ALLENTOWN, Pa. — An industrial-rock band that in the late 1990s crossed over to have hits on the pop and dance charts will perform at an Allentown nightclub as part of the 25th anniversary of its biggest album, it has been announced.
And it will be joined by a band that in the early 2000s had nine Top 40 hits on the Alternative chart.
Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. today, Friday, Jan. 18, at ticketweb.com.Concert announcement
Orgy, known best for its 1998 hit cover of the New Order song “Blue Monday,” will perform at 5:30 p.m. Friday, May 17, at MainGate Night Club as part of a tour to mark the anniversary of its album “Candyass,” which included “Blue Monday.”
Opening the show will be alternative rock band Cold, which had two gold albums in the early and is best known for the 2003 Top 10 hit “Stupid Girl.”
Tickets, at $25 general admission, went on sale today, Friday, Jan. 18, at ticketweb.com.
Chart success
“Candyass” was Orgy’s debut album in 1998 and hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Heatseekers chart and No. 32 on the overall chart, buoyed by “Blue Monday,” which peaked at No. 4 on the Alternative chart and No. 2 on the Dance chart.
“Candyass” also produced the hit “Stitches,” which peaked at No. 18 on the Alternative chart.
The album sold platinum.
Orgy’s sophomore album, “Vapor Transmission,” sold gold and peaked at No. 16 on Billboard’s overall Albums chart, with the hits "Fiction (Dreams in Digital)," which hit No. 6 on the Alternative chart, and “Opticon,” which peaked at No. 26 on that chart.
The group released a third album, 2004’s “Punk Statik Paranoia,” which rose to No. 11 on the Independent chart.
The only remaining original member in Orgy is singer Jay Gordon.
Cold first hit the charts with its sophomore album, 2000’s “13 Ways to Bleed on Stage,” which sold Gold and broke the Top 100 on the Albums chart and produced the Top 25 Mainstream Rock hits “No One,” “Just Got Wicked” and “End of the World.”
But it had its biggest success with its 2003 album “Year of the Spider,” which also sold gold and peaked at No. 3 on the Albums chart. Its top single was “Stupid Girl,” and it also had the Top 30 Mainstream Rock songs “Go Away” and “Suffocate.”
It produced three more albums, the latest being 2019’s “The Things We Can’t Stop,” which peaked at No. 11 on the Alternative chart, and continued to have charting hits through 2011’s “Wicked World.”
