31 August 2010
Howard will be performing with his 3 piece band at the Big 80's Party on Thursday7th October 2010 at the Intercontinental Hotel Gardens, Muscat, Oman. Doors open at 7pm
Click here for the full info and the flyer.
26 August 2010
Check out the brand new 3DiCD version of Howard Jones critically acclaimed ' Ordinary Heroes' album.
Howard continues his reputation as a pioneer of new cutting edge technology by being one of the first artists to embrace this exciting new concept, the only other artist so far being Imogen Heap.
3DiCD is a brand new digital format which allows online listeners to enjoy the artwork and music as an exciting new engaging experience. The album can be streamed in its entirety and the artwork and sleeve notes enjoyed in high definition. The Format also allows fans to easily and legally share the music with their friends and family through Social network sites such as Facebook, Twitter and Myspace, or by simply forwarding on a link.
Please enjoy and share Howard's brand new 3DiCD ' Ordinary Heroes
Click here to see the 3DiCD
In the second of his radio specials, entitled ‘Bestivaloid’, to be broadcast on BBC 6Music on 5th September, (9pm to Midnight) Mark Jones previews a selection of the electronic acts playing this year's Bestival festival on the Isle of Wight, where Back To The Phuture has its own stage for the first time and will host the newly added Thursday night. This will feature live sets from Heaven 17, Janelle Monae, Howard Jones , Villa Nah and Kids On Bridges plus DJ sets from La Roux/ Dead Guy , Mark Jones & Rusty Egan.
In the show Mark will play a selection of music from electro artists playing this year’s festival, which takes place on September 9-12, including tunes from La Roux, Aeroplane, Marc Almond and Steve Mason. Mark will be joined by 80’s legend Howard Jones, who makes his Bestival debut this year. Best known for his hits 'New Song', and 'Like To Get To Know You Well', Howard has recently re-mastered his early albums which will be re-issued this autumn. He talks to Mark about these records, his forthcoming tour, and picks a selection of acts who influenced his own synth pop sound including tunes from Thomas Dolby, Tears For Fears and Scritti Politti.
In May Howard played a live set at the inaugural Back To The Phuture party and commented on this forthcoming radio appearance, ‘I am looking forward to keeping it in the family, whilst going Back To The Phuture, with the marvellous Mark Jones.”
Randall L. Jones Theatre, Cedar City, Utah
Due to issues outside of our control, the October 18th show at the Randall L. Jones Theatre, Cedar City, Utah has been CANCELLED.
If you have purchased tickets, please seek a refund from your vendor.
There is now a dedicated Microsite with information about the forthcoming Ordinary Heroes Tour - click here for that and for the Humans Lib / Dream Into Action concert, click here.
Vote for the song to be played during the VIP Soundcheck at the Humans Lib / Dream Into Action concert at the indigO2 in November
During the VIP Soundcheck, Howard will perform a song from Humans Lib or Dream Into Action.
You can vote for the song that you want to hear by clicking here.
'North American Tour Dates'
We are pleased to announce a set of tour dates in North America this October which also sees a return to Canada. Howard will be performing with his Electric 3 piece band (Robbie Bronnimann, Jonathan Atkinson and Howard Jones)
12th Oct 2010 The Mod Club, Toronto Canada
13th Oct 2010 Hollywood Central Performing Arts Center, Florida USA
14th Oct 2010 Cultural Center, Largo, Florida USA
16th Oct 2010 Epcot Centre, Disneyworld, Orlando, Florida USA
17th Oct 2010 Epcot Centre, Disneyworld, Orlando, Florida USA
18th Oct 2010 Randall L. Jones Theatre, Cedar City, Utah USA
15 July 2010
'Message from Howard Jones'
Hi everyone I hope you are well.
The 2nd half of the year is full of interesting stuff with band gigs all over the UK Germany Sweden and Ireland. I am looking forward to my first proper festival gig in the UK at Bestival and an interview with Mark Jones on Radio 6.
Robbie and I are spending every spare moment on prep for the Humans Lib Dream into action show for Nov 6th. I have settled on the best keyboard rig for the job and have come up with something old and something new..........Jupiter 8 and G8 with a bit of KX5.
We have been sampling my Juno 60 into the Fantom to get those classic sounds and it all seems to be going well apart from the enormous amount of time it is taking.
Stephen Tayler is working on video ideas and I'm trying to work out how many other musicians to have on stage besides Robbie and Jonathan.
Jonathan is going to use an electric drum setup with some vintage elements.
It is great to have access to the Original Masters so that we can recreate the sound of the original albums.
I'm also looking forward to the acoustic tour with special guest Duncan Sheik. I'm hoping for some interesting collaborations, and listening to Duncans amazing songs.
Hope you are having a great Summer/Winter.
See you at a gig out there.
Best Wishes
Howard has been confirmed to play at the Templehouse Festival, Ballymote, Sligo, Ireland on September 11th. He will be on stage 10.00pm with his 5 piece electric band for a 45-60 minute set.
We are pleased to announce 2 new dates in Hertford and Birkenhead to the UK Acoustic tour that runs from 15th September to 2nd October which will be supported by Special Guest Duncan Sheik.
12 July 2010
Howard will be on GMTV tomorrow morning (Tuesday 13th July) tlaking about Live Aid, The forthcoming Ordinary Heroes Tour and the Humans Lib / Dream In To Action show.
29 June 2010
We are pleased to announce that the UK Acoustic tour that runs from 15th September to 2nd October will be supported by Special Guest Duncan Sheik.
26 June 2010
Over on the Music & Media section of the website, we have the new Video to Howard's "Building Our Own Future" which is different to the one used by National Geographic for Earth Day 2010.
23 June 2010
Howard's concert on Sunday in Kiel, Germany will be broadcast live via the ndr2.de website from approx. 7:30 pm (UK time).
15th June 2010
Rewind Christmas Concert
Starring Kool and the Gang, Sister Sledge ABC, Howard Jones, Go West, T’Pau, The Christians. With over 50 top twenty hits between them, this will be a non-stop party from start to finish.
Get into the spirit of an 80s Christmas (yes, you can dress up) with chart toppers such as Celebration, Joanna – Kool & The Gang, We Are Family, He’s The Greatest Dancer – Sister Sledge, The Look of Love – ABC, We Close Our Eyes – Go West, Ideal World – The Christians, China In Your Hand – T’Pau and many more hits.
Don’t miss out on the ultimate 80s Christmas Party!
Rewind Christmas Concert
Nov 30th - Birmingham LG Arena – 0844 338 8000
Dec 1st – Wembley Arena – 0844 815 0815
Dec 2nd – Manchester MEN Arena – 0844 847 8000
Dec 3rd – Newcastle Arena – 0844 493 6666
Dec 5th – Glasgow SECC – 0844 395 4000
Dec 6th – Sheffield Arena – 0114 256 5656
Dec 8th – Cardiff CIA – 02920 224 488
Dec 9th – Bournemouth BIC – 0844 576 3000
National CC Hotline
0844 888 9991
or book online at
www.ticketline.co.uk
Tickets at all venues £37.50
Agency and CC bookings subject to a fee
19 May 2010
Supporters in the USA will be pleased to know that Howard's album Ordinary Heroes is now availabe as a physical release on CD and as Digital Download on iTunes and other Digital Outlets
Howard will be performing live in Linkoping and Varberg in Sweden in August
See tour dates for full info.
19 May 2010 (UPDATED INFO)
Howard will be performing at a very underground, amazingly small gig in London on Tuesday 25th May at Back To The Phuture at Le Beatroute in Soho:
Back to the Phuture will be hosting a launch event in a Central London venue to celebrate the start of our live appearances across the summer culminating in the opening night of Bestival 2010.
To help us celebrate we have Kids on Bridges (Live), Martyn Ware (Heaven 17, DJ set), Mark Jones (BBC 6 Music, Wall of Sound), Howard Jones (Live), Rusty Egan (Blitz Club, Visage).
FREE Tickets available in advance or on the night (please arrive early to avoid disappointment) tickets are available online from CrowdSurge.
UPDATE:
If you are definitely going to the Back To The Phuture gig at Le Beatroute in London then please email me and give me a
contact number. glenn@howardjones.com
What we will do is put the first 50 people on a sort of guestlist that will guarantee you Free entry.
You will still need to print the flyer from the venue website and present this at the door.
If you are not sure if you are going or not then please do not email.
It's only for people who are 100% sure they will turn up.
If you are going to chance it on the night then please do so, but entry cannot be guaranteed.
Howard will be performing a 3 track Electronic set.
Howard recently played at a charity concert for Mencap at the O2 in London. A USB writband is available featuring 2 live tracks, What Is Love? and Hide & Seek is available from the Our Friends Acoustic website, where part of the profits from the sale of the writbands go to Mencap
12 May 2010
VIP Ticket holder information has been added to the Humans Lib / Dream Into Action Microsite.
Click here to view the site and information
6 May 2010
Belvoir Castle Show Cancelled
We have been informed today that planned show on the 31st July at Belvoir Castle has been cancelled by the promoter.
Howard very much wanted to do this show and we are very disappointed that the promoter cancelled it.
For refunds, please contact your ticket vendor.
Howard will be performing in Germany on June 27th in Keil
Click here for more details
Howard will be performing throughout the UK in September on an 11 date Acoustic Tour. See tour dates for full info.
21 April 2010
Congratulations to the following people who have each won a promo copy of Howard's single Straight Ahead in our competition to design a logo for HoJo Talk.
The winning entry was by Colin Bell of High Wycome. You can see his winning entry here.
The 2 runners up who will each recieve a copy of the CD are Allan Williams, of Tamworth and Alex Rahim of San Francisco
Thanks to everyone who entered.
12 April 2010
Ticket information for the Humans Lib / Dream Into Action show can be found on the special microsite here.
7 April 2010
"Building Our Own Future (Earth Day 2010)" is now here!
As a part of the Earth Day (April 22nd) enlightenment movement, Howard Jones has teamed up with National Geographic Channel (Japan) and made their collaboration music video to send the message "Think the Earth environment".
It will be aired through CS TV channels, street visions at Shibuya, Roppongi, etc. from April 8th (our local time).
It can be viewed at the following site;
Ordinary Heroes - Japanese version will be released on April 21st in Japan on Sony Music Japan International and in North America on Digital download on 18th May and on CD from 1st June.
Hide and Seek Music in association with
Howard Jones Touring Ltd and FML present
HOWARD JONES performing his multimillion selling albums
HUMAN'S LIB & DREAM INTO ACTION
2 classic albums that defined a generation
On Saturday November 6th Howard returns to the IndigO2 London with a gig showcasing his first two albums Human’s Lib and Dream Into Action played in their entirety.
This show will be a multimedia event incorporating specially commissioned visuals, which will compliment the songs from each album which will be recreated using modern and classic synthesizers
This is a show Not To Be Missed.
There will be a limited number of special VIP tickets for this show which will include a very special limited edition numbered CD, exclusive access to the pre gig sound check and an after show party.
Full details of ticket options and prices will be made available very shortly.
Tickets will go on sale on Saturday 17th April.
There will be NO age restrictions so you can bring your family.
We look forward to seeing you in November.
The IndigO2
The O2
Peninsula Square
London
SE10 0DX
28 March 2010
Mal Pope and Lisa Rogers talk with Howard on BBC Radio Wales.
Click here to listen to this very informative interview and forward to 1 hr 4 mins
25 March 2010
We have made some updates to the site today, including a new menu, a complete new UK discography, including albums, singles and DVD's, a complete up to date lyrics section, new videos, new downloads and a few nips and tucks here and there.
We have a new competition to win a promo CD copy of Howard's latest single, Straight Ahead
To win, you need to design a new modern logo to help promote HoJo Talk on the website and various locations on the web.
So, if your a good designer,(or not) and you fancy winning a copy, then send in your designs to
glenn@howardjones.com
Entries must be in by 14th April.
Please send only jpeg images
Size: no bigger than 480 x 360 pixels.
We will choose the best design and the winner will receive a CD and have their design used.
A CD will go to 2 runners up, based on design.
24 March 2010
The latest single, Straight Ahead is now available as a Digital Download in the UK from the following clickable links:
iTunes Amazon Tesco HMV 7Digital
Howard will be performing at Bestival on the 9th September
17 March 2010
Howard has remixed the song 'Devastated' by Space Cowboy which has been released in the USA on 'Space Cowboys electro pioneers EP' and is currently available on itunes in the USA. Space Cowboy works closely with Lady GaGa as a cowriter and her personal DJ
more info here:
We are waiting for Interscope Records to give us details of their release plans outside of the USA
This is the first time Howard has been approached to remix a record and he greatly enjoyed working on this song.
New live dates have been added to the calendar, including Audley End in Saffron Walden, and a special concert "Our Friends Acoustic" in aid of MENCAP at the indigO2 in London.
The line-up so far is as follows:
Andy Bell (Erasure), Jimmy Somerville, Nik Kershaw, Howard Jones, Carol Decker (T'Pau), Steve Strange (Visage)
The Christians, China Crisis and Cutting Crew
See tour dates for more inforation.
Australian fans will be pleased to know that The 25th Anniversary DVD will be available on the 26th March through Stomp
The next single from the Ordinary Heroes album will be Straight Ahead, which will be available on download only.
You can get it from Amazon and other online sites.
04 March 2010
Japanese fans will be delighted to hear that the album Ordinary Heroes will be released in Japan on 21st April 2010. The album will feature 3 bonus tracks - Everlasting Love, New Song and What Is Love? recorded in the style of the album.
03 March 2010
After may years of campaigning by fans, and championed by non other than the one and only DJ HoJo Hits, we are delighted to announce that Howard will be performing at this years Bestival on the Isle Of Wight in September. As yet which date Howard will be performing has not been set.
The new single, Straight Ahead has been added to the BBC Wales radio playlist.
3 new dates have been announced in Ireland this coming April and May:
The Irish dates are as follows. China Crisis will open followed by Carol Decker followed by Belinda Carlisle followed by Howard.
Friday April 30th INEC Killarney
Saturday May 1st Royal Theatre Castle Bar
Sunday May 2nd Lyrath Hotel Kilkenny
It will be the Howard Jones electric 5 piece band with Robbie Bronnimann, Robin Boult, Jonathan Atkinson and Kevan Frost.
27 February 2010
Howard was interviewed for the Geoff & Andy Radio show, which went out last night. But fear not, you can listen again here
http://www.geoffandandy.co.uk
Howard will be performing in Germany on 28th August 2010 at the Hit Radio Antenne 80er Open Air, Soltau, Germany
24 February 2010
Respected music publication MOJO gave a 4 star review of Howard's Ordinary Heroes album in their March 2010 (issue 196) edition.
Reviewer Johnny Black writes:
"80's sytnth-pop icon re-emerges as mature singer-songwriter.
Jones The Synth, thankfully, has outlasted the barmy barnet that made him hard to take as seriously as he deserved in the 80's.
Eschewing the expectations of his original fanbase, he has allowed himself to age with grace. The overwhelmig sound here is piano accompanying voices and string quartet, while Jones's lyrics focus unerringly on the trials and triumphs of daily life.
The Celtic fiddles on poignant opener Straight Ahead might set Van The Man alerts flashing, but fear not, Jones still sounds like he give a damn, and his use of teh string section throughout Ordinary Heroes is exemplary.
The soul whoop of Collective Heartbeat and the bittersweet heartache of Soon You'll Go provide just two of several high points on an album that's not just his most consistantly fulfilling but also his most promising.
21 February 2010
Straight Ahead will be the new single from the album Ordinary Heroes.
It will be released in the UK on March 22nd 2010.
The single is already getting played on Radio 2 by several DJ's.
Please contact the station or your local stations and request the single to be played.
Internationally we are planning releases in mainland Europe, North America and Japan. Exact release dates to follow shortly.
Howard and Robbie have been working flat out recording 3 bonus tracks for the Japanese release of Ordinary Heroes. The 3 tracks, New Song, What Is Love and Everlasting Love will be in the style of the Ordinary Heores album.
18 February 2010
Hello!
We are pleased to announce the return of Glenn Kelly to the HoJo camp. Many of you will know Glenn from his work running Howard's websites and mailing lists etc for the past 10 years, and he returns after taking a sabbatical year.
Glenn says: " I'm so pleased to be back working with Howard and everyone at FML, and to work again for the fans, who love Howard's much as musch as I do. I'm looking forward to bringing the HoJo Community together again by re introducing the Official Howard Jones Email Discussion List - HoJo Talk, which will run in parallell with the online forum. It's also great to be back working with my friend Howard, and we will be working on bringing you the remasters projects later this year. There is a lot of work to do, and I can't wait to get started..."
We would like to thank Steve Cripps for looking after things, and Steve will still be involved in other design projects for us.
To subscribe to the Official Howard Jones Email Discussion List - HoJo Talk -simply click here or email hojo-talk-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
If you were previously subscribed to HoJo - Talk before 2010, you will need to resubscribe.
Howard will be headlining this years Lets Rock The Moor fesitval in Cookham, Berkshire on Saturday 22nd May 2010
Howard Jones
Haircut 100
Plus Support Acts:
High School Musical - (High energy, fully choreographed dance show based on the hugely successful Disney films)
Girls Alouder - (The UK’s premier Girls Aloud tribute act)
Soul’d Out
The Mean Red Spiders
Burdock
The Quotes
RedRoots
More to follow soon – check website for more details
Cookham Moor - Saturday 22nd May 2010
Gates Open: 11:45am – Concert Starts: 12.30 – Tickets on Sale Monday 22nd Feb
Tickets are only £18 for Adults, £10 for Children (3-12) and £49 for a family ticket (2+2) for the whole day and evening.
Available from www.letsrockthemoor.co.uk or from the following retailers: Cookham: Stationery Depot, Marlow: D&J News, Maidenhead: Sheargold’s, Bourne End: Martins, Reading: Total Sounds & Henley: Hot Gossip.
Proceeds to Wooden Spoon (www.woodenspoon.com) and Cookham charities.
Howard was asked towards the end of 2009 to work a remix of "Devastated" by Space Cowboy
The track features on their EP Electro Pioneers , which also features remixes by Thomas Dolby and Vince Clark.
It is now available to download in the USA - as yet we do not have news of a UK release.
Click here to view at Amazon.com
The EP also includes remixes by Thomas Dolby and Vince Clarke.
30 December 2009
Breaking News to the Japanese fans!
At last, we're ready to announce Howard's latest release in Japan.
'Soon You'll Go' will be available on ringtones and iTunes Japan from January 1st 2010.
Japanese exclusive 'Ordinary Heroes' is planned to be released from Sony Music Japan International in the Spring.
'Soon You'll Go' is the image song of the program 'Ghost' Season 3 on FOX channel (Japan only).
For more details, check the updates on www.howardjones.jp
http://www.howardjones.jp
13 November
Howard Jones interview.
Read the on-line version of yesterday's interview in the Daily Telegraph here>>
11 November
Howard Jones interview in The Daily Telegraph.
Look out for an in-depth interview with Howard in tomorrow's Daily Telegraph...
04 November
Howard on BBC News Somerset.
Watch the extended Points West interview here>>