Violist

Guitarist

Vocalist

Don’t be fooled by POPtical Illusion, the playful title of John Cale’s second album in just over a year: He remains angry, still incensed by the willful destruction that unchecked capitalists and unrepentant conmen have hoisted upon the wonders of this world and the goodness of its people.

John Cale: POPtical Illusion Tour ’25

Tyne Theatre & Opera House

John Cale has always been a musician of the times, helping to usher in titanic shifts in sound and culture. The bleeding edge drones of his Sun Blindness Music opened the path to The Velvet Underground. The frantic rock of Fear and Slow Dazzle, not to mention his production with Patti Smith and the Stooges, framed a half century of punk, post-punk, and art-rock to come. And his curiosity about the way electronics could be more than a gimmick in rock music served as an inspiration to an uncountable number of crucial scenes. 

Violist, Guitarist, Vocalist

John Cale

Events

Past events

Mar 25, 2025

John Cale: POPtical Illusion Tour ’25 · Tyne Theatre & Opera House

Mar 24, 2025

John Cale - Poptical Illusion Tour 25 · The Pavilion Theatre

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