The Chameleons just released the Where Are You? EP, which is the Manchester post-punk legends’ first new music in 23 years and the first taste of a new album that will hopefully be out later this year. They’ve made a video for the hard-charging title track, which was directed by Martin Swinney at Periscope.
“The band was scattered to the four winds at the time so a more traditional form of video was out of the question given the time frame,” frontman Mark Burgess tells us. “So we went with a more abstract collage and tried to convey the compulsion many of us have to search through life for the things that we feel define us, in this case true love, or moments of connection to each other, or elements that hint of a deeper reality. Where Are You? You that punctuate meaning in my life. ”
The video premieres here:
The Chameleons’ North American tour, where they’re playing their 1986 album Strange Times in full, starts tonight (5/30) in San Diego and the first leg wraps up June 20 in Phoenix. They’ll be back later in the summer for the second leg, including a NYC stop at Webster Hall on August 16 with Vision Video and A Cloud of Ravens. All dates are below.
The Chameleons – 2024 Tour Dates
May 30 San Diego CA Music Box
May 31 Los Angeles CA The Belasco
Jun 4 Vancouver BC The Pearl
Jun 5 Seattle WA El Corazon
Jun 6 Portland OR Hawthorne Theater
Jun 7 Sacramento CA Harlow’s
Jun 8 San Francisco CA Great American Music Hall
Jun 9 San Francisco CA Great American Music Hall
Jun 11 Salt Lake City UT Urban Lounge
Jun 12 Denver CO Oriental Theater
Jun 13 Kansas City MO recordBar
Jun 14 Dallas TX Sundown at The Granada
Jun 15 Houston TX Dark Ceremony Festival
Jun 17 El Paso TX Lowbrow Palace
Jun 18 Albuquerque NM Launchpad
Jun 19 Tucson AZ 191 Toole
Jun 20 Phoenix AZ Last Exit Live
Aug 8 Philadelphia PA Underground Arts
Aug 9 New Haven CT Space Ballroom
Aug 10 Boston MA The Sinclair
Aug 12 Montreal QC Theatre Fairmount
Aug 13 Toronto ON Opera House
Aug 14 Buffalo NY Town Ballroom
Aug 15 Pittsburgh PA Spirit Hall
Aug 16 New York NY Webster Hall
Aug 17 Washington DC Black Cat