The Magnetic Fields are marking the 25th anniversary of their album 69 Love Songs by performing it in full at a few shows in 2024. Stephin Merritt will lead all of the original performers on the album—Sam Davol, Claudia Gonson, Shirley Simms, and John Woo—across a handful of two-night stands. See all of the dates below.
69 Love Songs arrived on Merge Records in September 1999, a three-volume set of Merritt’s genre-spanning accounts of love in its many forms. The album has gotten reissued on vinyl twice, in 2010 and 2015. The Magnetic Fields last released a record in 2020 with Quickies.
Read about 69 Love Songs at #78 on Pitchfork’s list of the 100 Best Albums of the 1990s.
The Magnetic Fields:
03-22 North Adams, MA – MASS MoCA
03-23 North Adams, MA – MASS MoCA
04-03 New York, NY – Town Hall
04-04 New York, NY – Town Hall
04-05 New York, NY – Town Hall
04-06 New York, NY – Town Hall
04-19 Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall
04-20 Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall
04-23 Los Angeles, CA – Theatre at Ace Hotel
04-24 Los Angeles, CA – Theatre at Ace Hotel
04-26 San Francisco, CA – Curran Theatre
04-27 San Francisco, CA – Curran Theatre