Lydia Lunch & Marc Hurtado plays Suicide

On 14 July 2026 at 6:00 pm at Quarry in Liverpool, Lydia Lunch and Marc Hurtado play songs by Suicide and Alan Vega.

Lydia Lunch crossed paths with Alan Vega and Martin Rev of Suicide upon arriving in New York at 16 in the late 1970s. She attended an early Suicide show that influenced her. Since then, they have maintained a close artistic and personal relationship. Lunch performed Frankie Teardrop with Suicide on stage and on record, and she sang a duet with Alan Vega on Sniper by Alan Vega and Marc Hurtado in 2010.

Marc Hurtado had already met Alan Vega and Lydia Lunch on Étant Donnés’ album Re-Up in 1999. He formed the project My Lover the Killer with Lydia Lunch in 2013, with whom he recorded an album and performed on stage.

Since 2014, Lydia Lunch and Marc Hurtado have joined forces for a set built around songs by Suicide and Alan Vega.

Lydia Lunch is a musician, writer, photographer and performance artist. She emerged on the New York music scene in 1977 with the No Wave project Teenage Jesus and the Jerks. She has collaborated with Karen Finley, Hubert Selby Jr, Nick Cave, William Burroughs and Virginie Despentes, and has lived and worked in New York, Brooklyn, New Orleans, San Francisco, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles and London.

Marc Hurtado is a musician, performer, poet, painter, producer and filmmaker who co-founded the French duo Étant Donnés with his brother Éric in 1977. He has released more than 20 albums and performed worldwide. Apart from this duo and his solo project Sol Ixent, he has collaborated with Alan Vega, Genesis P-Orridge, Michael Gira (Swans), Gabi Delgado (DAF), Craig Walker (Archive), Pascal Comelade, Z'ev, Philippe Grandrieux, Christophe, Saba Komossa (Delkom), Mark Cunningham (Mars), and Bachir Attar and the Master Musicians of Jajouka.