SCOTT KIRKLAND SCORES NEW DOCUMENTARY 'HIRED GUN'
OUT ON NETFLIX THIS SUMMER
This June, Grammy Award®-nominated, platinum-certified electronic dance music innovator THE CRYSTAL METHOD (Scott Kirkland) will join TOOL as special guest on a two-week North American summer tour. Performing select headline shows in between the arena and amphitheater dates, Kirkland will hit the road on June 9 in Chicago, IL, kicking off THE CRYSTAL METHOD's first tour in over two years. Check out the full confirmed itinerary below.
Known for enigmatic, enthralling and engaging live shows, THE CRYSTAL METHOD have cooked up a distinct DJ set for the jaunt supporting TOOL. Kirkland will offer an unparalleled and immersive interpretation of TCM's celebrated catalog-spanning "Trip Like I Do," "Busy Child," "Name of the Game" and many more-in real-time.
Keeping eternally busy, Kirkland recently contributed to the score for the upcoming NETFLIX documentary Hired Gun-premiering this summer. No stranger to film music, the established composer crafted a powerful sonic backdrop to propel and punctuate the narrative.
Kirkland also serves as one-half of BANDWIDTH, a duo he co-founded with longtime friend TOOL bassist Justin Chancellor. Together, they remixed Foals' "What Went Down" and Puscifer's "Simultaneous," adding a definitively deep and dark dynamic to each.
Following this summer run, THE CRYSTAL METHOD will commence recording a new album, thefollow-up to 2014's self-titled The Crystal Method.
"I am excited about the music I'm making at my LA studio Crystalwerks and the people I'm working with," says Kirkland. "The new album is sounding amazing and this summer tour with Tool is going to be epic! "
Stay tuned for more.
TOUR DATES:
6/9 Chicago, IL #Afterlife - Annex Nightclub*
6/10 Denver, CO Beta*
6/12 Calgary, Alberta Canada Scotiabank Saddledome+
6/13 Edmonton, Alberta Canada Rogers Place+
6/15 Vancouver, BC Canada Rogers Arena+
6/15 Vancouver, BC Canada Venue
6/17 George, WA Gorge Ampitheatre+
6/18 Boise, ID Ford Idaho Center+
6/20 Petaluma, CA Mystic Theatre*
6/21 San Jose, CA SAP Center At San Jose+
6/22 Santa Cruz, CA The Catalyst*
6/23 Sacramento, CA Golden 1 Center+
6/24 San Bernardino, CA Glen Helen Amphitheater+
7/28 Salt Lake City, UT Metro Music Hall
+ indicates dates with TOOL, * indicates TCM headlining shows
"People kept asking us for that early vinyl," adds Scott. "There's something romantic about taking a record out of a sleeve, putting the needle down, walking away, and listening to an album. We love the process of writing
About THE CRYSTAL METHOD:
THE CRYSTAL METHOD's first singles would be released only on vinyl followed by their 1997 debut album Vegas, which would become certified platinum by the RIAA. In between releasing albums and never-ending tours, The Crystal Method's founders Scott Kirkland and Ken Jordan's demand amplified within the film and television worlds. They delivered the smash "(Can't You) Trip Like I Do" with Filter's Richard Patrick for the gold-selling Spawn soundtrack, wrote the theme song for "Bones," scored the indie film London and the J.J. Abrams-produced "Almost Human" for Fox. They also scored characters for The League of Legends video game, and contributed music to everything from Real Steel to Fast & Furious 6, along the way working with Danny Elfman, Tom Morello, LeAnn Rimes, Scott Weiland, Metric's Emily Haines, LMFAO and even film star Milla Jovovich. Legion of Boom notched a 2004 Grammy Award nomination for "Best Dance/Electronic Album"-during the category's first year. They also received another Grammy nomination for Divided By Night in 2009, while delivering unforgettable sets on the stages of Electric Daisy Carnival, Coachella, Lollapalooza and HFStival to name a few.
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