Pixies Hammerstein Ballroom tickets (and presale password)

August 12, 2009

During the recording sessions, Whore was discarded as a potential album title, after Oliver changed the cover artwork idea to a monkey and halo cover. Francis later explained his rationale for the move: “I thought people were going to think I was some kind of anti-Catholic or that I’d been raised Catholic and trying to get into this Catholic naughty-boy stuff. […] A monkey with a halo, calling it Whore – that would bring all kinds of shit that wouldn’t be true. So I said I’d change the title.” Francis then named the album Doolittle, from the “Mr. Grieves” lyric “Pray for a man in the middle / One that talks like Doolittle.” This was in the tradition of previous Pixies albums; both Come On Pilgrim and Surfer Rosa used song lyrics for the album title. [Wiki]

Tickets for the upcoming Pixies‘ “Doolittle” shows at Hammerstein Ballroom go on “Internet Presale” and “Live Nation presale” Thursday at 10am. The passwords, and a selection of Doolittle videos, below…