Garbage Release Music Video for 'Empty', New Album 'Strange Little Birds' Out 6/10
By: Caryn Robbins May. 23, 2016
Garbage (Shirley Manson, Steve Marker, Duke Erikson and Butch Vig) today released a new music video for their single "Empty" from their forthcoming album Strange Little Birds due out on June 10th on the band's own STUNVOLUME Records. The video reunites the band with award-winning director Samuel Bayer who directed the group's music videos for "Stupid Girl", "Only Happy When It Rains", and "Vow".
Strange Little Birds, the band's sixth studio album, was recorded and produced by the band in Los Angeles and is the follow up to 2012's heralded Not Your Kind of People. To pre-order the album with various bundle and format options, click HERE. All fans that pre-order the album on iTuneswill receive an instant download of "Empty".
Earlier this month Garbage announced their 'Strange Little Birds' U.S. tour in support of the new album. The dates will kick off on July 6th at Summerfest in Milwaukee and follow a run of European dates. Tickets are now available for purchase. Check www.Garbage.com for additional details and details on VIP experience packages, including: early entry, soundcheck access, Q&As, meet and greets, photo opps with the band, exclusive merch, and more.
Garbage Live Dates
May 24 - La Cartonnerie - Reims, France
May 26 - Rock im Revier Festival - Dortmund, Germany
May 27 - Women Of The World Festival - Frankfurt, Germany
May 28 - Rockavaria Festival - Munich, Germany
May 30 - The Paradiso - Amsterdam, Holland
May 31 - Den Atelier - Luxembourg, Luxembourg
June 1 - Caribana Festival - Nyon, Switzerland
June 3 - Le Radiant - Lyon, France
June 4 - Montereau Confluence Festival - Montereau, France
June 5 - La Belle Electrique - Grenoble, France
June 7 - Center Urbane Kulture Kino Siska - Ljubljana, Slovenia
June 8 - Fabrique - Milan, Italy
June 10 - Nova Rock Festival - Nickelsdorf, Austria
June 13 - Troxy - London, UK
June 14 - Rock City - Nottingham, UK
June 16 - Mad Cool Festival - Madrid, Spain
June 18 - 101WKQX PIQNIQ - Chicago, Illinois
July 6 - Summerfest - Milwaukee, WI
July 7 - Skyway Theatre - Minneapolis, MN
July 8 - SumTur Amphitheater - Omaha, NE
July 10 - Uptown Theatre - Kansas City, MO
July 12 - The Pageant - St. Louis, MO
July 13 - Z104.5 The Edge 21st Birthday Bash, Brady Theater - Tulsa, OK
July 15 - Egyptian Room - Indianapolis, IN
July 16 - The Fillmore - Detroit, MI
July 17 - PromoWest Fest - Columbus, OH
July 19 - The Mill & Mine - Knoxville, TN
July 20 - Ryman Auditorium - Nashville, TN
July 22 - The Tabernacle - Atlanta, GA
July 23 - Fillmore Charlotte - Charlotte, NC
July 25 - The National - Richmond, VA
July 27 - Starland Ballroom - Sayerville, NJ
July 28 - House Of Blues Boston - Boston, MA
July 30 - The Fillmore Philly- Philadelphia, PA
July 31 - Rams Head Live! - Baltimore, MD
August 1 - Summerstage - New York, NY
August 3 - The Lincoln Theater - Washington, DC
August 6 - River Nights - Rheinfelden, Switzerland
August 8 - Lokerse Festival - Lokeren, Belgium
August 10 - A Summer's Tale - Luhmühlen, Germany
August 12 - Fête du Bruit, Landerneau, France
August 14 - Kubana Festival, Riga, Latvia
STRANGE LITTLE BIRDS TRACKLISTING
1. Sometimes
2. Empty
3. Blackout
4. If I Lost You
5. Night Drive Loneliness
6. Even Though Our Love Is Doomed
7. Magnetized
8. We Never Tell
9. So We Can Stay Alive
10. Teaching Little Fingers To Play
11. Amends
ABOUT GARBAGE
Garbage is Shirley Manson, Duke Erikson, Steve Marker and Butch Vig. After forming in Madison, WI, Garbage released their self-titled debut album in 1995. The band's unique sound and provocative visual aesthetic, inspired massive worldwide attention and success. Their follow up album, Version 2.0, released in 1998, topped charts all over the world and garnered multiple Grammy Award nominations including Album Of The Year. Garbage went on to release two more albums: 2001's Beautiful Garbage and 2005's Bleed Like Me, the latter of which earned the band its highest chart position with a No. 4 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart. After a 7-year hiatus, the band released their fifth studio album Not Your Kind of People in 2012 on their independent record label, STUNVOLUME. The album was named one of Rolling Stone magazine's Top 50 Albums of 2012 and was hailed as the "alternative to everything," by Pitchfork. Garbage has sold over 12 million albums worldwide and performed in over thirty-five countries. Last year the band celebrated its 20th anniversary with their SOLD OUT '20 Years Queer' world tour and the release of a special 20th anniversary edition of their debut album, re-mastered and featuring previously unreleased material.
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