Pavement : Coming To A Town Near You (If You Live Near A Big Town) In 2010
September 17th, 2009 at 9:00 am by Gerard
(photography by Gail Butensky)
Ever since that fateful night in late 1999 when Pavement left the public eye with a final show at London’s Brixton Academy, we’ve often fantasized about the day when we could finally tell the world “yes, Brooklyn Vegan scooped us, Pavement are back.”
After years of speculation, the most important American band of the 1990’s is returning to the stage, with the lineup of Mark Ibold, Scott “Spiral Stairs” Kannberg, Stephen Malkmus, Bob Nastanovich and Steve West reuniting for dates around the world in 2010. Please be advised this tour is not a prelude to additional jaunts and/or a permanent reunion.
Described in their own Wikipedia entry as having experienced “moderate commercial success”, Pavement’s catalog for the Matador, Domino, Drag City and Treble Kicker imprints has come to define in the eyes of many the blueprint for independent rock over the past generation. In spite of this, the records are still pretty fantastic, and we’re fully prepared to remind you of such with a details-to-be-determined compilation album planned for release sometime in 2010.
The first show announced is a New York performance on September 21, 2010 at Rumsey Playfield in Central Park. Things worked out really well when Diana Ross played Central Park in 1983, and we have no reason to suspect Pavement’s return to the live arena won’t generate similar headlines.
A pre-sale begins at 10:00 AM EDT on Friday, September 18, 2009 (tomorrow). The password for the pre-sale is ZOWEE . The general on-sale is slated for 10:00 AM EDT on Friday, September 25, 2009. Please note that tickets will be available without surcharges from the Nokia Theatre box office in Times Square and from Earwax at 218 Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg.
The new Spiral Stairs LP/CD/digital album ‘The Real Feel’, Scott Kannberg’s first album under the S.S. nom de plume after two Preston School Of Industry long-players, is available October 20, 2009. Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks are playing 4 Australian shows later this month, and plan to begin recording their 5th album in the near future.
September 17th, 2009 at 9:23 am
wowee zowee indeed…
September 17th, 2009 at 9:53 am
I wonder if Louisville is a big enough city… :\
I live several blocks away from Bob Nasty, hopefully they can slum it and do a show for our hometown boy.
September 17th, 2009 at 9:53 am
Malkmus courageously singing Ain’t No Mountain High Enough in the rain would be a career defining moment.
That was a joke…and a bad one. This better not be…
September 17th, 2009 at 10:01 am
HOLY SHIT. FUCKING PAVEMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
September 17th, 2009 at 10:17 am
The ticket master link doesn’t work? what’s up with that.
September 17th, 2009 at 10:18 am
Is the pre-sale online only, or can I get them at the Nokia Theater box office? I work nearby and that might be easier…
September 17th, 2009 at 10:26 am
sorry. the ticketmaster link works now — my goof. presale doesn’t start ’til tomorrow.
September 17th, 2009 at 10:28 am
WOOOOOOOOOOOW! that’s fucking incredible! what a fantastic way to start the decade!
hm…”Coming To A Town Near You (If You Live Near A Big Town) In 2010″…
so, does this means they’ll be performing in a city with one of the biggest population in the world? i mean, my hometown has the 4th largest population (it beats NYC), and that’s gotta be worth for something other than pollution, bad traffic and just general despair, right?
maybe it should be worth a Pavement concert. should i expect Pavement in São Paulo, Brasil? That’s as big as a city gets here in ol’South America!
seriously, is it a national tour or should i really start saving some money to buy my ticket?
September 17th, 2009 at 10:30 am
Hm good goodness predicaments. What is the likelihood of a Toronto show?
September 17th, 2009 at 10:32 am
Geez, hope the boys are coming to the UK!
September 17th, 2009 at 10:34 am
PAVEMENT!!!! YOU GUYS!!
September 17th, 2009 at 11:03 am
The dream is alive!!!!!!!!!! [lol]
Come on guys you have got to come to Brazil this time.
P-L-E-A-S-E!
September 17th, 2009 at 11:13 am
Gerard,
Do you know how much the tickets will be? The TicketMaster site doesn’t say.
Thanks.
September 17th, 2009 at 11:43 am
Surely they should be starting in London, where it all ended. Back to the Brixton Academy (although I thought the last gig was at La Scala…).
September 17th, 2009 at 11:44 am
BRAZIL??
September 17th, 2009 at 11:47 am
oh man…best news i’ve ever heard! please come to Toronto Pavement. i’ll buy you some beers and you can stay at my house.
September 17th, 2009 at 11:49 am
Pavement must come to Phoenix. I’m not asking. I’m telling.
September 17th, 2009 at 11:51 am
Caraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalho, Pavement é demais porra, vou comprar o ingresso assim que começarem as vendas
September 17th, 2009 at 12:32 pm
Is this Pavement-reunion-tour only for US? What about Souht America, Europe, UK?
September 17th, 2009 at 12:33 pm
The boys facing cash-flow problems? An 12-month interest-free loan to Pavement is a small price to pay to feel like i’m 26 all over again.
September 17th, 2009 at 12:38 pm
Howabout a hometown show in Stockton???
September 17th, 2009 at 12:46 pm
Wow, I thought this was another bullshit rumor… I’m glad it isn’t.
September 17th, 2009 at 1:04 pm
“the most important American band of the 1990’s”?? a wee bit of hyperbole, anyone?
September 17th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
Pleassssssssssssssssssssssse come back to South Florida.
September 17th, 2009 at 1:34 pm
holy. crap. monkey.
September 17th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
My Palestinian nephew had his face blown off in a dusty craft…and…ROCK!
September 17th, 2009 at 2:04 pm
I love you Pavement….however, Please play these shows and have some fun with it. The last time I saw you play, on your final tour nearly a decade ago (SF Fillmore), it was one of the single most boring, disappointing shows I’ve ever seen. I’m holding out hope and trying to be optimistic that you NorCal boys are doing it again for the pleasure of it…..
September 17th, 2009 at 2:20 pm
thank you for coming up with something for fiona to do tomorrow.
September 17th, 2009 at 3:15 pm
I’m so excited I just pooped in my pants!
September 17th, 2009 at 3:27 pm
whoa, $38.50 per ticket not including any fees, for a concert that is almost exactly a year away. Weird.
September 17th, 2009 at 3:59 pm
Can you at least let us know if there will be other dates in North America? So we know whether or not to schlep to NY?
September 17th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
Hey everyone,
I just unearthed an out-of-print interview I did with SM back in ‘00. He went into detail about what was behind the breakup, addressed the reunion rumors that had already begun to circulate – and also talked about MC Hammer, oddly.
http://blog.indiepit.com/2009/09/17/from-the-vault-stephen-malkmus-on-pavement-breakup-reunion-and-mc-hammer/
Kurt
September 17th, 2009 at 5:05 pm
Will they break up on stage when the crowd screams “Play Debris Slide?”
September 17th, 2009 at 5:35 pm
I will never bathe again after this show.
September 17th, 2009 at 5:39 pm
The best news ever.
Please come to the UK at least once.
September 17th, 2009 at 5:45 pm
Can’t. Freakin’. Wait.
My dream has finally come true…never got a chance to see them live, but have since seen SM & Jicks 3 times. Soooo excited!
I’m praying for a Lollapalooza slot!
September 17th, 2009 at 6:39 pm
When are they releasing the rest of the tour dates an locations?
September 17th, 2009 at 7:43 pm
Im excited. Will they make it to Australia???
September 17th, 2009 at 8:06 pm
I love you Matador and Pavement but I think it’s safe to say Nirvana was the most important American band of the ’90s. Sorry
Looking forward to the tour!
September 17th, 2009 at 9:57 pm
maybe there is a god after all
p.s. coachella (pretty please?!)
September 17th, 2009 at 10:41 pm
Seriously, if this is a joke. Im going to be really pissed! Hooray, Pavement!!!!!!
September 18th, 2009 at 1:37 am
What? Nirvana didn’t even make it through the whole bloody decade, they’re ineligible for that spot.
Anyway – this best include Australia. I can’t see Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks because it’s 18+ so if the same thing happens with Pavement I probably will just go on a homicidal rampage.
September 18th, 2009 at 3:17 am
Will this world tour include sweden or is your world smaller than mine?
September 18th, 2009 at 5:20 am
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAW!
September 18th, 2009 at 9:04 am
10.01 SOLD OUT!
September 18th, 2009 at 9:15 am
Ticketmaster can suck my balls. Seriously, and F you guys for even allowing them to be involved with your artists. I don’t care if it’s tied to the venue. F all of you!!!!!!!
September 18th, 2009 at 9:16 am
Hi guys, please don´t forget South America on your reunion tour.
I still can´t believe it, it´s a dream come true.
September 18th, 2009 at 10:13 am
you guys better prepare yourselves, cos you’re gonna be requested all over the world!
… and i’m hereby endorsing the campaign for São Paulo, Brasil. as big as a town gets, really.
September 18th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
Woahmygod, PAVEMENT! Their tour had better include London. That’s a big enough city right??
September 18th, 2009 at 10:58 pm
please don’t forget hong kong!!!
September 19th, 2009 at 11:18 am
i am so excited. please please please please come to new orleans. we are a big city full of sex, drugs, booze, and crime! lots of crime.
September 19th, 2009 at 2:20 pm
finally, finally, finally!!!!!
September 20th, 2009 at 6:15 am
is it too much to ask for a show in Athens, Greece??????? Maybe somewhere in the Mediterranean area…
September 20th, 2009 at 10:07 pm
I totally agree with Clara, Mexico isnt the prettiest country in america but please dont forget about us -i mean ME hehehe-, please come over! i cant get any tickets by TM F#ck internet!
September 20th, 2009 at 10:09 pm
and with roni, probably you guys never read this, but its kind of a way of express the frustration im feeling right now, f#ck TM i cant buy tickets!
September 22nd, 2009 at 12:17 am
So, we’ll be seeing you in Wellington, New Zealand then, for the final gig. Great, can’t wait.
September 22nd, 2009 at 3:40 am
Come back to Liverpool please the mighty Pavement. I will then don my treasured and well worn green Pevement t-shirt, bought when you visited The Lomax many moons ago. Ahh Pavement have finally re-formed, tis a glorious glorious day.
September 22nd, 2009 at 1:16 pm
While 9000’s activity-planning capabilities for visitors to nyc is unsurpassed, let’s just say I’m glad that hangover didn’t slow down his trigger-finger too much.
Been feeling aggrieved for a good long time that “that fateful night in late 1999 when Pavement left the public eye with a final show ” was at London’s Brixton Academy and not Dublin’s Olympia Theatre. I CAN FINALLY LET IT GO.
September 22nd, 2009 at 2:50 pm
I wish they tour in Germany!! =)
September 23rd, 2009 at 6:47 pm
Fucking righteous baby!
September 23rd, 2009 at 7:47 pm
Too long to wait! GOT TO come to Louisville. GOT TO, GOT TO, GOT TO. I’m thinking somewhere around Nov. 5-6th? Breeders’ Cup, Pavement. Come on, Bob!
September 23rd, 2009 at 11:34 pm
OMG, I just bought my ticket to see Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks in Adelaide tonight and was reading articles and stumbled upon this one! *dances around the loungeroom like a maniacal lunatic*
Oh please let them come to Australia; and more specifically ADELAIDE!!
September 30th, 2009 at 10:34 am
And don’t forget Paris (France, not Texas…)
September 30th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
FUCK YEAH PAVEMENT! COME TO DETROIT PLEASE PLEASE! we’re poor and hungey for Pavement…
October 4th, 2009 at 1:28 pm
Pavement, please come to Canada- Halifax, Toronto or Montreal. I will cry if I miss this.
October 6th, 2009 at 8:56 pm
Montreal! Anyways I have already my tyckets for one of the Central Park show
October 8th, 2009 at 2:09 pm
AND dont forget MEXICO
October 8th, 2009 at 5:26 pm
Please come to Texas, ANYWHERE. Preferably Austin or Dallas!!
October 9th, 2009 at 3:26 pm
HELLO I NEED PAVEMENT TO COME TO THE SOUTH. THIS IS SERIOUS Y’ALL. PLEASE COME TO RICHMOND, ATLANTA, NC would be great but I don’t think that’s gonna happen. If New York is the last chance I have to see Pavement and I miss it, I will never forgive myself. COME ON PAVEMENT GET ON DOWN SOUTH!
October 16th, 2009 at 8:10 pm
Holy Goddamit!!!!!
Vancouver BC please!
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:05 pm
just got my tix for the melbourne show.
this is big!
October 28th, 2009 at 12:12 pm
Yipppeee!! Pacific Northwest please!! Seattle, Portland or even Vancouver, BC would be great. You could sell out 3 shows in Seattle easily!!
November 20th, 2009 at 8:28 am
i see lots of requests already, so why not one more? Angkor Wat. Would have been cooler on New Year’s Eve Y2K, but better late than never…
November 21st, 2009 at 3:18 pm
hotdamn, any more dates confirmed? i see they’re playing japan in april… hope they’re coming to europe too, even better: holland!!! otherwise i have to go to japan to see them…
November 25th, 2009 at 1:00 pm
are they playing in the San Francisco Bay Area?
December 7th, 2009 at 4:11 am
Please come to Texas… and not to Houston that place is a shithole … Dallas or Austin or Dallas or Austin… PLEASE!
December 8th, 2009 at 8:46 pm
Guys! You got to get a Toronto date in? Please tell me you\\\’re coming to Canada.
December 26th, 2009 at 3:34 am
FUCK YES!
I know Houston is lame but you must come to Houston, PLEASES!
Seeing Pavement = Able to die a happy, happy lady.