Following their appearances at Reading and Leeds, Them Crooked Vultures have announced tour dates in the UK and US.

Them Crooked Vultures, the new Dave Grohl/Josh Homme/John Paul Jones supergroup made their UK debut on Wednesday night in a support slot to The Arctic Monkeys at the 02 Academy Brixton. Along with guitarist Alain Johannes, they performed a set that included the tracks Elephant, Gunman, Mind Eraser (No Chaser),Daffodils and Nobody Loves Me And Neither Do I.
The band was first seen in action on August 10th at the Metro in Chicago and followed that with appearances at Melkweg in Amsterdam,the Pukkelpop Festival in Belgium and Lowlands Festival in the …

I have been to many shows at Brixton, but never has queue outside stretched further than last night. It went round the entire venue, good time to have some last pre-gig pints from the off licences we walked past. Inside there was still nothing 100 % confirming their appearance, but asking stewards if it is THEM, the odd chuckle was enough for me. The whole place was buzzing like I haven’t seen for a support act since Soundgarden and Fait No More supported GnR back in 1992.
At 19:45 sharp they …

Plenty of news and feedback on the new John Paul Jones, Dave Grohl, Josh Homme venture.

First live reviews and info see links at:
Chicago Tribune.com
NME.com
RollingStone.com

John Paul Jones prediction in the last TBL magazine that ‘’I’ll be playing and It’ll be exciting’’ looks to be coming to fruition, with reports that he is working with Foo Fighters front man Dave Grohl and Queen Of The Stone Ages’ Josh Homme in Los Angeles.
See the link here

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John Paul Jones appeared with Sarah Watkins on the Jimmy Fallon show in the US on April 13 performing live in front of a studio audience a version of “Long Hot Summer Day” from Sarah’s self-titled Jones produced album, with Sarah’s brother Shaun and drummer Questlove. Follow this link www.johnpauljones.com , to John Paul Jones own site for exclusive video of the performance.

Another week of ups and downs.
The downers: well have to say I got it wrong with taking the Borders job.
After a few days it was evident to me that this just wasn’t going to work out. For a variety of reasons I have therefore taken the decision to resign from Borders.
I thought being back in retail would re-energize me – and I’d cope fine but it just opened up all the old Zavvi wounds.
The shift patterns of the job would also have adversely affected my work/life balance …

The debut solo album from Nickel Creek singer songwriter Sara Watkins produced by John Paul Jones is out now via Nonesuch Records. In an interview for TBL John Paul Jones told Dave Lewis “The really great thing about the whole process of making the album is that we achieved exactly what we set out to do. As for myself as producer, the entire vision I had for this record came to fruition. I’m really pleased with it. I wanted her voice to be really to the fore with a sparse …

John Paul Jones and alternative rock legends Sonic Youth have collaborated on an original musical piece for the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, and will perform together in Brooklyn, New York. “Nearly Ninety,” a new full length work composed by Sonic Youth, Jones and mixed-media sound composer Takehisa Kosugi, will debut at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on April 16, Merce Cunningham’s 90th birthday. The piece and its debut performances are part of “Merce Cunningham at 90,” a four day festival celebrating the choreographer’s work and influence. After its world premiere …