January 31st, 2010: Antony performed the first of 2 sold out symphony concerts at the Sydney Opera House tonight with Rob Moose conducting, with stellar guests William Basinski and Johanna Constantine opening. After Monday's show they are heading to Perth to do 2 more shows. Then Antony heads to Tokyo, Japan with Billy, Johanna and Rob to do a very special pair of concerts with Yoshito Ohno and the Kazuo Ohno Dance Studio. After featuring his hero Kazuo Ohno on the cover of the Crying Light, the dance studio reached out to Antony and arranged these two very special evenings of collaborations. There couldnt be a more perfect way to commemorate the final dates of the Crying LIght tour. Excerpts from the film "Mr. Ohno's Book of the Dead" will also be screened, with Antony providing a live soundtrack. It's a huge honor to be on stage with Yoshito Ohno for our premier concerts in Japan!
January 1st, 2010: Happy New Year!! Check out Antony's performance of "Here Comes The Sun" filmed for Live At Abbey Road here. In the video Antony says Otis Redding covered "Yesterday" but he meant Ray Charles, still both are two of his favorite singers. December 7th, 2009: "Hi all, i spent last night writing letters to my government representatives asking them to fight hard for success at the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit. I asked them in my letters to insist upon the reduction of carbon emissions to well below 1990 levels within ten years. Anything less than that will not achieve our goal of limiting the global rise in temperature to 2 degrees Celcius. More than 2 degree Celcius rise in temperature will ensure that at least half the worlds species are lost. I imagine a car engine with half its parts missing. Will it continue to run? If the temperature in the arctic tundra raises a few more degrees, the ground will melt, and the rotting permafrost will release massive amounts of methane gas. Game over. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE54L34W20090522 The weekend of Dec 12 is a global day of action for us all to send a message to our delegates in Copenhagen that they must negotiate an effective solution to this crisis. Find out what events are going on near you this weekend at http://tcktcktck.org/real-deal. Also check out the Guardian on line every day as they are doing comprehensive coverage of the copenhagen conference http://www.guardian.co.uk/ The New York Times articles can be informative and have links to some definitions and resources http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/07/science/earth/07climate.html?hpw Coverage of this is better in Europe than in the US media because of the powerful oil lobby. I just hope they are building space ships big enough for all of us. I for one have no interest in human life without Nature. I am tied to the mast of this beautiful place. If i am lucky I might be allowed to sing "Another World" to the Copenhagen delegates before one of the public conferences. its a long shot, but I have my fingers crossed. If not, I will be singing it in my sleep. I wrote the president an email at http://www.whitehouse.gov. I wrote an email to the office of my house representative. You can find out who yours is by entering your zip code at http://www.house.gov/. I did the same thing for my senator. http://www.senate.gov/. I did the same thing with my governor. The website for the New York State governer is http://www.state.ny.us/governor/ Across the world, politicians have websites that receive and tally these letters. Antony" The Casa do Menor campaign against child abuse which features Antony's cover of Current 93's song "Soft Black Stars" has won a silver Epica Advertising Award. Learn more about the campaign and watch the advertisement here. November 24th, 2009: Swedish Singer Ane Brune has performed a cover of "Another World" along with Benny Andersson (ABBA) as the anthem for the No More Lullabies concert in Sweden this past Oct. 24th. No More Lullabies is an on going project that works together with the Tälberg Foundation on environmental issues and poverty eradication. Please see Ane and Benny's performance of "Another World". November 22nd, 2009: We have added two orchestra concerts in Sydney, AUS at the Sydney Opera House to the upcoming events page. Ticketing information coming soon... November 18th, 2009: Elisa Toffoli's new album is out in Italy and features a duet with Antony called "Forgiveness". November
3rd, 2009:
We have added two concerts in Perth, Australia with the West Australian
Symphony Orchestra to the upcoming
events page for early 2010. Keep checking the events page as there
will be more Australian dates added. October
19th, 2009:
You can hear Antony's recording of "Nessun Dorma" with the
Roma Sinfonietta Orchestra for Lavazza here. It's a great idea to sign Prince Charles' Rainforest petition and it just takes a few moments. October 14th, 2009: Our friend Uman Warsame recently sent us a Sphinx-like portrait of Antony; more of her paintings, as well as her great blog, can be seen on her website. September 28th, 2009: We have updated our video page to include all high resolution streaming versions of the music videos, collaborations with designers and animations, check them out here. There is also an online preview of Antony's artwork entitled "Epilepsy is Dancing" in SOME/THINGS magazine. September 25th, 2009: On October 4th Antony will be performing at New York City's legendary Carnegie Hall as part of 'Hal Willner Presents An Evening With Gavin Friday and Friends." Along with Antony, other performers inculde Laurie Anderson, Bono, Scarlett Johansson, Courtney Love, Lydia Lunch, Martha Wainright, Rufus Wainright and many more. A portion of of the proceeds goes directly to the Global Fund. Tickets can be purchased here. Pitchhfork.tv has two live clips of Antony's duets with Yoko Ono accompanied by Sean Lennon from this year's Meltdown Festival in London. Watch the clips here. September 13th, 2009:: from Antony: " I want to post this shocking news excerpt that I read in the Guardian today, reporting the militia style torture and execution of gay people in Iraq. "A
total of 680 [gay people] have [been killed] in Iraq, with at least
70 of those in the past five months. The group believes the figures
may be higher, as most cases involving married men are not reported.
Seven victims were women. According to Hali, Iraq has become "the
worst place for homosexuals on Earth". So listen: ALLAH
TREASURES HIS GAY AND TRANSGENDERED CHILDREN, HIS PRECIOUS HOMOSEXUAL
CHILDREN. Make
a tshirt. Tell your friends. August 27th, 2009: Antony and the Johnsons now have an Official Facebook Page. You can add the page to your Facebook profile here. In other news, Antony's rendition of 'Knockin' On Heaven's Door' closed Valentino's Fall/Winter 2010 Haute Couture show during Paris Couture Week. You can view the show here. August 25th, 2009: A message from Antony: "The Summer Symphony tour in Europe and the United Kingdom has drawn to a close. Working with the orchestras in Europe has been an interesting adventure; each group seemed to have its own approach to the songs. The biggest cheer was always for the local musicians who were making most of the the music. Thank you to everyone who came to see us and to everyone in front of and behind the scenes who helped to make it happen. I am in the studio mixing a new release for the Spring. Julia Kent has been working on her new album and is set to launch back to Italy for a solo tour in the fall. Rob Moose is off with Beth Orton. Max has been producing a new album for Baby Dee.Thomas is traveling the world doing concertinas. Johanna Constantine is dreaming intensely and chasing blind cats through the back streets of Philadelphia. In world events, we are weeks away from creating the first life forms out of the wedlock of the evolutionary chain. I think this is a mistake. Ten cross-eyed scientists with "big dogs" will be waiting outside the laboratory to meet these confused paramicium and welcome the harbingers of change. And sacred Cree representatives from the First People of Canada are joining protests in the UK against companies including British Petroleum and the Royal Bank of Scotland who are investing in the filthy and devastating tar sands projects, which are destroying Cree homelands and ushering us all ever closer towards runaway global warming. I havent heard Whitney Houston's new album but I am really looking forward to it. You are the treasure, You are the dream,
You are the one I've been waiting for
August 17th, 2009: Last January The UK Sun published an insightful article about The Crying Light. Read it here. August 4th, 2009: Check out our new video for "Crazy In Love" directed by Joie Iacono with footage of Pink Lady by James Elaine. The video was also premiered on Pitchfork TV. August 4th, 2009: Today marks the release of the "Aeon" CD single and 7" featuring a cover of Beyonce's "Crazy In Love". To coincide with the new CD single, Pitchfork has released a new feature on Antony. "In this in-depth profile, we examine the life and career of Antony Hegarty, one of today's most compelling musical artists." Read more here. July 27th, 2009: We'd like to send our congratulations to photographer Leah Nash who won first place in the Live Music category of the Year In Music Moment Photography contest presented by Photo District News and Billboard. Her prize winning photo is of Antony performing live at the Time Based Art festival in Portland, Oregon last September. Read more about the photo contest here.
Leah Nash's prize winning photo of Antony July 23rd, 2009: Spin Magazine called The Crying Light one of the 20 best albums of 2009 so far. Read more here.
Antony on stage at the Manchester Opera House July 20th, 2009: The Crying Light production at the Manchester Opera House was an incredible experience; the BBC rated it 11 our of 10 stars on their website! Listen to the review here. Antony wore the "tiger" Givenchy haute couture ballgown on stage in Paris to an eye-boggled crowd. While in Montreux, Antony was allegedly spotted sprawled out in a rented paddling boat in the middle of Lake Geneva at high noon. The Montreux Jazz festival orchestra were a lot of fun to be with for the two concerts in Switzerland. The band is looking forward to perform at the Grand Theatre Romain in Lyon tomorrow night. It's an ancient Roman amphitheater, full of wild spirits. Then the group is off to Rome where they will perform at the Parco della Musica with the Roma Sinfonietta. The opening of the exhibition in Turin was reportedly good fun; thanks to everyone who attended.
Givenchy Haute Couture by Riccardo Tisci June 23rd, 2009: A portion of Antony and the Johnsons performance at Le Carre Theatre in Amsterdam can be seen here. June 17th, 2009: We have now completed our European tour which was a great success! Thank you to everyone who came out and joined us. We are now embarking on the start of our Summer Symphony Tour with dates in Europe and UK and two band shows in Madrid on July 7th and Paris on July 9th. Please check our Events page for show dates. The tour includes an unusual visual staging of "The Crying Light" for the Manchester International Festival on July 3rd and 4th which was designed in collaboration with Paul Normandale, Chris Levine and Carl Robertshaw. Antony also recently collaborated with Givenchy designer Riccardo Tisci on the creation of costume which Antony will wear during his concert in Paris during Paris Couture Week. An exhibition of Antony’s artwork will be at the Accademia Albertina on July 6th in Turin, Italy as part of the Traffic Music Festival. Much of the artwork from the recent releases along with other material can also be seen in the Summer Issue of Francis Ford Coppola’s Zoetrope Magazine of which Antony was the Guest Designer.. We are excited to announce the upcoming release of our new single which includes ‘Aeon’ and Antony’s cover of Beyonce’s ‘Crazy In Love’ on August 3rd in Europe and August 4th in the US. The single will be released on CD and 7” vinyl. Check out the latest article about Antony in Flaunt magazine and in addition there are new features in S Magazine, Dazed & Confused and L'Uomo Vogue.
Antony in Givenchy photographed by Nacho Alegre for L'Uomo Vogue May 19th, 2009: Antony will be performing with Yoko Ono in Yoko's Plastic Ono Band at The Southbank Center - Royal Festival Hall in London on June 14th. Guests include Sean Lennon, Cornelius, Yuka Honda and others. For ticketing and show infomation please click here. April 24th, 2009: Antony and the Johnsons will be on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson Wednesday April 29th performing "Another World". Craig Ferguson aires on CBS at 12:35am EST/PST. April 23rd, 2009: Antony is featured in the current issue of BlackBook Magazine speaking about work done for current art projects and exhibitions including "Six Eyes" at Galerie du Jour in Paris. Also please see articles in French Vogue and Stiletto Magazine. April 14th, 2009: Antony and the Johnsons performed last friday on the Dutch TV program Mooi! Weer de Leeuw, their performance of "One Dove" can be viewed here. April 3rd, 2009: Antony and the Johnsons performed "Kiss My Name" on Jonathan Ross last night. Please view their performance here. April 2nd, 2009: Please see Antony and the Johnsons performance on NPR's World Cafe where they perform "Her Eyes Are Underneath The Ground", "Epilepsy Is Dancing" and "Another World" here. April 1st, 2009: Friday, 22:35 on BBC One Jonathan Ross continues his current series. Guests include Academy Award-winning force of nature Whoopi Goldberg; Harry Potter star Jason Isaacs; and Priscilla, Queen of the Desert star, Jason Donovan. Plus Antony and the Johnsons perform their new single Kiss My Name live in the studio. March 23rd, 2009: Antony
and the Johnsons Announce Summer Symphony Events,
"Ghost" photograph by Don Felix Cervantes SUMMER SYMPHONY CONCERTS: Antony and the Johnsons will play a series of unique concerts in collaboration with symphonies across Europe this summer. Presenting a wide array of material including songs from “The Crying Light”, the concerts will feature large format orchestras (36-52 players) presenting arrangements developed by Antony and Nico Muhly and conducted by Rob Moose. Premiering at the Manchester Festival, Antony has also been commissioned to create a stage environment for “The Crying Light” inspired by Bauhaus stage lighting design and considering the dreams of crystals inside mountains. Events listed below with more concerts to be added in the coming weeks: June 21 & 22 - Amsterdam , Holland - Holland Festival
at Royal Theatre Carré with the Metropole Orchestra EPILEPSY IS DANCING SINGLE: Secretly
Canadian and Rough Trade will release the “Epilepsy Is Dancing”
single in Europe April 6/US April 7. The single will be released in
CD and 7” vinyl formats and includes live favorite “Where
Is My Power?” Check out the striking video for the single produced
by AFAS and directed by the Wachowski Brothers (THE MATRIX, V for
VENDETTA) which can be viewed here
and on Pitchfork here. ANTONY AND MATTHEW HERBERT AT SUMMER FESTIVALS: Antony and the Johnsons will play the Coachella Music and Arts Festival on Sunday April 19th. Antony has collaborated with avant-garde composer and electronics wiz Matthew Herbert. The duo will present stark electronic re-imaginings of songs from Antony and the Johnsons' new album "The Crying Light". "SIX EYES" AT AGNES B'S GALLERY IN PARIS: Antony has been invited by designer and gallerist Agnes B to curate an art show at Gallery Du Jour in Paris, opening on April 11th. Entitled "Six Eyes" the exhibition will feature work by Peter Hujar, Kiki Smith, Alice O'Mally, William Basinski and James Elaine, Antony and Barbara Cummard. March 16th, 2009: Munich Show Update: Please note that we have had to make a date and venue change for the upcoming Munich show. This event was to take place on April 23rd at Postpalast but for unforseen circumstances we've had to move the venue location to Circus Krone on April 26th. People holding tickets for the April 23rd concert at Postpalast will be accepted at Circus Krone on the 26th. Please see the events page for further info. March 11th, 2009: During Paris Fashion Week "Shake That Devil" was heard on the catwalk of Anne Valérie Hash and then at Kris Van Assche..check out the article here. March 8th, 2009: In the coming weeks we will be announcing many summer orchestra concerts all over Europe and the UK. More info to come via the events page. We have also added a new show in Antwerp on March 23rd at the Koningin Elisabethzaal. Please see the events page for details. March 5th, 2009: Hear Antony and the Johnsons' recent concert in Washington DC on NPR's All Songs Considered with Bob Boilen. Watch excerpts from the concert on pitchfork.tv or song by song on pitchforkmedia.com . "Thank you everyone for a North American tour that we will never forget. We all had such a good time, we felt free up there so often! It was the first time we have played in the South; thanks to the folks in Knoxville and Atlanta for giving us such a heartwarming welcome. San Francisco, we will never forget you! Vancouver, you break my heart! New York, you keep killing me softly." - Antony There were a fair ton of reviews which you can track down via justonestar.com if you are so possessed. Antony and the Johnsons are playing as part of a very special triple bill with Florence and the Machine and V V Brown on Tuesday March 24th at the Royal Albert Hall to benefit the Teenaged Cancer Trust. Get yer tickets here. The concert at the Holland Festival on June 22nd with the Metropole Orchestra at La Carre just sold out in half an hour! We are going to inquire about adding another one. There is also a possibility of an added show in Belgium this month; stay tuned for more details. March 2nd, 2009: Antony talks about his experience helping Lou bring the album to the stage, the origins of the pair's friendship and musical bond and his love for the music of “ Berlin”. Watch the interview here February 19th, 2009: Antony and the Johnsons performed "Aeon" last night on The Late Show with David Letterman. You can see their performance here. Also please see The NY Times piece on Antony that hit the stands today. February 18th, 2009: Antony and the Johnsons will be performing tonight on The Late Show with David Letterman on CBS 11:30PM EST & PST. February 17th, 2009: Please see Antony's interview and performance on Germany's Titel Thesen Temperamente. February 13th, 2009: Antony and the Johnsons have been added to this years Teenage Cancer Trust charity concert at London's Royal Albert Hall on March 24th, 2009. The event is co-headlined with Florence and the Machine. For information on the Teenage Cancer Trust, ticketing and show information please see: www.teenagecancertrust.org February 9th, 2009: Antony's performance and interview on "Spinning on Air" with David Garland on WNYC airs this week. Please check here for details. February 7th, 2009: Another review in, click here and some nice pictures from the Washington DC show, click here. February 4th, 2009: First reviews from the US show in Spin, Columbus Dispatch and Washington Post.
Photo by Michael Alan Goldberg Antony will be on NPR's Day to Day today from 5pm - 6pm. February 1st, 2009: A message from Ground control: "I am plainly shocked that the record has been number one in Europe this week, and I want to pause and thank all the people around the world that made that happen, and who have supported me with so much heart over the last few years, and come to my shows, and collected up all the press from around the world on the justonestar website, and wished me well, and shared some time with me at live shows. Thank you for urging me forward through a glorious dream, the likes of which is more your creation than mine. Antony x" January 29th, 2009: ANTONY Makes Spinning On Air And Fresh Air Appearances Next Week On the heels of releasing the critically acclaimed The Crying Light, ANTONY will make two public radio appearances next week to discuss his haunting, touching art. Early next week, the great David Garland will feature
an interview and performance from Antony on his left-of-center and
out-music WNYC radio program "Spinning on Air." During his
visit with Garland, Antony performed the songs "Another World"
and "Epilepsy Is Dancing" from The Crying Light. Once the
show airs, it will be available for streaming at the "Spinning
on Air" site HERE. Then, on Tuesday, Feb. 3rd, Antony will appear on
National Public Radio's "Fresh Air" program for an in-depth
interview with host Terry Gross. Listeners may stream the show on
the day of its broadcast by visiting the Fresh Air site HERE. Antony and the Johnsons have been confirmed for Coachella Sunday April 19th. Tickets are on sale HERE. The Crying Light currently is number 1 in the Billboard European Top 100 Album charts for it's first week of release!!!!
January 27th, 2009: Youtube has removed the Epilepsy is Dancing video because it is supposedly indecent! You can still see it here. Hope noone at Youtube goes to a dance performance in the near future. God forbid they might see someone in a leotard! Also we did a performance on the UK show The Culture Show. Please see the performance of Epilepsy Is Dancing and Another World here.
January 20th, 2009: THE CRYING LIGHT IN STORES NOW WORLD WIDE and we are proud to present a video for our next single "Epilepsy Is Dancing" Directed by AFAS. Antony asked his friends the Wachowski Brothers to work with him on a video for his new single "Epilepsy is Dancing". They in turn invited painters Tino Rodriguez and Virgo Paraiso to create costumes and a mystical environment and choreographer Sean Dorsey and his dancers to bring the dream sequence to life. Antony's artistic partner Johanna Constantine stars as herself in the role of "Deer Monster". The video was lit and shot by the up-and-coming directors of photography, Chris Blasingame and Banker White, and produced by Jim Jerome. The production team collectively named themselves AFAS. Please enjoy the fruits of their San Francisco art party. Click below to see the video.
January 6th, 2009: A message from Antony: "I want to apologize to Sean Penn for appearing disrespectful in my recent comments in New York Magazine. It is not with him, or his virtues as an actor, or his embrace of gay causes, with which I take issue. Rather it is a Hollywood industry that has not yet evolved to a point where it can allow gay and transgendered actors to represent themselves and their historic icons on screen. What a sense of pride this would instill in the minds of gay and transgendered children everywhere, to know that there are dignified roles for them in the acting profession and in the world." January 6th, 2009: In 2009, seahorses will circles our minds. THE CRYING LIGHT AVAILABLE NOW. Starting today you can pre-order The Crying Light through this site and receive the album mp3s TODAY, plus a bonus track "My Lord My Love". You will also be among the first to receive the cd on the day of its release, January 19th. Antony spoke extensively about The Crying Light with FACE CULTURE in Holland. See the interviews here. December 30th, 2008: From the press release: "Isis Gallery presents The Creek (January 17th - February 28th 2009)
In other news, 2 more magazine features in Europe, one in the German culture magazine Spex, featuring photos of Antony by Wolfgang Tillmans and the other an Italian Music monthly Rumore, featuring photos by Don Felix Cervantes.
December 17th, 2008: Antony and the Johnsons have announced plans for an extensive tour of Europe in Spring 09 in support of their upcoming album release, The Crying Light. Dates are posted on the events page. December 11th, 2008: Antony and the Johnsons have revealed the cover art and track listing for the forthcoming full-length, The Crying Light. Following a natural progression from the Another World EP, the album art features a 1977 portrait of renowned Butoh dancer, Kazuo Ohno, taken by Naoya Ikegami in Tokyo. Ohno is shown reaching towards light, his striking visage and reclined posture simultaneously invoking the cradle, the grave, and transcendence. Antony says, "The Crying Light is dedicated to the great dancer Kazuo Ohno. In performance I watched him cast a circle of light upon the stage, and step into that circle, and reveal the dreams and reveries of his heart. He seemed to dance in the eye of something mysterious and creative; with every gesture he embodied the child and the feminine divine. He's kind of like my art parent."
THE CRYING LIGHT 1.
Her Eyes Are Underneath The Ground We are happy to announce that The Crying Light will be released by Secretly Canadian in the US on January 20th, Rough Trade in The UK and Europe on January 19th, Spunk Records in Australia on January 17th and P-Vine in Japan on January 20th. Following the album release we will embark on a world tour starting in the US on February 2nd. Please see the Events Page for details. Please sign up for our new Email List to be invited to participate in a special offer in the near future. And here's a couple more magazines coming out now, in Norway and the UK:
December 2nd, 2008: A feature article in Wire is out now, along with a article / pod cast in The Guardian and the Another World EP is listed in Entertainment Weekly's must have section for the week of Nov. 30th!
November 10th, 2008: We played two concerts last week in London at The Barbican Center with The London Symphony Orchestra. Reviews: NME | The Evening Standard | The Guardian | The Times UK September 30th 2008: Full length video for Another World directed by Colin Whitaker taken from Antony and the Johnsons upcoming "Another World" EP out on October 7th. The video can be viewed here.
September 27th 2008: We made a video for an excerpt of Another World using one of Colin Whitaker's "Night Flower" films.
September 15th 2008: Bjork's new video for "Dull Flame of Desire" with Antony on guest vocals can be seen here. Björk and Antony performed against green screen in New York. The Innocence video project runners-up Christoph Jantos (Berlin) Masahiro Mogari (Tokyo) and Marçal Cuberta Junca (Girona) were each given their own sections of the film, to develop how they wished.
September 12th 2008: The Portand Concert and Milan concerts went well, see reviews here and here. PRADA launched their new animation yesterday in the US, a 4 minute animation entitled "Fallen Shadows" scored by Antony with a new song called "The Great White Ocean". The video is available for viewing here.
August 26th 2008: On October 7th, Antony and the Johnsons will release "Another World" EP on cd and vinyl. Below is the press release: Antony
and the Johnsons emerged onto the international stage in 2005 with
their breakthrough I Am A Bird Now. The group were awarded
the Mercury Prize in the UK and toured the world. Since then Antony
has participated on tracks with Bjork on her latest album "Volta",
appeared in the Leonard Cohen documentary "I'm Your Man",
featured as vocalist with disco act Hercules and Love Affair, recorded
for the Todd Haynes bio epic of Bob Dylan "I'm Not There",
and collaborated with Charles Atlas on a European tour of their stage
spectacle "TURNING". The cover features a portrait of Japanese Butoh co-founder Kazuo Ohno, taken by Pierre-Olivier Deschamps in 1984.
Another
World track listing: The only confirmed concerts occuring in 2008 are listed in the events section. August 8th 2008: Antony and the Johnsons will release a new 5 song EP, entitled "Another World," available in shops on October 7th. To celebrate, Antony and the Johnsons will present 2 special events accompanied by a 20 piece orchestra playing scores co-arranged with Nico Muhly. On October 14th the band will play at the Walt Disney Hall in Los Angeles, and on October 16th they will be resident at the Apollo theater in Harlem. Please see the events page for details and tickets sales. Björk releases the new single ‘The Dull Flame of Desire’ on September 29th 2008 through One Little Indian Records. Flooded with melancholic passion and restrained hope, ‘The Dull Flame of Desire’ sees Björk accompanied on vocals by Antony. Antony collaborated last year with designer Hussein Chalayan and photographer Nick Knight on a soundtrack for a film featuring Hussein's interesting collection. See the film here. June 1st 2008: Antony is participating in a group show of visual work at Palais Des Beaux-Arts in Brussels titled "It's Not Only Rock 'n' Roll, Baby!". Antony is collaborating with Don Felix Cervantes, Johanna Constantine, Julia Yasuda, and Joie Iacono on his presentation, entitled "Leaves". The exhibition opens on June 19th. In anticipation of a new single to be released in mid-October, several concert events are scheduled for Autumn '08. The first 5 are listed below. For ticket and event information please see the events page: a concert in Portland with The Oregon Symphony for PICA on September 5th.
a concert with The Milan Symphony on September 10th. a second concert at the Expo Zaragoza in Zaragosa, Spain with The Milan Symphony on September 12th. two concerts at the Barbican with The London Symphony Orchestra on October 30th and 31st.
Antony is one of the artists represented by John Marchant's Isis Gallery in London, and will be presenting a solo exhibition towards the end of the year.
Antony returned from London after a series of shows with Bjork on April 14th, 17th & 20th at the Hammersmith Apollo, and a special concert with Current 93 at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on April 21st. March 4th 2008: The Hercules album and the single "Blind" is released this week in Europe. Antony sings half the tracks on the album ("Blind", "Time Will", "Easy", "Raise Me Up", and duetting with Nomi on "You Belong"). Antony is also featured on the Hercules club track "Roar". Antony's voice was heard on several fashion runways this season ("Knocking on Heaven's Door" and "Blind"), including those of Gucci, Fendi, Versace and Chanel. Antony will not be touring with Hercules and Love Affair. HALA live features the stunning Nomi front and center, as well as Kim Ann Foxxman. Feb 15th 2008: The charity auction for the dress that Antony designed has finished, thanks to all who participated. Hercules and Love Affair have been getting some positive reviews in the Observer and the Guardian. Antony did a radio show with Domino Records' Morgan Lebus this week. An interesting video presentation by the chairman of the IPCC outlining the projections for climate change in the near future can be seen here. Feb 9th 2008: On March 18th a group of NYC artists and producers have collaborated to stage the event "PEACE IN IRAQ AND JUSTICE AT HOME". Performers include Scissor Sisters, Norah Jones, Damian Rice, Blonde Red Head, Bill T Jones, Laurie Anderson, Lou Reed and Antony, as well as a plethora of speakers with their own insights on these issues. This event will take place at 8pm at St Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn. Tickets go on sale on Wednesday at $65 and $125. Proceeds benefit UNITED FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE and IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN VETERANS AGAINST THE WAR. A limited number of lower priced tickets will be made available to artists and students in the days to come.
Antony will be one of many guests making a special appearance with Current 93 at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on April 21st. He will also sing "Dull Fame of Desire" with Bjork at her concerts in London on the 14th, 17th and 20th of April. January 26th 2008: Antony and the Johnsons' recording "The Crying Light" will be released in Autumn 2008, at which time a schedule of new perfomance events will be announced. Hercules and Love Affair's single featuring Antony will be released on March 3rd in the UK; the rest of the album (which includes five tracks with Antony, as well as vocalists Nomi and Kim Ann Foxman) will be out later that month. See the video for "blind" here. Hear Hercules tracks including "Blind" on the Hercules myspace page. Antony has designed a single white silk dress as part of a new venture with online boutique Yoox.com. The dress will be auctioned on eBay on Valentine’s Day 08 with the proceeds going to the Sylvia Rivera Law Project (SRLP), the US rights organisation for people to self-determine gender identity and expression regardless of income or race, and without facing harassment, discrimination or violence. see yoox.com in the coming days for more info.
December 5th 2007: Antony wrote an article about Peter Hujar in last weekend's Guardian weekend magazine in anticipation of the Peter Hujar retrospective at the ICA in London. Antony's new album will be called THE CRYING LIGHT. Antony did an interview about his process so far with Harp magazine this month. November 24th 2007: The new bio film Pete Seeger: The Power of Song is incredibly inspiring; we recommend everyone see it if they get a chance. Also take a moment to read the sythesis report that was released last week by the United Nations International Panel on Climate Change if you havent done so already. August 28th 2007:"We all went to Allaire Recording studio for a week and did a lot more work on the new album. I am spending my days editing and mulling over different versions of each song, trying to figure out what goes where. But the record is mostly tracked now. There are just a couple of remaining things to do before we begin mixing. I did a cover of Bob Dylan's "Knocking on Heaven's Door" with Kevin Barker for it. We did it slow and minor. I had started singing it by myself when i was in Australia at the end of the tour in Jan 2006. Rob Moose was teaching me guitar and we bought a book of Dylan songs to learn, but then one day I guess i was just feeling really exhausted and deathy because I just started singing that song over and over, and I did it that night at the show. Charlie and me are working on editing the TURNING film. It looks great. The interviews with the models are poignant. TURNING was so magic. That was my favorite thing I have ever been a part of. Me and Charlie are doing an interview for BLENDER tomorrow for that project. I got a nice new piano. I am giving my old one away. The piano we used a few weeks ago at 2nd Story Recording Studio has the long lost old Sorcerer piano in it, the one I recorded Dead Boy and certain songs from the last album on a few years ago!!! I was so happy to see it again. It seemed different. I tried to pretend that I recognized it. But it reminded me of the cat that changed color when it got a new owner. Norah Jones recorded her first record on that piano too. Anyway it sounded great. I saw Beyonce live last week. She was incredible and cried real tears during Flaws and All. She was just the best. I am listening to Zeki Muren, the 2 new Dave Ruffin Motown collections and Strawberry Jams by Animal Collective." July 25th 2007: The tour is finished. Istanbul was wild, the audience in Moscow was great. The Grec in Barcelona was so beautiful. June 6th 2007: The tour resumes. June 28th 2007: Riga is now cancelled. The concert in Moscow is rescheduled for the 6th. Hopefully things will be in order then. Thanks for your patience. June 26th 2007: Antony's is recovering. The doctor said it will take about 10 days for Antony to get better. Unfortunately this means that Rouen, Lyon, and Belfort are definitely cancelled. Hopefully the rest of the tour will go ahead as planned. Sorry for any disruption this may cause people. June 25th 2007: Unfortunately, Antony's vocal condition persists. The concert tomorrow in Poland is definitely cancelled. Nothing has been confirmed yet, and we are awaiting a final doctor's exam and recommendation on Tuesday, at which time all revisions of the tour will be announced. June 23rd 2007: Antony was regretfully unable to perform at Glastonbury last night with Bjork because he has injured his voice. We are hoping that the tour will continue forward. More in the days to come. June 15th 2007: The band are getting ready to play a series of concerts in Europe in between recording stints. The first one will be in Cork on the 21st. Antony joined Bjork at Radio City Music Hall and the Apollo last month, and plans to appear with her at Glastonbury on June 22nd. Then it is off to France, Spain, Italy, Poland, Lavia, Moscow and Istanbul for a month of concerts.
The band has grown a little; 2 additional string players (Suzy Pearlman and Alissa Smith) are joining the core ensemble (Rob Moose, Julia Kent, Maxim Moston, Jeff Langston, Parker Kindred, Doug Wieselman and Thomas Bartlett) as well as the accordianist Wil Holshouser. Expect songs from previous and upcoming albums as well as an array of songs by others, including Millie Jackson and maybe even Beyonce! The shows in Scandinavia last week were a blast, and we look forward to seeing many of you this summer! And yes, Antony has been working on the new record for much of the spring. As things progress we will let you know... Antony's collaboration with William Basinski has been installed at the Belsay Manor in Northumberland, UK. We hope you get a chance to see it; it's quite an adventurous soundtrack for the cellars underneath the manor, a 20 minute piece full of twists and turns. A part of the manor's annual installation, the exhibition is open to the public for this summer. Antony and the Johnsons will also present 2 events in Brazil at the end of October (Sao Paolo and Rio). April 12th 2007: There have been some changes made to the touring schedule: the concert in Spello is in question at this time and therefore removed from the schedule, and the concert in Barcelona is awaiting confirmation at a different venue than previously posted. Please pardon these changes and check back soon for updates, thanks. April 9th 2007: Antony is singing with Bjork tonight in Reykjavik for the first concert of her new tour. The show is incredible, with a band that includes Mark Bell and a 10 piece Icelandic girls' horn ensemble. The duet "Dull Flame of Desire" is on Bjork's new record VOLTA. Antony will be occasionally popping in on the tour along the way. April 2nd 2007: The spring/summer tour schedule is now announced. March 19th 2007: The show at BAM was a special event... thanks to everyone for coming out. Antony also did a concert last week for Marina Abromovich's 60th birthday party at the Guggenheim. Antony returns today from Poland where he did a concert with Julia, Rob and Doug in Wroclaw. The band will be in the studio for the next few months recording, except for 2 short bursts of touring in May and June/July in select destinations in Europe, including Istanbul and Moscow! The schedule will be posted shortly. Here are 2 pictures from Marina's birthday party:
February 1st 2007: A belated happy new year to everyone! Time for an extended update... Charles Atlas and Antony have begun the process of editing the film of TURNING, having filmed both the London performances in November in addition to shooting over sixty hours of touring and interview footage. (See The Guardian's review of TURNING here.) Antony is preparing for his March 9th concert at the Brooklyn Academy of Music with the Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra, in collaboration with composer Nico Muhly. Expect a mixture of favorites from Antony's first two albums plus a foreshadowing of things to come... Antony sang a duet with Björk for her upcoming record, which is due out this Spring. Antony sings all the vocals on the new mini-album by Michael Cashmore of Current 93. "The Snow Abides" comprises of five thematically linked songs, two of which are instrumental and three of which are sung by Antony. All song texts are written by David Tibet. The cd is available by mail order through Jnana Records. There are some murmurs of a few Antony and the Johnsons concerts in Europe this Spring... stay tuned for more information. Last week, Antony returned from Lou Reed's "Berlin" concerts in Sydney, Australia. Antony sang "Candy Says" with Lou during the encores each night. Julian Schnabel is now producing a "Berlin" film of the NYC performances. Antony and Nico Muhly have composed a score for one of Shakespeare's sonnets under the direction of Gavin Bryars to be performed by the singers and musicians of Opera North in association with the Royal Shakespeare Company. There are 2 concerts at the Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon on the 24th and 25th of February, 2007. Antony is composing a sound installation in collaboration with William Basinski that will be featured as one of many interesting installations at the Belsay Manor this Summer. Songs by Antony and the Johnsons are featured in two new Italian films: Alessandro Angelini's L'Aria Salata and Paolo Sorrentino's L'Amico di Famiglia. And finally, we are delighted by the reception of Joan As Police Woman's new album, which has been getting great reviews throughout Europe.
December 31th 2006: Hal Willner's Production "Rogue's Gallery", a double album of sea shanties, is available in stores now. Antony is featured on songs with Bryan Ferry and Lou Reed. December 19th 2006: We have added to the Rebis Music mailorder shop the TURNING t-shirts and the few remaining commemorative programs and picture discs from the recent tour. November 13th, 2006: The tour of TURNING left us all speechless. Thankyou to the crowds that came out to see us all. It was a shared dream that none of us will forget.
Antony will be performing with Lou Reed in his staging of the classic album BERLIN in December at St. Ann's Warehouse and in January in Sydney. Antony will be presenting a concert of his songs at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on Friday March 9th, 2007 accompanied by the Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra. Adam Shecter's book, "Like Ghosts," has just been co-published by Printed Matter Inc. in New York and Imschoot Uitvegers in Belgium. This wordless, technicolor-style book contains images and notions reimagined from Shecter's animations of the past 6 years, including elements from Antony's "Hope there's someone," "The Lake," and "Mysteries of Love." It is available online via printedmatter.org. September 28th, 2006: 2 more TURNING dates have been added in Madrid and Braga. Please see the events section for details. Antony will also be making an appearance at Hal Willner's Leonard Cohen tribute at The Point in Dublin on October 4th and 5th. August 18th, 2006: The Leonard Cohen "I'm Your Man" motion picture soundtrack from Verve Forecast, which includes Antony's rendition of "If it Be Your Will", has been released this week. Nick Knight has posted a captivating video collage that he has put together as the final installment of the photo shoot he did with Antony for ID magazine earlier this year.
August 1st 2006: Antony and the Johnsons will collaborate with film-maker Charles Atlas and 13 Beauties from NYC on a concert/live video installation to be be staged in London, Rome and Paris this Autumn. During "TURNING," Antony and the Johnsons present a concert while Charles Atlas creates live video portraits of each of models. "TURNING" was first presented as a part of the 2004 Whitney biennial in NYC. See the events page for more details. July 31st 2006: The benefit was a great success, and thanks to all who attended and participated, we made over $10,000 for the Ali Forney Center. They are delighted and so are we. Antony and the Johnsons will be performing a series of European concerts at the end of August and the beginning of September... see the events page for details. They are also gearing up to present a major production this fall in Rome, Paris and London, a concert/film collaboration with Charles Atlas called "TURNING." Stay tuned for details. July 18th 2006: Antony has organized a benefit for the Ali Forney Center, a NYC organization that provides shelter for homeless GLBT youth. The lineup is CocoRosie, Antony and the Johnsons, and all the way from San Francisco, MATMOS. The event will take place on July 26th at Warsaw in Brooklyn. It's going to be a great night... see you there! Unfortunately, the concert in Palermo Sicily has been cancelled because of problems from the municipality. To accomodate this shifting schedule, the concert in Udine has also been replaced by one in Verona. May 27th 2006: A MESSAGE FROM ANTONY: "It's been a long while since there has been a heroic gesture made in the American political landscape, and Al Gore has made one with his new film "An Incovenient Truth." The content is simple, and familiar to many of us, but the call to arms, especially for people in the United States, is unprecedented. Please see this film and encourage your friends and family to do the same." May 5th 2006: Collaborating with Nico Muhly, Antony will be performing 5 songs with the London Sinfonietta Orchestra next week as a part of the Fuse Leeds festival. Antony and the Johnnsons will be performing at the end of June in Poland (on a great bill with Animal Collective, Devendra Banhart and Cocorosie) and in Athens on July 2nd. Antony and the Johnsons will also be appearing at the Latitude Festival in the UK in mid July. April 3rd 2006: The great new Wachowski Brothers film V for Vendetta features Antony and the Johnsons song "Bird Gerhl" in the love scene between V and Natalie Portman. In other news, "Hope There's Someone" is featured in Isabel Coixet's new film 'La Vida Secreta de las Palabras' (the secret life of words). You can see the trailer here. Hal Willner's tribute concert to Leonard Cohen has been made into a documentary called "I'm Your Man" and features Antony among many others. The film opens at the Film Forum in NY on June 21st, and in LA on June 30th. March 15th 2006: There are features on Antony and the Johnsons in April's Paper Magazine and in the new edition of Fantastic Man, with photos by Inez Van Lambsweerd and Vinoodh Matadin. Antony will perform a song accompanied by Charles Atlas and his video projections at the Paper party on March 30th at the Maritime in NYC. Antony will be performing a short acoustic set with Julia Kent and Rob Moose at the Royal Albert Hall between the 2 main acts (the final one of which is Goldfrappe) on March 28th as a part of Roger Daltrey's benefit for the Teenage Cancer Trust. We have repressed the long out of print "I Fell in Love with a Dead Boy" EP for your listening pleasure. Richard Soldier has also placed the Johnsons t-shirts up for sale online at Rebis Music. February 18th 2006: See video excerpts from a recent performance of Antony and the Johnsons at a reception for Wolfgang Tillmans in London last September. February 9th 2006: There is a great photo series by Nick Knight featuring Antony in ID Magazine this month. Also on the racks is A Magazine, which features stills from the "Hope There's Someone" video by Glen Fogel and illustrations by Antony. Antony will be performing at the Tibet House Benefit organized by Phillip Glass at Carnegie Hall on March 1st. January 13th 2006: "I am a Bird Now" has been nominated for the New Pantheon Award. Antony has been also nominated in the category of "british male solo vocalist" for the BRITS. Gadzooks! January 8th 2006: Happy New Year everyone. David Tibet has compiled an epic compilation to benefit the organization "Doctors without Frontiers." The 4 cd set features just about every luminary in alternative/experimental music today. For more information visit the Jnana Records website. November 27th 2005: You can view Charles Atlas' new video for "You Are My Sister" here. The single is out now. Antony and the johnsons appeared on the UK's Jonathan Ross last night singing "You Are My Sister" with guest Boy George. They also performed a concert at Saint Luke's Church in London with special guest Marc Almond which will be broadcast on BBC4 on December 16th. Antony makes an appearance in Devendra Banhart's new video as the "Mother of the World." November 7th 2005: Antony and his cohorts are deep into their European tour. travelling with Antony is Maxim Moston, Julia Kent, Jeff Langston, Rob Moose, Parker Kindred on drums and Kevin Barker of Currituck Co. on guitar, as well as playing an opening set. October 11th 2005: A film celebrating Leonard Cohen called I'm Your Man is soon to be released, and features a performance by Antony from Hal Willner's "Came So Far For Beauty" at the Sydney Opera House in February. NPR will be featuring an interview with Antony on October 13th. Antony and the Johnsons will also perform on David Letterman on the 18th. Adam Shecter has created a new animation for Hope There's Someone to round off his trilogy of collaborations with Antony and the Johnsons. Over the last two years, Adam has also created animations for The Lake and Mysteries of Love. October 3rd 2005: The band continue to tour the midwest before returning home for their debut at Carnegie Hall. The evening will begin with a set by New York’s own hard-driving Pentecostal brass band, McCollough Sons of Thunder. Then Antony and the Johnsons will perform, with a very special guest, the legendary Little Jimmy Scott. September 21st 2005: Antony appears in Laurie Anderson's new film "Hidden Inside Mountains" as well as on the soundtrack for it. Originally commissioned for the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi, Japan, this art film was shown last week at the International Film Festival of Toronto. A comprehensive fansite for Antony and the Johnsons can be found at www.birdantony.altervista.org. Another interesting source of news about Antony and co. on the web is www.antonyandthejohnsons.info. A chat forum about Antony and the Johnsons can be accessed here. September 14th 2005: Tickets for Antony and the Johnsons' concert at Carnegie Hall on October 13th are now on sale and can be purchased online. September 10th 2005: Antony and the Johnsons won the 2005 Mercury Award Album of the Year for "I Am a Bird Now". Also, Antony and Boy George are participating in the Warchild online album, for which they recorded a duet of John Lennon's "War is Over." September 3rd 2005: There is an in-depth article about Antony in today's New York Times Sunday Magazine written by John Hodgeman. September 2st 2005: Antony, Julia Kent and Rob Moose will be performing at the Mercury Awards program in London next week. While in London, Antony will also be performing at Wolfgang Tillman's opening. September 1st 2005: We have added some more details to the European tour and the Dublin show has been moved. August 9th 2005: We have just posted dates for the upcoming North American and European fall tours in the events section. A few of these dates may be subject to change, but the general itinerary is outlined. Stay tuned particularly for additional dates in the US. Cocorosie will be opening for Antony and the Johnsons in North America. Kevin Barker of Currituck County will be opening for much of the European tour. The dates in France are all a part of Les Inrocktibles festival, in which Antony and the Johnsons share the bill with Devendra Banhart. Antony and Boy George finished filming the music video for the upcoming single "You Are My Sister", which is set to be released as a 4 song EP this fall. The other tracks will be "Forest of Love," "Poorest Ear" and "Paddy's Gone." The video is being directed by Charles Atlas, the esteemed director of "Hail The New Puritan" and "Because We Must". Antony and the Johnsons will be performing as one of the nominees on the UK's Mercury Award program for Channel 4 in September. A few links from streaming videos and recordings made during the spring/summer European tour: see a comprehensive series of interviews with Antony on Italian MTV here. And view a 4 song acoustic set of Antony on piano in a different Italian tv studio here. Antony's London X-FM session with Bernard Butler can be listened to here. The Dutch VPRO documentary can be viewed here. Antony duets with Cocorosie on their beautiful new record "Noah's Ark," appearing on the track "Beautiful Boys." Antony will also be doing some recording with Marc Almond this month. July 24th 2005: The European summer tour wrapped up in the gorgeous Basque region of Spain. Antony had to play Roberta Flack's piano! He was overwhelmed. The band head home for a date at Town Hall in NYC of the 28th. July 19th 2005: Antony and the Johnsons' "I Am a Bird Now" has been nominated for the Mercury Award in the UK. Read more about it here. July 13th 2005: Now heading to Italy after a brilliant trip to Iceland, Antony and the Johnsons are on their final leg of the Summer tour in Europe, finishing off with a couple of festivals in Spain. July 1st 2005: Antony and the Johnsons will be performing at Town Hall in New York City on July 28th. Cocorosie will be supporting. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster or from the Town Hall box office (212) 840 2824. See the "Hope There's Someone" video here. June 23rd 2005: Antony and Co. head to London today; Antony will be performing at Patti Smith's Meltdown Brecht tribute at Royal Festival Hall. The following night Antony and the Johnsons will perform at Queen Elizabeth Hall. Joining them as an opening act in London and also for both shows in Scotland is the wonderful Pantaleimon. June 7th 2005: Tonight Antony, Julia and Rob are being filmed for Jools Holland in the UK, which will be broadcast on June 17th. Then they resume they will be joined by the rest of the band (Maxim Moston, Jeff Langston and accordianist Uri Sharlin) in Holland for the second leg of the European tour. May 19th 2005: Antony and the Johnsons are three weeks into their European tour. They played to sold-out audiences in Italy, Belgium, and Scandanavia. They are now starting to tour in France. Check Upcoming Events for more details. "Hope there's Someone" was single of the week on Radio 1 in the UK last week. Antony and the Johnsons were featued on The Culture Show on BBC 2 last night. They will also be participating in Patti Smith's Meltdown Festival in London's Royal Festival Hall in June. "Hope there's Someone" is being released as a CD single and a 10" vinyl by Secretly Canadian and Rough Trade. This release includes 2 new songs: "Frankenstein" and "Just One Star." The CD single also contains Glen Fogel's brilliant video for "Hope there's Someone," which features New York legend Joey Gabriel. April 24th 2005: Antony and company have returned from Seattle where they performed 2 concertsat On the Boards with Devendra Banhart, Cocorosie and William Basinski. The show at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London last week went well. The undisputed highlight of the evening was Marc Almond's heroic delivery of ""River of Sorrow." Joining Rob Moose and Julia Kent for the European tour are Max Moston on violin and Jeff Langston on bass. Kevin Barker, who has been accompanying Antony on guitar quite a bit recently, is now heading off on tour with his own band, Currituck County. April 3rd 2005: Antony just returned from 2 small solo concerts in Europe -- one for Radio 3 in Madrid and the other in Budapest, Hungary. Antony and the Johnsons will be touring all spring in Europe, kicking off in Rotterdam on April 15th and at Queen Elizabeth Hall in London on the 16th. Many of the dates are posted on the events page; parts of the schedule are still being finalized at this time. NPR in the US reviewed the new album; you can listen to it here. March 13th 2005: There are articles about Antony and the Johnsons in this weeks' NME, Timeout London, ID, and Nylon. March 8th 2005: The North American tour wrapped up last night in Vancouver. Thanks to everyone who came out in support. Antony, Julia and Rob had an great time. Thankyou also to Currituck Co., Shivaree and Cocorosie for sharing the bill. Antony has a solo show on March 26th in Budapest... please check the events page for details. There is also concert on April 15th in Rotterdam and on the 16th at Queen Elizabeth Hall in London. In May, June and July, Antony will be doing a more extensive tour throughout Europe with band. We will post more details of this in the coming weeks. Antony is also performing in Toronto as a part of a festival curated by David Michael of Current 93 on June 2nd and June 4th. Please see the event page for more information about this special event. The April edition of Mojo has an article about Antony by David Frick, as well as a review of "I am a Bird Now." February 3rd 2005: The audiences at the Sydney Opera House were amazing. Antony sung "The Guests", "If It Be Your Will" and other songs with Nick Cave, Beth Orton, and Rufus and Martha Wainwright. The new record is out. You can get it from Other Music. There is a great review of "I am a Bird Now" in this week's Rolling Stone. There are also articles in The Fader, Out Magazine, New York Magazine, and even Entertainment Weekly... Also check out this week's Blow Up in Italy and Inrockuptibles in France. National Public Radio stations in Belgium, Germany and Holland have added tracks from the new album to their playlists. "I am a Bird Now" has been licensed by Rough Trade in the UK and Scandinavia. Jon Whitney at Brainwashed.com has put together a comprehensive discography for Antony and the Johnsons. January 22nd 2005: Antony will be doing a couple of solo shows in Australia, joining Joan Wasser for a double bill at the Vanguard in Sydney on January 31st, and then doing a solo show in Melbourne on February 1st at the Manchester Lane. The final dates for the North American tour have been added in Cleveland, Bloomington and Vancouver. 9 more days until the album is released! A few reviews have already started popping up... there are links to some of them on the press page. There is an article in this month's Out Magazine about Antony. In France, Les Inrockuptibles has also been brooching the subject. January 13th 2005: Antony will be performing at the Opera House in Sydney, Australia on January 28th, 29th and 30th as part of Hal Willner's presentation of the Songs of Leonard Cohen. Other artists on the bill include Beth Orton, Rufus Wainwright and Nick Cave. The outline of the North American tour is almost complete as it stands on the events page of this site; we are still finalizing dates in Cleveland OH, Vancouver BC and Bloomington IN. January 5th 2005: The Joe's Pub show on Sunday the 9th is sold out. Tickets are on sale at www.ticketweb.com for Antony and the Johnsons' "I Am a Bird Now" album release concert at Bowery Ballroom in New York City on February 24th. This event will feature Cocorosie, Antony and the Johnsons, and other guests. January 2nd 2005: NPR affiliate American Public Media review a song from Antony and the Johnsons' upcoming album that you can hear by visiting this link and scrolling down to Music Picks. December 11th 2004: Some updates: Antony and the Johnsons' new album "I Am a Bird Now" will be released around the world on February 1st 2005. We are now finalizing a schedule for Antony and the Johnsons' US tour in February/March 2005. We have added a new piano/voice demo of an unreleased track called "Frankenstein" to the downloads page. Antony performed at a benefit for Saint Ann's Warehouse with Lou Reed, Laurie Anderson, Debbie Harry and the Jazz Passengers earlier this week. Next Tuesday he is collaborating with Laurie Anderson, Phillip Glass and Nico Muhly at a benefit for the Buddhist magazine,Tricycle. November 30th 2004: The European tour with Cocorosie was a great experience for Antony. Thanks to everyone who came out to see them. October 27th 2004: "The Lake" 3 song ep is being released by Secretly Canadian on cd and a limited run of 12" vinyl, and features an incredible unpublished 1974 photograph of CANDY DARLING by Peter Hujar. You can order it here.
October 11th 2004: Antony has a show with Julia Kent this Wednesday Oct 13th at Coral Room NYC as a part of Secretly Canadian's showcase. The November shows in the UK and Europe will be Antony solo accompanying himself on keyboard. September
11th 2004: Antony
has a solo show coming up at Tonic on Wednesday October 6th with guests
Kevin Barker of Currituck Co., The Girls of Karen Black and Among Natives. August 26th 2004: Antony is performing solo at Bloomingtonfest in Indiana this Saturday. He will have a couple of shows in NYC in October; check back here for details in the next few days. He is also planning a solo tour of Europe with Cocorosie for this November. The 3 song EP will be released at the beginning of November. July
14th 2004: Antony
and Julia enjoyed taking part in the festival is Jesi, Italy. June
11th 2004:
Antony has signed with Secretly
Canadian, an independent label based in Indiana. * May 16th 2004: We have added some photos from TURNING, the recent concert events at Saint Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn, NY. * May 6th 2004: The show tomorrow at the Whitney will be at 7pm in the film/video gallery. Antony will perform with Julia Kent and Nathan Salsburg. Come early as space is quite limited. * May 2004: Download a new track by Antony and the Johnsons, 'Find the Rhythm of your Love', featured here as a part of the Bonn Biennale. * April 19th 2004: The shows at Saint Ann's were a great experience for Antony, Charles Atlas, the musicians, and the cast. The party at Participant was fun thanks to Lia Gangitano and Craig Hensala from Downtown Arts. Thanks to everyone who helped make these events such a success. * March 2004: Antony and the Johnsons are playing their debut concert in Germany on June 15th as part of the Biennale Bonn 2004. Special guest William Basinski will be joining them and presenting some of his beautiful ambient music. Antony and the Johnsons also contributed a "theme song" for the festival of New York music and theater that is taking place in Bonn that week. * February 27th: Devendra Banhart did some beautiful vocals for the record; everything he touches is gold in our books... Antony has also been collaborating on recordings with Cocorosie and lovely Bianca Casady. * February 8th: Antony has recorded duets with Boy George and Lou Reed for the upcoming album. * February 3rd: "I Fell in Love With a Dead Boy", Rebis Music's premiere release, is now exclusively available here. * January 25th: Work continues on the new album. Antony is spending next week in Woodstock recording new piano songs. * November 1st: Antony has been selected to participate in the Whitney Biennial next Spring. * September 26th: In response to queries, we do not have a recording available of "Candy Says" as performed by Antony in Lou Reed's concert. However, the track will be included on the soon-to-be-released live album of Lou's recent tour entitled Animal Serenade. * September 23rd: Antony's tour with Lou Reed in 2003 drew to a close in Tokyo last weekend. Over the last 5 months, Antony performed with Lou in 70 concerts throughout Europe, North America, Australia and Japan. Antony has returned to New York City and now resumes work on his new album "I am a Bird Now". * September 1st: The alternative arts website Get Underground streams Nicolas Jenkin's Product video feature on Antony and the Johnsons. * July 2003: "CANDY SAYS" ON AOL: If you have access to AOL and have a broadband high speed connection, you can view a selection of songs from Lou Reed's recent concert at the Warfield in San Francisco, including Antony's performance of "Candy Says." Log onto AOL and enter "Lou Reed" as the keyword. * Adam Shecter has created a beautiful new streaming animation for Antony's "The Lake." * June 2003: Lou Reed interviews Antony for the June/July issue of Index Magazine, with photos by Timothy Greenfield-Saunders. * Brainwashed features a 27 minute Quicktime streaming video of antony in interview and in solo performance at Boston's Oni Gallery. View it here. * May 2003: Listen to this delightful NPR interview with Laurie Anderson, in which she includes Antony and the Johnsons' CDs on a list of things she would bring to a desert island. *
"I Fell in Love with a Dead Boy" is being featured in the
new independent film "The Event," which is currently being
screened at numerous international film festivals. |
