Skunk Anansie Announce North American Tour Date. Premiere New Video For “Without You”
CURRENT ALBUM “ANARCHYTECTURE” OUT NOW
FRONTWOMAN SKIN CONFIRMED AS THE FACE FOR SISLEY SPRING/SUMMER 2016 CAMPAIGN
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATE
08/28 – AFROPUNK FESTIVAL – Brooklyn NY – TICKETS
British alt-rock quartet Skunk Anansie will be continuing their 2016 world tour this summer, plus making a welcomed return to American shores with a live performance in August at this year’s Afropunk Festival in Brooklyn. Joining a stellar line-up, they will be gracing this year’s stage alongsideJanelle Monae, George Clinton, Tyler The Creator,Ice Cube, TV On The Radio, Gallant, Ceelo Green and many, many more. For ticket information and set times, go to:http://afropunkfest.com
In continued support of their sixth-studio album “Anarchytecture,” the band has released their new official single titled “Without You.” “The official video for “Without You” was directed by Remy Lamont and premiered today via Culture Collide Magazine.
In other news, the band’s fierce front woman Skin has been confirmed as the face of SISLEY’s Spring/Summer 2016 campaign. SISLEY official spokesperson commented. “Skin perfectly personifies the brand’s mood. A personal, provocative mix of sexy femininity and energy, an untamed touch combined with an unexpected intensity, a style that goes beyond trends, rock, sophisticated and cutting edge.”
Fresh from a run of sold out shows, the band are currently touring the festival circuit all over Europe. Skin also recently performed live with the world famous opera singer Andrea Bocelli in Milan last month.
ABOUT SKUNK ANANSIE
Scenes rise and fall and sounds come and go but outsiders like Skunk Anansie have continued to enjoy a special kind of longevity. Eighteen years into their career as trailblazing, multi Platinum-selling, award-winning Brit rockers, this London-based alt rock foursome (Skin, drummer Mark Richardson, bassist Cass, guitarist Ace) have stood the test of time as a thrillingly singular act, a thrashy, electrifying cohort fronted by an androgynous, black female skinhead.
Too heavy for the 90’s Brit Pop scene, Skunk Anansie carved their own place in the rock n roll arena, mostly influenced by American bands such as Rage Against The Machine, Nirvana, Pearl Jam rather than fellow Brits Blur, Pulp and Oasis.
Untethered by any scene allegiances, they powered ahead, forming their own, wild sound and image: agile, gritty, politically-charged “clit rock” — a throw-away term coined by Skin that later rockers and musical activists would adopt as a mantle of queer, feminist empowerment against rock’s testosterone hegemony. They tackled fascism [Baby Swastika], dogma [Selling Jesus], love as warfare [Weak, Hedonism] and the personal-as-political [Yes, Its Fucking Political].
In less than a decade, they’d become a definitive ‘90s act, selling over five million records, powering thorough seven sell-out world tours and releasing a salvo of albums: Paranoid & Sunburnt [’95, via One Little Indian], Stoosh [’96, via One Little Indian] and major label debut Post Orgasmic Chill via Virgin in ‘99 — the same year they’d headline Glastonbury. Skin had become an icon, fashion muse and pin-up for men and women alike, dueting with Pavarotti for an audience with the Dalai Lama and performing with the band at Nelson Mandela’s 80th birthday party.
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