Shockheaded Peter now in vinyl!

Oh, what could be sweeter, than the return of... Shockheaded Peter?

Out of print and unavailable for some while, the album from the award-winning stage show is now released on vinyl for the first time. As a new issue this also marks our 50th release, and what more fitting album for that milestone?

For the new LP the original cover design is reproduced with added scorch marks, and an insert is included for instructional purposes and for those who wish to sing along. The record itself is in a standard black vinyl version, as well as a sickly, unspeakable yellow version, which is limited to only 200 copies and the sleeve for these has been signed by all three members of the band.

Launch date is 22 November.

Martyn’s first art exhibition is starting this Friday 30.08 at Heim.art in NeufeldeN AND on the 2nd of september starts online auction

Singing Paintings Unplugged

CONCERT - SHOW - AUCTION

30.8/31.8/1.9.2024 in Heim.art in Neufelden (AT)

Additionally, there will be an online auction of Martyn's paintings starting on the 2nd of September, for anyone not able to attend the events!

ONLINE AUCTION

Martyn Jacques, master-mind of the Tiger Lillies, has completed extensive concert tours with countless performances over the decades. He always painted in secret “so as not to go crazy”, as he himself says, and to calm down from the adrenaline of the performances. In his studios in Athens and Berlin, countless pictures were created that are now seeing the light of day for the first time. The pictures are like his songs and mostly tell strange, dark and humorous stories. Martyn paints soul pictures, that is, pictures that the soul would paint if it could.

He doesn't see the world in pastel colors and ethereal, but rather as garish, brightly colored, carnal, drunken, absurd, melancholic, angry, sardonically laughing, vulnerable and murderous at the same time.

Approximately 70 of these pictures will be exhibited in the Heim.Art®️ station and offered and auctioned as part of a fundraising auction staged as a show for the Ukrainian/Polish film festival UKRAINAFF.

This way, the works of art once again become positive impulses for life.

Martyn Jacques sings unplugged songs to his pictures, the Berlin director and actor Martin Engler leads the surprising program as auction man.

Come, don’t miss this unique opportunity.

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The Tiger Lillies: Come On Down - English Tour

The Tiger Lillies will be embarking on a tour with their new show ‘Come On Down (The Nihilism Tour)’ from September 2024. The theme of which has always run through their work - the meaninglessness and absurdity of existence.

Tour Dates:

06-Sep-24 MILTON KEYNES THE STABLES

07-Sep-24 TAUNTON BREWHOUSE

09-Sep-24 LEEDS CITY VARIEITES

10-Sep-24 MANCHESTER  HOME

14-Sep-24 OXFORD NORTH WALL

24-Sep-24 COLCHESTER ARTS CENTRE

27-Sep-24 LONDON CADOGAN HALL

28-Sep-24 CAMBRIDGE  JUNCTION

03-Oct-24 LIVERPOOL PLAYHOUSE

05-Oct-24 DURHAM  GALA

06-Oct-24 BASINGSTOKE THE HAYMARKET

07-Oct-24 BRISTOL REDGRAVE THEATRE

12-Oct-24 BRIGHTON DOME

LESSONS IN NIHILISM - new album will be released on February 23rd

Artowork Eugene Cavill

The post-punk pioneers the Tiger Lillies present a new album on a theme which has always run through their work - the meaninglessness and absurdity of existence. Brimming with wit, wisdom and humanity they argue that all our achievements will come to nothing - like throwing stones into a pond, the effects of our actions will only ripple away into nothingness.

Martyn Jacques says: "One of the big words used to describe us has always been nihilists. I checked Google to see if anyone has given lessons in nihilism. It appears nobody has. It is considered a philosophy though actual definitions seem to vary as to what it actually is. Some people seem to think it’s bad, for others it’s fine. Anyway it seemed like as good a title as any to write a new collection of songs on. And when it’s your 50th album you do need to find some kind of excuse to write another one."

The first 300 copies will numbered and signed by the band.

PREMIERE 24 FEBRUARY - THE BAND WILL BE PLAYING SONGS FROM THE ALBUM DURING THEIR CONCERTS AT WILTON'S MUSIC HALL IN LONDON, 20-24 FEBRUARY & 26 FEBRUARY-2 MARCH
PRE-ORDER ON OUR WEBSITE STARTS ON 10 FEBRUARY

Winter Tour!

The tour will kick off in Leipzig on the 24th and 25th of November, with subsequent stops in Prague, Brno, Budapest, Bratislava, and Vienna. The Tiger Lillies will then continue their musical journey through Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Frankfurt, and conclude in Dornbirn on the 15th of December.

Upcoming Dates:

24-25.11. LEIPZIG

Venue: UT Connewitz

2.12. PRAGUE

Venue: Divadlo Archa

4.12. BRNO

Venue: Husa na Provázku

5.12. BUDAPEST

Venue: Magyar Zene Háza

6.12. BRATISLAVA

Venue: Nová Cvernovka

7-8.12. VIENNA

Venue: Theater Akzent

10.12. LUDWIGSHAFEN AM RHEIN

Venue: Theater im Pfalzbau

11-12.12. FRANKFURT

Venue: Zoom Club Frankfurt

15.12. DORNBIRN

Venue: Spielboden

THE WORST OF THE TIGER LILLIES ON VINYL!

The Worst of The Tiger Lillies is the best-of collection that fans of the Grammy-nominated cult sensations have been dreaming of for years. 

At long last - the first ever compilation of some of the band's best songs on vinyl!

Highly anticipated by fans, The Worst of The Tiger Lillies is a celebration of the band's more than thirty-year career…

The first 500 copies only are pressed on exclusive, limited-edition, Galaxy vinyl; the remainder are black.

We expect keen interest for this much-desired title and are inviting pre-orders now.

PREMIERE: May 19

PRE-ORDERS: May 1

Starting this week The Tiger Lillies will be playing songs from the album on their UK tour:

04.05. OXFORD (Playhouse) 05.05. MILTON KEYNES (The Stables) 06.05. STOCKTON ON TEES (Arc) 11.05. BURY ST EDMONDS (The Apex) 12.05. NORWICH (Playhouse) 13.05. CAMBRIDGE (Junction) 18.05. NOTTINGHAM (Playhouse) 20.05. ST ALBANS (Arena) 21.05. TAUNTON (Brewhouse) 26.05. MANCHESTER (Home) 27.05. LEEDS (City Varieties) 28.05. LIVERPOOL (Epstein Theatre) 1-2.06. BRIGHTON (The Old Market) 03.06. LONDON (Cadogan Hall) 09.06. PORTSMOUTH (New Theatre Royal) 10.06. BRISTOL (Redgrave Theatre)

Copies are due to arrive in the third week of May and will be shipped out following. Please note that the Galaxy version will not be available in shops or anywhere else, and is exclusively for sale here.

English Tour this spring!

The Grammy nominated Godfathers of alternative cabaret return with a career spanning concert. Expect dark and deviant theatrics as they delve into their back catalogue presenting their most famous songs alongside new surprises.

With an international reputation for being one of the foremost avant-garde bands in the world, Olivier award winners The Tiger Lillies never cease to surprise, shock and entertain with their inimitable musical style, conjuring up the macabre magic of pre-war Berlin and fusing it with the savage edge of punk. This unique, Brechtian street opera trio tour the world playing concerts and theatre shows such as The Tiger Lillies Christmas Carol, The Ancient Mariner and the West End hit Shockheaded Peter.

DATES AND TICKETS

THE TIGER LILLIES ANNOUNCES A TOUR OF THE BALTIC COUNTRIES

The godfathers of alternative cabaret The Tiger Lillies, awarded the prestigious theatre award "Olivier", are announcing a concert tour in Lithuania and Latvia in January 2023. The group will surprise listeners with a program not yet shown in the Baltic countries with the provocative title "From the circus to the cemetery: the best songs of Tiger Lillies", covering the entire period of the group's existence: from the first songs to the unexpected creations of today.

The concerts will take place on January 29 in Latvia - "VEF Kulturas pils", and on January 30 in Kaunas - VDU Great Hall. January 30 and February 1 in Vilnius - in "Tamsta Music Club".

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The Last Days Of Mankind at Wilton's Music Hall in September

The legendary post-punk, cult cabaret superstars The Tiger Lillies, return with a new narrative concert.

6th September to 17th September . 7.30pm .

£11.50 - £24 full price / £9.50 - £22 concessions

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First published over a hundred years ago, The Last Days of Mankind is one of the most important works by the fearless Austrian satirical writer Karl Kraus. The play was written in reaction to the horrors of the First World War. It depicts a society blithely marching on to its self-destruction and urged along all the way by big business, hapless diplomacy and a warmongering press.

As an apocalyptic drama it is a fierce condemnation of events at the time, but has remained relevant ever since and has been adapted for stage and screen on many occasions.

Martyn Jacques, founder of The Tiger Lillies, has written new suite of songs inspired by the biting sarcasm and absurdity, the black humour and inhumanity of the original. The world of the Olivier award-winning Tiger Lillies is dark, peculiar and varied, with moments of deep sadness, cruel black humour and immense beauty. This unique, Grammy nominated, Brechtian street opera trio tour the world playing concerts and theatre shows such as The Tiger Lillies Christmas Carol, One Penny Opera and the West End hit Shockheaded Peter.

“ At the heart of this is the Tiger Lillies, the pasty-faced junkyard cabaret trio led by Martyn Jacques, who becomes a grotesquely captivating MC of sorts. Their newly composed set of narrative vignettes add an even darker layer of malevolence to a show that leaves its audience quietly shellshocked by such a mighty theatrical feat.”

Herald Scotland (on the Leith Theatre production)

“ Martyn Jacques is a charismatic focus. Trudging between his piano and accordion like a man weighed down by supernatural dread – yet his voice is a molten cascade. The execution is impeccable throughout. Phenomenal.” ★★★★★ — The Guardian

The music was originally featured in a theatrical production of Last Days of Mankind at Leith Theatre in 2018, co-directed by John Paul McGroarty and Yuri Birte Anderson.

Running time: 90 minutes + 20 minute interval