PAST TOUR DATES: 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, 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

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 and 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

Sunday, March 21st
2:00pm and 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

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