Media Alert Thursday Sept. 26, 2013 Contact: Jessica Wolf 310.825.7789 [email protected]
They Might Be Giants Return for Two Triumphant Performances Saturday October 26 in Royce Hall
Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA brings pop music’s most eclectic heroes They Might be Giants back to Royce Hall by popular demand for an all-ages matinee and an evening program designed to delight the most die-hard of fans as the duo performs their 1986 eponymous album in its entirety. Saturday October 26 at 2 pm (tickets $30/$20 kids) and 8 pm (tickets $20-$40) at Royce Hall. Tickets ) are available now via cap.ucla.edu , Ticketmaster or the UCLA Central Ticket Office (310.825.2101)
For the afternoon performance They Might Be Giants celebrate their success in the kids’ music genre with a raucous performance of the family-friendly tunes from TMBG’s four award-winning kids’ albums.
For the evening performance, Moon Hooch, an eclectic dance-music infused trio comprised of two saxophones and a drum kit will open the show. Then the Johns will take the stage to perform all the tracks from their 1986 self-titled debut They Might Be Giants, including “Put Your Hand Inside the Puppet Head,” “Don’t Let’s Start,” “(She Was A) Hotel Detective” and more.
As Rolling Stone’s Jim Farber said in his original review: “They're going to have to create a whole new category of weird to contain They Might Be Giants.”
The band’s sense of the weird has lasted more than 30 years and 16 albums, the most recent of which is “Nanobots,” released in spring 2013, offering up a musical landscape of black ops, microscopic robots, insect hospitals, and karate chops—as well as a sprinkling of mini-ruminations clocking in at well under the one-minute mark.
From their original Dial-A-Song service to critically-acclaimed albums, John Flansburgh and John Linnell of They Might Be Giants have blazed a career path set to prove their creativity has no bounds. With breakthrough videos, a beloved audio podcast, and their Grammy-award winning work in film and TV (including themes for "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," "Malcolm in the Middle," and "Austin Powers" among many. They Might Be Giants began as a key part of the early '80s explosion of visual art, music, and performance art that put New York's East Village on the cultural map. But while most cutting- edge rock at the time was bruising and nihilistic, the two Johns were making Dadaist, truly post-modern pop, forming a branch of underground music whose membership consisted entirely of themselves.
TICKET INFORMATION General tickets ($20-$40, evening/ $30 matinee, $20 kids) are available at cap.ucla.edu, all Ticketmaster outlets, by phone at 310.825.2101 or in person at the UCLA Central Ticket Office located in the southwest corner of the James West Alumni Center. UCLA students may purchase tickets for $20 in advance. Student rush tickets, subject to availability, are offered at the same price one hour before show time to all students with valid ID.
Performances: Sat., Oct. 26 at 2:00 p.m. Location: Royce Hall (340 Royce Drive, UCLA Campus, Los Angeles, 90095)
Sat., Oct. 26 at 8:00 p.m. Location: Royce Hall (340 Royce Drive, UCLA Campus, Los Angeles, 90095)
PRESS REVIEW TICKETS/PHOTO PASSES/INTERVIEW REQUESTS Contact Jessica Wolf at [email protected] 310.825.7789
IMAGES Available for download at cap.ucla.edu/press-images . Register for access.
ABOUT CAP UCLA Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA (CAP UCLA) is dedicated to the advancement of contemporary performing arts in all disciplines — dance, music, spoken word and theater, as well the emerging digital, collaborative and cross-art platforms inspired by today's leading artists and creators. CAP supports the creation, presentation and critical dialogues vital to the ongoing innovation and expressive potential of artists whose work, whether vibrantly emerging or internationally acclaimed, forms the dynamic and evolving heritage of contemporary performance. Based in UCLA's iconic Royce Hall, CAP UCLA is the university's public center for the presentation of the performing arts and contributes to the cultural life of the campus and greater Los Angeles, promoting civic dialogue and creative inquiry. Through an annual season of performing arts programs and extensive community- engagement events — including artist fellows and residency programs, K–12 arts education (Design for Sharing), student mentorship (Student Committee for the Arts), and art-making and experiential activities (Art in Action) — CAP UCLA advances the importance of art in society by celebrating and deepening the connection between artist and audience. ###