"I've never liked live albums that were faked," says Sumner. "When we play live, it is not a recital of our live recordings. We do everything we can to put on the best show for the crowd every night."
XIII Bis CEO Mehdi El Jai concurs, "Thanks to the band and the tremendous audience, we've got here one of those perfect moments, when a band is touching the essence of rock."
The tracklisting for the performance includes:
1) Death Machine
2) Presuppose
3) Running the Country
4) It's a Lie
5) Left Side of the Brain
6) Put on Your Shoes
7) Sadr City Blues
8) Drink
9) Anyone
10) Cut the Brake
11) Hate
12) Cross the Line
13) Cigarette
14) Two Sisters
PARADISO closes the chapter on two years of rampant Fiction Plane activity, supporting the Bieler Bros. Records release LEFT SIDE OF THE BRAIN, which was also released by XIII Bis in 2008 as a special edition featuring five bonus tracks. In 2007 and early 2008, the band toured around the globe in arenas as the openers for The Police's 30th Anniversary Reunion tour and headlining clubs. Fiction Plane spent last year at nearly every major European festival, and on jaunts with The Feeling and The Bravery, culminating in a massive summer run as part of The Unity Tour with 311 and Snoop Dogg.
Many bands treat live DVD releases like a contractual obligation � another piece of product that brings them one step closer to fulfilling their contract. However, Fiction Plane is among those rare artists who go above and beyond, offering something more than a piece of plastic and metal. They treat the live recording like a living document; an event to be relived and remembered.
Drummer Wilhoit says of the release, "We hope fans get a sense of how we really are as a band, because we are so much more than an 'album band'. You've got Joe jumping off everything in sight, and Seton playing guitar behind his head. We're seizing the moment in a live show. This is a statement of who we are."
PARADISO will initially be distributed to retailers in France, Belgium and The Netherlands. Fans outside those territories will be able to purchase the release through Fiction Plane's official web store (http://www.bandstores.co.uk/shop/fictionplane/index.php) and at the band's live shows.
With new performance dates already being confirmed and a new studio album slated for release later this year, the book of Fiction Plane is just beginning!
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