{"id":805087,"date":"2020-03-10T11:54:34","date_gmt":"2020-03-10T17:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=965222"},"modified":"2020-03-10T11:54:34","modified_gmt":"2020-03-10T17:54:34","slug":"modern-english-to-celebrate-40th-anniversary-with-american-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/modern-english-to-celebrate-40th-anniversary-with-american-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Modern English to Celebrate 40th Anniversary With American Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/modern-english-tour.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>British New Wave icons <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/modern-english\/\" id=\"auto-tag_modern-english\" data-tag=\"modern-english\">Modern English<\/a> \u2014 best remembered for their 1982 hit \u201cI Melt With You\u201d \u2014 are going to celebrate their 40th anniversary with a special North American tour this summer. Every show will feature a complete performance of their 1982 classic LP <em>After the Snow.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cRecording <em>After the Snow<\/em> with Hugh Jones as producer was an incredible experience,\u201d Modern English frontman Robbie Grey said in a statement. \u201cTo say it changed our lives forever would be an understatement. The band wants to bring this experience to a live audience as we play the album in its entirety for the first time. We want to bring a creative and memorable atmosphere to a tour which will be very special for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Modern English had a string of hits in their native England during the late Seventies and early Eighties, but their only song that really crossed the Atlantic to America was \u201cI Melt With You.\u201d Many fans in the States first heard it when it appeared on the soundtrack to the 1983 film <em>Valley Girl<\/em> and it has since appeared on <em>Glee<\/em> and in commercials for Burger King, M&amp;Ms and Taco Bell.<\/p>\n<p>The current touring incarnation of the group includes original members Robbie Grey (vocals), Michael Conroy (bass), Stephen Walker (keyboards) and Gary McDowell (guitars.) Original drummer Richard Brown has been replaced by Roy Martin.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Modern English Tour Dates<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>June 12th \u2013 San Diego, CA @ Casbah<br \/>June 13th \u2013 Riverside, CA @ Concert Lounge<br \/>June 14th \u2013 Los Angeles, CA @ Echoplex<br \/>June 16th \u2013 San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel<br \/>June 18th \u2013 Portland, OR @ Doug Fir<br \/>June 19th \u2013 Seattle, WA @ Triple Door<br \/>June 20th \u2013 Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theater<br \/>June 23rd \u2013 Denver, CO @ Soiled Dove<br \/>June 25th \u2013 Milwaukee, WI @ Summerfest<br \/>June 26th \u2013 Evanston, IL @ Space<br \/>June 28th \u2013 Three Oaks, MI @ The Acorn<br \/>June 30th \u2013 Pittsburgh, PA @ Crafthouse<br \/>July 1st \u2013 Pawling, NY @ Daryl\u2019s House<br \/>July 2nd \u2013 New York, NY @ Sony Hall<br \/>July 5th \u2013 Asbury Park, NJ @ Asbury Lanes<br \/>July 6th \u2013 Philadelphia, PA @ Ardmore Music Hall<br \/>July 8th \u2013 Atlanta, GA @ Earl\u2019s<br \/>July 10th \u2013 Tampa, FL @ Orpheum<br \/>July 11th \u2013 West Palm Beach, FL @ Respectable Street<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/modern-english-english-to-celebrate-40th-anniversary-with-american-tour-965222\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British New Wave icons Modern English \u2014 best remembered for their 1982 hit \u201cI Melt With You\u201d \u2014 are going to celebrate their 40th anniversary with a special North American tour this summer. Every show will feature a complete performance of their 1982 classic LP After the Snow. \u201cRecording After the Snow with Hugh Jones [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-805087","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-19 14:30:05","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=805087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805087\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=805087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=805087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=805087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}