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Editors: Tour Dates/New Album

December 4th, 2009 | No Comments

EDITORS ANNOUNCE U.S. TOUR, IN THIS LIGHT AND ON THIS EVENING OUT 01/19

Editors

After two years away, Editors are returning to the U.S. for a
long-awaited headlining North American tour this February in support of
their highly anticipated new album In This Light And On This Evening. The
album, which is out stateside via FADER January 19, 2010, debuted at number one
on the U.K. charts this past October, and charted in the Top 10 throughout the rest of Europe.

Produced by Grammy award winner Mark “Flood” Ellis (U2, Sigur Ros, PJ Harvey) In This Light And On This Evening finds Editors heading in a new direction; where synths replace the soaring guitars and lead singer Tom Smith takes his vocals to haunting new places, giving the album a dystopian, apocalyptic, mechanical ambience.

All tickets will go on sale December 12.

Editors North American Tour Dates
02/05/10 Fri Showbox at the Market Seattle, WA

02/06/10 Sat Commodore Ballroom Vancouver, BC

02/08/10 Mon The Warfield San Francisco, CA

02/09/10 Tue House of Blues San Diego, CA

02/11/10 Thu The Wiltern Los Angeles, CA

02/13/10 Sat Ogden Theatre Denver, CO

02/15/10 Mon The Vic Theatre Chicago, IL

02/16/10 Tue Phoenix Concert Theatre Toronto, ON

02/18/10 Thu House of Blues Boston, MA

02/19/10 Fri Terminal 5 New York, NY

02/20/10 Sat The Trocadero Philadelphia, PA

02/21/10 Sun 9:30 Club Washington, DC

A complete list of Editors tour dates can be found here.


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Editors: U.S. Album Release

October 22nd, 2009 | No Comments

NEW ALBUM OUT STATESIDE JANUARY 19, 2010 WITH BONUS MATERIAL

Editors

“On their own terms, not anyone else’s, Editors have triumphed, aiming high and hitting the mark.” – The Sunday Times

In This Light And On This Evening, which debuted at #1 in the UK charts last week, is Editors‘s follow-up to 2007′s platinum selling An End Has A Start, and was produced by Grammy Award winner Mark “Flood” Ellis (U2, Sigur Ros, Depeche Mode). The album finds Editors heading in a new direction where synths replace the soaring guitars and lead singer Tom Smith takes his vocals to new places on an album with a dystopian, apocalyptic, mechanical ambience.

However, some things remain vintage Editors. The record is as bleak and as vivid as ever. “A record that sings of no God, a record of broken love songs, a record where the filthy city is so close you can smell it, taste it, a record of drunken violence, a record which has lost all trust in those in charge of our world,” describes Smith.

But those who focus on the gloom-and-doom in itself, he says, are missing the point. “Dark is interesting, dark is exciting, dark can be funny, there’s real life in the dark, real life IS dark,” says Smith. “When an album feels like this, the fragments of hope and love that do occasionally shine through, shine through ten times brighter than they would normally do so.”

To celebrate this week’s UK release of their third studio album, Editors have created a unique listening experience for their new album by appearing to ‘hack’ Google Street View. The experience allows fans to use a version of Google Maps on the Editors website to travel to certain areas of London where the band have hacked in their own custom locations. The new additions consist of some gloriously moody 360-degree images, shot at night. Within each location the user will hear a track from the new album, which was inspired by the mood and magic of London at night. The images feature the band and a group of their fans performing surreal activities, which reportedly have hidden meanings relating to the songs. The locations are normally unavailable on the regular Street View. Editors modified version of Google Maps allows users to enter into these locations and make the transition from light to dark so fans can explore the band’s atmospheric vision of London at night.

To access the Map go here.

To see the new video from Editors for their first UK single off the new album, “Papillion,” pop over here.


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What is the US-Dutch arms connection?

October 6th, 2009 | No Comments


ISLAMABAD – City police on Tuesday held two diplomats of NetherlandsÂ’ Embassy and recovered unlicensed arms and ammunition from their vehicle.
The diplomats were later released, besides their weapons, on the intervention of top diplomatic officials from Netherlands and the US Embassy, sources told The Nation.
According to details, Police officials deputed at Police picket near Secretariat Chowk intercepted a Dark Blue BMW (4191) at 11.30 am. The car did not have diplomatic number plates.
On search, police recovered sophisticated weapons including four hand grenades including two smoke equipments and two flash bombs, two handguns, four magazines and six bullet-proof vests from their vehicle.
This arms and ammunition reportedly belonged to the US embassy and was being transported to the US Embassy by the Dutch, the sources said.
The detained diplomats could not provide any justification and relevant documents for keeping such sophisticated weapons to the police, the sources added.
“They had only a letter issued by the Dutch Embassy on which Ministry of Interior was requested to issue licence,” the sources said.
Police sources told the TheNation, “There was another vehicle bearing registration (IDL-266) which was allegedly backing up the Dutch diplomats BMW.”
“When we intercepted the Dutch vehicle the driver of a car behind them, identified himself as US Embassy employee named Sunny Christopher, having US Embassy’s official card (16570),” the sources said.
Christopher interfered in the police matter, but after an exchange of harsh words the police sent him on his way. But before he left he had harassed the police to the extent that they were forced to make a misstatement in the report to the effect that he came after the release of the two Dutch men. The fact, as this scribe witnessed himself, later corroborated by the SHO, was that Christopher was present throughout the process of search and arrest.
Secretariat police also mentioned intervention by Christopher in the report of the case. The report said the person who identified himself as US Embassy official namely Sunny Christopher interfered in police matter. (See copy of report)
After the intervention of top diplomatic officials including those from the US, the arrested diplomats were allowed to leave with their belongings under cover of diplomatic immunity.
The arrested Dutch were identified as Tom Smith and Williem Uen.
When contacted, Spokesman of American Embassy, Rick Snelsire, he said, “Honestly saying I heard today’s incident but I have no more information regarding the alleged involvement of US Embassy.”
When asked, who is Sunny Christopher? He said, “I don’t know about Sunny.” When this correspondent told him about Sunny’s Embassy card number (16570), he said, “There are hundreds of US embassy employees and it would be difficult for me to identify them all by the card number,” he added.
Given the tension over Dyncorp and Inter-Risk and un-licensed arms being exchanged between Pakistani Security companies and US embassy, some serious questions arise from this latest incident: One, Why were Dutch diplomats carrying unlicensed arms for the US embassy? Two, why was a Pakistani employee of US embassy escorting these diplomats from behind?
Three, why were the Dutch diplomats not in a car with a diplomatic number plate?
Four, were these two gentlemen really Dutch diplomats to begin with?

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