Dead Can Dance release 'Amnesia' first track from Anastasis

With a strong underground following in both the Gothic and World Music circles, Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry, the London based duo known as Dead Can Dance, produced some of the most musically inventive and influential music of the late 1980's and 1990's. With the 1993 release Into the Labyrinth,  (featuring the goth-club staple The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove, which can be heard here for fans in need of a nostalgic fix )  and the follow-up Toward the Within, the band grew to new heights in popularity, culminating in their 1996  release Spiritchaser, which made it to #1 on The Billboard World Music Chart. 

Unfortunately, as seems to be the standard for innovative artists, just two short years after Spiritchaser was released Perry and Gerrard went their separate ways both releasing a myriad of solo projects, but  leaving their combined legacy to be carried on only through remastered releases and box sets. 

Why the lesson in vintage alternative music?  As we've mentioned previously, Dead Can Dance are back and going on out on a world tour this summer. The tour will be in support of their first studio album in over a decade Anastasis, and the first track from that album, Amnesia was released online this morning. 

North American and European dates for Dead Can Dance are as follows; check out Amnesia below!

9th Aug Orpheum Vancouver, BC CANADA

10th Aug  Marymoor Amphitheater Seattle, WA USA

12th Aug Greek Theater Berkeley, CA USA

14th Aug Gibson Amphitheater Los Angeles, CA USA

15th Aug Humphrey's San Diego, CA USA

17th Aug Red Butte Garden Salt Lake City, UT USA

19th Aug Temple Hoyne Buell Theater Denver, CO USA

21st Aug Pritzker Pavillion at Millenium Park Chicago, IL USA

23rd Aug Sony Center for the Performing Arts Toronto, ON CANADA

24th Aug Bell Centre Montreal, QC CANADA

26th Aug Verizon Hall - Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Philadelphia, PA USA

27th Aug Filene Center, Wolftrap Vienna, VA USA

29th Aug Beacon Theater New York, NY USA

30th Aug Beacon Theater New York, NY USA

1st Sept Durham Performing Arts Center Durham, NC USA

4th Sept Ryman Auditorium Nashville, TN USA

5th Sept Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center Atlanta, GA USA

7th Sept Austin City Limits TV - Moody Theater Austin, TX USA

EUROPE

16th Sept Zouk Amphitheatre Beirut LEBANON

19th Sept HCTAT Istanbul TURKEY

21st Sept Earth Theatre  Thessaloniki GREECE

23rd Sept Lycabetus Theatre Athens GREECE

25th Sept MCV Utrecht HOLLAND

27th Sept Grand Rex Paris FRANCE

29th Sept Cirque Royal Brussels BELGIUM

1st Oct Alte Oper Frankfurt GERMANY

3rd Oct Tempodrom Berlin GERMANY

5th Oct CCH Hamburg GERMANY

7th Oct Philharmonie Munich GERMANY

8th Oct Philharmonie Cologne GERMANY

10th Oct KCP Prague CZECH REPUBLIC

12th Oct Ice Palace t. Petersburg RUSSIA

13th Oct Crocus City Hall Moscow RUSSIA

15th Oct Sala Kongresowa Warsaw POLAND

17th Oct  Papp Laszlo Arena Budapest HUNGARY

19th Oct Teatro Degli Arcimboldi Milan ITALY

20th Oct Batiment Des Forces Motrices Geneva SWITZERLAND

22nd Oct Auditori Barcelona SPAIN

24th Oct Casa Da Musica Porto PORTUGAL

26th Oct Royal Albert Hall  London ENGLAND

28th Oct Grand Canal Theatre Dublin IRELAND