Gogol Bordello - Start Wearing Purple

Balkan punk band Gogol Bordello from the Lower East Side of Manhattan. The band formed in New York in 1999 and quickly made a name in underground circles by their unpredictable live shows and has since been hailed as one of the world's most visionary punk band. Recent tireless touring and the band's seemingly inexhaustible energy has led to several sold out concerts in Sweden. Much of the band's sound is inspired by Gypsy music. The band incorporates minor-key accordion and violin (and on some albums, saxophone) mixed with punk and dub.

Yesterday did Gogol Bordello a show at Gröna Lund here in Stockholm, unfortunately I could not attending this time and this really is a band that you should experience live.

Tonight, they step up on stage in Gothenburg and the West Coast Riot at 22:50. Will likely deliver the season's most action-packed event!

Thetania are currently in Gothenburg on the West Coast Riot and Metaltown. She certainly gives a report after the weekend about how the festival was.

Todays tune "Start Wearing Purple" is a song from their third album Gypsy Punks: Underdog World Strike. It was written by frontman Eugene Hütz. The song was packaged as a double single along with "Sally", and released as the band's second single in February 2006. It also appears in the soundtrack for the 2005 film Everything Is Illuminated, in which Hütz stars as Alex.




Hütz said in an interview, "It's one of the very few songs I wrote for a girl. I just moved in with my girlfriend in New York. We had a neighbour: an old woman who was always dressed in purple head to toe. She was clearly bonkers. So whenever my girlfriend and I had an argument and she would start screaming at me, I would say: you might as well start wearing purple now”. In another interview, he stated that the song was written around 1995.


Other band at West Coast Riot!

Gogol Bordello touring dates
Thu, June 16th ’11, Gothenburg, Sweden, West Coast Riot
Sat, June 18th ’11, Scheeßel, Germany, Hurricane Festival
Sun, June 19th ’11, Neuhausen ob Eck, Germany, Southside Festival
Tue, June 21st ’11, Warsaw, Poland, Stodola
Thu, June 23rd ’11, Prague, Czech Republic, City Festival
Sat, June 25th ’11, Kazan, Russian Federation, The Creation of Peace Festival
Tue, June 28th ’11, Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation, Tele-club
Wed, June 29th ’11, Moscow, Russian Federation, Green Theatre
Fri, July 1st ’11, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, Club Kosmonavt
Sun, July 3rd ’11, Athens, Greece, Rockwave Festival
Wed, July 6th ’11, Rimini, Italy, Velvet Rock Club
Thu, July 7th ’11, Milan, Italy, Circolo Magnolia
Fri, July 8th ’11, Bari, Italy, L’Acqua in Testa Festival
Sat, July 9th ’11, Verona, Italy, Castello Scaligero di Villafranca
Sat, July 30th ’11, Newport, RI, United States, Newport Folk Festival
Sun, July 31st ’11, Malmesbury, United Kingdom, Womad Festival
Mon, August 1st ’11, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Melkweg (The Max)
Tue, August 2nd ’11, Oberhausen, Germany, Turbinenhalle
Thu, August 4th ’11, Lokeren, Belgium, Lokerse Feesten
Fri, August 5th ’11, Langres, France, Chien à Plumes Festival
Sat, August 6th ’11, Gignac, France, Le Festival Ecaussystème
Sun, August 7th ’11, Crozon, France, Festival du bout du Monde
Tue, August 9th ’11, Nürnberg, Germany, Hirsch
Wed, August 10th ’11, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, Den Atelier
Fri, August 12th ’11, 1hr SW of London, United Kingdom, Boom Town Fair
Sat, August 13th ’11, Cornbury Estate Deer Park, United Kingdom, Wilderness Festival
Sun, August 14th ’11, Budapest, Hungary, Sziget Festival
Mon, August 15th ’11, Vienn, Austria, Arena
Wed, August 17th ’11, Jena, Germany, KulturArena Festival
Fri, August 19th ’11, Exeter, United Kingdom, Beautiful Days
Sat, August 20th ’11, Farstad Gvarv Park, Norway, Kartfestivalen


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