The Magnetic Fields Announce '69 Love Songs' 25th Anniversary Tour With All Album Personnel

In 1999, Stephin Merritt released his magnum opus. Merritt and his Magnetic Fields might’ve considered the triple-disc masterpiece 69 Love Songs to be an experiment in sentimentality and factory-style songwriting, but the songs themselves are so good that they’ve continued to resonate for the past quarter-century. In 2000, Merritt and the Magnetic Fields performed 69 Love Songs in full seven times — five in New York, two in London — spreading the album out by playing it over two nights. Next year, they’ll celebrate the 25th anniversary of 69 Love Songs by doing it all again.