John Cale has released a new video, to accompany the announcement of his UK and European tour scheduled for next March. The track, "Davies and Wales", is the third from the album Poptical Illusion, released earlier this summer, to be celebrated in vision. A gentle nostalgic number, the song sees Cale - whose middle name is Davies - reflecting on aging, and a career that has taken him from a mining village in South Wales to New York and fame with the Velvet Underground, and latterly California. The video, directed by Emmy-nominated Jethro Waters, manages to reference all three. Vintage B&W and early colour super 8 film clips of summer beach and pool scenes provide a nostalgic back drop between clips of Cale at work in his studio. In between and over both, flash bright primary colours in keeping with Andy Warhol and VU's Exploding Plastic Inevitable light show. The effect is simultaneously melancholic and uplifting - a difficult trick to pull off, and the perfect visual accompaniment to one of the stand out tracks from Poptical Illusion.
John Cale Tour Dates
Mon. Mar. 3 – Paris, FR @ Le Trianon
Tue. Mar. 4 – Brussels, BE @ Cirque Royal
Thu. Mar. 6 – Karlsruhe, DE @ Tollhaus
Fri. Mar. 7 – Munich, DE @ Alte Kongresshalle
Sun. Mar. 9 – Stuttgart, DE @ Theaterhaus
Mon. Mar. 10 – Esch-sur-Alzette, LU @ Rockhal
Wed. Mar. 12 – Nurnberg, DE @ Markgrafenhalle
Thu. Mar. 13 – Leipzig, DE @ Haus Auensee
Fri. Mar. 14 – Berlin, DE @ Columbiahalle
Sun. Mar. 16 – Hamburg, DE @ Laeiszhalle
Mon. Mar. 17 – Utrecht, NL @ TivoliVredenburg
Tue. Mar. 18 – Cologne, DE @ Carlswerk Victoria
Thur. Mar 20 – Nottingham, UK @ Playhouse
Fri. Mar 21 – London, UK @ Royal Festival Hall
Sun. Mar. 23 22 – Birmingham, UK @ Town Hall
Mon. Mar. 24 – Glasgow, UK @ Pavilion
Tue. Mar. 25 – Newcastle, UK @ New Tyne Theatre
Thu. Mar. 27 – Bexhill on Sea, UK @ De La Warr Pavilion
Sat. Mar. 29 – Cardiff, UK @ Wales New Theatre
Sun. Mar. 30 – Liverpool, UK @ Philharmonic Hall
Mon. Mar. 31 – Dublin, IE @ Vicar Street
