After the Pixies’ 1993 breakup, frontman Black Francis rechristened himself Frank Black and embarked on a solo career.His first solo album, 1994’s Teenager Of The Year, is a fired-up alt-pop classic in its own right, and Black already announced plans to commemorate its 30th anniversary by reuniting with his circa-1994 backing band for 2025 shows in London and Paris.
Now, Black is getting ready to release a 30th-anniversary reissue and to play the album in full every night on a North American tour.Teenager Of The Year has been remastered for the first time ever, and 4AD will release it early next year on 45-rpm double gold vinyl, with liner notes by Black and producer Eric Drew Feldman.
There will also be a digital version.Black and his original backing band — Feldman, guitarist Lyle Workman, and drummer Nick Vincent — will tour North America before those London and Paris shows, and they’ll play Teenager Of The Year in full every night.
Before the tour kicks off, Black will also play a few solo-acoustic shows in New England.Lastly and perhaps most importantly, Frank Black has chosen his favorite spooky songs for Halloween.
His list include the Specials’ “Ghost Town” and the Beatles’ “Long, Long, Long,” and he talks about them in his best scary voice.Below, check out Frank Black’s press-release quote about the Teenager Of The Year anniversary activities, his tour dates, and his spooky-songs picks.
In that press release, Frank Black says: TOUR DATES: 12/03 – Battleboro, VT @ The Stone Church * 12/05 – Portsmouth, NH @ 3S Artspace * 12/07 – Newport, RI @ Jane Pickens Theatre * 1/15-16 – San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore ^ 1/18 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Orpheum 1/19- El Cajon, CA @ The Magnolia 1/22 – Denver, CO @ The Paramount 1/24 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue 1/25-26 – Chicago, IL @ The Metro 1/28 – Detroit, MI @ St.Andrews Hall 1/29 – Toronto, ON @ History 1/31 – Boston, MA @ House Of Blues 2/01 – Brooklyn...