Leading up to the release of Joe Jackson's new studio album Fool on January 18, the GRAMMY Award-winning artist premieres his brand new song "Friend Better" today. A straight forward toast to friendship, "Friend Better" builds on the assumption that whereas love is fleeting, friendship endures. The song stream video can be found on earMUSIC's official YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/uVEOnp-T0wU
LISTEN TO "FRIEND BETTER" HERE: https://joejackson.lnk.to/FriendBetter
Fool, the 20th studio album celebrating the artist's 40th anniversary, is going to be released as CD Digipak, 1LP+download, Limited 1LP+7inch Vinyl+download (incl. 2 previously unreleased songs) and Digital on January 18, 2019 on earMUSIC.
PREORDER THE ALBUM HERE: https://joejackson.lnk.to/fool
The album was co-produced by Jackson and producer Pat Dillett (David Byrne, Sufjan Stevens, Glen Hansard, etc.) The band in question was the same group that Jackson has played live with ever since the release of Fast Forward: Teddy Kumpel on guitar, Doug Yowell on drums, and long-time collaborator Graham Maby on bass (Maby was on that first recording session 40 years ago as well).
Starting February 2019, Jackson and the band will embark on a new world tour, playing shows throughout the US and Europe and performing material drawn off five albums (Look Sharp (1979), Night And Day (1982), Laughter And Lust (1991), Rain (2008), and Fool (2019)) as well as a couple of songs from other albums and some new covers.
JOE JACKSON: FOUR DECADE TOUR -- 2019
Feb 5 / Bijou Theatre / Knoxville, TN
Feb 7 / Center Stage / Atlanta, GA / SOLD OUT
Feb 9 / Lincoln Theatre / Washington, DC
Feb 10 / The National / Richmond, VA
Feb 12 / Scottish Rite Auditorium / Collingswood, NJ / SOLD OUT
Feb 13 / Shubert Theatre / Boston, MA
Feb 15 / Town Hall / New York, NY / SOLD OUT
Feb 16 / Town Hall / New York, NY / SOLD OUT
Feb 18 / Danforth Music Hall / Toronto, ON / SOLD OUT
Feb 21 / Thalia Hall / Chicago, IL / SOLD OUT
Feb 22 / Thalia Hall / Chicago, IL / SOLD OUT
Feb 24 / Paramount Theatre / Denver, CO
Feb 27 / Aladdin Theater / Portland, OR / SOLD OUT
Feb 28 / Neptune Theatre / Seattle, WA / SOLD OUT
March 2 / The Masonic / San Francisco, CA
March 3 / Crest Theatre / Sacramento, CA / SOLD OUT
March 6 / Balboa Theatre / San Diego, CA
March 8 / Orpheum Theatre / Los Angeles, CA
March 9 / Orpheum Theater / Phoenix, AZ
March 16 / De Roma / Antwerp, Belgium / SOLD OUT
March 17 / De Oosterpoort / Groningen, The Netherlands / SOLD OUT
March 19 / Auditorium della Conciliazione / Rome, Italy
March 21 / Teatro Auditorium Manzoni / Bologna, Italy
March 22 / Teatro Dal Verme / Milan, Italy
March 23 / Teatro Colosseo / Torino, Italy
March 25 / Kaufleuten / Zurich, Switzerland
March 28 / Admiralspalast / Berlin, Germany
March 29 / Fabrik / Hamburg, Germany / SOLD OUT
March 31 / Liederhalle / Stuttgart, Germany
April 1 / Muffathalle / Munich, Germany
April 3 / Gloria / Cologne, Germany / SOLD OUT
April 4 / Tivoliredenburg / Utrecht, The Netherlands / SOLD OUT
April 5 / La Laiterie / Strasbourg, France
April 7 / Paradiso / Amsterdam, The Netherlands / SOLD OUT
April 8 / Paradiso / Amsterdam, The Netherlands / SOLD OUT
April 10 / Muziekcentrum / Enschede, The Netherlands / SOLD OUT
April 11 / Concertgebouw De Vereeniging / Nijmegen, The Netherlands / SOLD OUT
April 14 / Olympia / Paris, France
April 15 / Ancienne Belgique / Brussels, Belgium / SOLD OUT
April 17 / Palladium / London, UK / SOLD OUT
April 18 / O2 Birmingham Institute / Birmingham, UK
April 19 / City Halls / Glasgow, UK
April 21 / O2 Ritz / Manchester, UK
April 23 / Cork Opera House / Cork, Ireland
April 24 / Olympia Theatre / Dublin, Ireland
