FICTION PLANE announces New York show for August 13 at the Mercury Lounge!

Just received this from Shark Attack Media:

For Immediate Release:

Fiction Plane announces late-summer New York performance!

After spending their summer sharing festival stages in central Europe with the likes of The Killers, Chickenfoot, Joss Stone, and Bruce Springsteen, the ever-diligent Fiction Plane has announced its return to American shores with a special one-off performance in New York City!

On August 13 at 8pm, Fiction Plane will take the stage at the prestigious Mercury Lounge which has a rich history of great musicians gracing its hall, including Lou Reed, Jeff Buckley, The Strokes, The Killers, and even Tony Bennett.

Fiction Plane’s live show is not to be missed, as the band blends soulful passion, high energy, and a romping good time into each set.

As a teaser, check out this video clip from the band’s recent performance at Les Vielles Charrues in France.
http://www.vieillescharrues.asso.fr/actualites/index_video.php?id=4316

Complete details for the performance include:

Thursday, August 13
8:00pm at the Mercury Lounge
217 East Houston Street
New York, NY 10002
212-260-4700
www.mercuryloungenyc.com
Tickets are $10 and go on sale on July 23. The show is designated‘21 and over’. Doors are at 7:30pm.

Following the show, Fiction Plane will make its way back to Europe for one last summer festival, before resuming work on its forthcoming third full-length album, with legendary producer Paul Corkett (The Cure, Nick Cave, Björk, Tori Amos). Fans can expect to hear material from the forthcoming album, as well as some Fiction Plane favorites before the album hits stores.

Stay tuned for more exciting news and developments soon from Fiction Plane!

FICTION PLANE to be featured on Radio France's L'ESCALE ESTIVALE

Tomorrow (July 16, 2009) at approximately 12:09pm Eastern (18:09 France), Fiction Plane will be featured guests along with The Killers on Radio France's France Inter program L'ESCALE ESTIVALE with host Emmanuel Kherad.

Fans can listen in here or download the podcast afterwards.

Then later tomorrow night, Fiction Plane will rock the house at Les Vielles Charrues Festival in Cairhax, as special guests of The Killers and headliner Bruce Springsteen!!!

Stay tuned for more info!

FICTION PLANE interviews with WEERT FM radio at Bospop!

This past Sunday at the Bospop festival, Weert FM conducted an audio interview with FP following the band's set. Click the link here to check it out.

During the introduction to WEERT FM's coverage the festival, in "ALL AREAS LIVE - BOSPOP 2009 - ZONDAG - DEEL 1", you can hear the band performing "Cigarette" in the background.

The actual interview appears in "ALL AREAS LIVE - BOSPOP 2009 - ZONDAG - DEEL 3", beginning at 22:45 and ending at 28:57. Following the interview, WEERT FM plays "Left Side of the Brain".

Photos from the interview can be viewed here.

Fiction Plane confirmed for Festival des 2 Cités in Carcassonne

We have received official word that Fiction Plane has just been confirmed to perform at the Festival des 2 Cités in Carcassonne, Southern France on July 15.

More information about the festival can be found here.

Stay tuned for more updates!

Review, Photos, Video and Setlist posted from Les Festiv'ete Musicales!

The French website LiSting posted a review of Les Festiv'ete Musicales, the set list, some photos and a video clip of "Two Sisters" that includes Joe crowd surfing!

All the above can be found at the following link:
http://listing.free.fr/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4003&sid=0fde81d12fd93808337c21b7d95cf54b

Two Sisters video clip (FP comes on at minute 2:30)
http://vimeo.com/5422135?hd=1

Set list:
1) Humanod
2) Love is Life
3) It's a Lie
4) Put on Your Shoes
5) Sadr City Blues
6) Denied
7) Zero
8) Contagious
9) Cut Your Brakes
10) Push Me Around
11) Two Sisters

Additional photos from the show are available at:
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewPicture&friendID=134247899&albumId=2159582

Le Dauphine conducts video interview with Fiction Plane.

On July 2, journalist Jennifer Parisot of Le Dauphine spent some time with Fiction Plane, prior to their performance at Musiques en Stock. During the interview, which is in French, the band did an impromptu (and not-so-serious) rendition of their new song "Don't Push Me Around".

Check it out here!

Canal C TV posts video interview with Fiction Plane!

French television network Canal C TV recently posted several clips of their coverage from the July 2 Musiques en Stock festival in Cluses. In several clips, the Canal C reporter interviews with Fiction Plane vocalist Joe Sumner. They also provide some video footage of the band performing the new song "Don't Push Me Around" acoustic in-studio, as well as "It's A Lie" from the festival.
(Note: interview is in French.)

Check out the clips below:

festival preview, clips of "It's A Lie" & "Don't Push Me Around"
http://www.canalctv.fr/videos/2009-07-02_FICTIONPLANEITW_H264_640x480_v1950357.html

interview & "Don't Push Me Around"
http://www.canalctv.fr/videos/2009-07-02_FICTIONPLANEITW_H264_640x480_v1950357.html

"It's a Lie"
http://www.canalctv.fr/Fiction-Plane_a450.html

Additionally, the newspaper Le Messager posted some live photos of Joe. Check them out here!