More US, Eu & UK shows announced!

Happy Valentine’s Day!

As a Valentine’s Day surprise, we are happy to announce further US, Europe and UK live show dates for the 69 Love Songs tour, lasting throughout 2024. We will continue to perform the full album, all 69 songs in order over two nights. The newly announced concerts will feature Stephin Merritt, Sam Davol and Shirley Simms, Chris Ewen and Anthony Kaczynski. Visit the Calendar Page for ticketing info.

Pre-sale tickets will go on sale at 10AM local time in each market on 2/15 and will close at 10PM that same day. General sale will be on the 16th. The artist pre-sale password is LOVE25

There are still tickets remaining for the "69 Love Songs" anniversary concerts in March and April. The best availability for the New York concerts is on April 10+11, and San Francisco on April 28+29.  These concerts will feature all the original musicians from the album, for a limited run.

 
 
 
 

TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE FOR 69 LOVE SONGS CONCERTS IN NEW YORK, BOSTON, LA, and SF

There are still tickets remaining for the "69 Love Songs" anniversary concerts in New York and San Francisco, Los Angeles and Boston. To check availability, visit our Calendar page.

The best availability for the New York concerts is on April 10+11, and San Francisco on April 28+29.  These concerts will feature all the original musicians from the album for a limited run!

Please note: The full album will be performed over two nights.

 
 

69 Love Songs shows added! Sales open Wednesday 7/26

 
 

Due to overwhelming demand, The Magnetic Fields have added additional ‘69 Love Songs’ 25th Anniversary tour dates in Boston, New York, San Francisco and Chicago. Presales start tomorrow, July 26th, at 10am local, public on sale Friday.

A reminder that the full album will be performed over two nights.

For presale tickets & more visit our calendar page.

2023 NOVEMBER European Tour announcement!

 
 

We have been so thrilled with the response to our 69 Love Songs Anniversary US tour announcement, thank you!

For those who did not get tickets, we are working to add on some more dates, including New York. Please stand by and we will update you very soon.

MEANWHILE-- the Magnetic Fields are happy to announce new European tour dates for THIS year, in November, 2023!

To be clear, this is not a 69 Love Songs show. It is a continuation of a "retrospective" set, a mix of songs from all of our albums since the beginning. Including some from 69 Love Songs :)

We are so excited to return to some of our favorite cities, as well as play in some new places for the first time!

Tickets will go on sale this Friday at 10am, GMT.

The schedule can be found below, and here.

Sat 04 Nov, 2023 - Barcelona, Spain - Sala Apolo
Sun 05 Nov, 2023 - Zaragoza, Spain - Sala OASIS
Mon 06 Nov, 2023 - Madrid, Spain - La Paqui
Wed 08 Nov, 2023 - Lorient, France - Les indisciplinée
Fri 10 Nov, 2023-  Rouen, France - Le 106
Sat 11 Nov, 2023-  Paris , France - Le Petit Bain
Mon 13 Nov, 2023 - Brussels, Belgium - Orangerie
Wed 15 Nov, 2023 - Oslo, Norway - Rockefeller
Thu 16 Nov, 2023 - Gothenburg, Sweden - Pustervik
Fri 17 Nov, 2023 - Stockholm, Sweden - Stockholm Nalen
Sun 19 Nov, 2023 - Helsinki, Finland - Tavastia
Tue 21 Nov, 2023 -  Istanbul, Turkey - (to be announced)
Wed 22 Nov, 2023 - Athens, Greece - Floyd
Fri 24 Nov, 2023 - Graz, Austria - Dom Im Berg, Autumn Leaves Festival
Sat 25 Nov, 2023  - Vienna, Austria - Bluebird Festival

Magnetic Fields ‘69 Love Songs’ 25th anniversary tour Presale registration opens today

 
 

In celebration of the 25th anniversary of its release, the Magnetic Fields will perform 69 Love Songs in its entirety over the course of 2 nights, for the first time in two decades.


The select run of dates will take place in Spring of 2024, with performances at MASS MoCA and in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. Sign up for presales & more info at houseoftomorrow.com now through Mon, July 10. Registered fans will receive a code for access to presales July 11

The tour will feature all the players from the 1999 triple disc, including Claudia Gonson, John Woo, Sam Davol, Shirley Simms, and Stephin Merritt, joined by Dudley Klute (East Coast only) and recent members Chris Ewen and Anthony Kaczynski. The Magnetic Fields will play the album as it was originally performed in the early 2000’s: the full album in order over 2 nights.

MAGNETIC FIELDS TOUR DATES
March 22/23—MASS MoCA
April 3/4—New York, NY
April 5/6—New York, NY
April 19/20—Chicago, IL
April 23/24—Los Angeles, CA
April 26/27—San Francisco, CA

Two Special Releases

With everything going on in the world these days, it slipped our minds to tell you about two special releases that have come out over the past month.

The 30th anniversary reissue of THE HOUSE OF TOMORROW is now available for the first time on beautiful 12" green vinyl! Never before released as a 12-inch, the b-side of this 30th anniversary remastered edition of The House of Tomorrow features an etching of Buckminster Fuller’s visionary D.I.Y. Dymaxion House floor plan. The vinyl is available on opaque spring green (as well as basic black). Purchase it here.

Also, Stephin’s song “If I Were A Kookaburra” is featured on Volume II of The Birdsong Project’s “For the Birds” - a star-studded anthology of music compiled by Randall Poster to benefit the National Audubon Society. Take a listen.

2022 Summer UK + Europe Tour

We are pleased to announce a series of concerts planned for the early summer and early fall, 2022. The dates will take place in a mix of outdoor festival stages and indoor venues throughout the UK and Europe. The band will perform intimate, orchestral arrangements of songs spanning our multi decade career, including material from 69 Love Songs. Stephin Merritt will be joined by Sam Davol, Shirley Simms, Chris Ewen, and Anthony Kaczynski.

For tickets, visit the calendar page. 

 
 

Spring 2022 Tour

We are pleased to announce a sixteen-date tour of select US and Canadian cities in April 2022. These intimate concerts will feature a setlist spanning our three-decade career, including material from our earliest albums to now. The tour will also celebrate the release of the special 30th-anniversary vinyl edition of our 1992 EP, “The House of Tomorrow.”

PRE-SALES begin TOMORROW at 10am for all shows.

Tickets will go on sale to the general public on Friday at 10am (except for Raleigh, NC, which will go on sale on Wednesday, December 15th).

 
 

House of Tomorrow - 30th Anniversary Reissue

On January 28, 2022, Merge will reissue The House of Tomorrow, one of our earliest releases. Never before released as a 12-inch, the b-side of this 30th anniversary remastered edition of The House of Tomorrow features an etching of Buckminster Fuller’s visionary D.I.Y. Dymaxion House floor plan.

The vinyl is available on opaque spring green as well as basic black, but don’t press Stephin Merritt to discuss the color’s charms, please. “My favorite shade of green is brown.”

Pre-order the album at the Merge store or your local indie record store!

Tickets Now On Sale for the Quickies 2021 City Winery Residency

 
 

The Magnetic Fields' City Winery residency, originally scheduled for spring 2020, has been rescheduled for October and November 2021. The band will be performing at intimate City Winery venues in seven cities - Atlanta, Chicago, Nashville, Boston, New York, Washington, and Philadelphia. In addition to songs from "Quickies", the shows will be a retrospective romp through their entire catalogue, including a healthy dose of "69 Love Songs" era music. The Magnetic Fields will be supported by Christian Lee Hutson on all of the dates.

Get tickets here.

THE MAGNETIC FIELDS CITY WINERY RESIDENCIES

Oct 23–25 Boston

Oct 28–31 New York City

Nov 2–4 Philadelphia

Nov 6–8 Washington, DC

Nov 11 & 12 Atlanta

Nov 14 Nashville

Nov 16–19 Chicago

 
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It is with great sadness that we learned yesterday that our bandmate and friend LD Beghtol has passed away. LD sang several songs on 69 Love Songs, and also designed the covers and booklet art for the 3-disc set. LD also made the book 69 Love Songs: A Field Guide (33 1/3) . LD has participated in various other musical collaborations with Stephin Merritt over the years, including several hilarious concerts by The Three Terrors, with Dudley Kludt. He will be missed.

November 27th - Record Store Day Exclusive Vinyl!

 
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This Friday, November 27th, is Record Store Day's Black Friday event! This year, we have an exclusive edition of "Quickies" on translucent magenta vinyl, including a previously unreleased bonus track "The Witches Fly." Visit recordstoreday.com and head to your favorite store to pick up yours. Please check the store's website for any COVID-related procedures.

A couple of fun videos

We hope that you have been able to stay safe and healthy during the pandemic. We recently released two videos to entertain you through these long months.

The first was a live performance and chat (from our homes) that we put together for Rough Trade. You can watch it on Rough Trade’s Instagram IGTV.

The second is a video that Stephin made for Ameoba Records for their “What’s in My Bag?” series. You didn’t know he could golf, did you?

 
 

The Magnetic Fields digitally release Quickies today

The Magnetic Fields are pleased to announce their new album, QUICKIES,  available to download and stream. The five-disc vinyl box set will be released on 5/29, & the CD on 6/19. The album features 28 songs, each no longer than two minutes, 35 seconds. More than half are under two minutes. 

Also you can watch the new video for "I've Got a Date with Jesus”, below.

Get your Quickies today!