The Bird and The Bee, have released their cover of Van Halen’s “Hot For Teacher.” The track is with out guitar, combined with a spoken word cameo from Beck. The track also features legendary drummer, Omar Hakim known for his work with David Bowie, Sting, Daft Punk, Weather Report, Madonna, Kate Bush and more. Listen to “Hot For Teacher ft. Beck”. This is the third song the duo of singer Inara George and multi-instrumentalist Greg Kurstin have released from Interpreting the Masters Volume 2: A Tribute to Van Halen, a collection of covers of some of the most massive and wild songs from David Lee Roth-era Van Halen. The album is out August 2nd on No Expectations / Release Me Records.

“The Bird and The Bee bring unforeseen angles to the Van Halen song book. Makes sense because, like Eddie Van Halen, Greg is a kind of musical wunderkind in his own right and Inara’s vocals bring a cool counterpart to Diamond Dave’s pyrotechnics,” observes Beck. “Making a cameo on their version of ‘Hot for Teacher’ felt like an extension of the kind of riffing and fooling around we do in the studio on a normal session.” Kurstin and Beck are and have been collaborators since the Sea Change-era with Kurstin also having produced the Grammy-winning album Colors.

The Bird and The Bee will embark on a 15 – date North American tour kicking off in Los Angeles’ John Anson Ford Amphitheater. This special one-off performance will feature help from Dave Grohl on drums and Justin Meldal-Johnsen on bass. A full run of tour dates detailed below. In addition to “Hot for Teacher”, the band recently shared their new-wavey, fever dream rework of “Ain’t Talking ‘Bout Love,” from Van Halen’s 1978 self-titled debut, following shortly after the band shared their cover of “Panama,” a song where Kurstin’s lush piano work replaces the revved-up guitar riffs of the original.

The Bird and The Bee
Live Dates

08/02/19 – Los Angeles, CA @ John Anson Ford Theater #
08/11/19 – St. Paul, MN @ Turf Club *
08/12/19 – Chicago, IL @ Sleeping Village *
08/13/19 – Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Tavern *
08/14/19 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Smalls Theatre *
08/15/19 – Providence, RI @ Columbus Theatre *
08/16/19 – Philadelphia, PA @ World Cafe Live *
08/17/19 – Brooklyn, NY @ Elsewhere *
08/20/19 – Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle *
08/21/19 – Atlanta, GA @ Aisle 5 *
08/22/19 – Birmingham, AL @ The Saturn *
08/24/19 – Dallas, TX @ Trees *
08/25/19 – Austin, TX @ Parish *
08/28/19 – Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom *
08/29/19 – San Diego, CA @ Casbah *
08/30/19 – San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop * ^

# = featuring Dave Grohl on drums and Justin Meldal-Johnsen on bass
* = support from Samantha Sidley and Alex Lilly
^ = additional support from DJ Aaron Exelson