Part 8 of 8:
Simply For The Love of Music - The History of Incubus
The band is still devoting their
time and efforts to their charitable Make
Yourself Foundation. They have made several visits
to affiliated charities such as the Painted Turtle,
attending fundraisers for Heal the Bay and Life Rolls
On (LRO), . In June 2006, Ben, Brandon and Mike participated
in a special Surfrider Celebrity Surf Jam in Huntington
Beach, CA. Check out our exclusive photos here.
January 14, 2006: The first Incubus
Podcast was released. The first half-hour Podcast
features answers from fan submitted questions by all
of the band members, some insight to the recording
of the new album, live covers from the band's recent
tour stops, and a listen to a long buried mash-up
between Incubus and Tupac Shakur.
April 29, 2006:
Make Some Noise Darfur! A Human Rights Concert
"Incubus is proud to announce
their involvement with Amnesty USA's 'Make Some Noise'
Concert benefiting Darfur. Incubus will be performing
a rare ACOUSTIC set on Sat. April 29 at Roseland in
Portland, OR. Other bands performing that evening
are Collective Soul, Suzanne Vega and others. The
evening will be hosted by Mira Sorvino, the Ambassador
for Amensty's Worldwide 'Stop Violence Against Women'
campaign."
Here is the setlist:
A Crow Left Of The Murder
Wish You Were Here
Warning
Earth To Bella (premiere)
Love Hurts (premiere)
Talk Shows On Mute
Smile Lines
Suffragette City (Bowie cover)
When Doves Cry (Prince cover)
Drive
Encore:
Pardon Me
May 11, 2006:
Sony E3 Concert
Setlist: Wish You Were Here | Nice
To Know You | Pardon Me | Pistola | Smile Lines |
Just A Phase | Earth To Bella | Make Yourself | Under
My Umbrella | Drive | Warning | Stellar | The Warmth
| Sick Sad Little World | ACLOTM || Encore | Priceless
| Megalomaniac
The concert began at around
9:30 pm. The band was introduced by Kaz Hirai, head
of Sony Computer Entertainment. During "Pistola",
Brandon played guitar and djembe. The band played
a new track, "Earth to Bella", which premiered
at the Amnesty Darfur Concert on 4/29. The song seemed
shorter and may have been an abbreviated version.
"Drive" was not the remix version. Brandon
sang "The Warmth" with a scarf covering
his face. Brandon spoke to the crowd several times
asking if everyone was having a good time. The overwhelming
response was "Yes!!". Great concert with
the band and audience having a wonderful time.
Steve Rennie, aka Renman, Band Manager, is the host.
They discuss the new album, album title ("The
Silhouettes and Jose" - joking), MYF, setlists,
venues, "Incubus Music Corner" (hosted by
Jake, MYF) and alot more. They also play an Alice
in Chains cover, ASCOG Acoustic and New Skin from
2001 Hammerstein Ballroom concert.
VH1 Decades Live
w/The Pretenders:
Incubus performed at VH1 Decades Rock Live saluting
The Pretenders. The show also featured Kings of Leon,
Shirley Manson, and Iggy Pop reworking The Pretenders'
most famous tunes. The concert took place at Atlantic
City, New Jerseys Trump Taj Mahal on August 11, 2006.
The show will be aired on VH1 this fall. Date TBA.
Setlist:Anna-Molly
| A Kiss to Send us Off | Drive (Duet
w/Chrissie Hynde) | Pretenders Song | Pretenders Song.
The finale, "Middle of the
Road", was performed by The Pretenders, Brandon,
Shirley Manson (Garbage), Kings of Leon and Iggy Pop.
Throughout 2005 and 2006, Incubus has been
working on their fifth studio album. Due to be released
on November 28, 2006, the tracklisting for Light
Grenades is:
01. Quicksand
02. A Kiss To Send Us Off
03. Dig 04. Anna Molly
05. Love Hurts
06. Light Grenades
07. Earth to Bella Part 1
08. Oil and Water
09. Diamonds and Coal"
10. Rogues
11. Paper Shoes
12. Pendulous Threads
13. Earth to Bella Part 2
The first single released will be Anna Molly. It will
debut on U.S. radio outlets in October.
While Mike says the Brendan
O'Brien-produced 'Light Grenades' will be "all
over the place," it represents a new phase of
lyrical composition for Brandon Boyd.
"Brandon is throwing himself
out there a lot more," Einzinger says. "He's
always written a lot about relationships, but this
record is very, very personal for him."
On September 30, Incubus will
also headline Edgefest
2006 in Tempe, Arizona.
