Lydia Lunch & Marc Hurtado play SUICIDE & Alan Vega

The Ferret presents:
Lydia Lunch & Marc Hurtado
play SUICIDE & Alan Vega

Monday 3rd Feb 2025

The Ferret, Preston

with guest VICE VERA.

Lydia Lunch is a nomadic gypsy in eternal metamorphosis who almost lost her life for her art dozens of times in 35 years. Musician, writer, photographer and performance artist, she appeared on the New York music scene in 1977 with influential No Wave band, Teenage Jesus and the Jerks. In search of inspiration and cooperation she worked with James Chance, Karen Finley, Hubert Selby Jr, Nick Cave, William Burroughs & Virginie Despentes. She lived in New York, Brooklyn, New Orleans, San Francisco, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, London & has visited 656 cities to perform on stage for concerts, spoken word, installations in clubs, theaters and museums. 

Marc Hurtado is a musician, performer, poet, painter, producer and filmmaker who co-founded the French duo Etant Donnés with his brother Eric in 1977. He has made more than 20 albums and concerts around the world in places like Kitchen (New York), the Fondation Cartier (Paris), the Centre Pompidou (Paris), the Sonar Festival (Barcelona), the Atonal Festival (Berlin) & Transmusicales (Rennes). Apart from this duo and solo project Sol Ixent, he has collaborated with many cult figures including  Alan Vega, Genesis P.Orridge, Michael Gira (Swans), Gabi Delgado (DAF), Craig Walker (Archive), Pascal Comelade, Z'ev, Philippe Grandrieux, Christophe, Saba Komossa (Delkom), Mark Cunningham (MARS), Bachir Attar and the Master Musicians of Jajouka.

Lydia Lunch & Marc Hurtado perform the music of SUICIDE and Alan Vega:

Lydia Lunch crossed paths with Alan Vega and Martin Rev when she arrived in New York aged 16 in the late 70’s. She saw them perform as Suicide: a collision of avant-garde performance art and minimalistic rock, that pre-dated punk by a number of years. Lunch has since described the performance as ‘a total show, theatrical, free, violent’. Since that initial meeting Lunch formed an enduring friendship and a creative partnership with Vega and Rev, performing on stage with Suicide and providing additional vocals on the legendary track ‘Frankie Teardrop’ which was part of the Suicide debut album, as well as duetting with Vega on ‘Prison Sacrifice’ which featured on the 2010 ‘Sniper’ album from Alan Vega & Marc Hurtado.

Marc Hurtado, had already met Alan Vega and Lydia Lunch on his Etant Donnés ‘RE-UP’ album in 1999 and formed the project My Lover The Killer in 2013 with Lydia Lunch, with whom they recorded an album and performed on stage. Since 2014 Lydia Lunch and Marc Hurtado join forces for this event around Suicide and Alan Vega songs... it will be a kind of sonic "Blitzkrieg"  and a visual shamanic ceremony, where both artists will burn their souls in the volcanic heart of the music of Suicide and Alan Vega.

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Lydia Lunch & Marc Hurtado
play SUICIDE & Alan Vega

with guest VICE VERA.

Monday 3rd Feb 2025

The Ferret, Preston

Tickets £12.50 - on sale now.

Ages 14+ (under 18s must be accompanied by a responsible adult).

Accessible ground floor venue & facilities.

Dog-friendly venue.