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The Cult Defuse Jaz Coleman Row

Aug 24, 2012

The Cult have moved to defuse a potential row with Killing Joke frontman Jaz…

Q&A: Ian Astbury of The Cult

Aug 01, 2012

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The Cult Tour Dates

City	Venue	Date		Tickets
San Diego, CA	House of Blues San Diego	Thu	Jul 25 / 13	Find Tickets
Anaheim, CA	House of Blues Anaheim	Fri	Jul 26 / 13	Find Tickets
San Francisco, CA	The Fillmore	Sat	Jul 27 / 13	Find Tickets
Portland, OR	Roseland Theater	Mon	Jul 29 / 13	Find Tickets
Seattle, WA	Showbox SoDo	Tue	Jul 30 / 13	Find Tickets
Salt Lake City, UT	The Depot	Thu	Aug 01 / 13	Find Tickets
Denver, CO	Ogden Theatre	Fri	Aug 02 / 13	Find Tickets
Minneapolis, MN	Varsity Theater	Tue	Aug 06 / 13	Find Tickets
Detroit, MI	The Fillmore Detroit	Thu	Aug 08 / 13	Find Tickets
Cleveland, OH	House of Blues Cleveland	Fri	Aug 09 / 13	Find Tickets
Charlotte, NC	The Fillmore Charlotte	Sat	Aug 10 / 13	Find Tickets
North Myrtle Beach, SC	House of Blues Myrtle Beach	Sun	Aug 11 / 13	Find Tickets
Fort Lauderdale, FL	Revolution Live	Tue	Aug 13 / 13	Find Tickets
Orlando, FL	House of Blues Orlando	Wed	Aug 14 / 13	Find Tickets
Biloxi, MS	Hard Rock Live Biloxi	Fri	Aug 16 / 13	Find Tickets
Atlanta, GA	The Tabernacle	Sat	Aug 17 / 13	Find Tickets
Nashville, TN	Marathon Music Works	Sun	Aug 18 / 13	Find Tickets
Silver Spring, MD	The Fillmore Silver Spring	Tue	Aug 20 / 13	Find Tickets
New York, NY	Roseland Ballroom	Thu	Aug 22 / 13	Find Tickets
Boston, MA	House of Blues - Boston	Fri	Aug 23 / 13	Find Tickets

The Cult Biography

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The Cult are a British rock band formed in 1983. They gained a dedicated following in Britain in the mid-1980s as a post-punk band with singles such as "She Sells Sanctuary", before breaking mainstream in the United States in the late 1980s as a hard rock band with singles such as "Love Removal Machine" and "Fire Woman". The band fuse a "heavy metal revivalist" sound with the "pseudo-mysticism ... of The Doors [and] the guitar-orchestrations of Led Zeppelin ... while adding touches of post-punk goth rock". Since their earliest form in Bradford during 1981, the band have had various line-ups; the longest-serving members are vocalist Ian Astbury and guitarist Billy Duffy, the band's two songwriters. After moving to London, the band released the album ''Love'' in 1985, which charted at No. 4 in the United Kingdom, and which included singles such as "She Sells Sanctuary" and "Rain". In the late 1980s, the band supplemented their post-punk sound with hard rock in their third album, ''Electric''; the polish on this new sound was facilitated by Rick Rubin, who produced the record. Their fourth album, ''Sonic Temple'', proceeded in a similar vein, and these two LPs enabled them to break into the North American market. By the early 1990s, the band were fraying behind the scenes, due to alcohol abuse and off-stage tensions, leading to a split-up in 1995. though he subsequently changed his mind and declared that there would be another album in the near future. Their ninth studio album, entitled ''Choice of Weapon'', was released on 22 May 2012.

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