{"id":590922,"date":"2026-05-18T17:16:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T17:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/590922\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T17:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T17:16:09","slug":"pixies-to-play-alhambra-theatre-in-dunfermline-on-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/590922\/","title":{"rendered":"Pixies to play Alhambra Theatre in Dunfermline on Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The indie rock legends from America are on a 40th anniversary world tour and will stop in Dunfermline for a sold out gig on Thursday.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Led by enigmatic frontman Black Francis, also known as Frank Black, Pixies were formed in Boston in 1986 and fellow founder members were Joey Santiago, Kim Deal and David Lovering.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Fans La La Love the band and snapped up the tickets for the Dunfermline show in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dunfermlinepress.com\/news\/25498831.pixies-gig-alhambra-theatre-dunfermline-sells\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8220;record time&#8221;,<\/a> with theatre staff taken aback after watching the entire allocation shifted in minutes.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Pixies will be playing in Dunfermline&#8217;s Alhambra Theatre. (Image: Supplied)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A spokesperson for the Alhambra said: &#8220;We are absolutely delighted to welcome the Pixies to the Alhambra this Thursday, it is tremendous for the local area.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Watch this space for more huge announcements to come.&#8221;\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Known for their loud-quiet dynamics, catchy melodies and edgy, surreal lyrics, the band have 10 studio albums under their belt, including Surfer Rosa, Doolittle, Bossanova and Trompe le Monde.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Their most recent album is 2024&#8217;s The Night the Zombies Came.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  As Pixies are celebrating 40 years together, you can expect a set list containing all of their classics, such as Where Is My Mind?, Debaser, Here Comes Your Man, Dig For Fire, U-Mass and Gigantic.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The anniversary tour started in Japan in November and went on to Australia, New Zealand and Hawaii before arriving on these shores.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  After taking to the stage in Dunfermline, Pixies will play in Manchester and London before gigs in Limerick, Dublin and dates in Germany, Belgium, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, the Netherlands, South Korea and USA.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Doors at the Alhambra open at 7pm.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  There will also be a pre- and after-show party at PJ Molloys.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  They&#8217;ll be &#8220;playing iconic tracks and gig footage from the legendary band to get you all in the mood ahead of Pixies headline show at Dunfermline&#8217;s Alhambra Theatre!&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The pre-show starts at 5pm and afters are from 10pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The indie rock legends from America are on a 40th anniversary world tour and will stop in Dunfermline&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":157342,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,128,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-590922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=590922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590922\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=590922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=590922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=590922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}