OMG The Jesus & Mary Chain reform with Loz out of Ride on drums!

THE JESUS & MARY CHAIN
Play Coachella (April 27th)
Summercase Festival - Madrid & Barcelona (July 13th & 14th)

The Jesus & Mary Chain return to play their first shows in nine years
when they appear at Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio
California on Friday April 27th and at the Summercase Festival in
Madrid (Boadilla del Monte) and Barcelona (Parc del Forum) on July 13th
and 14th.

Jim Reid answers some questions:

1/ why are you doing the show now?
“Well, I would say 'why not?' there are many reasons really. Firstly
it's taken this long for me and William to get to a point where it
would be realistic to do it, and to some degree each of us assumed the
other wouldn't be interested, and it was only after we talked about it
that we realised this. Also Coachella were very persistent.”

2/ The last show was in 1998?
“Yes, the last Mary Chain gig was in 1998 and was such a bloody awful
mess, too much drink, too many drugs, nobody seeing eye to eye on
anything and the band just blew up, and I suppose you could say this is
another good reason for our reformation, cause that was no way for the
Mary Chain to end.”

3/ William lives in LA and you live in Devon?
“You can imagine the problems this presents.”

4/ Who else is in the band?
“On bass it's Phil King, on drums it's Loz Colbert, and on second
guitar is Mark Crozer, and of course myself and William.

5/ Will there be more shows and an album?
“I really don't know. Maybe. I think we would like to and we're looking
at another show or 2.”

6/ Are William and yourself working on solo albums?
“Yes, both are at the recording stage at the moment, and both will
hopefully be out later in the year.”