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Past Shows in 2004

DECEMBER 2004

Thursday, Dec. 2nd 10pm, $10	CBGB's Gallery, 313 Bowery, New York City - Gary Lucas, Ernie Brooks, Dee Pop, Jason Candler, Mark Plakias and Felice Rosser play free jazz and fractured blues
Friday Dec 3rd 10:30pm, $15	Knitting Factory Main Space, 74 Leonard Street, New York City - Gary Lucas' Gods and Monsters with Ernie Brooks and Billy Ficca, plus special guests Amica, Jason Candler, Joey Hendel, Ellis Hooks (vocals), China Satomi and more surprises
Friday, Dec. 10th 22:15 (UK time)	Mixing It, BBC Radio 3 will be playing Gary Lucas & Jozef Van Wissem: "The Sickness unto Death" from the album "The Universe of Absence"; the programme can be heard at the BBC website between 3 and 10 December
Saturday, Dec. 11th 1:00pm-4:00pm	Rubin Museum of Art, 150 West 17th Street, New York City (212-620-5000) - Gary plays acoustic steel guitar
Saturday, Dec. 11th 8:00pm	Tribute to John Lennon, Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, New York City - solo, benefit for New Yorkers Against Handguns
Monday, Dec. 13th 4pm EST	WFMU 91.1 FM, New Jersey - Fast 'n Bulbous, the Captain Beefheart Project, live on Irene Trudel's radio show, listen live here
Wednesday, Dec. 15th 11pm EST	John Schaefer's "New Sounds" radio show, WNYC FM, 93.9 FM, New York City - Fast 'n Bulbous plays, listen live at www.wnyc.org
Friday, Dec. 17th 10:00pm-midnight	Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, New York City - Fast 'n Bulbous, The Captain Beeefheart Project, featuring Gary Lucas, arranged by Phillip Johnston, pre-release party for our upcoming new album "Pork Chop Blue Around the Rind" (Cuneiform), out worldwide Jan. 20th
Wednesday, Dec. 22nd 10:50am GMT	BBC 2 TV - Music composed by Gary featured in new tv documentary "Who Do You Think You Are?", directed by Kate O'Driscoll, edited by John Mister
Thursday, Dec. 30th 10:00pm GMT	Gary plays solo acoustic at the 12 Bar Club, Denmark Street, London WC2 (near Tottenham Court Road tube) -- for tickets call +44-207-209-2248

NOVEMBER 2004

Friday, Nov. 5th 10:00pm	Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, New York City - Gary Lucas solo & with Gods and Monsters
Saturday, November 6th	The Stone Pony, Asbury Park, New Jersey - Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters play at Bruce Springsteen's Light of Day benefit for the Boss's favorite charity

OCTOBER 2004

Friday, October 1st	The Borderline, London - solo acoustic
Saturday, October 2nd 8-10pm GMT	Charlie Gillett's BBC London radio show, broadcast on 94.9 FM, and on Digital Radio - Gary plays live solo acoustic and Gary plays Radio Ping Pong with Charlie
Sunday, October 3rd	Paradiso, Amsterdam - solo acoustic, and with Jozef Van Wissem
Monday, October 4th	Paradox, Tilburg, Holland - solo acoustic, and with Jozef Van Wissem
Thursday, October 7th	Theater Kikker, Utrecht, Holland - solo acoustic, and with Jozef Van Wissem
Friday, October 8th 10:30am	Amsterdam Music Conservatory, Van Baerlestraat 27, Amsterdam - Gary lectures and gives a guitar masterclass
Tuesday, October 12th	Benefit for Concerts for Change/Democratic National Committee/John Kerry at The Knitting Factory, 74 Leonard Street, New York City - Gary Lucas' Gods and Monsters w/Yale Strom and Hot Pstromi, Alicia Svigals (Klezmatics), What I Like About Jew, David Krakauer, and others
Monday, Oct. 18th 10:00am	New York University, 721 Broadway, room 750, New York City - Gary lectures on "Creativity in Music", Professor Leslie Lee's seminar
Tuesday, Oct. 19th 11:00pm	John Schaefer's "New Sounds" radio show, WNYC FM, 93.9 FM, New York City - Gary Lucas and Jozef Van Wissem will play tracks from their new album "The Universe of Absence", listen live at www.wnyc.org
Wednesday, Oct. 20th 7:00pm	Museum of Jewish Heritage, Battery Park Plaza, New York City - Gary performs solo as part of "Becoming an American Writer: The Life and Stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer", a Singer Centennial Tribute in conjunction with the Library of America, featuring readings by Judd Hirsch, Eleanor Reissa and others See a blurb on this performance from the "News from the Library of America" here (image hosted by flickr)
Saturday, October 23rd	Frankfurt Jazz Festival 2004, Frankfurt Germany 11:45pm: Fast 'n Bulbous, The Captain Beefheart Project featuring Gary Lucas, arranged by Phillip Johnston Also at 11:30pm: Gary and Phillip accompany Russian circus act Boytsov with original music The festival will be broadcast on Hessischer Rundfunk
Monday, Oct. 25th	Knitting Factory Mainspace, 74 Leonard Street, New York City - Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters play "Kerry Rising", a benefit for John Kerry and Concerts for Change, all artists will play songs by Bruce Springsteen, w/Lea Delaria, Martha Redbone, Marshall Crenshaw, and others

SEPTEMBER 2004

Wednesday, September 8th 8:15pm	Makor, 35 West 67th Street, New York City - Gary plays his original score live to the silent classic "The Golem" (1920) as part of the Festival of Jewish Music and Heritage
Friday, September 10th 10:00pm	Tonic, 107 Norfolk Street, New York City - Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters, w/ Ernie Brooks (bass) and Billy Ficca (drums)
Sunday, September 12th 8:00pm	CBGB's Free Improv Series, 315 Bowery between 1st and 2nd Street, New York City - Gary Lucas, Lukas Ligeti (drums) and Alexei Pliousnine (guitar)
Saturday, September 18th and Sunday, September 19th 8:00pm	Gary's original music featured in Big Dance Theater's Plan B, directed by Annie-B Parson and Paul Lazar, excerpts previewed at the Guggenheim Museum, 5th Avenue and 89th Street, New York City
Thursday, September 23rd to Saturday, October 9th 7:30pm	Dance Theater Workshop, 219 West 19th Street, New York City (212-924-0077) - Big Dance Theater presents Plan B, featuring music by Gary Lucas, direction/choreography by Paul Lazar and Annie-B Parsons, New York Premiere
Saturday, September 25th 7:00pm	Naked Angels Theater Company, The Cultural Project, 45 Bleecker Street, New York City - Gary plays solo acoustic as part of The Issues Project: "Democracy", an installation of plays, music and performance
Tuesday, September 28th 8:00pm	Gershwin Hotel, 7 East 27th Street, New York City - solo acoustic

AUGUST 2004

Thursday, August 5th 9:30pm

Joe's Pub, 425 Lafayette at Astor Pl., New York City - Gary Lucas and Friends with Ernie Brooks, Jason Candler, and special guest Richard Barone

JULY 2004

Thursday, July 1st	Academy, Liverpool, England - The Magic Band
Friday, July 2nd	Irish Centre, Leeds, England - The Magic Band
Saturday, July 3rd	Phoenix Arts Centre, Exeter, England - The Magic Band
Monday, July 5th	The Arches, Glasgow, Scotland - The Magic Band
Tuesday, July 6th	Rescue Rooms, Nottingham, England - The Magic Band
Wednesday, July 7th 10pm GMT	The Magic Band play live on John Peel's show, BBC Radio 1, listen live on the internet here
Thursday, July 8th	open-air show at Barutana, Belgrade, Serbia - The Magic Band
Sunday, July 18th 4:00pm	Summer Sundays in the Park, 34th Avenue between 77th and 78th Street, Jackson Heights, New York - solo acoustic
Monday, July 26th 9:15 AM EDT	1100kfnx AM radio, Phoenix, Arizona - short interview discussing the Guitar Face contest, listen live on the internet here

JUNE 2004

Monday, June 7th	GL plays live on WB-11 morning tv show, NYC as a judge of Guitar Xpress' national "Guitar Face" contest (www.magrack.com) -- other judges include Roger McGuinn, Steve Stevens, Danny Fields, Steve Vai, Dick Dale etc.
Friday-Sunday, June 11th-13th	Stamford Guitar Festival, Stamford Arts Centre, 27 St. Mary's St., Stamford, Lincolnshire, England - GL plays solo concerts and conducts workshops, for tickets call +44-1780-763-203, view the flyer here
Tuesday, June 22nd	Paradiso, Amsterdam, Holland - The Magic Band
Wednesday, June 23rd	Concorde 2, Brighton, England - The Magic Band
Thursday, June 24th	Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, England - The Magic Band
Friday, June 25th	Glastonbury Festival, Glastonbury, England - The Magic Band
Sunday, June 27th	Carling Academy, Bristol, England - The Magic Band
Monday-Tuesday, June 28th-29th	The Garage, London, England - The Magic Band

MAY 2004

Monday, May 3rd 3:00pm	Irene Trudel's show, WFMU 91.1 FM, New Jersey - live performance by Gary Lucas and Josef Van Wissem - listen live on the internet here
Saturday, May 10th 10:00pm	Tonic, 107 Norfolk Street, New York City - Gary Lucas and lute master Josef Van Wissem
Saturday, May 15th 10:00pm	Luzhniki Embankment (by Moscow River), free open-air festival, Moscow, Russia - GL plays with Amorphous Androgynous (the Future Sound of London's psychedelic band), w/Garry Cobain and Baluji Shrivastav

APRIL 2004

Sunday, April 4th, 6:30pm	Downtown Seder: Festival of Freedom, The Museum of Jewish Heritage, 36 Battery Place, New York City - Gary Lucas solo; w/Al Franken, Perry Ferrell, Steve Reich, Daniel Libeskind, Dr. Ruth Westheimer, and others
Wednesday, April 14th, 10:00pm	New Morning, Rue des Petites-Ecuries, Paris, France - Gary Lucas' Gods and Monsters 1st ever Paris gig, w/Ernie Brooks and Jonathan Kane
Thursday, April 15th	Colchester Arts Centre, Essex, England - Gods and Monsters
Friday, April 16th	The Garage, London, England - Gods and Monsters first ever London show
Wednesday, April 21st	Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia - solo - view a poster here
Friday-Sunday, April 23rd-25th	SKIF Festival, St. Petersburg, Russia - solo and with Henry Kaiser, Caspar Brotzmann and others - read an article about the festival in the St. Petersburg Times here, and view a scan here
Wednesday, April 28th	Crobar, 530 West 28th St., New York City - GL accompanies Sandra Bernhard singing his song "Follow" at the Concert for Freedom to Marry (benefit against the proposed anti-gay marriage constitutional amendment), with Bob Mould, Sleater-Kinney, Le Tigre, Alan Cumming, Margaret Cho, John Cameron Mitchell and others

MARCH 2004

Saturday, March 13th	Independent Broadcast Systems Convention, Pennsylvania Hotel, NYC - Gary Lucas is a guest panelist
Friday, March 19th	3:00pm: "The Ring and I", WNYC FM, 93.9 FM, New York City - Gary is interviewed as part of a documentary on Wagner, Listen live on the internet here
	7:00pm: "The Ring and I", WNYC AM, AM 820, New York City - Gary is interviewed as part of a documentary on Wagner, Listen to the archived show here
Sunday, March 21st	2:00pm: "The Ring and I", WNYC AM, AM 820, New York City - Gary is interviewed as part of a documentary on Wagner, Listen live on the internet here
	7:00pm: "The Ring and I", WNYC FM, 93.9 FM, New York City - Gary is interviewed as part of a documentary on Wagner, Listen to the archived show here

FEBRUARY 2004

Saturday, Feb. 7th	Teatro el Albeitar, Leon, Spain - solo acoustic
Sunday, Feb. 8th 8:00pm	Sala Clamores, Madrid, Spain - solo acoustic
Tuesday, Feb. 10th	Teatro Auditorio, Cuenca, Spain - solo acoustic
Wednesday, Feb. 11th 8:30pm	Palacio Euskalduna, Bilbao, Spain - solo acoustic
Tuesday, Feb. 12th	Sala Indian, Santander, Spain - solo acoustic
Friday, Feb. 13th	Aula de Cultura de la C.A.M, Alicante, Spain - solo acoustic
Saturday, Feb. 14th	Luz de Gas, Barcelona, Spain - solo acoustic
Sunday, Feb. 15th	Forum, Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, Germany - GL plays "The Edge of Heaven", solo acoustic midcentury Chinese pop, to coincide with exhibition there of Chinese art from the Bronze Age to Chi'Ing Dynasty, "Treasures of the Sons of Heaven"
Monday, Feb. 16th	Cafe Wilhelmina, Eindhoven, Holland - solo acoustic
Thursday, Feb. 19th	An Taibhdearc Theatre, Galway, Ireland - solo acoustic
Friday, Feb. 20th	Galway Bay FM, John Richards show - Gary Lucas live
Saturday, Feb. 28th	Tonic, 107 Norfolk Street, New York City - Gods and Monsters (w/Jonathan Kane and Ernie Brooks)

JANUARY 2004

Friday, Jan. 2nd 9:30pm	Joe's Pub, 425 Lafayette at Astor Pl., New York City - The Du-Tels (Gary and Peter Stampfel)
Tuesday, Jan. 20th 8:30pm-10pm GMT, 3:30pm-5pm EST	Resonance 104.4 FM, "Scratching the Surface" show, London, England - Gary is interviewed, co-dj's with host Mike Barnes (author of "Captain Beefheart" biography), and performs solo acoustic live from London Also broadcast live over the Net at www.resonancefm.com
Friday, Jan. 23rd	Royal Festival Hall, London, England - The Magic Band
Saturday, Jan. 24th	Liquid Rooms, Edinburgh, Scotland - The Magic Band
Thursday, Jan. 29th 8:00pm	1st Anniversary celebration of the avant-garde music magazine The Squid’s Ear, at Issue Project Room, 619 East 6th Street, New York City - featuring Gary Lucas solo, Ron Anderson, and Anthony Coleman; click here for more information

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