Update July 22, 2019: This show has been cancelled. Refunds are available at the point of purchase.
I'll post a review of last week's shows here soon.
But for now a huge thank you to Juliana, Dean, Todd, and Joe for a fabulous week of music that was the JH3 UK tour.
3 US dates confirmed for June 2019. I'll update this page should there more.
update April 10, 2019 5 more US shows in June now added.
update May 7, 2019 2 more US shows added
The list is updated now:
June 2019, US
18 New Haven, CT - Cafe Nine
19 Philadelphia, PA - World Cafe Live
20 Columbus, OH - Rumba Cafe
21 Ferndale, MI - The Magic Bag
22 Evanston, IL - Out of Space (outdoor show headlined by Liz Phair)
23 Cleveland, OH - Music Box
24 Pittsburgh, PA - Club Cafe
26 Washington, DC - Union Stage
27 New York City, NY - Mercury Lounge
28 Jersey City, NJ - Monty Hall
Also, as previously confirmed there are 7 UK shows in May 2019.
See the Tour Dates page for all upcoming shows.
Juliana is returning to the "Cabinet of Wonders" variety show curated by and featuring Wesley Stace at City Winery Boston on April 1, 2019.
Previous appearances at these events have seen Juliana perform a couple of songs during the performance.
Tickets are available now:
Oh my! What a treat this is.
Uploaded 30 years after it took place by RoadToRuane - the "Billy Ruane live archive preservation," here's a Blake Babies show featuring Evan Dando.
The Juliana Hatfield Three! UK! 2019!
UPDATE 2: Brighton & Glasgow shows added!
UPDATE 1: London date is May 21. Birmingham venue is O2 Institute, not O2 Academy as I wrongly listed originally. Hope to see friends old and new in May! - Craig.
May 2019, UK
20 Brighton - The Prince Albert
21 London - O2 Academy Islington
22 Bristol - Thekla
23 Nottingham - Rescue Rooms
24 Glasgow - CCA
25 Manchester - Academy - part of Gigantic Vol 5 All Day Festival
26 Birmingham - O2 Institute
Juliana's official site says "more European shows to be announced.". Update April 3, 2019 - Juliana now says these 7 UK dates are now the only scheduled European shows.
Juliana appeared on stage for an encore at Liz Phair's show at Royale Boston last night (Oct 8, 2018.)
She performed Olivia Newton-John's Please Mr. Please with Liz and Speedy Ortiz's Sadie Dupuis.
UK live appearance alert!
On a bill including Echo & The Bunnymen, The Wonder Stuff, and The Bluetones, Juliana will appear at Manchester Academy on Saturday May 25, 2019 as part of Gigantic Vol.5.
Unexpected!
Juliana played at the Wicked Good Festival on Boston Common yesterday (Aug 18, 2018) on a bill that included Buffalo Tom and Bleachers.
She played:
- Feel It
- Sunny Somewhere
- I See You
- Somebody Is Waiting For Me
- Wonder Why
- Failure
- My Sister
- I Don’t Know What To Do With My Hands
- Necessito
- Dancin' 'Round and 'Round
- Everything Is Forgiven
- Suspended In Time
- Physical
- Short-fingered Man
- Choose Drugs
Set list info via Charlie P.
Thanks to David Young of Dry Eye Photography for these excellent photos:
Juliana played The Burren in Somerville on Monday (May 7, 2018) for the 20th anniversary of 1998's Bed album, which she played in full from the start, followed by some bangers from Hey Babe, BWYA, Pussycat, and the Olivia Newton-John covers LP.
Set list and lineup info courtesy of Charlie P:
Magen Tracy: keyboard, percussion backing vocals.
Todd Philips: drums (and unmic'd backing vocals)
Ed Valauskas: bass and backing vocals
- Down On Me
- I Want To Want You
- Swan Song
- Sneaking Around
- Backseat
- Live It Up
- You Are The Camera
- Running Out
- Bad Day
- Let's Blow It All
- Everybody Loves Me But You
- I See You
- Everything Is Forgiven
- Suspended In Time
- Physical
- Dancin' 'Round and 'Round
- Wonder Why
- My Sister
- Nirvana
Photos courtesy of David Young of Dry Eye Photography
YouTube is home to a bunch of clips. Thanks to spiketop for getting in touch about his playlist from the event and Carlos for other links.
Via WERS.org:
88.9 WERS is proud to present a Wicked Good Festival, featuring FREE performances from Bleachers, Buffalo Tom, Juliana Hatfield, and Air Traffic Controller with even more still to be announced! Free and open to the public, this community event on Boston Common will be fun for the whole family. So plan to join us on August 18th for our first ever and totally FREE Wicked Good Festival – make sure to check back regularly for festival updates and additions to the lineup.
20 years on! A gig announcement via The Burren, in Somerville, MA:
Juliana Hatfield celebrates the 20th Anniversary of her Bed LP by playing the record start to finish with drummer Todd Phillips who played on the recording. She’ll also be playing material from her Hey Babe LP (which turns 25 this year), as well as some stuff off her new critically acclaimed Juliana Hatfield sings Olivia Newton-John LP. Special guest Ed Valauskas on bass.
Juliana played ONCE Ballroom in Somerville, MA last night (April 6) in a show to celebrate her new Olivia Newton-John covers album and the vinyl reissue of Hey Babe.
What a set list:
- Failure
- If I Could
- Somebody Is Waiting For Me
- Cry In The Dark
- Wonder Why
- Magic
- Suspended In Time
- Please Mr. Please
- Hopelessly Devoted To You
- Have You Never Been Mellow
- I See You
- Forever Baby
- Remember November / Rain
- Just Lust
- Everything Is Forgiven
- Short-Fingered Man
- I Honestly Love You
- A Little More Love
- Physical
- Xanadu
- Totally Hot
- Universal Heart-beat
- Necessito
- Singing In The Shower
Thanks to Charlie for the annotated set list photo (and info: "The order of the last two was swapped... five piece band (2g, b, d, k) with sometimes a sixth member (ag or 2nd k) and sometimes a seventh (bv)... solo means guitar solo, not alone!")
All other photos courtesy of David Young of Dry Eye Photography.
There's no tour, but there is a show.
"Celebrating the release of Juliana Hatfield sings Olivia Newton-John performing songs from that album...and other stuff too", Juliana plays ONCE Ballroom in Somerville, MA on Friday April 6, 2018.
Here's a set of photos by David Young taken at last weekend's Hot Stove Cool Music event at Boston's Paradise Rock Club.
With Freda Love Smith on drums, Juliana peformed a set featuring Some Girls songs together with a preview of her upcoming Olivia Newton-John tribute album. UPDATE - with thanks to Charlie P, here's the full set list:
- Necessito
- Feel It
- Robot City
- Poor Man's You
- Wonder Why
- Short-Fingered Man
- Physical
- Magic
- A Little More Love
- Xanadu
Thanks as always to David (Dry Eye Photography) for sharing his work here.
There's further photos of the event by Joshua Pickering at Innocent Words and a short review with a photo at the Boston Globe.
Prior to the concert, Juliana spoke to Jay N Miller for The Patriot Ledger, where she touched upon the new album:
“I’m not able to conceptualize going in a particular direction, I just have ideas and follow them,” Hatfield explained. “When I have ideas, I make them come to life. I keep moving and keep working. You have to keep working - you’re only here a short time and you have to be open to new possibilities. The idea of doing an Olivia Newton-John record popped in my head, so I went and did it. Unconsciously, I guess it might have been a reaction against the feelings surrounding ‘Pussycat,’ which were disturbed and full of anger. You could see it as the pendulum swinging back. I just wanted to do something that felt good.”
Juliana also talked to Brett Milano for the Boston Herald:
“It’s hard to say why I like her, but I’ve always had a visceral reaction. Something about the sound of her voice and the melodies really hits a pleasure center in my brain,” Hatfield said. “I think there’s also an innocence about her that I’ve always related to. In most of the relationships I’ve had in my life, I tend to be drawn to complicated, troubled people. I saw something in her that was different from that, so I felt an affinity — she was more like the light in the darkness. Her songs are really gorgeous and sweet, and they match my affinity for melodic pop songs, but she acknowledges that there is a dark side.”
Hatfield conceived of the album after a Newton-John concert she’d planned to attend last year was canceled due to the singer’s illness. She’s made the album a partial benefit for Newton-John’s cancer foundation, and received a nice tweet from her in response.
“I really appreciated the welcome from her camp, but I really did this for myself. I love the songs and wanted to record them. That’s really the only reason I ever do anything I do. But I didn’t know how many chords she has in her songs. In terms of their being impressive and challenging to play, there’s some pretty sick songwriting going on there.”
Juliana Hatfield performing at Hot Stove Cool Music in January 2015. Photo © David Young
Mark Shanahan, for the Boston Globe reporting on an upcoming live appearance on February 3, 2018 at Boston's Paradise Rock Club, and a return to an event Juliana played in 2015:
...the benefit for Paul and Theo Epstein’s Foundation to Be Named Later will no doubt be a rocking good time. The show, which takes place Feb. 3 at the Paradise, will feature performances by Juliana Hatfield, Band of Their Own (including Kay Hanley and members of Belly and the Blake Babies), former Red Sox pitcher Bronson Arroyo, and Peter Gammons and the Hot Stove All Stars featuring former Yankees center fielder Bernie Williams and Cubs broadcaster Len Kasper.
Jan 1, 2018 - New York City, NY - City Winery (opening for Joseph Arthur)
Thursday last week saw the first of 3 consecutive nights at Paradise Rock Club, Boston where Blake Babies opened for Letters to Cleo.
Photos courtesy of David Young of Dry Eye Photography.
There are also photos at Vanyaland and YouTube clips across all nights including Out There, Girl In A Box, Baby Gets High, and Star.
