31st January 2012

Howard has been advertised as appearing on a TV show in Germany this Friday at the Messehalle in Leipzig entitled '50 Years of Pop Part One'.

However, due to the promoters HDTV Entertainment failing to provide a signed agreement and failing to provide the agreed airfares Howard will now not be appearing in Germany this Friday.

He is, however, very much looking forward to the Human's Lib/Dream Into Action shows in Tokyo and Osaka next week which definitely are happening.

30th January 2012

BBC Breakfast News will be interviewing Howard live on air on March 8th about the 'Human's Lib' and 'Dream Into Action' UK tour that starts on April 11th at the glorious Bristol O2 Academy. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/breakfast

26th January 2012

Electronic 80's with Howard Jones is back for a new series on Absolute 80's Radio between 8pm and 9pm from Sunday 4th March to 25th March 2012.
The radio show will see Howard playing and talking about his favourite electronic pop songs from the decade.
Absolute 80s can be heard on DAB, Freesat, Virgin Media, Sky, via the Absolute 80s smartphone app available for iPhone, Android, Windows Phone 7 and Blackberry as well as the online Radio player at www.absolute80s.com


Howard has been busy promoting his 2012 UK Humans LIb / Dream Into Action Tour with lots of interviews on radio and other media.

Click here to see a list of the recent interviews which are online.


Howard on Vintage TV:
On Sky 369 & Freesat 515

Howard Jones: My Vintage - Tuesday 7th February at 8.00pm
80s synthpopper, Howard Jones, introduces his favourite hits, from the profound lyrics of John Lennon's Imagine, to the sublime song structure and perfect harmonies of The Beach Boys' God Only Knows.

Howard Jones: In Conversation - Sunday 12th February at 5.00pm
The 'father' of synthpop, Howard Jones, talks of his rise to fame, the songs that inspired him to get there, his discovery of Buddhism and the story behind the iconic video to his 1983 hit New Song.

Click here to see the Vintage TV Press Release about the show













Howard was interviewed by the O2 Academy last week, and there is a video of the interview on their You Tube page .


Some more UK 80's Festival dates have been announced for May 12th in Skegness August 11th in Ascot and September 29th in Minehead. The US will see a date in New Jersey on June 23rd, which may be followed by more US and Canadian dates through July and we will have more info on that very soon, so check back regularly and look at the tour dates page for info.

31st December 2011

Hello All,

I am wishing you an earth shakingly good New Year for 2012.
This year has been about getting those box sets sorted...and yes.... there is a new one coming in the New Year including: One to One, Cross That Line, and In the Running, with a couple of extra cd’s of rarities. It feels like with the release of this, the “Warner Years” will be fully brought up to date and the tracks sounding at their pristine best, thanks to the wonderful remastering of Mr Bronnimann. The DVD of the O2 show was completed and I am very happy with the way it turned out.

Gigs didn’t really start to get going until June this year and I enjoyed the US touring and some great UK Festivals in Perth and Henley. Gothenborg in Sweden was another highlight and it was great to get the video side of the show working on a touring basis. I have to offer up my highest praise to Jonathan Atkinson for his mega electronic drum contribution to the shows and of course the irreplaceable Robbie B.

Thank you for supporting me once again with the re-mastered releases and the new DVD. Thanks to all who turned up to the shows .....they were some of the most enjoyable in my career so far. I really enjoyed hosting and choosing the music for the Absolute80’s radio shows ....I hope you were able to catch them. I hope I will get the chance to do this again sometime.

I’m looking forward to the Japanese tour and the 8 date tour of the UK , a trip to South Africa, and another visit to the US. Who knows what else may turn up but I’m sure it will be a blast. As an independent artist I remember that my relationship with you ...my supporters.... is paramount, and I hope you will continue to let your feelings be known about how things are going. I really hope to get some new tunes underway this year. They will probably be of a strictly electronic nature.
I feel that live shows will continue to be the way that people engage with my music most, so I will devote a lot of time to developing this.
I hope that you will spend another year making your unique contribution to the world we share and working for the happiness of others as well as your precious selves.
My deepest respect
Howard Jones

ps thanks to those behind the scenes, especially David, Joe, and Glenn

8th December 2011

Absolute Radio have posted the first podcast of Howard's Electronic 80's show for you to listen to on the web or download to iTunes. Click here for the podcast page.

28th November 2011

Friars Management in association with Academy Events Presents:
HOWARD JONES
APRIL 2012 UK TOUR

‘HUMAN’S LIB” & “DREAM INTO ACTION” PERFORMED LIVE IN THEIR ENTIRETY

TICKETS ON SALE 10:00 GMT FRIDAY 2ND DECEMBER 2011

National Credit Card Hotline: 0844 477 2000
Book Online: www.ticketweb.co.uk

Dream Into Action followed featuring the hit singles Like To Get To Know You Well, Things Can Only Get Better, Look Mama, Life In One Day and the US number 1 No One Is To Blame.



Howard will perform both albums in full at every show accompanied by Robbie Bronnimann on keyboards and sequencing and Jonathan Atkinson on electronic percussion. The show combines retro synths with cutting edge technology combined with live visuals.



Tickets for what promises to be an unforgettable tour of ground-breaking, classic electronic pop, will go on sale to the general public on Friday 2nd December at 10am by booking online from http://www.ticketweb.co.uk or calling the 24 hour ticket hotline 0844 477 2000.

Fans that can’t wait for the general ticket sale on Friday December 2nd will be able to take advantage of a special "ticket pre-sale" at 10am on Wednesday 30th November via the following web links –
www.absolute80s.com/tickets
www.absoluteradio.co.uk/tickets

To coincide with the tour announcement, Howard will present an exclusive weekly four-part radio series Electronic 80s with Howard Jones on Absolute Radio 80's. The first show will air at 8pm on Sunday December 4th on Absolute 80s which can be heard on DAB, Freesat, Virgin Media, Sky, via the Absolute 80s smartphone app available for iPhone, Android, Windows Phone 7 and Blackberry as well as the online Radio player at www.absolute80s.com.The radio show will see Howard playing and talking about his favourite electronic pop songs from the decade including classic singles from the likes of Eurythmics, the Human League and Tears For Fears to name a few.

Click here for further info about the series – http://www.absolute80s.com/

The tour dovetails the release of a 2-disc live DVD “Howard Jones: Human’s Lib & Dream Into Action Live at The indigO2.”
The DVD was originally filmed on 6th November 2010 at the indigO2 in London where Howard performed his multi-platinum albums “Human’s Lib and Dream Into Action live in their entirety for the very first time.

The DVD, packed with additional interviews and features packaged in a specially designed slipcase and individually autographed and numbered, can be ordered from http://shop.howardjones.com or www.amazon.co.uk.

HOWARD JONES - APRIL 2012 UK TOUR

‘HUMAN’S LIB” & “DREAM INTO ACTION” PERFORMED LIVE IN THEIR ENTIRETY

National Credit Card Hotline: 0844 477 2000
Book Online: http://www.ticketweb.co.uk
Agency & CC Bookings subject to a fee

Wednesday 11th April O2 Academy Bristol
Box Office: 0844 477 2000
General Admission: £20.00 in advance, £22.50 on the door
Book Online: www.o2academybristol.co.uk
Address: Frogmore Street, Bristol, BS1 5NA

Thursday 12th April: O2 Academy Sheffield
Box Office: 0844 477 2000
General Admission: £20.00
Book Online: www.o2academysheffield.co.uk
Address: 37-43 Arundel Gate, Sheffield, S1 1DE
 

Friday 13th April: O2 Academy Liverpool
Box Office: 0844 477 2000
General Admission: £20.00
Book Online: www.o2academyliverpool.co.uk
Address: 11-13 Hotham Street, Liverpool, L3 5UF

Saturday 14th April: O2 Academy Birmingham
Box Office: 0844 477 2000
General Admission: £20.00
Book Online: www.o2academybirmingham.co.uk
Address: 16-18 Horsefair, Birmingham, B1 1DB

 
Friday 20th April: O2 Academy Bournemouth
Box Office: 0844 477 2000
General Admission: £20.00
Book Online: www.o2academybournemouth.co.uk
Address: 570 Christchurch Road, Boscombe,
Bournemouth, BH1 4BH

Saturday 21st April: O2 Shepherds Bush Empire, London
Box Office: 0844 477 2000
General Admission: £22.50 / £50 VIP Package* 
Book Online: www.o2shepherdsbushempire.co.uk
Address: Shepherd's Bush Green, London, W12 8TT
VIP Tickets available only for the O2 Shepherds Bush Empire includes a free double CD of the show recorded at indigO2 in 2010 along with an after show party and souvenir laminate.

Howard Jones Biography
Howard Jones played his 2011 two-album show at the Sandy Amphitheatre in Salt Lake City on 9th July 2011. The promoters were hoping for 1500 ticket sales but it turned out to be a complete sellout with 2,750 tickets sold and 300 turned away. He encored with the Killers’ ‘Human’ as a tribute to Salt Lake’s Brandon Flowers who had apparently been in line for a Howard Jones in-store signing back in the nineties.

On 3rd September, Howard drew the biggest audience of the 2011 season to the Fremont Street Experience in Las Vegas.

It was in 1983 that Howard Jones first burst upon the contemporary music scene with his very English song-writing and pioneering synthesizers. Anyone who was around in the mid to late eighties will remember those high energy gigs and his first two albums Human’s Lib and Dream into Action. They lived in the higher reaches of the album charts in the UK, USA, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Canada, Australia and many other countries in the 1984-86 period and the hits kept coming....New Song, What is Love? Pearl in the Shell, Hide and Seek,(which he performed at Live Aid in 1985), Like to Get to Know You Well, Look Mama, Things Can only Get Better, Everlasting Love and the quintessential No One is To Blame, which reached No.1 in the US.

Now Howard Jones has re-mastered those first two classic albums ‘Human’s Lib’ and ‘Dream into Action’ and played them both live in their entirety for the first time on November 6th 2010 at the IndigO2 in London’s O2 Arena Complex. This two-album show is being repeated throughout 2011 and 2012 at selected venues. The re-mastered albums and a special re-mastered box set of the 12” mixes were released in March 2011 and a DVD of the IndigO2 concert is now available from www.howardjones.com

A classically trained pianist, Jones applied his technique to the early synths particularly the Roland Juno 60, the Jupiter 8 and the Moog Prodigy. He also pioneered the classic Roland 808 drum machine and the Sequential Pro-One. In the early days he was triggering sequencers live on stage whilst playing and singing, something that no one had done before.

These days he still operates on the cutting edge of today’s technology and has been one of the leading exponents of the Roland Fantom G8 and the Roland V-piano. Many contemporary giants of the dance world have shown interest in working with Howard which has resulted in tracks such as ‘And do you Feel Scared?’ with Eric Prydz and ‘Into the Dark’ with Ferry Corsten.

Jones continues to tour extensively and will be playing multiple dates and festivals in 2012 with Robbie Bronnimann on live sequencing/sampling and effects using Ableton Live and various controllers, and Jonathan Atkinson on electronic drums.

Always one to take chances, Jones continues to write great songs inspired by his Buddhist beliefs as is evident on his latest studio album ‘Ordinary Heroes’ which features a string quartet on every track and one of the best Welsh male voice choirs in the world The Morriston on the song ‘Soon You’ll Go’.

But 2012 will mark the return of one of the true eighties icons and godfathers of modern electronic dance music in full electric mode. If you were too young the first time around it’ll be a chance to find out where all those beats and sounds came from, and if you were around it’ll bring all those memories flooding back.
For interview opportunities and further information, please contact:

Peter Noble @ Noble PR Consultancy
T: 020 7272 7772
E: peter@noblepr.co.uk
www.noblepr.co.uk

24th November 2011
Howard Jones fans in Japan will be pleased to hear that Howard Jones, Robbie Bronnimann and Jonathan Atkinson will be performing both the Humans Lib and Dream Into Action Albums on February 6-7 & 9th February 2012 in Tokyo and Osaka at Billboard Live!

Monday Feb 6 – Tokyo, Japan – Billboard Live Tokyo – 7:00pm (Human's Lib)
Monday Feb 6 – Tokyo, Japan – Billboard Live Tokyo – 9:30pm (Dream Into Action)

Tuesday Feb 7 – Tokyo, Japan – Billboard Live Tokyo – 7:00pm (Human's Lib)
Tuesday Feb 7 – Tokyo, Japan – Billboard Live Tokyo – 9:30pm (Dream Into Action)
http://www.billboard-live.com/pg/shop/show/index.php?mode=detail1&event=7935&shop=1

Thursday Feb 9 – Osaka, Japan – Billboard Live Osaka – 6:30pm (Human's Lib)
Thursday Feb 9 – Osaka, Japan – Billboard Live Osaka – 9:30pm (Dream Into Action)
http://www.billboard-live.com/pg/shop/show/index.php?mode=detail1&event=7936&shop=2

10th November 2011

Howard Jones' Electric 80's on Absolute 80's

This December, Howard Jones joins Absolute 80s to pick his favourite electronic tracks from one of the best decades in music on the show Howard Jones' Electric 80's'

- Expect songs from Japan, New Order, Kraftwerk, Scritti Politti, ABC, Chaka Khan, and of course Howard Jones himself

- Howard talks us through his song selections and shares his stories of working and performing with other acts from the 80s

- Listen to Howard every Sunday in December at 8pm, with his final show on Christmas Day!


During the shows, Absolute 80's will also be announcing the dates for a major UK Tour for April 2012.

For more information check out the Absolute 80's Radio site

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6th November 2011