The Magnetic Fields Announce ’69 Love Songs’ 25th Anniversary Shows
The Magnetic Fields are marking the 25th anniversary of 69 Love Songs by performing it in full at a series of shows in 2024.
Stephin Merritt will lead all of the original performers on the album — Sam Davol, Claudia Gonson, Shirley Simms, and John Woo — across a handful of two-night stands. See all of the dates below.
An artist pre-sale is set for July 11th, ahead of a public on sale on July 14th via Ticketmaster. You can find more information via the band’s website.
The Magnetic Fields – 69 Love Songs 25th Anniversary Shows 2024
March
22 North Adams, MA – Mass MoCA
23 North Adams, MA – Mass MoCA
April
3 New York, NY – Town Hall
4 New York, NY – Town Hall
5 New York, NY – Town Hall
6 New York, NY – Town Hall
19 Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall
20 Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall
23 Los Angeles, CA – Theatre at Ace Hotel
24 Los Angeles, CA – Theatre at Ace Hotel
26 San Francisco, CA – Curran Theatre
27 San Francisco, CA – Curran Theatre
The Magnetic Fields – 69 Love Songs tracklisting
Disc: 1
1 Absolutely Cuckoo
2 I Don’t Believe in the Sun
3 All My Little Words
4 A Chicken with It’s Head Cut Off
5 Reno Dakota
6 I Don’t Want to Get Over You
7 Come Back from San Francisco
8 The Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side
9 Let’s Pretend We’re Bunny Rabbits
10 The Cactus Where Your Heart Should Be
11 I Think I Need a New Heart
12 The Book of Love
13 Fido, Your Leash Is Too Long
14 How Fucking Romantic
15 The One You Really Love
16 Punk Love
17 Parades Go By
18 Boa Constrictor
19 A Pretty Girl Is Like
20 My Sentimental Melody
21 Nothing Matters When We’re Dancing
22 Sweet-Lovin’ Man
23 The Things We Did
Disc: 2
1 Roses
2 Love Is Like Jazz
3 When My Boy Walks Down the Street
4 Time Enough for Rocking When We’re Old
5 Very Funny
6 Grand Canyon
7 No One Will Ever Love You
8 If You Don’t Cry
9 You’re My Only Home
10 (Crazy for You But) Not That Crazy
11 My Only Friend
12 Promises of Eternity
13 World Love
14 Washington, D.C
15 Long-Forgotten Fairytale
16 Kiss Me Like You Mean It
17 Papa Was a Rodeo
18 Epitaph for My Heart
19 Asleep and Dreaming
20 The Sun Goes Down and the World Goes Dancing
21 The Way You Say Good-Night
22 Abigail, Belle of Kilronan
23 I Shatter
Disc: 3
1 Underwear
2 It’s a Crime
3 Busby Berkeley Dreams
4 I’m Sorry I Love You
5 Acoustic Guitar
6 The Death of Ferdinad de Saussure
7 Love in the Shadows
8 Bitter Tears
9 Wi’ Nae Wee Bairn Ye’ll Me Beget
10 Yeah! Oh, Yeah!
11 Experimental Music Love
12 Meaningless
13 Love Is Like a Bottle of Gin
14 Queen of the Savages
15 Blue You
16 I Can’t Touch You Anymore
17 Two Kinds of People
18 How to Say Goodbye
19 The Night You Can’t Remember
20 For We Are the King of the Boudoir
21 Strange Eyes
22 Xylophone Track
23 Zebra