Laibach unite with Silence, for ‘White Christmas’ cover – Out now
Laibach (Photo by Tina Winkhaus)
Laibach have shared “White Christmas“, a two-track single release that follows their recent cover of “Strange Fruit”. For this special release, they have worked with fellow Slovenian artists, Silence. The single itself has 2 tracks, the original version plus a ‘Silence Night’ version.
“White Christmas” was originally written by Irving Berlin – a Russian-born Jewish immigrant who didn’t celebrate Christmas – for the 1942 musical, “Holiday Inn”. The Bing Crosby version of the song, which reminisces about an old-fashioned Christmas, is not only the best-selling Christmas song of all time, it’s also the best-selling single ever according to Guinness World Records. The song was dedicated to Irvin Berlin’s three-week old son who died on Christmas Day.
With the single Laibach wants to consider what future Christmases, with the aggressive climate and political changes around the world, will look like. “Let this track be a weapon in the war against misery and unhappiness”, so they say.
Earlier this year the band released the remastered edition of the classic album “Opus Dei” and later this month, Record Store Day (29 November) will mark the first ever vinyl release of the band’s John Peel Sessions.
Laibach on tour
- 07 Feb – Ljubljana, Kino Šiška, SI
- 16 Feb – Krakow Kwadrat, PL
- 18 Feb- Ostrava, Barrak, CZ
- 19 Feb – Vienna, Arena, AT
- 20 Feb – Jena, F-Haus, DE
- 21 Feb – Sittard, Poppodium Volt, NL
- 22 Feb – London, Islington Assembly Hall, UK
- 23 Feb – Manchester, Ritz, UK
- 24 Feb – Southampton, The 1865, UK
- 25 Feb – Bristol, Trinity Centre, UK
- 27 Feb – Lausanne, Les Docks, CH
- 28 Feb – Bologna, Link, IT
- 01 March – Nova Gorica, SNG Nova Gorica, SI
- 04 March – Skopje, Macedonian Philharmonic MK
- 05 March – Athens, Gazarte, GR
- 06 March – Sofia, Pirotska 5, BG
- 07 March – Bucharest, Quantic Club, RO
- 08 March – Beograd, Dom Omladine, RS
- 21 March – Maribor, Narodni dom, SI
For more on Laibach, see Laibach launch Peel Sessions (1986-1987) for Record Store Day in a… on Side-Line.
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