IN HONOR OF 40th ANNIVERSARY OF BEST-SELLING ALBUM,LIMITED EDITION DOUBLE VINYL OF NEW WAVE ICON HOWARD JONES’ “DREAM INTO ACTION” (FARMYARD SESSIONS) DUE OUT AUGUST 22nd VIA CHERRY RED RECORDS
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GLOBAL “DREAM INTO ACTION” 40th ANNIVERSARY TOUR
KICKS OFF IN SEPTEMBER IN UNITED STATES
(New York, NY) – In honor of the 40th anniversary of the release of new wave icon Howard Jones’ best-selling album, DREAM INTO ACTION, Cherry Red Records is set to release a limited edition orange-colored double vinyl on August 22nd. Dubbed “Farmyard Sessions,” the 20 track double LP contains 16 tracks that were previously only available on the bonus CD of 2018’s sold-out DREAM INTO ACTION Superdeluxe box set. These tracks were recorded at Farmyard Studios in the UK and have not been made available since 2018. An additional four tracks include special mixes and versions. The artwork contains previously unseen images from the original DREAM INTO ACTION photo shoot with Simon Fowler. Please see below for the double vinyl track listing. Please click here to pre-order; please click here for product images.
Howard Jones’ groundbreaking 1985 album, DREAM INTO ACTION, peaked at #2 in the UK charts and cracked the US Top 10. It went on to spawn global hit singles, “Things Can Only Get Better” (which experienced a resurgence after being featured on an episode of Netflix’s Stranger Things) and “No One is to Blame” as well as “Life in One Day” and “Like to Get to Know You Well”.
In celebration of the 40th anniversary of DREAM INTO ACTION, Howard Jones will soon embark on a global tour. The tour kicks off in the United States in September and will feature support from alternative pop favorites, Haircut 100 with SiriusXM First Wave DJ Richard Blade opening the show with his world-renowned DJ set (line-up for the United States only). The United States tour dates kick off at the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville on Tuesday, September 2nd. Please see below for the global itinerary to date.
1985 was also the year Jones performed at Live Aid, Wembley Stadium, alongside such legendary acts as David Bowie, Paul McCartney, and Phil Collins. Earlier that same year in February, Jones performed live, keytar in hand, at the Grammy Awards from L.A.’s Shrine Auditorium with Stevie Wonder, Herbie Hancock and Thomas Dolby as part of the “Synthesizer Showdown,” performing a medley of their hits.
Electronic music pioneer Howard Jones has been a constant presence on the international touring scene for the past four decades, playing live in a number of different configurations including intimate solo shows and dates with his full high-tech band set-up. He first burst upon the contemporary music scene in 1983, with his very English songwriting and pioneering synthesizers with “New Song”. His first two albums HUMAN’S LIB and DREAM INTO ACTION were worldwide hits. HUMAN’S LIB reached #1 in 1984 in the UK and featured the hits “New Song,” and “What Is Love?” In 1985, Jones released the follow-up, DREAM INTO ACTION, which quickly became a Top Ten Platinum album in the United States and featured the smashes: “Things Can Only Get Better,” “Life In One Day,” “No One Is To Blame,” and “Like To Get To Know You Well.”
Howard Jones has sold upwards of 10 million albums worldwide and continues to make new music and tour the world. Jones has performed on NBC’s top-rated morning and nighttime shows respectively, Today and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. His ubiquitous hits can be heard in such high-profile television series and films such as “Stranger Things,” “Breaking Bad,” “Watchmen,” “The Carrie Diaries”, “Superstore” and “Bumblebee”. Howard Jones’ most recent studio album is DIALOGUE, which was released in September, 2022. DIALOGUE is the third album in a trilogy of electronic releases from Jones with multi-media project ENGAGE coming out in 2015 and studio album TRANSFORM out in 2019. DIALOGUE garnered serious coverage in outlets such as Spin, Stereogum and more.
Howard Jones DREAM INTO ACTION FARMYARD SESSIONS DOUBLE VINYL track listing:
SIDE ONE
Things Can Only Get Better (early version)
Dream Into Action (early version)
No One Is To Blame (early version)
Look Mama (early version)
Assault And Battery (early version)
SIDE TWO
Automaton (Robot Man) (instrumental)
Is There A Difference (early version)
Elegy (early version)
Specialty (early version)
Why Look For The Key? (early version)
Hunger For The Flesh (early version)
SIDE THREE
Like To Get To Know You Well (alternative version)
Things Can Only Get Better (remix)
No One Is To Blame (TV version)
Things Can Only Get Better (radio mix)
You Jazzy Nork!
SIDE FOUR
No One Is To Blame (Lambs & Planes mix)
Like To Get To Know You Well (demo in HJ front room)
Look Mama (UK extended mix)
No One Is To Blame (remake)
Howard Jones and Haircut 100 with Richard Blade 2025 American tour dates:
SEPTEMBER
2 Nashville, TN
3 Atlanta, GA
5 Fort Lauderdale, FL
6 St. Petersburg, FL
7 Charleston, SC
8 Durham, NC
10 New Brunswick, NJ
12 Des Plaines, IL
13 Kansas City, MO
16 Tucson, AZ
18 Anaheim, CA
19 Las Vegas, NV
20 Del Mar, CA
22 South Jordan, UT
Ryman Auditorium
Symphony Hall
The Parker
Mahaffey Theater
Charleston Music Hall
Carolina Theatre
State Theatre New Jersey
Rivers Casino
Star Pavilion at Ameristar Casino Hotel
Rialto Theatre
House Of Blues
House Of Blues
The Sound
The Ballpark at America First Square
Howard Jones 2025 international tour dates:
OCTOBER
18 Augsburg, DE
19 Bremen, DE
20 Cologne, DE
21 Frankfurt, DE
23 Bochum, DE
24 Hamburg, DE
25 Berlin, DE
Spectrum Club
Moderne
Gloria
Batschkapp
Zeche
Uebel & Gerahrlich
Columbia Theater
NOVEMBER
4 Cancun, MX
12 Bath, UK
13 Manchester, UK
15 Sheffield, UK
16 Birmingham, UK
17 London, UK
19 Gateshead, UK
20 Glasgow, UK
22 Leicester, UK
24 Dublin, IE
27 Haarlem, NL
28 Helsingor, DK
29 Malmo, SE
30 Gotenburg, SE
The Sands/Royalton Splash Resort
Forum
Bridgewater Club
City Hall
Symphony Hall
Palladium
Glasshouse
Royal Concert Hall
De Monfort Hall
The Helix
PHIL
Kulturvaerftet
Slaghuset Teater
Tradgarn
DECEMBER
2 Stockholm, SE
3 Uppsala, SE
Gota Lejon
UKK
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