Hollywood, California (September 25, 2015) Los Angeles’ usual heavy traffic and never-ending annoyance of car horns filled the scene in front of the Fonda Theater in Hollywood, California. The Fonda Theater, located on Hollywood Boulevard, was a nice cozy venue for what was to be an incredible performance. As I waited in line, I was […]

Being a computer nerd and huge Mew fan means sometimes I stumble across things that haven’t been officially announced yet. So went the other week, when I was absent-mindedly browsing through Spotify and happened upon a listing for a deluxe version of “+ -” that included two surprises. In this listing for a 20-track album

At long last, Mew’s North American tour will kick off tomorrow, September 17, with a show at The Observatory North Park in San Diego, California. This will be Mew’s first proper tour on this side of the world since December 2009 when they were here promoting No More Stories…. With only a handful of festival

Brecon Beacons, Wales (August 21, 2015) Green Man festival is located in the heart of the Brecon Beacons. It’s truly a sight to behold with beautiful hills and forests surrounding the festival grounds. It’s not the largest festival in the world, but it’s jam-packed with personality and has such an incredibly family-friendly vibe. It was

Here are the setlists for Beijing, Shanghai and both Japanese shows. Osaka and Tokyo setlists for Summer Sonic were identical. Setlist: Tango (Beijing, China) Witness / Satellites / Special / The Zookeeper’s Boy / The Night Believer / Beach / Water Slides / Snow Brigade / She Spider / Medley / Making Friends / Rows

  Produced by Kestrel Media Film by Will Hodge and Lianne Pierce.

Incheon, South Korea (August 9, 2015) A Midsummer Night’s Dream Pentaport Rock Festival is the second biggest summer music festival in South Korea. It was held at a large park (in Incheon) which was actually only created quite recently. For many people, the festival was probably their first time visiting this location, as Incheon is

Konnichiwa. Mew are at Summer Sonic Festival in Tokyo right now. As was expected, the Australian live dates will not be the only ones around that area later this year. After Mexico, Mew will play three shows in Japan and after these dates there’s almost a week-long gap before the show in Sydney, so expect

A lovely photo gallery coming up in a bit… EDIT: Photo gallery is up now. Click here. Here’s the South Korean setlist (August 9th, 2015): Photos by Hyunji Choi

This has been a long project for Mew to perform in Australia where fans have been waiting for years. Frengers from down under even started a campaign for this cause about six years ago, but the shows never happened, even when they were playing somewhere “nearby” in Southeast Asia. This seemed to bother the band as