{"id":22248,"date":"2026-06-09T13:49:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T13:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.foetus.org\/content\/?p=22248"},"modified":"2026-06-09T13:55:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T13:55:24","slug":"jg-thirlwell-performs-at-gregg-foreman-memorial-vega-tribute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.foetus.org\/content\/news\/jg-thirlwell-performs-at-gregg-foreman-memorial-vega-tribute\/","title":{"rendered":"JG Thirlwell performs at Gregg Foreman Memorial \/ Vega tribute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-22249\" src=\"https:\/\/www.foetus.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-06-at-8.31.30\u202fAM-239x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"239\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.foetus.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-06-at-8.31.30\u202fAM-239x300.png 239w, https:\/\/www.foetus.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-06-at-8.31.30\u202fAM-816x1024.png 816w, https:\/\/www.foetus.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-06-at-8.31.30\u202fAM-768x963.png 768w, https:\/\/www.foetus.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-06-at-8.31.30\u202fAM-25x31.png 25w, https:\/\/www.foetus.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-06-at-8.31.30\u202fAM-30x38.png 30w, https:\/\/www.foetus.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-06-at-8.31.30\u202fAM-171x215.png 171w, https:\/\/www.foetus.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-06-at-8.31.30\u202fAM-118x148.png 118w, https:\/\/www.foetus.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-06-at-8.31.30\u202fAM-167x210.png 167w, https:\/\/www.foetus.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-06-at-8.31.30\u202fAM.png 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 239px) 100vw, 239px\" \/><strong>JG Thirlwell<\/strong> will be performing at a memorial for his friend and colleague <strong>Gregg Foreman<\/strong>, who died in April 2026. Foreman gained recognition in <strong>The Delta 72<\/strong>, and also worked with <strong>Cat Power<\/strong>, <strong>Jon Spencer Blues Explosion<\/strong>, <strong>Pink Mountaintops<\/strong> and more. The evening also serves to commemorate <strong>Alan Vega<\/strong>&#8216;s birthday. Gregg Foreman and Vega worked together, and Foreman had helmed several Vega \/ <strong>Suicide<\/strong> tributes in the past. Thirlwell performed the Suicide song &#8220;Harlem&#8221; with Foreman twice on these tribute nights.<\/p>\n<p>Also appearing at the tribute will be <strong>Cat Power, Bob Bert<\/strong> (<strong>Sonic Youth<\/strong> \/ <strong>Pussy Galore<\/strong>), <strong>Grace Bergere, Jesse Malin, Liz Lamere<\/strong> (Vega&#8217;s widow), members of T<strong>he Delta 72,<\/strong> <strong>Cynthia Ross, Genre Is Death, Johnny Scuotto<\/strong> and many more. The event will occur at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bowerypalace.com\/\"><strong>Bowery Palace<\/strong><\/a> in New York. Tickets are available<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketweb.com\/event\/a-memorial-for-gregg-foreman-bowery-palace-tickets\/14976193?pl=boweryelectric&amp;REFID=clientsitewp\">here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JG Thirlwell will be performing at a memorial for his friend and colleague Gregg Foreman, who died in April 2026. Foreman gained recognition in The Delta 72, and also worked with Cat Power, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Pink Mountaintops and more. The evening also serves to commemorate Alan Vega&#8216;s birthday. Gregg Foreman and Vega worked [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[18],"tags":[59,184,2217,2214,1891,2216,2215,528,646,649,686,689,1897,2219,1878,1203,1236,2218],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foetus.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22248"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foetus.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foetus.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foetus.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foetus.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22248"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.foetus.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22252,"href":"https:\/\/www.foetus.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22248\/revisions\/22252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foetus.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foetus.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foetus.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}