Luna to Reunite, Play 2015 Gigs in United States, Spain

After a decade-long hiatus, Luna will return to the road in 2015. Brooklyn Vegan reports the band — which played its final gig at New York's Bowery Ballroom in 2005 — will play several Spanish gigs next year, with the strong possibility of U.S. dates afterward.

The band published a gig poster on their Facebook page Tuesday morning, Oct. 28.

And then Dean Wareham told a couple Twitter followers that Luna would also play select U.S. engagements later in 2015:

Wareham has been playing shows with his wife, Luna bassist Britta Phillips, and was recently able to work on his latest release with help from Jim James.

"Jim's a good producer," Wareham told The Vinyl District this summer. "He should do a lot more of it. He's a positive force to be around. He's a good musician and has good instincts. Some of the songs would sound very different without his input. We had fun making this record. We recorded it in his house in Kentucky with some very nice equipment. He played the guitar solo on 'Babe in the Woods.' He got that fuzz effect by plugging his guitar right into the recording console and cranking it up. That's how the very first fuzz guitar solo, by Grady Martin on Marty Robbins's 'Don't Worry,' was recorded. By accident in his case, more or less."

Wareham also alluded to a possible reunion, but not for his original band, Galaxie 500.

"A Luna reunion isn't out of the question," he said. "That could happen. A Galaxie 500 reunion isn't going to happen. That would be too weird. It's been so long. That would be like getting back together with a girlfriend from high school. Only in this case it would be two girlfriends."