“Roses” debuted at #9 on the US sales report, StreetPulse, making it the 3rd highest debut album this Tuesday. StreetPulse reports the percentage of CD sales in the US and the ranking of those album sales by recording artist, song title, and record label.
Roses is also #15 on the independent retail sales report.
Thanks to Rick for the info.
Over the last days, there has been a certain amount of confusion in the fan community on how to purchase/legally get Roses bonus tracks.
Sadly not all bonuses are available for everyone to purchase, due to some restrictions on iTunes and Amazon. Plus, with the “extinction” of CD-singles, those non-album tracks are being harder and harder to get on CD releases.
Here’s a suggestion for Cooking Vinyl and the band. An EP (CD) with all bonus tracks or a Complete Session of Roses later on this year. Older-fashoners who still care for CDs -and there seems to be a lot of them in the Cranfan community- would be ecstatic.
Here’s a recap of the situation:
“Someday”
This is the only bonus to be available on CD so far, if you are willing to buy the Japanese CD edition at a 30-something dollar price.
Available on: Roses CD (Japan), Itunes Japan
“Always”
ITunes bonus track when you purchase the whole digital Roses album.
Available on: every Itunes stores… where ITunes is actually available.
*Note that unlike some Canadian CD stores say on their website, this song is NOT available on the Canadian 2-CD edition.
“Perfect World”
ITunes bonus track in some countries when you purchase the whole digital Deluxe edition of Roses.
Available on: Itunes (UK, Japan only)
*Note that unlike some Canadian CD stores say on their website, this song is NOT available on the Canadian 2-CD edition.
“Stop Me”
ITunes bonus track in Canada when you purchase the whole digital Deluxe edition of Roses.
Available on : ITunes Canada only
“In It Together”
Amazon bonus track in Germany
Available on: Amazon Germany only
“Serendipity”
Amazon bonus track in Germany
Available on: Amazon Germany only
“Eyelash”
Unreleased
4th London track
Unreleased
Again, lots of news coming from our friends on I Still Dream starting with a new radio show which you can now watch on our promo performances section: The Cranberries played Tomorrow on Radio Monte Carlo during their Italian promo tour. Note that it is unclear if the band performed other songs during the show.
Also thanks to Niamh who found another interview of the boys recorded at the same period: click here to watch it. (video no longer available)
Last but not least, do not miss the scans of the Sunday Independent Life’s article focused on Dolores which features new beautiful pictures. One will notice her new “Molly” tattoo with flowers.
Roses is out, and it is climbing the iTunes charts in several countries. Here’s recap:
iTunes Top 10 charts (All genres)
Worldwide: #14 (Deluxe) #35 (Standard)
Italy: #3 (Deluxe)
France: #4 (Deluxe)
Germany: #5 (Deluxe)
Spain: #6 (Deluxe)
Luxembourg: #7 (Deluxe)
Canada: #8 (Deluxe)
iTunes Alternative Top 10 charts
Canada: #4 (Deluxe)
iTunes Rock Top 10 charts
USA: #3 (Deluxe) #6 (Standard)
UK: #10 (Deluxe)
France: #1 (Deluxe) #3 (Standard)
Belgium: #4 (Standard) #6 (Deluxe)
Ireland: #3 (Deluxe)
Italy: #2 (Deluxe) #4 (Standard)
Luxembourg: #1 (Deluxe)
Netherlands: #7 (Deluxe) #10 (Standard)
Spain: #2 (Deluxe) #5 (Standard)
Switzerland: #8 (Deluxe) #9 (Standard)
Note that the positions will move frequently as the iTunes charts are updated several times a day.
There is no bonus tracks on CD1 of the Canadian 2-CD edition of Roses unlike some music retailers are showing on their website.
Several Canadian websites say that “Perfect World”, “Always” and a live version of “Dreams” are included on the first CD of two, but this is incorrect. The Canadian 2-CD edition has the same track list as the international 2-CD edition.
This error might come from the descriptive sheet at Universal Canada.
As for the Canadian iTunes edition, it does include exclusive bonus “Stop Me”.
“ROSES” The Cranberries 6th album, is out now!
The album already made it on the iTunes Top 10 in several countries, including Italy, Spain, Germany and Canada. The Canadian iTunes store now features a preview of bonus track “Stop Me”, only available for Canadians to purchase.
Today was a busy day for The Cranberries fans:
As expected, two pre-recorded shows –London Live 2.0 and On connaît la musique– were broadcast respectively on Rai 2 (Italy) and Europe 1 (France). Although the band played and acoustic version of “Raining In My Heart” in Milano for the Rai 2 TV show, it seems that the song was not aired on TV.
The Cranberries – London Live 2.0
As for “On connaît la musique”, the band played a 3-track electric set including Schizophrenic playboys.
Besides, note that you can now watch the band’s performance on Radio 105 recorded in Milano and listen to their February 20 interview on Kiss Kiss Radio. Thanks for this to Mikele and Irishsoul, members of the Italian forum I Still Dream.
The Cranberries – KISS KISS Radio – Part 1
The Cranberries – KISS KISS Radio – Part 2
The Cranberries – KISS KISS Radio – Part 3
Last but not least, don’t forget to watch below the Dolores and Noel’s interviews given last January to Face Culture in Amsterdam and Wunderweib in Germany.
FaceCulture
Wunderweib
The Cranberries hired a new backup singer for their upcoming tour. Meet JOHANNA CRANITCH.
This “Australian-born, Hungarian-bred, Brooklyn-based” singer made her debut performance with the band yesterday when she sang the back vocals on “Linger” at The Edge FM. Many fans were amazed to hear how great Dolores and Johanna’s voices mixed well together. In the past tours, backup vocals were performed by the band’s backup guitarist, Steve DeMarchi.
Johanna Cranitch also has her own musical project, Johanna and the Dusty Floor.
Johanna and the Dusty Floor – “Witch Shoes”
Sources: Noel Hogan (Twitter), Johannaandthedustyfloor.com
Dolores and Noel were in Toronto, Canada today for the Canadian stop of the Roses promo tour. The 2 ‘Berries started up their day early on Breakfast Television (CityTV) for an acoustic performance of “Tomorrow”.
Dolores and Noel on Breakfast Television in Toronto
Then, they performed the song again along with “Linger” on The Edge FM. They were accompanied by a female backup singer on “Linger”. Hats off to this lady whoever she is who knew how to blend her voice perfectly to Dolores’s.
“Linger” – live at The Edge
Dolores and Noel also pre-recorded a 3-song performance for CBC Radio 1’s Q yesterday. The show aired this morning.
Also don’t forget that promo performances recorded at London Live 2.0 and On connaît la musique will be broadcast tomorrow. Check out the Calendar for all details.
Fnac Italia published on their Facebook account about 180 pictures of the band’s signing session that took place on Tuesday in Milano. It seems that the band answered questions from the audience before signing some copies of Roses, released on February 21st in Italy.
Below a small selection from Fnac Italia’s album:
As posted on our Twitter account yesterday, the band could play in their home-town, Limerick @ Thomond Park this year. It seems that this concert is still in the process of negotiation but the Limerick Leader reminds us that the Thomond Park management previously managed to host famous artists such as Elton John, Bob Dylan, Pink or Rod Stewart. The band already played at Thomong Park on June 9, 2010 to open the Special Olympics.
Now for people interested in the November French tour dates, the pre-sale has just started today on GDP’s website (www.gdp.fr). These concerts will then be on general sale tomorrow on the usual Fnac or Tickenet websites.
Don’t forget to check our Concerts section to know more about this tour.
Also, note that the Washington concert (May 14) sold out yesterday.
Last but not least, click here (no longer available) if you want to win ticket to see the band in Manila (Philippines) on April 10.
The Cranberries left Italy today after a few days of promo in Sanremo and Milano. The band did interviews in various Milano radio stations (KISS KISS, Radio Deejay, RTL) in last days. They also recorded a segment for the London Live 2.0 TV show and an acoustic session on Virgin Radio. The London Live 2.0 episode will air this Saturday (the 25th) on RAI 2.
Next step, The Cranberries will perform on CBC radio 1’s Q on Friday in Toronto, Canada. In the meanwhile, you can watch this mini interview done by Spinner.ca (link no longer available) during last year’s Metalworks session.
“Raining in My Heart”
According to some fans from the I Still Dream forum, the band said on two Italian radios that “Raining in My Heart” will be next single.
In other news, The Cranberries recorded a segment of the London Live 2.0 show today in Milano. Dolores and co. were also guests of The Flight on RTL 102.5 today.
The band ended up their promo activities today with an autograph session at FNAC in Milano.
The Cranberries Team just announced that the concert in Minneapolis on May 17th will take place at The Brick. Tickets go on sale on February 24th.
Also, it seems that the upcoming tour should be called “The Roses Tour” as mentioned on the venue’s website (www.thebrickmn.com) where you can find more information about this gig.
The Roses Tour
The Cranberries started their Italian promo tour last weekend in Sanremo. The band performed two songs “Zombie” and “Tomorrow” at the 62 Festival di Sanremo on Saturday night. This was a playback performance with live vocals!
62° Festival di Sanremo – Photo credit: D. Venturelli
Monday, the band were guests at KISS KISS Radio and Radio Deejay in Milano.
On Tuesday The Cranberries will record a 4-song performance on TV show London Live 2.0 (Rai 2) then be on radio show The Flight (RTL 102.5).
Below an interview with the three lads done in the last days with a reporter from Blogosfere.
The Cranberries – Blogosphere interview
EDIT:
It seems the “London Live 2.0” TV show supposed to be recorded today (Monday 20) was postponed & should be recorded TOMORROW MORNING at 9:00 am. For now we have no information on why it was cancelled today. Anyway The Cranberries are still planned to play 3 or 4 songs. So if you are in Milano tomorrow you still have your chance to be part of the show as entrance is free (first come first served). Address: studi Rai in Viale Mecenate 76, Milano.
The second European leg will apparently go on sale soon as seen on GDP’s website:
Thanks again to Uridesm for catching our attention on this.
The Canadian 2-CD edition of “Roses” might get some international attention in the fan community…
According to the Archambault.ca website, the Canadian 2-CD edition might include “Always” and “Perfect World” as bonuses as well as the live version of “Dreams” from the Madrid show. This could be the only way to get those three tracks on CD.
Note that this information has not been confirmed by any other site and that this could be a simple mix up between the CD and digital editions of Roses.
More to come soon…
Do not miss the 30 seconds previews of “Serendipity” and “In It Together” now on Amazon.de.
As you may know, “In It Together” was recorded a first time in 2003 before being re-recorded in 2012 to be included on Roses. This track had already been heard a few times live before in 2003.
Thanks to PepeTavo on the Official Community
Most of the tickets for the US tour dates go on sale today, as well as the tickets for the Italian concerts.
Check out our Concerts section to buy tickets. Also, it seems a new show in Montréal, QC has been added on May the 7th!
EDIT:
The link on ticketmaster.ca was deleted later in the day. So we still don’t know if this was a mistake from ticketmaster or a real information given too early.
Grench promoter Gerard Drouot Productions confirmed a second show for Paris on November 25, 2012 as the concert of Grand Rex sold out today.
Tickets are already on sale on their website.
Also, as announced during the French promo tour of January 2012, the band should perform a big European Tour in the fall with bigger venues.
The first French dates are as follow:
Nov.10: Caen, Zénith
Nov 11: Orléans, Zénith
Nov.13: Montbéliard, Axone
Nov.14: Strasbourg, Zénith
Nov.16: Toulon, Zénith
Nov.17: Grenoble, Summum
Nov.19: Clermont-Ferrand, Zénith
Nov.20: Lyon, La Halle
Nov.22: Brest, Parc des Expositions
Nov.24: Nantes, Zénith
Nov.25: Paris, Zénith
Nov.27: Lille, Zénith
The Cranberries stopped by KCSN 88.5 FM yesterday for an interview and a 4-song performance on Sky Daniels’ Afternoon Music Mix.
Interviewed by Sky Daniels, Dolores and Fergal spoke about Roses and how this album was recorded in a happy way without pressure from the music industry, compare the their two previous albums. “I think that, creatively as writers, Noel and I went to a point of just turning out stuff. We were not really writing for the love of it, because we were contractually bound. We had to deliver. […] But with this particular album [Roses], I think that what we found is what we had lost,” told Dolores. She explains that Noel and she have been sharing music ideas now and then since 2005.
Fergal also said that The Cranberries plan to dig in their older songs for the next tour. “It’s great that we have so many songs to choose from, because we can vary the set list every night […] It’s nice to keep it fresh. We’ve found in the last tour that a lot fans come to see like 4 or 5 shows. So, they don’t want to see the same songs every night.”
So, will The Cranberries dare to pic oldies like “Uncertain”, b-sides like “Paparazzi on Mopeds”, “Cordell”, and “Stop Me”, or rarely played live songs like “Yeat’s Grave” and “What’s on My Mind” in the next tour?? Fingers crossed!!
The band played acoustic versions of “Tomorrow” and “Raining in My Heart”, as well as “Linger” and “Ode to My Family”. You can listen to the interview on the 88.5 KCSN Sound Cloud page.
(link no longer available)
The Cranberries will be recording an episode of London Live 2.0 on Italian television RAI 2 on February 20. The band will perform 3 to 4 songs for this show. People in the Milano area can write at alessandra.pagan@stproduction.it if they want to be part of the audience. They are asked to provide their name, address, telephone number and age. The taping will take place on Monday, February 20 from 2:30 pm to 7:30 pm at studi Rai in Viale Mecenate 76.
Source: I Still Dream Forum
iTunes Japan is now offering a 1:29 preview clip of bonus track “Someday”.
The song, which was written before the band hiatus, is a slow rock effort with political-themed lyrics. “America is waiting for a spaceman to come back / The President is shaking, the oil is running dry,” sings O’ Riordan.
In other news, the Japanese iTunes Deluxe Edition will include “Perfect World” and “Always” as bonuses, but not “Someday” – which is released only on the standard edition.
The Cranberries offered a 5-track performance at Infusion Lounge in San Francisco yesterday.
The band performed two new songs from Roses (“Tomorrow” and “Raining in My Heart”) as well as three 90’s classics (“Linger”, “Ode to My Family” and “Zombie”) for 97.3 FM listeners who won tickets for that first showcase of The Cranberries promo tour.
Five lucky fans also had the opportunity to meet the band with one guest each after the show.
Listen to the 5 songs on the radio’s website.
The Cranberries will be doing a special acoustic performance at Infusion Lounge in San Francisco next Sunday from 6 to 8 pm during the Alice’s Little Red Dress Party.
The people at the radio station confirmed that the performance will not be broadcast, but will be available on demand on Monday via video and mp3 on Alice website.
If you are in the San Francisco area, check out how you can assist to the show.
It looks like there will be no CD-single release of “Tomorrow” after all…
Even though Universal Germany is still listing a CD-single release of “Tomorrow” for today, no online music retailers has it. A digital 1-track single was released instead today on all major digital music retailer sites in Germany. Germany was one of the last countries to commercially release The Cranberries first single online.
The music industry has changed considerably since The Cranberries last CD-single release (“Stars”, 2002). Lesser and lesser physical copies are sold and record companies tend to not release CD-singles anymore, relying instead on the digital music market.
The problem with digital bonus tracks like the ones on iTunes is that those music files – exclusively released in some countries – are not accessible to buy for fans from other regions of the world, a situation that encourage music piracy. Plus, many music collectors prefer to have a physical copy of bonus tracks, which where previously released on CD-singles in the 90’s and early 2000’s. As a matter of fact, we can see that the passion for CD-singles is still alive, as promo singles of “Tomorrow” were sold on eBay for up to $90.
In other news, there is still no word on that mysterious radio mix of “Tomorrow” by Michael Ilbert, which was intended for the German radio stations. If any German fans heard it, let us know here!
The Cranberries ended their second day of promotion in the Big Apple tonight. Last night, the band made their first appearance on American TV since 2001 on NBC’s Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. They played a full band version of “Tomorrow” on the show, and “Dreams” as bonus content for the show’s website. Fallon, who is obviously a big fan of the group told the audience how Dolores answered him back to his “I loooove you Dolores!” during a Cranberries concert in the mid 90’s. Funny moment.
http://youtu.be/5VS0ZuDg7Qs?t=15s
“Tomorrow” – Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Today, The Cranberries were guests at “Soundcheck” on WNYC (radio station). Dolores and the three lads performed acoustic versions of “Raining in My Heart” and “Tomorrow” during the show, then “Zombie” as an extra for the radio station’s website. This was the first time that the band played a live version of the heartbreaking “Raining in My Heart” and there’s a video of that great moment:
“Raining In My Heart” – WNYC’s Soundcheck
Later, the band performed a session at the Rolling Stone Magazine headquarters. More details to come in the next days.
Performing at the Rolling Stone Magazine headquarters
Also, The Cranberries will be guests on ABC’s show The View Friday morning. Be sure to check the Calendar section for all the details.
The Cranberries confirmed dates for their upcoming tour in Eastern Canada and USA.
| Date | City | Venue | Tickets/Info |
|---|---|---|---|
| May04 | New York NY, USA | Terminal 5 | On Sale Feb 17th |
| May05 | Philadelphia PA, USA | Electric Factory | On Sale Feb 18th |
| May08 | Montreal QC, Canada | Metropolis | On Sale Feb 17th |
| May09 | Toronto ON, Canada | Sound Academy | On Sale Feb 17th |
| May11 | Boston MA, USA | House of Blues | On Sale Feb 17th |
| May12 | Mashantucket CT, USA | Foxwoods | On Sale Feb 17th |
| May14 | Washington DC, USA | 9:30 Club | On Sale Feb 16th |
| May16 | Chicago IL, USA | Riviera | On Sale Feb 18th |
| May17 | Minneapolis MN, USA | Venue TBA | TBA |
There should be more dates to come soon for the Western and Southern part of the continent.
Source: cranberries.com (official site)
The audio recording of the Zénith show (Paris) taped in March 2010 was re-released worldwide today on iTunes. The digital album includes live versions of 18 Cranberries past hits and of 3 solo songs from O’ Riordan. This show was first made available as 3-CD set through Concert Live after the Paris show, then on the EMI label.
Source: iTunes
Bonus track “Stop Me” will be included on the Canadian iTunes deluxe edition which will be released on February 28. The track was first recorded for O’ Riordan’s “No Baggage” album but was not used on the record or as bonus material. The Cranberries recorded it again in Toronto last year.
Since a short preview of “Stop Me” was put online during the recording sessions of No Baggage, the up-beat song became a fan favorite.
Dolores in studio during the “No Baggage” sessions (2009)
The Cranberries pre-recorded a live performance of “Tomorrow” for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. The episode will air tonight on NBC at 12:35
A member from thecranberries.me community, Celtic Yodels, was part of tonight assistance. He told the community that the band played a second song, ‘Dreams’, which is “most likely only be available online and not on the actual airing of the show”.
The first U.S. tour date was also announced on the show. The Cranberries will play Terminal 5 in New York City on May 4. Other North American dates will probably be announced over the next days.
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon – Dressing Room – Photo: Noel Hogan (Instagram)
The former Saturday Night Live star made a lot of Cranberries related jokes during tonight’s episode. Jimmy Fallon is known to be a fan of the band.
The Cranberries added 4 new dates in Asia for their upcoming World Tour.
Mon 2-Apr @ Singapore Indoor Stadium; Singapore, Singapore
Tickets: http://www.sistic.com.sg
Weds 4-Apr @ Stadium Negara; Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia
Tickets: http://www.ticketcharge.com.my
Fri 6-Apr @ TICC; Taipei, Taiwan
Tickets: http://www.ticket.com.tw
Sun 8-Apr @ HK Convention Centre; Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Tickets: http://www.hkticketing.com
Still no word about North and South American dates…
Source: The Cranberries Facebook
Lenny Kravitz and The Cranberries WILL NOT PERFORM at the WA Athletic Field in Perth on March 28th due to poor ticket sales.
“Unfortunately the level of interest in the show did not warrant such a large production to come to Perth due to its associated high costs” a statement from promoter McManus Touring said today.
All ticket holders will receive a full refund. Tickets for other venues in Australia are still on sale.
Source: www.smh.com.au
French Radio RTL premiered studio versions of “Roses” and “Fire & Soul” tonight on La Saga des Cranberries, an audio documentary about the Crans also featuring the rare track “Trow Me Down A Big Stairs” (off the Anything demo cassette) sung by the previous lead singer of The Cranberry Saw Us Niall Quinn and oldy “Uncertain”.
Here’s the complete list of the songs played in the documentary along with the narration in French.
You can listen back to this documentary on the RTL website. (link no longer available)
French radio station RTL will air “La Saga des Cranberries” a documentary about The Cranberries next Saturday night.
The documentary will also feature tones of Cranberries songs (full-length and short clips), including classics (“Linger”, “Zombie”, “Salvation”), oldies and rarities (“Throw Me Down A Big Stair”, “Uncertain”, “God Be With You”), Dolores’ solo work (“Ordinary Day”, “The Journey”) and new material (“Show Me”, “Tomorrow”, “Roses”, “Fire & Soul”).
You can listen live on Saturday night from 11:00 pm to 1:00 am. A podcast/replay should be available after the broadcast on RTL’s website.
