Echo & The Bunnymen's self-titled album was released on this day in 1987. The band's fifth studio album was the final record to feature drummer Pete De Freitas, who died in a motorcycle accident in 1989. It was also the last record the Bunnymen released before Ian McCulloch left in 1988 to pursue a solo career (the Bunnymen famously attempted to do the unthinkable by replacing IMac with another vocalist for their next album Reverberation, but realized the error of their ways and broke up after that mishap.)
Echo & The Bunnymen spawned the beloved mega-alterna classic "Lips Like Sugar" though it features equally amazing songs like "Bedbugs And Ballyhoo" (featuring keyboards by the legendary Ray Manzarek), "Lost And Found," "New Direction," "The Game," and really pretty much the entire album. Classic.
Echo & the Bunnymen/Violent Femmes tour
Jul 11 - Philadelphia, PA @ Skyline Stage at the Mann
Jul 12 - Brooklyn, NY @ Ford Ampitheater at Coney Island
Jul 14 - Asbury Park, NJ @ Stone Pony Summerstage
Jul 15 - Boston, MA @ Blue Hills Bank Pavilion
Jul 17 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE
Jul 18 - Rochester, MI @ Meadow Brook Amphitheater
Jul 19 - Columbus, OH @ Express Live Outdoor Stage
Jul 21 - Milwaukee, WI @ BMO Harris Pavillion
Jul 23 - Chicago, IL @ Huntington Bank Pavilion
Jul 25 - Kansas City, MO @ Crossroads KC
Jul 26 - Denver, CO @ Fillmore Auditorium
Jul 29 - Costa Mesa, CA @ Pacific Ampitheatre
Jul 30 - Saratoga/San Jose, CA @ The Mountain Winery
Aug 01 - Portland, OR @ Oregon Zoo Ampitheatre
Aug 02 - Seattle, WA @ Woodland Park Zoo Ampitheatre
Aug 03 - Vancouver, BC @ PNE Ampitheatre
Published July 6th, 2017