JAD FAIR AND HALF JAPANESE TOUR DATES...

In 1974 Jad Fair, along with his brother David, co-founded the lo-fi alternative rock group Half Japanese. Over the ensuing three decades, Half Japanese released fourteen albums (which are all due to be reissued on Fire Records throughout 2012), and in the process, attracted a solid base of fans passionate about the band’s pure, unbridled enthusiasm for rock and roll. Jad also performs and records as a solo artist, and occasionally collaborates with musicians such as Daniel Johnston, Teenage Fanclub, Moe Tucker (of Velvet Underground), Yo La Tengo, Steve Shelley and Thurston Moore (of Sonic Youth), John Zorn, Kramer, and many more.

Having developed a talent for album cover design by creating his own solo artwork and making many of the Half Japanese sleeves, Jad embarked on a second career as a visual artist. His simple, joyous drawings and intricate, complex paper cuttings are shown in galleries around the world. Books of his artwork have been published in the U.S., UK, Germany, France and Japan.
Half Japanese will perform an exclusive show for the ATP festival curated by Jeff Mangum from Neutral Milk Hotel as well as the Radio Nova anniversary in Oslo. Jad will also be touring with various different artists for certain shows, including drummer Gilles Rieder, Norman Blake from Teenage Fanclub, and Daniel Johnston. It is going to be a very special Spring!

HALF JAPANESE TOURDATES
09/03/2012 UK Minehead – ATP Festival curated by Jeff Mangum / Butlins Holiday Centre
10/03/2012 NO Oslo – Radio Nova 30 years! / Gamla w/ Boyen Beng

JAD FAIR AND GILLES RIEDER
08/03/2012 UK London – Macbeth
12/03/2012 NO Oslo – Radio Nova 30 years! / Blaa w/ Billie Van
07/04/2012 FR Nantes – le lieu unique w/ Daniel Johnston
08/04/2012 FR Paris – La Gaite lyrique w/ Daniel Johnston
09/04/2012 FR Poitiers – Le Confort Moderne w/ Daniel Johnston
10/04/2012 BE Brussels – Cinema Nova
11/04/2012 FR Dijon – Kill Your Pop / Le Consortium
12/04/2012 FI Helsinki – Kuudes Linja
13/04/2012 IT Milan – Cox 18

JAD FAIR AND NORMAN BLAKE (TEENAGE FANCLUB)
10/05/2012 SP Cadiz – Aulario La Bomba
11/05/2012 SP Granada – Planta Baja
12/05/2012 SP Ourense – Cafe Pop Torgal
13/05/2012 SP Madrid – La Casa Encendida

Links
Fire Records Artist Page: http://www.firerecords.com/site/index.php?page=artists&artistid=00000000025
Jad Fair: http://www.jadfair.org/

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