The Hold Steady announce DVD release

The Hold Steady announce the release of 'A Positive Rage', a double disc package featuring a documentary on DVD and their first-ever live album. The 2-CD set will be released on Rough Trade Records in the UK on 6 April.

'A Positive Rage' captures the excitement and high spirits of both the band and their fans in the days surrounding the release of their third full-length, 'Boys and Girls in America', and ensuing world tour in 2006 and 2007.

With an album on the Billboard Charts, The Hold Steady abandon their day jobs and light out for the territories. But roaming that ribbon of highway isn't all autographs and beer nuts. Here's a rock and roll group grappling with their success, always on the brink of collapse – in love with the road, but praying to make it home in one piece.

The 53-minute documentary begins with The Hold Steady's first ever London headline performances in Feb 2007 with never-before-seen live footage, back stage interviews with the band members, fan commentary and the original, raw audio. Cameras follow the band as they return to the US for a 24-date tour that culminates on screen with an especially poignant performance at First Avenue in Craig Finn's hometown, Minneapolis.

The live album was recorded on October 31, 2007 and includes seventeen songs that Craig Finn, Tad Kubler, Galen Polivka, Franz Nicolay, and Bobby Drake performed on the second of their two-night sold-out stand at the Chicago Metro venue – scene of a legendary early Oasis live album recording. The enhanced Hold Steady album will also feature five bonus studio tracks: 'Ask Her For Adderall', 'Cheyenne Sunrise', 'Two Handed Handshake', and the previously unreleased tracks 'Spectres' and '40 Bucks'. The booklet features personal photos and the band's memories of the tour.

A Positive Rage live album track listing:
1.Intro/ 2. Stuck Between Stations/ 3. The Swish/ 4. Chips Ahoy!/ 5. Massive Nights/ 6. Ask Her For Adderall/ 7. Barfruit Blues/ 8. Same Kooks/ 9. You Gotta Dance (With Who You Came With)/ 10. Lord, I'm Discouraged/ 11. You Can Make Him Like You/ 12. Your Little Hoodrat Friend/ 13. Southtown Girls/ 14. Citrus/ 15. First Night/ 16. Girls Like Status/ 17. Killer Parties

The Hold Steady are just about to start a tour of Australia, then its back to America for an extensive US tour including the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on17 April. The band tour the UK in May.

THE HOLD STEADY on tour in UK:

May 10 – Glasgow, UK @ SECC #
May 11 – Manchester, UK @ Manchester Evening News Arena #
May 13 – Birmingham, UK @ NIA #
May 14 – London, UK @ Wembley Arena #
May 16 – Cardiff, UK @ Cardiff Arena #
May 18 – Bournemouth, UK @ BIC #
May 19 – Nottingham, UK @ Royal Centre #
May 21 – Brixton, UK @ Academy #
# - supporting Counting Crows

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