NEWS ARCHIVES - FEBRUARY 2004


February 28, 2004

Another photo from the Sydney instore has been added to the Candid gallery, courtesy of Farida, and the Promo gallery has been updated with a scan from German magazine Sonic Seducer, thanks to NewModel No.15. Meanwhile, it looks like the tour date watch is on again -- aperfectcircle.net has picked up rumors of a May 9th show at the Glens Falls Civic Center in Glens Falls, NY as well as the possibility of an appearances at the Pinkpop festival being held in the Netherlands May 29th-31st and Germany's Rock Am Ring/Im Park festival which takes place June 4th-6th.

I also wanted to mention that Live Freaky! Die Freaky! is now scheduled for an April release, although I still have questions as to whether or not Jeordie actually has a part in it as originally planned. APC drummer Josh Freese, however, is confirmed on the film's official website as the voice of "Prosecuter Bug".



February 26, 2004

A new photo of Jeordie and Josh taken at the Sydney instore can be found in the Candid gallery (thanks to Ben a.k.a. "Fish") and the Live gallery has been updated as well with a photo from the Hordern Pavillion performance.


February 17, 2004

According to ign.com, A Perfect Circle will perform their latest single, "The Outsider", on The Tonight Show on March 15th, prior to the launch of their Spring U.S. tour on March 18th in Salt Lake City.



February 16, 2004

The Reviews page has been updated with reviews of the Southampton and Christchurch gigs and an additional review of the Strasbourg show from ROCKMAG. Thanks to Annie Jones and Speedbump Mannequin for the writeups on Southampton and Christchurch and to Luce for translating the Strasbourg review.


February 12, 2004

Jeordie was interviewed via telephone on New Zealand radio station 95bFM this afternoon and while most of the stuff regarding A Perfect Circle (and Manson) was pretty much the stuff we already knew, he was given more time to be able to shed light on some of his side projects. When asked about his participation in the Desert Sessions, he revealed that the single from the album, "Crawl Home" was actually half written by him. He says he started the song with Zach Hill of the band Hella, with whom he'd developed a friendship. Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age then took it and worked on it, and it eventually ended up on Desert Sessions 9/10. Regarding his solo material, Jeordie said he hopes to pick up working on that again this summer, as things wrap up with APC. With many songs already written, he is hoping to continue to collaborate with Chris Goss of Masters of Reality and also with producer Dave Sardy, with whom he’d also worked on Marilyn Manson’s "Holywood" album. He expects to not go for one sound, but rather to flirt with different styles, drawing influence from the Rolling Stones to Ministry to Pink Floyd. Finally, it looks like the Head Band project can be put to rest. Jeordie says the band was formed in 2002 with Amen's Casey Chaos and members of Queens of the Stone Age, and promptly disbanded "30 minutes later". Thanks to darkcircles and thirteenthstep.net for providing advance warning and the link to be able to listen to this interview.

For those of you in Sydney, Jeordie, James, Josh and Billy will be doing an in-store appearance at Utopia Records on February 21st between the hours of 3:15 to 4:45 p.m. Thanks to Yorkemoht and thirteenthstep.net for the info. For those of you in the U.S., two additional tour dates have surfaced via the Street Team website. Both dates are in Pennsylvania: Philadelphia on April 27th at the Tweeter Center and Hershey on May 4th at the Giant Center.

The Live photos page has been updated with two new photos. Thanks to Luce for the submission.



February 11, 2004

The "Hanging With..." segment in this week's Kerrang!, which features a brief Valentine's flavored chat with Jeordie has been transcribed and added to the Press page. The accompanying photo can be found in the Promo gallery. (Thanks to LindaLou.)



February 10, 2004

A new interview from the Dutch online magazine Frontpage-FOK! has been translated (thanks to enigmata and shadowmantis) and added to the Press page and the Live gallery has been updated with a new photo (thanks to NewModelNo.15).



February 5, 2004

An interview done with Jeordie in Lyon, France on January 17 has been added to the Press page. Jeordie talks about the current European tour, producing other acts, what's next for A Perfect Circle and the possibility of playing European festivals this summer. Thanks to enigmata for the translation. In other press-related matters, Maynard spoke recently to Kerrang magazine and spoke a bit about Jeordie's (and James') addition to the APC lineup. "I think that this album is about the process of understanding things about yourself, and healing," Maynard says. "It’s significant that those two people are in the band. They were part of two very large projects, and I don’t think they ended too well for them, emotionally. So it’s been wonderful to have people coming to the shows who’ve known Jeordie for years, and pull me aside and say, ‘I’ve never ever seen him happier’. To me, if no-one else hears the album, it’s been worth watching him have fun playing again." He claims he is not criticizing Manson, but "it’s just that people get caught up in this thing and have an idea of what it’s supposed to be about and lose touch when things break down, like in any marriage. I’m just thankful that I could be a part of that healing process were Brian can come to a gig and watch Jeordie play. I haven’t seen that yet with Billy Corgan and James, but I’m sure it will come." If you can't find the magazine, the entire interview has been transcribed and posted here.

The confusion regarding the two dates in Worcester has been cleared up. APC's official website has changed the April 28th date in Worcester to Wilkes-Barre, PA (Wachovia Center). The April 30th date in Worcester remains on the schedule.

Finally, the Promo gallery has been updated with two new photos and the Reviews page has been updated with a review of the Milan show. Thanks to emilystrange13 for the review.



February 4, 2004

The offical APC site has updated the tour page, adding a date for Rochester, New York on April 26th at the Blue Cross Arena. They are also showing a date at the Centrum in Worcester, MA on April 28th as well as the previously uncovered April 30th Worcester date. Not sure whether this is a typo or whether a second date has been scheduled in Worcester. I'll update the info as soon as I know. Meanwhile, reviews of the Zurich and London shows have been added to the Reviews page. [Thanks to Penicillin Penny and StarTwig71, respectively].



February 2, 2004

A Perfect Circle's official website has slipped in another new date on the second leg of the U.S. Spring tour, listing a show in Moline, Illinois on April 18th at the Mark of the Quad Cities arena. Tickets go on sale Saturday.

Check out the Reviews page for a review of last week's show at the 013 Club in Tilburg. [Thanks to citizeninsane].