Watch Can Members Reunite Alongside Thurston Moore, My Bloody Valentine’s Deb Googe, More
By Sheldon Pearce.
Last night, members of Can reunited as “The Can Project” for a special concert at Barbican Hall in London. The show commemorated the band’s 50th anniversary. Founding member Irmin Schmidt was joined by the band’s first singer, Malcolm Mooney, along with the London Symphony Orchestra, Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore and Steve Shelley, My Bloody Valentine’s Deb Googe, and more. Watch footage below. The performance featured new orchestral works, performed with the LSO, and a supergroup that included Moore and Shelley. Founding drummer Jaki Liebezeit was scheduled to appear before his death in January.
Recently, Can announced a new compilation called Can — The Singles, a collection of the band’s single releases. It’s out June 16 via Mute/Spoon. Along with the new compilation, they will publish their first authorize biography called All Gates Open, which is due out Spring 2018 (via Faber & Faber).
Wow, what a show! Front row seats for the CAN project @BarbicanCentre One of the best shows I've ever been to! Big up CAN! #CAN pic.twitter.com/WeRHmCUX0f
— Pedro Skelly (@pedroskelly) April 9, 2017
The Can Project- Doo Rite What Yoo Do Rite pic.twitter.com/x3uQWDt9wn
— Mike Leigh (@mikeleigh33) April 9, 2017
errr the Can Project @ Barbican amazing w Deb Googe, Valentina Magaletti, Malcolm Mooney, Thurston Moore #nobootleg pic.twitter.com/IFgoItt51m
— BANNER REPEATER (@BANNERREPEATER) April 9, 2017
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