On February 7, 2012, Blues Funeral will be available digitally, as well as on CD and LP.  This will be the first record put out by the Mark Lanegan Band since 2004’s Bubblegum.

Aside from his first solo endeavor, Bubblegum, Mark Lanegan has also sung with Screaming Trees, Queens Of the Stone Age, The Twilight Singers, The Gutter Twins, Soulsavers and Isobel Campbell.  Blues Funeral will be his second solo endeavor, recorded in Hollywood by Alain Johannes at 11ad studio.  The music on the album was played by Johannes and Jack Irons, with guest appearances from Greg Dulli and Josh Homme.  Fans of Lanegan’s other associated acts are in for a treat, since Blues Funeral features musicians that the singer has collaborated with successfully in the past to create some of his most memorable songs.

News on a US tour forthcoming.  Mark Lanegan Band will tour Europe next year at the following destinations:

February

28th – GRONINGEN, NL – Oosterpoort

29th – AMSTERDAM, NL – Paradiso

March

1st – EINDHOVEN, NL – Effenaar

2nd – ANTWERP, BE – Trix

4th – BRISTOL, UK – Academy

5th – MANCHESTER, UK – Academy 2

7th – DUBLIN, IE – Academy

8th – BELFAST, NI – Mandela Hall

9th – GLASGOW, UK – ABC

10th – LEEDS, UK – Cockpit

12th – BIRMINGHAM, UK – Library

13th – LONDON, UK – Shepherds Bush Empire

14th – COLOGNE, DE – Gloria

15th – HAMBURG, DE – Gruenspan

17th – COPENHAGEN, DK – Amager Bio

18th – BERLIN, DE – Columbia Club

19th – WARSAW, PL – Proxima

20th – PRAGUE, CZ – Lucerna Music Hall

22nd – VIENNA, AT – Arena

23rd – ZURICH, CH – M4 Festival (Schiffbau)

24th – BOLOGNA, IT – Estragon

25th – MILAN, IT – Alcatraz

27th – BILBAO, ES – Kafé Antzokia

28th – SANTIAGO, ES – Sala Capitol

30th – PORTO, PT – Hard Club

31st – LISBON, PT – TMN ao Vivo

April

1st – MADRID, ES – Sala Kapital

2nd – BARCELONA, ES – Sala Bikini