Virgin Records has dropped a big load of A Perfect Circle news upon us. For those of you too lazy to click the link, I was nice enough to paste it here:A PERFECT CIRCLE COMPLETES NEW ALBUM
Virgin recording group A Perfect Circle has concluded a half-year creative process of emotional soul-searching with the completion of their much-anticipated second album, THIRTEENTH STEP. The darkly textured collection of new songs will be unveiled during a two-week string of very exclusive club dates across the country beginning July 26th , it was announced today. The new album will arrive in stores on September 16th, the follow-up to the platinum Mer De Noms, APC’s extraordinary Virgin Records debut of May 2000.
A dramatically powerful album that picks up sonically where Mer De Noms left off, THIRTEENTH STEP is a conceptual exploration of the darker side of the human psyche. The final sequence of songs includes: “The Package,” “Weak and Powerless,” “The Noose,” “Blue,” “Vanishing,” “A Stranger,” “The Outsider,” “Crimes,” “The Nurse Who Loved Me,” “Pet,” “Lullaby,” and “Gravity.”
On THIRTEENTH STEP, core members Maynard James Keenan (singer), Billy Howerdel (guitarist) and Josh Freese (drummer) are joined by former Marilyn Manson bassist Jeordie White (previously known as Twiggy Ramirez), who will be introduced to A Perfect Circle’s legions of fans on the upcoming tour dates. The dates are:
July 26th Denver, CO Ogden Theater
July 28th Dallas, TX Grenada Theater
July 30th Atlanta, GA Roxy Theater
August 1st Norfolk, VA The Norva
August 2nd Washington, DC 9:30 Club
August 3rd Boston, MA Berklee Academy of Music
August 5th New York, NY Irving Plaza
August 6th Philadelphia, PA Theater of Living Arts
August 8th Cleveland, OH Odeon
August 9th Detroit, MI St. Andrew’s Hall
August 10th Chicago, IL Cabaret Metro
August 11th Minneapolis, MN PantagesNote that Danny Lohner is not mentioned in this write-up. Thanks Danny (a different Danny) for passing this info along to us.