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The Cassandra Complex announce USA leg of their World Tour 2024

Will cover Chicago and US West Coast

SAN FRANCISCO, September 02, 20– COP International Records and Strict Tempo are proud to announce the USA leg of the successful CX40 World Tour. 

Legendary Anglo-Irish post-punk group The Cassandra Complex have been celebrating their 40 year anniversary in 2024 with an extensive world tour spanning Europe and the Americas. As part of the tour they will be making a rare visit to play in the USA in September – October, starting with an appearance at the Cold Waves festival in Chicago, and continuing through the West Coast of the USA. The last time The Cassandra Complex played in America was almost 20 years ago, so this will be a unique chance to see their live show.

The first leg of the CX40 anniversary tour was a major success, with packed club shows across the UK, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, the Czech Republic, and Austria, culminating with performing to 4000 ecstatic fans at the M’era Luna festival. The second leg of the tour will commence with shows in the USA and Latin America in the Fall, followed by more shows in the UK and EU later in the year. 

The band will be supported on USA shows by popular scene DJ Vox Sinistra and on European shows by special guests Swedish post-punk duo SJÖBLOM.

Tickets are now on sale for all shows.

  • 29 Sep Chicago IL, Cold Waves Festival
  • 30 Sep Portland OR, Star Theater
  • 02 Oct Seattle WA, Central Saloon
  • 04 Oct San Diego CA, Corazón del Barrio *
  • 05 Oct Long Beach CA, Que Sera *
  • 06 Oct Albany CA, The Ivy Room (SF Bay Area) *
  • 12 Oct Ciudad de México, Foro 28
  • 15 Oct San José Costa Rica, Amon Solar
  • 18 Oct Santiago Chile, RBX
  • 19 Oct Sao Paulo Brazil, Madame
  • 23 Nov Leeds UK, The Old Woolen
  • 24 Nov London UK, The Black Heart
  • 26 Nov Reading UK, The Facebar
  • 28 Nov Bochum Germany, Matrix **
  • 29 Nov Bielefeld Germany, Movie **
  • 30 Nov Cologne Germany, Blue Shell **
  • 04 Dec Berlin Germany, Urban Spree **
  • 05 Dec Copenhagen Denmark, Lygten Station **

 * with Vox Sinistra

** with SJÖBLOM

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The Cassandra Complex announce second leg of their World Tour 2024

Will cover Germany, Belgium, USA, Mexico, Costa Rica, Chile, Brazil, UK, the Netherlands, and Denmark

SAN FRANCISCO, July 23, 2024 – COP International Records, International Booking Department, and Resistencia Booking are proud to announce the second leg of the successful CX40 tour. 

Legendary Anglo-Irish post-punk group The Cassandra Complex celebrate their 40 year anniversary in 2024 with an extensive world tour spanning Europe and the Americas. 

The first leg of the CX40 anniversary tour was a major success, with packed club shows across the UK, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, the Czech Republic, and Austria. The second leg will commence this summer with festivals in Germany and Belgium, then a rare chance to see the band in the USA and Latin America in the Fall, followed by more shows in the UK and EU later in the year. The band will also be supported on select European shows by special guests Swedish post-punk duo SJÖBLOM.

Tickets are now on sale for all shows.

  • 11/08/24 Hildesheim Germany, Mera Luna Festival
  • 25/08/24 Sint-Niklaas Belgium, De Rembrandt Festival
  • 29/09/24 Chicago USA, Cold Waves Festival
  • 12/10/24 Ciudad de México, Foro 28
  • 15/10/24 San José Costa Rica, Amon Solar
  • 18/10/24 Santiago Chile, RBX
  • 19/10/24 Sao Paulo Brazil, Madame
  • 23/11/24 Leeds UK, The Old Woolen
  • 24/11/24 London UK, The Black Heart
  • 26/11/24 Reading UK, The Facebar
  • 28/11/24 Bochum Germany, Matrix *
  • 29/11/24 Bielefeld Germany, Movie *
  • 30/11/24 Cologne Germany, Blue Shell *
  • 04/12/24 Berlin Germany, Urban Spree *
  • 05/11/24 Copenhagen Denmark, Lygten Station *

* with SJÖBLOM

(More dates to be confirmed)

The Cassandra Complex was formed in 1984 by Rodney Orpheus (vocals,synths, drums machine), Paul Dillon (electronics), and Andy Booth (guitar, keyboards). Their unique synthesis of post-punk, goth, EBM and industrial music, coupled with their exciting, powerful multimedia-driven live show and Rodney Orpheus’ commanding voice and stage presence proved irresistible to audiences, and since then they have toured extensively, filled club dance floors, and topped indie charts around the world. Songs such as Moscow Idaho, One Millionth Happy Customer, Penny Century, and Nightfall have been lauded as classics of the genre. 

After a long hiatus they recently returned to the spotlight with the album The Plague, recorded during COVID lockdown, which spent 8 weeks at the top of the German Alternative Chart (DAC). In March 2024 they released Death & Sex, which similarly shot straight to #1 in the DAC for multiple weeks. Both albums are available from COP International Records on CD and on all streaming services.

Rodney Orpheus has also worked as an acclaimed producer, remixer, and music technologist, working with artists such as The Sisters of Mercy, Kraftwerk, Beborn Beton, The Future Sound of London, Die Krupps, Sinead O’Connor, Girls Under Glass, Faith & the Muse, Within Temptation, and many more.

Photo by Roger op den Camp

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VIP Tickets

There have been some questions lately about “VIP tickets” for shows, so just to make things clear:

WE DO NOT CHARGE FOR “MEET & GREET” OPPORTUNITIES, AND WE NEVER WILL

We have been touring for 40 years now , and after EVERY show, Rodney can always be found at the merchandising booth, talking with fans and signing autographs. He has done this at every single concert since the day we started, even at the recent show in Charleroi where he was so sick he had to go to hospital after the show – he still stayed long enough to sign autographs first.

Your ticket money enables us to keep making the music that we love, so our belief has always been that if you buy a ticket for our shows – ANY ticket – then the least we can do is say thank you. If you want to buy some merchandise and have that signed, then that’s even better, but you don’t have to. We will sign your ticket stubs, your CDs and records, whatever is important for you, for FREE.

Just because someone is rich enough to pay more for a ticket, that doesn’t mean that they deserve more. All of our fans are equally important to us, regardless of how much they pay. As long as you like The Cassandra Complex, that’s enough for us.

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The Cassandra Complex release new album Death & Sex

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 9, 2024 – COP International Records are proud to announce the release of Death & Sex, the latest album from legendary post-punk group The Cassandra Complex.

40 years ago Rodney Orpheus, Paul Dillon, and Andy Booth got together in a basement in Leeds, England with a collection of cheap second-hand guitar pedals, synthesisers, and drum machines, and created a post-punk revolution in sound with songs like Moscow Idaho, One Millionth Happy Customer, and Nightfall, which filled alternative dancefloors and topped Indie charts around the world.

In 1993 they released the album Sex & Death to a limited audience. Now, 30 years later, the band have re-recorded this classic record from scratch as Death & Sex and it will finally achieve a worldwide release for the first time as part of their 40 year anniversary celebrations.

Death & Sex features original founders of the band Rodney Orpheus (vocals, synths, drum machines) and Andy Booth (guitar), with long time additional members Chris Haskett (Henry Rollins Band, David Bowie) on guitar and Mera Roberts (Faith and the Muse, Black Tape for a Blue Girl) on cello, plus new member Brent Heinze (Probe 7) on keyboards.

The album, along with many other classic songs from the entire 40 year back catalog of The Cassandra Complex, will be featured on the forthcoming CX40 world tour beginning in the UK in March, and taking in shows in Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Czech Republic, Austria, Latin America, and the USA throughout 2024.

Rodney Orpheus explains: “When we first wrote these songs we just didn’t have the tools we needed to fully realise them the way we wanted. Now 30 years later we can finally make them sound the way they always sounded inside our heads.”

Christian Petke, CEO of COP International Records says, “When the band told me that they would start to re-record their back catalog, I was 100% on board. It can be a dicey proposition to “fix” an old record, but I knew that they had the experience and the skill to pull this off. It was a real pleasure to see these classic gems come to new life, and the fans of The Cassandra Complex will love this fresh take.” 

Track Listing

  1. Mouth of Heaven
  2. Voices
  3. Kneel to the Boss
  4. Give Me What I Need
  5. Come Out
  6. Satisfy Me
  7. Realm of the Senseless

The album will be released on March 8, 2024 on CD, Bandcamp download, and all streaming services, with cover art by the legendary Greg Rolfes. 

In tandem with this release, COP International will also be releasing a newly remastered version of the previous album by The Cassandra Complex, The Plague, which spent 4 weeks at #1 in the German Alternative Charts on original release.

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The Cassandra Complex announce European leg of their World Tour 2024

Will cover UK, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Czech Republic, and Austria

SAN FRANCISCO, February 9, 2023 – COP International Records and International Booking Department are proud to announce the European leg of the forthcoming CX40 tour. 

Legendary post-punk group The Cassandra Complex will celebrate their 40 year anniversary with an extensive world tour spanning Europe and the Americas. The first leg of the tour will be 18 shows starting in March and continuing into the summer of 2024:

  • 14/03/24 Todmorden UK, The Golden Lion
  • 16/03/24 Gateshead UK, The Black Bull
  • 17/03/24 London UK, The Lower Third
  • 21/03/24 Charleroi BE, La Ruche Verriere
  • 22/03/24 Amsterdam NL, Q-Factory
  • 23/03/24 Witten DE, Dark Skies Festival
  • 24/03/24 Heerlen NL, Nieuwe Nor
  • 25/03/24 Hannover DE, LUX
  • 26/03/24 Krefeld DE, Kufa
  • 29/03/24 Hamburg DE, Logo
  • 30/03/24 Copenhagen DK, Lygten Station
  • 31/03/24 Berlin DE, Urban Spree
  • 19/05/24 Leipzig DE, House Leipzig (Wave Gothic Treffen)
  • 20/05/24 Munich DE, Ampere/Muffathalle
  • 21/05/24 Prague CZ, Akropolis Palace
  • 22/05/24 Vienna AT, Escape
  • 24/05/24 Frankfurt DE, Nachtleben
  • 11/08/24 Hildesheim DE, Mera Luna Festival

This tour lineup will feature the original founders of the band: Rodney Orpheus (vocals, synths, drum machines), Paul Dillon (electronics), and Andy Booth (guitar), plus guest keyboardist Brent Heinze from US synth act Probe 7. The band has also announced plans to re-record much of their classic back catalog to be released throughout 2024 on COP International Records; the first two albums will be a remastered edition of The Plague and the newly recorded Death & Sex, to be released on CD and streaming services in early March.

The Cassandra Complex will be supported on select dates by their COP International labelmates Vaselyne

More shows for Fall 2024 will be announced at a later date, including planned dates in the USA and Latin America.

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More March tour dates announced!

Our latest shows have just been announced, covering UK, Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark, and Northern Germany. Check out the dates and ticket links at our Songkick page, or just check the widget on the right side of this page.

Note that some shows will have limited admission, so we strongly advise grabbing tickets as early as possible to guarantee you’ll get in!

More dates for Summer and Fall will be added later.


https://www.songkick.com/artists/376043-cassandra-complex/calendar

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First live dates for 2024 announced!

THE CASSANDRA COMPLEX

40th anniversary tour 2024

  • 21.03.24 BE Lodelinsart la ruche verriere
  • 23.03.24 DE Witten Dark Skies
  • 24.03.24 NL Heerlen Nieuwe Nor
  • 25.03.24 DE Hannover LUX
  • 26.03.24 DE Krefeld Kufa
  • 29.03.24 DE Hamburg Logo
    …more dates to be announced soon…
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COP International Signs Legendary Act The Cassandra Complex

COP International proudly welcomes iconic industrial rock pioneers, The Cassandra Complex, to our roster of exceptional artists. 

Originating in the mid-eighties, The Cassandra Complex swiftly garnered attention for their distinct fusion of electronics, post-punk aesthetics, guitar-driven soundscapes, and the commanding vocals of Rodney Orpheus. Tracks such as “Moscow Idaho,” “One Millionth Happy Customer,” and “The War Against Sleep” catapulted them to fame across Europe. Extensive tours solidified their position as one of the foremost post-punk bands of their time.

Rodney Orpheus has also worked in the field of music technology helping to create and promote much of the tech that musicians around the world use today, particularly VST (Virtual Studio Technology) which revolutionized the music industry. He has worked with artists as diverse as Kevin Godley (10cc, Godley & Creme), Sinead O’Connor, Sisters of Mercy, Die Krupps, and Future Sound of London.

“When Rodney and I crossed paths we had an instant connection. Our shared enthusiasm and passion for music laid the perfect groundwork for a business partnership. Working alongside The Cassandra Complex, a band with such a profound influence on the industry, fills me with immense excitement.” – Christian Petke, Founder of COP International

We are incredibly pleased that The Cassandra Complex have chosen to collaborate with COP International following a period of self-released material. We value their trust and confidence in our label and eagerly anticipate a fruitful partnership. The Cassandra Complex is currently working on a new album and re-recording some of their back catalog. As the band celebrates its 40-year anniversary in 2024, we are already conceptualizing a limited edition reissue of their work to mark this momentous occasion.

We are thrilled to join forces with The Cassandra Complex as they continue their musical journey, and we eagerly anticipate unveiling the next chapter of their storied career together.

https://www.copint.com/the-cassandra-complex