Grammy winning singer/songwriter Rick Springfield has released two new singles, She Walks With the Angels and Automatic. The releases trumpet a studio album of all new material entitled Automatic, out August 4th. The album, described by Springfield, as 20 new songs stylistically somewhere between “Working Class Dog” and “Tao”. Sonically, the album sees Springfield returning to his first love of guitar-based power pop and keyboards, while lyrically featuring his favored subjects of love, sex and death. “My goal was solid three- minute tunes with the biggest hooks I could come up with.”
Album available now for pre-order here.
Automatic was written and produced by Springfield and features himself playing all guitars and keyboards. The album was engineered by and dedicated to Springfield’s friend and soundman for over 25 years, Matty Spindel who passed away late last year. Springfield notes, “His loss is something that will be felt by me, my band and the entire touring family for a long, long time.”
Springfield says, “I’m releasing TWO singles because there are no rules anymore and I’m pretty sure ONE DJ will play them. ME, on my Sirius XM show Working Class DJ. Nepotism at its finest! Thank you very much!”
Regarding the single, Automatic, Springfield comments, “’Automatic’ is one song I dreamed. I woke up at 3am one morning and just wrote it down as it had been playing in my head. Don’t ask me what it means I’m not entirely sure.” He continues with She Walks With the Angels: “Matty Spindel, soundman extraordinaire and friend for 25 years passed away a few weeks before I wrote this song for him. I used the feminine because he was very in touch with that side of himself. There are secret references all thru the song that are ‘very Matty’.”
Springfield will make his third appearance on TalkShopLive on June 20 at 8 p.m. ET where autographed versions of the album will be available for pre-order.
Viewers can watch here: https://talkshop.live/watch/UrkSW3OioB1l
Expect Springfield to play these songs on his 26 -city “I Want My ‘80s Tour” this summer which kicks off August 4th with special guests The Hooters, Paul Young, Tommy Tutone, (and joined by John Waite and The Tubes on selected cities.)
“I WANT MY ‘80S TOUR” DATES
4-Aug
Youngstown, OH
Foundation Amphitheatre*
5-Aug
Indianapolis, IN
TCU Amp at White River Park*
6-Aug
Sterling Heights, MI
Amp at Freedom Hill*
9-Aug
Niagara Falls, ONT
Fallsview Casino*
11-Aug
Grantville, PA
Hollywood Casino Outdoors*
12-Aug
Atlantic City, NJ
Hard Rock Live at Estess Arena*
13-Aug
Lynn, MA
Memorial Auditorium*
19-Aug
Lake Charles, LA
L’Auberge Casino*
20-Aug
Ft. Worth, TX
Dickie’s Arena*
22-Aug
Lubbock, TX
Cook’s Garage Stage*
23-Aug
Oklahoma City, OK
Zoo Ampitheatre*
25-Aug
New Haven, KY
Log Still Distillery Amph**
26-Aug
Bay City, MI
Wenonah Park Shell**
27-Aug
Decatur, IL
Devon Lakeshore Amphitheatre**
29-Aug
Maryland Heights, MO
St. Louis Music Park*
30-Aug
Omaha, NE
The Astro*
31-Aug
Aurora, IL
RiverEdge Park Pavilion*
6-Sep
Redmond, WA
Marymoor Park***
7-Sep
Bend, OR
Hayden Homes Amp***
8-Sep
Airway Heights, WA
No. Quest Casino***
10-Sep
Redding, CA
Civic Auditorium+
12-Sep
Saratoga, CA
Mountain Winery Amp***
13-Sep
Los Angeles, CA
YouTube Theatre***
14-Sep
Bakersfield, CA
Mechanics Bank Theater and Convention Center***
16-Sep
Murphys, CA
Ironstone Amp++
16-Sep
Fresno, CA
Warnors Theatre***
Rick Springfield, The Hooters, Paul Young, Tommy Tutone
**Rick Springfield, Paul Young, Tommy Tutone
***Rick Springfield, The Hooters, Tommy Tutone
+Rick Springfield, The Hooters, The Tubes, Tommy Tutone
++Rick Springfield, The Hooters, John Waite, Tommy Tutone