NEW YORK, June 2, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – The influential 90s-era indie rock
group Pavement will reunite for two European performances in 2020 after
disbanding two decades ago.
“Pavement: only two worldwide shows in 2020,” announced the Primavera Sound
festival on Saturday, saying the American band would play the Barcelona fest
and its sister event in Porto.
Pavement performed a reunion tour in 2010, having released its last studio
album, “Terror Twilight,” in 1999.
The band’s ringleader and indie rock’s patron saint Stephen Malkmus
recently hinted that a reunion was “realistic,” telling a Rolling Stone
podcast that “anything’s possible.”
“If there’s interest, then that’s always a factor,” Malkmus said. “If
people are really psyched about it, I’d be psyched about it too.”
After forming in California in 1989, Pavement achieved both critical
success and an ardent cult following for its lo-fi sound and laconic vocals.
“Confirmed : Pusha T watched the Pavement Prima Vera 2020 announcement on
site,” tweeted Malkmus, referring to the rapper who played this year’s
edition of the Barcelona fest. “#so I’m glad it’s happening.”