May 24, 2026

Magnetic Fields

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Magnetic Fields at Union Chapel, London (October 14th and 15th 2025)

Matt October 17, 2025

The Magnetic Fields have kept a good thing going by taking their 69 Love Songs tour international.  This is, if the internet is to be believed, the 100th to 115th or so performance of 69 Love Songs in its entirety over two nights. I have now seen three of them. Pretty sure that puts me in the top five, or top two even, for number of shows seen by one person. I fancy myself a bit of an expert now. So, sit back and let me describe the show to you as someone who is practically in the band at this point.

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The Magnetic Fields at Fitzgerald Theater (May 9-10, 2025)

The Magnetic Fields at Fitzgerald Theater (May 9-10, 2025)

Matt May 12, 2025

Five Artists, Four sets, three records (or CDs if you prefer), two nights, and one Stephin Merritt: 69 Love Songs the 25th Anniversary tour at the Fitzgerald Theatre in St. Paul. What a sublime couple of evenings. The Magnetic Fields know how to put on a performance and those in attendance were treated to an amazing one. I had the pleasure of seeing them perform 69 Love Songs like this back in 2002 and was blown away by the fidelity to the sound of the album while simultaneously being its own event. The voices of Shirley Simms and Stephin Merritt were flawless. Having been to my fair share of recent shows by bands from the ‘90s and ‘00s, I was not sure what to expect of their voices 23 years later. Well, spoiler alert, they’re still flawless, and I don’t say that lightly.

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Magnetic Fields (Stephin Merritt and Sam Davol) at the Cedar (15 May 2015)

Stephin Merritt at Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis (15 May 2015)

vusleeper May 16, 2015

Stephin Merritt just played a themed "A to Z" concert, twenty-six songs in alphabetical order, at the Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis, last night. Of course, fans of The Magnetic Fields (Merritt's band) shouldn't be surprised by this theme. After all, the band is known for doing these concept albums, notably for their ambitious 69 Love Songs (a three-disc set featuring 69 songs) and i (14 songs starting with "I").

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