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Pixies pick Rochester date in November

Pixies pick Rochester date in November
The recently reunited alt/rockers Pixies are apparently having so much fun that they’ve added a fourth leg to a world tour. The new dates include an autumn stop in Rochester, according to Billboard. The Pixies are scheduled to play a 7 p.m. show Nov. 2 at the Main Street Armory, 900 East Main St. Tickets,...

Pixies announce Canadian tour dates

Pixies announce Canadian tour dates
Pixies’ Doolittle world tour is now pushing the two-year mark. Since reuniting in Fall 2009 to tour behind the 20th anniversary of their iconic album, the band has played over 50 dates across the U.S. and Europe. Now, comes 16 more, as the band has announced a spring roadtrip through Canada. Slicing...

Pixies Honor Chilean Miners with 33-Song Salute

Pixies Honor Chilean Miners with 33-Song Salute
Pixies - Maquinaria Festival 2010They may not be getting their own reality show, but the rescued Chilean miners got a pretty cool tribute last night. Last night long-reunited alt-rock legends the Pixies’ first-ever headlining appearance in Chile happened to coincide with the rescue of the Chilean...

Pixies Deliver Doolittle to Rimac Arena

Pixies Deliver Doolittle to Rimac Arena
By Michael Caldwell | Published Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010 Pixies Deliver Doolittle to Rimac Arena - 09/30/10Perhaps reluctant to reveal their advanced age and weight, indie-rock icons the Pixies took to a darkened Rimac stage and opened with the obscure “Dance the Manta Ray.” Like an insecure...

Pixies at Austin Music Hall

Pixies at Austin Music Hall
“Now it’s time to talk about the money.” – Charles Thompson by Dan Solomon September 22, 2010 Pixies at Austin Music Hall The Pixies are six years into their reunion, and have yet to create more than 2 minutes and 35 seconds worth of new material. Prior to the band’s reformation,...

Pixies At Verizon Wireless Theater

Pixies At Verizon Wireless Theater
By Chris Gray The Pixies are Costanza. In one episode of Seinfeld, a woman who had recently made George Costanza’s acquaintance remarks to Jerry Seinfeld that there must be more to Jason Alexander’s balding, bespectacled nebbish than meets the eye. “Oh no,” exhales Jerry. “There’s...

Pixies Worry They’re Overstaying Their Welcome

Pixies Worry They’re Overstaying Their Welcome
By Pete Freedman At this point, the most startling thing about the Pixies’ reunion isn’t so much that it happened. The iconic alternative band and its fans have now had seven years to come to grips with that much. What’s most surprising about the band’s reunion, these days at...

Reunited Pixies bring Doolittle tour to Asheville

Reunited Pixies bring Doolittle tour to Asheville
By Michael Flynn Reunited Pixies bring Doolittle tour to AshevillePlenty of indie bands from the ’80s produced great tunes, devoted fans and cool memories. But few of those groups can claim the lasting influence of the Pixies, whose music spawned the alt rock era of Nirvana and echoes today in...

Pixies pull out of Israeli concert

Pixies pull out of Israeli concert
Music festival organizers say cancellation related to flotilla raid U.S. alternative rock band Pixies has canceled a concert in Tel Aviv this week and organizers say it’s in protest over Israel’s commando raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla in which nine activists died. The band’s Tel...

The Pixies To Play Australia In March

The Pixies To Play Australia In March
Legendary 90s rock group The Pixies will play Australia in March 2010. Pixie's Kim Deal at Hammerstein BallroomAccording to a report at Under The Radar – a New Zealand website – the group will play Auckland’s Vector Arena on March 12, with dates in Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Melbourne...

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