14 DAY TRIAL // Singer Lana Del Rey has always had a certain taste for the macabre and the gloomy, and nowhere is that more apparent than on her most recent album release, the chart-topping “Ultraviolence.” Yes, the title of the album is a dead-giveaway, pun intended.
To promote the album, Lana will be performing two very special shows at a famous Hollywood cemetery, which actually happens to be the final resting place of some of the biggest names in showbiz, including Dee Dee and Johnny Ramone, Valentino, Tony Scott and Mel Blanc.
The shows will take place on October 17 and 18 at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, and will offer Lana a very good chance to showcase the tracks included on “Ultraviolence” and get more media exposure for the album, Billboard informs.
She can use the exposure because she recently had to cancel her entire European tour (in support of the same album), citing medical reasons. Founded as they might be, her fans didn’t take the news too kindly, I should add.
The decision to perform at a cemetery might seem strange (it sure does to me), but the trade publication stresses that Forever Cemetery is often used as venue for a series of public events. “The number one rule is no death metal here,” Jay Boileau, executive VP and director of the cultural events programming at Hollywood Forever, joked earlier this year.
Lana and her atmospheric, moody and dark music will fit right in just perfectly.