Pitchfork

Antony is nothing if not a man of the world (okay, maybe a terrific vocalist, a friend of Lou Reed's, and a fixture on the New York performance art scene, but he was also born in Britain, so you get the point), and he will prove as much this fall when he plays everywhere from Dublin and London to Rome and Braga.

The first two dates in Dublin are part of a Leonard Cohen tribute organized by Hal Willner, the producer behind Cohen biopic I'm Your Man. There will also be performances from Lou Reed, Jarvis Cocker, Nick Cave, and Beth Orton.

The rest of the dates will revive "Turning", a collaboration with director and video artist Charles Atlas that was first performed in 2004 as part of the Whitney Museum's biennial celebration. The original press release for the event describes the performance as a "journey through an exotic terrain of innocence, metamorphosis and androgyny by way of an elegantly stylized blend of music, projected imagery, and live performance."

The name "Turning" comes from the fact that "Antony's highly dramatic and lyrical music unfolds before Atlas' intimate and hypnotic portraits of thirteen Beauties slowly turning onstage while their images are captured and projected onscreen."

Sounds kind of like the video for "You Are My Sister", which makes sense since Atlas directed it. Doveman's Thomas Bartlett will play piano in Antony's band on the "Turning" dates.
Dates:

10-04 Dublin, Ireland - The Point (Hal Willner's Leonard Cohen tribute)
10-05 Dublin, Ireland - The Point (Hal Willner's Leonard Cohen tribute)
10-31 Rome, Italy - Auditorium Parco della Musica (Romaeuropa Festival)
11-01 Rome, Italy - Auditorium Parco della Musica (Romaeuropa Festival)
11-04 London, England - Barbican
11-05 London, England - Barbican
11-07 Paris, France - Olympia
11-08 Madrid, Spain - Palacio Municipal de Congresos
11-10 Braga, Portugal - Theatro Circo de Braga