Electronic music pioneer Howard Jones has just launched a free new smart phone app to accompany the forthcoming premiere performances of his new multi-media project, ENGAGE. The app is available now and will come to life at ENGAGE performances later this month and beyond. The London premiere of ENGAGE will be on Friday, February 20 at Indigo At The O2, whilst the Los Angeles premiere will be at the Saban Theatre on Friday, February 27. Also included is the exclusive new track, Human Touch, taken from ENGAGE, available only to those who download the app.
Imagined by Howard Jones and created by Simon Fletcher of SPACESTREAM.com, Howard Jones’ ENGAGE app for iPhone can be downloaded here and here for Android.
Entirely fan-funded by PledgeMusic, ENGAGE is Howard Jones’ most ambitious work to date, incorporating specially-commissioned visuals with music and an interactive live show. ENGAGE is inspired by the electronica, contemporary classical and pop musical genres, combined with other visual and literary arts such as ballet, modern dance and philosophy. The audience can participate via the new ENGAGE smart phone app, customized clothing and fluorescent make-up. Watch the official trailer via YouTube below.
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ENGAGE will be released commercially as a DVD/CD package later this year. Howard Jones will perform a greatest hits sets immediately following the ENGAGE performances in London and Los Angeles, and will also be playing select cities in the United States with his greatest hits set. See the list of tour dates below.
Howard Jones first burst upon the contemporary music scene in 1983, with his very English songwriting and pioneering synthesizers. 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. Howard Jones has sold over 8 million albums worldwide and continues to make new music and tour the world.
Watch video for What Is Love? via YouTube below.
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Tour dates:
February
20 London, UK @Indigo At The O2
27 Los Angeles, CA @ Saban Theatre
March
5 Anaheim, CA @ City National Grove
7 Phoenix, AZ @ Encanterra Country Club
10 Nashville, TN @ City Winery
12 Mikwaukee, WI @ Northern Lights Theater/Potawatomi Casino
13 St. Charles, IL @ Arcada Theatre
14 Cleveland, OH @ Cathedral Theatre/Trinity Commons
For more information, visit www.howardjones.com.
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