66586 Delvin Trouser Press Fri, 08 Dec 2023 17:49:33 +0000 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,66575,66585#msg-66585 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,66575,66585#msg-66585 -------------------------------------------------------

> Now, at Cruel World, the English Beat isn’t being billed, it’s General Public. So Ranking Roger is
> back in the fold? Which would be a pretty neat trick.

Ranking Roger died in 2019, so it would be more than neat. (:P)]]> zoo Trouser Press Fri, 08 Dec 2023 17:44:40 +0000 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,66575,66584#msg-66584 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,66575,66584#msg-66584 > competing / alternate version?

I don't think there is a competing/alternate version anymore. The two versions of the Beat were led by Wakeling (whose group toured North America regularly) and Ranking Roger (whose band toured the UK and Europe). The two singers agreed to limit their touring/business to their respective sides of the Atlantic. With Roger's passing in 2019, the European version of the Beat closed up shop.]]> Delvin Trouser Press Fri, 08 Dec 2023 17:17:58 +0000 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,66575,66583#msg-66583 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,66575,66583#msg-66583
Now, at Cruel World, the English Beat isn’t being billed, it’s General Public. So Ranking Roger is back in the fold? Which would be a pretty neat trick.]]> MrFab Trouser Press Fri, 08 Dec 2023 17:15:10 +0000 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,66575,66582#msg-66582 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,66575,66582#msg-66582
Anyhow, whether the alternate version exists anymore or not, if the show is in the U.S., it's Wakeling.]]> breno Trouser Press Fri, 08 Dec 2023 17:11:41 +0000 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,66575,66581#msg-66581 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,66575,66581#msg-66581
Next is deciding whether we're travelling to Charlotte or to DC for the Echo and the Bunnymen tour!]]> DuckRabbit Trouser Press Fri, 08 Dec 2023 15:12:22 +0000 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,66575,66580#msg-66580 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,66575,66580#msg-66580 breno Trouser Press Thu, 07 Dec 2023 19:33:01 +0000 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,66575,66579#msg-66579 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,66575,66579#msg-66579
Next year's lineup was announced, for anyone in the LA are this May. Some real curious choices this year:

Tones on Tail (?!?, I guess since they've already performed as Bauhaus and Love & Rockets...)
Duran Duran
Interpol
Blondie
Simple Minds
Placebo
Soft Cell
Ministry (performing songs from “With Sympathy” and “Twitch” - dear lord why ? WHY?!?)
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Gary Numan (performing “The Pleasure Principle”)
Heaven 17
French Police (huh? Sting singing en français?)
The Mission UK
The Stranglers
General Public (but NOT The Beat)
Lol Tolhurst x Budgie (wonder what this is all about...)
The Alarm

and a number of actual youngsters as well.]]> MrFab Trouser Press Thu, 07 Dec 2023 17:27:14 +0000 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,66575,66578#msg-66578 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,66575,66578#msg-66578 rhettlawrence Trouser Press Thu, 07 Dec 2023 16:38:26 +0000 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,66575,66577#msg-66577 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,66575,66577#msg-66577 Delvin Trouser Press Thu, 07 Dec 2023 16:16:21 +0000 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,66575,66576#msg-66576 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,66575,66576#msg-66576 Michael Toland Trouser Press Thu, 07 Dec 2023 14:24:13 +0000 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,66575,66575#msg-66575 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,66575,66575#msg-66575
03/21 – St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant
03/22 – Kansas City, MO @ Uptown Theater
03/23 – Minneapolis, MN @ Uptown Theater Minneapolis
03/25 – Milwaukee, WI @ The Pabst Theater
03/26 – Chicago, IL @ Auditorium Theater
03/27 – Indianapolis, IN @ Egyptian Room at Old National Center
03/29 – Detroit, MI @ Masonic Temple Theater
03/30 – Akron, OH @ Goodyear Theater
04/01 – Boston, MA @ The Wilbur
04/02 – Derry, NH @ Tupelo Music Hall
04/03 – New Brunswick, NJ @ State Theatre New Jersey
04/05 – Patchogue, NY @ The Patchogue Theater
04/06 – Mashantucket, CT @ Foxwoods Resort Casino
04/07 – New York, NY @ Palladium Times Square
04/09 – Glenside, PA @ Keswick Theater
04/10 – Washington, DC @ Warner Theater
04/12 – Durham, NC @ DPAC
04/13 – Pelham, TN @ The Caverns
04/14 – Atlanta, GA @ The Eastern
04/16 – Dallas, TX @ Majestic Theater
04/17 – San Antonio, TX @ Charlene McCombs Empire Theater
04/19 – New Orleans, LA @ The Fillmore
04/20 – Houston, TX @ Bayou Music Center
04/21 – Austin, TX @ ACL Live at the Moody Theater
04/23 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Tower Theater
04/24 – Albuquerque, NM @ Revel
04/26 – Las Vegas, NV @ Event Lawn at Virgin Hotel Las Vegas
05/02 – Seattle, WA @ Neptune Theater
05/03 – Salem, OR @ Elsinore Theater
05/05 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Eccles Theater
05/06 – Denver, CO @ Paramount Theater
05/08 – Colorado Springs, CO @ Pikes Peak Center
05/10 – Phoenix, AZ @ Celebrity Theater
05/11 – Pasadena, CA @ Cruel World Festival]]> Delvin Trouser Press Thu, 07 Dec 2023 05:53:09 +0000