MUSEWIRE — Music News: Howard Jones recently announced that following a wildly successful run of North American tour dates earlier in 2024, Howard Jones and ABC are set to return to the U.S. for more co-headlining tour dates in February, 2025. The 2025 tour dates kick off in San Francisco at The Masonic on Thursday, February 6.

SiriusXM First Wave DJ Richard Blade will open the show with his world-renowned DJ set.

Of the new tour dates, Howard commented: “So excited to teaming up with the excellent ABC once again for another run of dates in the USA. When I heard that Richard Blade was on board with us, I knew that this tour will be something extra special. Join the party …see you out there!”

ABC frontman Martin Fry stated, “Keenly anticipating some incredible nights with good friends Howard Jones and Richard Blade on stage. This tour’s gonna be unmissable.”

Richard Blade added, “I’m thrilled to be asked to go on the road with two such important musical artists – and great friends – Howard Jones and Martin Fry of ABC. Their live performances are always so good, I’m definitely going to have to step up my game. It’s really going to be an exceptional tour.”

More about Howard Jones (official website): http://www.howardjones.com/

Martin Fry official website: https://www.abcmartinfry.com/

ABOUT HOWARD JONES:

Electronic music pioneer Howard Jones has been a constant presence on the international touring scene for the past four decades, playing live in a number of different configurations including intimate solo shows and dates with his full high-tech band set-up. He first burst upon the contemporary music scene in 1983, with his very English songwriting and pioneering synthesizers with ‘New Song’. His first two albums HUMAN’S LIB and DREAM INTO ACTION were worldwide hits.

HUMAN’S LIB reached #1 in 1984 in the UK and featured the hits ‘New Song,’ and ‘What Is Love?’. In 1985, Jones released the follow-up, DREAM INTO ACTION, which quickly became a Top Ten Platinum album in the United States and featured the smashes: ‘Things Can Only Get Better,’ ‘Life In One Day,’ ‘No One Is To Blame,’ and ‘Like To Get To Know You Well.’ (Source: Howard Jones website.)

ABOUT MARTIN FRY AND ABC:

ABC led by charismatic singer Martin Fry formed in Sheffield in the 1980’s . They wanted to fuse the world of disco funk with their own unique new romantic, post punk vision. ABC’s debut ‘The Lexicon Of Love’ went to No 1 and sold over a million records. To date, ABC have released nine studio albums: ‘The Lexicon Of Love’ (1982), ‘Beauty Stab’ (1983), ‘How To Be A Zillionaire’ (1985), ‘Alphabet City’ (1987), ‘Up’ (1989), ‘Abracadabra’ (1991), ‘Skyscraping’ (1997) , ‘Traffic’ (2008) and ‘The Lexicon of Love II’ (2016). (Source: Martin Fry’s website.)

TOUR DATES FOR EARLY 2025 IN U.S.

FEBRUARY 2025
> 6 San Francisco, CA The Masonic
> 7 Rancho Mirage, CA Agua Caliente Resort
> 8 Anaheim, CA House Of Blues
> 11 Denver, CO Mission Ballroom
> 14 San Antonio, TX HEB Performance Hall
> 15 Dallas, TX Music Hall At Fair Park
> 16 Austin, TX Paramount Theatre
> 17 Houston, TX House Of Blues
> 19 Omaha, NE Steelhouse Omaha
> 20 Waukegan, IL The Genesee
> 21 Nashville, IN Brown County Music Center
> 23 Washington, DC Warner Theatre
> 26 New Haven, CT College Street Music Hall
> 27 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Paramount
> 28 Glenside, PA Keswick Theater

IMPORTANT NOTES FROM THE TOUR:
HoJo Meet and Greets: Whilst Howard likes to meet his supporters after each show, please note that it may not always be possible due to outside factors such as travel, venue curfews etc.

Complete tour date info on Howard Jones website: http://www.howardjones.com/tour_dates.html

Tour info on Martin Fry’s website: https://www.abcmartinfry.com/#tour-section

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