Legendary 70’s rock group the MC5 have confirmed their return to the live stage, with a world tour planned under the new name MC5/DKT (Davis, Kramer, Thompson).
Legendary 70’s rock group the
MC5 have confirmed their return to the live stage, with a world tour planned under the new name MC5/DKT (Davis, Kramer, Thompson).
The worldwide tour is scheduled for mid 2004 and includes a stop in their hometown of Detroit as well as Japan, Canada, Europe, America and Australia. As they did in London last year, they will be joined by a rotating cast of guest musicians, making each show a singular celebration of the work of the MC5.
Exact dates are still to be confirmed, but three Australian dates are on the cards, on July 23rd at The Palace, a headline slot at the Splendour on the Grass festival, Melbourne on July 24 and 25 and a July 30 date at the Coogee Bay Hotel (Selinas), Sydney.
The MC5 were indisputably one of the most influential rock bands of all time, though only three years elapsed between their ridiculously controversial debut Kick Out The Jams and their demise in 1972. They were revered by generations of rockers, from Rage Against The Machine to The Hives to the White Stripes, and credited as forefathers of everything from punk to metal to grunge.
The tour coincides with the release of the DVD Sonic Revolution: A Celebration of the MC5, which includes footage from the 2003 Concert, a 30-minute documentary narrated by Mojo editor, Andrew Male, that traces the band‚s history from their working class beginnings in 1960‚s Detroit, through their controversial, politically charged and short lived career, into the present, and even US Dept of Defence footage of the MC5, taken from the government‚s investigation of the notorious rock group during 1968's Democratic National Convention.
