The band line-up for the Redbird Tour will be

Heather Nova on vocals and guitar
Berit Fridahl on guitar
Matt Round on bass
Laurie Jenkins on drums
Simon Stafford on keyboards

and in London:
Nadia Lanman on cello

On July 28th, a new post from Heather on the official site revealed a very pleasant surprise: famed (and missed) cellist Nadia Lanman will once again play with Heather, albeit for one night only. Be there or be square!

Here's Heather's announcement:

summer heat. looking forward to being back on the road - festivals first. then in the fall a tour with your old favourites on stage - berit on guitar, laurie on drums, matt on bass and a new keyboard player, simon, who has a few other tricks up his sleeve.

some treats along the way: in shepherds bush nadia lanman, who many of you will remember as the very lovely and talented cellist will make a guest appearance - something i very much look forward to... anyway, stay cool. and see you soon.

heather


Sadly, Nadia had to stop playing with Heather because of pain in her hands. We hope her reappearance means she's getting better.

Special tour guests are announced for the gigs in Braunschweig and Leipzig. The band is called

The National

The press info describes their music as a fusion of Wilco, the Tindersticks and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Their latest record, Alligator, is among this year's best so far, says Ben.

Click here for their website.
Click here for various reviews.

The German ticket seller ticketonline.de already sells tickets for a Heather Nova concert on
Mon, October 10th in Offenbach, Germany.
Venue: Capitol. Offenbach is located very close to Frankfurt/Main.

New Heather Nova tour dates in Europe in October 2005:


Mon, October 3rd: Paris, France (Le Bataclan)
Tue, October 4th: Utrecht, Netherlands (Vredenburg)
Wed, October 5th: Lucerne, Switzerland (Luzernsaal)
Mon, October 17th: Stockholm, Sweden
Tue, October 18th: Gothenburg, Sweden (Trädgår´n)
Wed, October 19th: Oslo, Norway (Rockefeller Music Hall)
Fri, October 21st: Copenhagen, Denmark (Amager Bio)
Tue, October 25th: Groningen, Netherlands


The actual venues are not yet all announced.

These gigs were included in the press information about Redbird.
Click on this text to see the complete press release information .

Many thanks to Heinz from heathernova.de !

Edit by Gerd 2005-06-13: venues added for Luzern, Utrecht and Oslo.
Edit by Gerd 2005-06-14: venue for Copenhagen added.
Edit by Bernd 2005-06-17: venue for Gothenburg added.

Tickets are already sold for a Heather Nova gig in Brussels, October 1, at the Ancienne Belgique.
The gig is not yet confirmed.

http://www.abconcerts.be/home/index.html?l=1

(thanks to Geert)

More Heather Nova tour dates to follow album release

Work on the new and as yet-untitled Heather Nova album is done, and more gigs will be announced soon as part of the promotional tour for the record. In the meantime, tickets are already on sale for the August shows.

(Posted May 24th, 2005 on heathernova.com)

Heather Nova performed last Saturday in Dockyard, Bermuda, her new song "Bermuda Sloop Song", which is dedicated to young Bermudian sail trainees, for the first time. She was accompanied by David Roache. http://www.heathernova.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=1280 here for more details. Thanks to MiniCooper!

Berit Fridahl is in the band on Heather Nova's next tour, because Heather's gigs are also in Berit's tour calendar.

http://www.beritfridahl.dk/gigs.asp

Berit was already Heather's lead guitarist from 1998-2002 and summer festivals 2003, also she played keyboard and sung backing vocals. Additionally, she plays guitar on at least one track on the new Heather Nova album, see older news.

The following Heather Nova shows are confirmed for 2005:

August 20th - Pukkelpop - Hassalt, Belgium
August 21st - Lowlands Festival - Biddinghuizen, Netherlands
August 23rd - Feldschlößchen Bühne - Braunschweig, Germany
August 24th - Parkbühne Auensee - Leipzig, Germany
August 25th - Amphitheater - Hanau, Germany
August 27th - Soleil Festival - St Imier, Switzerland
August 28th - Museumsinsel - Berlin, Germany
September 30th - Shepherds Bush Empire - London, UK

Thanks to Massimo for letting us know about these confirmed dates!

According to an article to the newspaper Frankfurter Rundschau last Saturday, Heather Nova plays August 25, 2005 in Hanau (Amphitheater). Hanau is a town close to Frankfurt/Main. The date would perfectly fit to the dates of the announced Leipzig and Berlin gigs.

Note: No confirmation yet, and also there is no information in the Amphitheater calendar.

Update: Now tickets are sold for the announced Hanau gig on August 25, although the concert is still not confirmed.

www.ticketnetz.de

The two ticket agencies getgo.de and eventim.de already sell Heather Nova tickets for:

1) August 24, 2005 in Leipzig, Parkbühne (Clara Zetkin Park)
2) August 28, 2005 in Berlin, Radio Eins Sommerkonzerte, with 2Raumwohnung and Mia

Note: These concerts are NOT YET confirmed. Also, for August 2004 there were three gigs announced, including Leipzig and Berlin, and all three gigs were unfortunately cancelled. Besides, don't forget that the Lucerne gig was postponed from July 2005 to October 2005, too, so we cannot guarantee anything here.

From the ticketmaster.com webpage: "Heather Nova's management has postponed the album release and also the Lucerne gig on July 26th, KKL Konzertsaal. The new gig takes place on October 5th, 20h, KKL Luzernersaal. Tickets are still valid for the seated Luzernersaal balcony on October 5th."

Update: In contrast to what ticketmaster.com writes, tickets are definitely returnable ! as the Blue Balls organizers confirmed once again on the phone. The ticket seller got informed in the meantime ! (edited by Chris91275)

Note: There are now two ticket categories sold:
1) seated category on the balcony, 69 CHF
2) standing category, 59 CHF

Heather plays July 26, 2005 in Lucerne (Luzern), Switzerland.

Location: Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Luzern (www.kkl-luzern.ch), at "Blue Balls Festival 2005".

For tickets see Ticketcorner (www.ticketcorner.com), price: CHF 69. The venue is seated and numbered, so if you consider to go, buy the tickets fast, to have a good seat somewhere in the first rows!

Although this gig will be part of a festival, Heather's gig will be most likely a stand-alone gig in this venue with full set. This gig is confirmed now by www.heathernova.com.