The Airborne Toxic Event Share “Faithless”

The Airborne Toxic Event has shared a new single. “Faithless” is available now at all DSPs and streaming services.

A powerful song about getting lost in a world of hopeless outcomes, “Faithless” marks the first new music from the Los Angeles-based band since 2020’s critically acclaimed album, HOLLYWOOD PARK.

“‘Faithless’ is a song about trying to believe in something in a world telling you to believe in nothing,” says Airborne Toxic Event founder and frontman Mikel Jollett, “getting lost in a world of hopeless outcomes and trying to find connection with others, or if you can’t, a new place to lose yourself.”

LISTEN TO “FAITHLESS”

The Airborne Toxic Event is set to finally embark on their epic Hollywood Park Tour, beginning March 22 at The Van Buren in Phoenix, AZ and then traveling North America through October. Much of the tour – including shows in Washington, DC, Philadelphia, Chicago, Vancouver, Seattle, and San Diego – is already sold out, with limited ticket availability for the remaining dates. Notably, the band will be playing The Beacon Theatre in New York and finishing the tour with a hometown show at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles. Support on all dates through April 30 comes from Mondo Cozmo. For updates and more, please visit www.theairbornetoxicevent.com/shows.

In addition, this summer will be highlighted by a once-in-a-lifetime performance that will see the Airborne Toxic Event backed by the San Francisco Symphony, set for August 1 at San Francisco, CA’s Davies Symphony Hall. Limited tickets remain available HERE.

The Airborne Toxic Event’s sixth LP, HOLLYWOOD PARK arrived alongside an extraordinary  literary work of the same name by Mikel Jollett, available now from Celadon Books, a division of MacMillan; the paperback edition arrives on Tuesday, March 22.

Hollywood Park: A Memoir sees Jollett chronicling his extraordinary personal journey, from his early childhood in one of the most infamous cults of the 1970s, through a childhood of poverty and emotional abuse, before finding his voice as an artist among the confusion of an adult life spent nursing the wounds of childhood, and the redemption which came from looking inward and an acceptance of self and the fierce love of family.

Celadon Books recently announce the Hollywood Park Book Tour, a series of eight in-person events – in tandem with the Hollywood Park Tour – where Jollett will discuss Hollywood Park, answer reader questions, and sign copies of the critically acclaimed book. Tickets will be sold in limited capacity and include the new paperback edition. For complete details, please visit Celadon Books HERE.

Hollywood Park: A Memoir made its debut at #8 on the New York Times Best Seller List amidst a wave of critical applause. “A shocking but contemplative memoir about the aftermath of an unhealthy upbringing,” declared Publishers Weekly in a starred-review. “Jollett also talks about turning pain into music, getting help for abandonment issues, and finding love and starting a family.” O The Oprah Magazine named Hollywood Park among “The 30 Most Anticipated Books of 2020 (So Far),” writing, “The frontman of rock band Airborne Toxic Event chronicles, in gorgeous and exacting lyricism, his harrowing coming-of-age within (and eventual escape from) the Church of Synanon, a violent religious cult.” “Dangerous, immediate and lyrical from the jump,” wrote the Wall Street Journal, while ABC’s Good Morning America included Hollywood Park: A Memoir in its own “20 Books We’re Excited For In 2020,” writing, “What comes through the pages is a story of fierce love and family loyalty. This moving and profound memoir is for anyone who loves a good redemption story.”

HOLLYWOOD PARK made its own explosive chart debut, entering among the top 5 on Billboard’s “Top Alternative Albums” and the top 10 on “Top Rock Albums.” Produced and mixed by the band’s longtime collaborator, multiple GRAMMY® Award-nominee Mark Needham (The Killers, Fleetwood Mac), the album serves as both companion volume and musical soundtrack to Jollett’s remarkable memoir, adding vivid sonic color to his wrenching and ultimately life-affirming personal chronicle. Indeed, both the album and book were fueled in large part by the untimely death of Jollett’s father. Devastated to his very core, he withdrew from both the world and his work for nearly a year before ultimately finding the strength to begin anew.

The Airborne Toxic Event is: Mikel Jollett (guitars, vocals), Steven Chen (guitars, keyboards), Darren Taylor (drums), Adrian Rodriguez (bass), and Mimi Peschet (violin).

THE AIRBORNE TOXIC EVENT

HOLLYWOOD PARK TOUR

MARCH

22 – Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren

24 – Dallas, TX – House of Blues

25 – Houston, TX – House of Blues

26 – Austin, TX – Emo’s

28 – Kansas City, MO – Truman

29 – St. Louis, MO – Del Mar Concert Hall

30 – Nashville, TN – The Basement East

31 – Atlanta, GA – Buckhead Theatre

APRIL

1 – Charlotte, NC – The Underground

2 – Washington, DC – 930 Club

3 – Washington, DC – 930 Club (SOLD OUT)

5 – Boston, MA – House of Blues

6 – New York, NY – Beacon Theatre

7 – Philadelphia, PA – TLA (SOLD OUT)

8 – Philadelphia, PA – TLA

10 – Buffalo, NY – Town Ballroom

12 – Toronto, ON – Danforth Music Hall

14 – Chicago, IL – The Vic Theatre (SOLD OUT)

15 – Chicago, IL – The Vic Theatre

16 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue

18 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theater

19 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theater

20 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Depot

22 – Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom (SOLD OUT)

23 – Seattle, WA – The Showbox (SOLD OUT)

24 – Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom

27 – Sacramento, CA – Ace of Spades

29 – San Diego, CA – Observatory SOLD OUT

30 – Los Angeles, CA – Greek Theatre

JULY

16 – San Francisco, CA – Davies Hall (with The San Francisco Symphony)

OCTOBER

6 – Boulder, CO – Fox Theatre

8 – Colorado Springs, CO – The Black Sheep (SOLD OUT)

9 – Omaha, NE – Waiting Room

11 – Des Moines, IA – Wooly’s

12 – Madison, WI – Majestic Theatre

13 – Cincinnati, OH – Bogarts

14 – Indianapolis, IN – The Vogue

16 – Rochester, NY – Anthology

17 – Pittsburgh, PA – Roxian Theatre

18 – Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall

20 – Louisville, KY – Headliners Music Hall

21 – Cleveland, OH – House of Blues

22 – Detroit, MI – St. Andrews Hall

24 – Chattanooga, TN – The Walker Theater

25 – Asheville, NC – Orange Peel

26 – Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle

3/22-4/30 w/Special Guest Mondo Cozmo

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MIKEL JOLLETT

HOLLYWOOD PARK: A MEMOIR

BOOK TOUR

MARCH

19 – Los Angeles, CA – TBA

APRIL

3 – Washington, DC – East City Bookshop

5 – Boston, MA – Brookline Booksmith at Coolidge Theatre

8 – Philadelphia, PA – Bindlestiff Books at Theatre of the Living Arts

15 – Chicago, IL – Book Cellar at Everybody’s Coffee

19 – Denver, CO – Tattered Cover at McGregor Square

23 – Seattle, WA – Madison Books & Phinney Books

29 – San Diego, CA – Book Catapult