Joe Jackson & Band
Metropol Theater Bremen Lounge, Richtweg 7-13, 28195 Bremen Directions
Sat 31.10.2026 19:30
Joe Jackson - Hope and Fury - Albumtour 2026 Präsentiert von: Lucky Bob Music Agency, kulturnews, Musix & Eclipsed „File under Bicoastal LatinJazzFunkRock" „Hello cruel world / I'm not going away / So I might as well have my say" -- mit diesen Worten eröffnet Joe Jackson sein kommendes Album Hope and Fury und zeigt, dass er nach wie vor voller Energie und Kreativität steckt. Wie schon bei seinen früheren Werken sprüht auch Hope and Fury über vor starken Songs, originellen Texten und funky Grooves -- mit Jacksons Gesang und Keyboardspiel, die so kraftvoll sind wie eh und je, wenn nicht sogar stärker. Passend zum Titel (eine ironische Anspielung auf „Land of Hope and Glory") zeigt sich hier ein sehr englischer Joe Jackson, dessen neue Songs eine ambivalente Beziehung zu seinem Heimatland erkennen lassen. In einer Zeit, in der viele seiner Weggefährten verstummt sind, klingt Jackson stärker denn je. Mit Hope and Fury präsentiert Jackson neun brandneue Songs, die seine gesamte stilistische Bandbreite zeigen -- von Latin-Jazz über Funk bis Rock. Eingespielt mit seiner langjährigen Band um Graham Maby, Teddy Kumpel und Doug Yowell, ergänzt durch Percussionist Paulo Stagnaro, entstand das Album zwischen Berlin und New York in Zusammenarbeit mit Co-Produzent Patrick Dillett. Musikalisch erinnert Hope and Fury an Klassiker wie Night and Day oder Fool: melodisch, klug, groovig und voller britischem Humor. Jackson singt über das Leben zwischen Hoffnung und Zorn, über Gesellschaft, Liebe und Selbstironie -- von der bissigen Hymne I'm Not Sorry bis zur berührenden Ballade See You in September. Begleitend zur Veröffentlichung von Hope and Fury (im April 2026) geht der Ausnahmekünstler 2026 auf große Welttournee -- mit Konzerten in Nordamerika im Mai und einer anschließenden Europatour im Herbst. Dabei macht Joe Jackson mit acht exklusiven Shows auch in Deutschland Halt. Auf neue Songs und nostalgiegeladene Klassiker wie „Steppin' Out" und „Is She Really Going Out With Him?" dürfen sich die Fans freuen. Genre: Konzert Sprache: Englisch Die Rollstuhlfahrerplätze befinden sich in der Reihe 6. Diese erhalten Sie an allen bekannten NWT-Vorverkaufsstellen oder unter Tel. 0421 363636. Das Mitführen von Jacken, Rucksäcken und großen Taschen (maximale Größe DIN A4, 21x30cm) in den Theatersaal ist nicht gestattet. Diese können kostenpflichtig an der Garderobe abgegeben werden. Im Metropol Theater Bremen kann an den Bars, der Garderobe und der Abendkasse nur bargeldlos bezahlt werden. Gezahlt werden kann mit den gängigen Zahlungsmitteln (Girocard, Kreditkarte, Apple Pay, Google Pay etc.).
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Joe JacksonJoe Jackson (born August 11, 1954 in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, as David Ian Jackson) is a British musician. Jackson is probably best-known for the 1982 hit song Steppin' Out, which still gets extensive FM radio airplay, and for his 1979 hit, Is She Really Going Out with Him?
Although born in Staffordshire, Jackson grew up in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England.
He started off learning to play the violin but soon switched to piano. From the age of 16 he played in bars, and won a scholarship to study musical composition at London's Royal Academy of Music. Jackson did not like the prospect of being a serious composer, and moved towards pop and rock.
His first band was Arms and Legs which collapsed after two unsuccessful singles. He then spent some time in the cabaret circuit to make money to record his own demos.
In 1978 a producer heard his tape, and got him signed to A&M Records. The album Look Sharp! was recorded straight away, and was released in 1979, quickly followed by I'm the Man and Beat Crazy in 1980. He also collaborated with Lincoln Thompson in reggae crossover.
The Joe Jackson Band was very successful and toured extensively. After the breakup of the band, Joe took a break and recorded an album of old-style swing and blues tunes, Jumpin' Jive, featuring songs of Cab Calloway, Lester Young, Glenn Miller, and most prominently, Louis Jordan. He went on to record Night and Day, an album that paid tribute to the wit and style of Cole Porter (and less directly, to New York City) and was his last album to hit the Top 10, peaking at #4.
He recorded another record that was heavily influenced by jazz, pop and jazz standards, and salsa, Body and Soul, which hit #20, containing the hit You Can't Get What You Want ('til You Know What You Want).
Jackson followed with Big World, a three-sided double record (the fourth side consisted of a single centring groove and a label stating "there is no music on this side"). The instrumental Will Power set the stage for things to come later, but before he left pop behind he put out two more cerebral and celebratory albums, Blaze of Glory and Laughter And Lust. For some years he drifted away from the pop style, going on to be signed by Sony Classical in 1997, which released his Symphony No. 1 in 1999 for which he received a Grammy award.
Night and Day II in 2000 lacked strong pop hooks though, as usual with Jackson, displayed fine lyrics and some elegant songwriting. Volume 4 in 2003 reunited the original band and was well received. A promotional CD, bundled with the initial release, of the 'live' band playing some of Jackson's strongest material was widely admired.
Jackson is also an author, having written A Cure for Gravity, published in 1999, which Jackson has described as a "book about music, thinly disguised as a memoir". It traces his early musical life from childhood until his 24th birthday. Life as a pop star, he suggested, was hardly worth writing about.
In 2004 Jackson performed a cover of Common People with William Shatner for Shatner's album Has Been.
He has actively campaigned against smoking bans in both the USA and the UK, writing a 2005 pamphlet The Smoking Issue and issuing a satirical song (In 20-0-3) on the subject.
Currently he lives in Berlin - Kreuzberg.