The ever eccentric Sufjan Stevens has announced a Winter tour of Christmas sing-a-longs and a box set of new Christmas EPs. Read More for full information.
Experimental folk rocker Sufjan Stevens is a wonder kid of the unexpected. The eccentric musician has abandoned his 50-states project and has revealed the follow up to 2010’s twisted-epic Age of Adz as another Christmas box set. Silver & Gold: Songs For Christmas, volumes 6-10 follows 2006’s box set Songs For Christmas, volumes 1-5. Pitchfork reports the box set includes a series of EPs, all featuring songs spreading the holiday cheer, and other fun goodies like stickers, temporary tattoos, ornaments, a pull out poster, lyric and chord sheets, psychedelic photos and liner notes. Silver & Gold will also feature guest performances from members of The National, Arcade Fire, Adz collaborator Cat Martino and many others.
Sufjan also announced a Christmas related tour. In semi-self explanatory fashion the tour is titled “Surfjohn Stevens Christmas Sing-A-Long: Seasonal Affective Disorder Yuletide Disaster Pageant on Ice”. The tour will start in late November and run through December. Fans should expect this to be a Christmas tour and shouldn’t expect Stevens to play his old stuff.
“Surfjohn Stevens Christmas Sing-A-Long: Seasonal Affective Disorder Yuletide Disaster Pageant on Ice” Tour Dates:
11/23 Philadelphia, PA –
Union Transfer
11/24 Washington, DC –
9:30 Club
11/25 Saxapahaw, NC –
The Haw River Ballroom
11/26 Athens, GA –
The Georgia Theatre
11/27 Chattanooga, TN –
Track 29
11/28 Oxford, MS –
The Lyric Oxford
11/30 Dallas, TX –
Granada Theater
12/01 Austin, TX –
Emo’s East
12/03 Tucson, AZ –
Rialto Theatre
12/04 Los Angeles, CA –
The Fonda Theatre (formerly The Music Box)
12/05 San Francisco, CA –
Great American Music Hall
12/06 Portland, OR –
Aladdin Theater
12/08 Seattle, WA –
Neptune Theatre
12/09 Missoula, MT –
Wilma Theatre
12/12 Minneapolis, MN –
Mill City Nights (Formerly The Brick)
12/13 Milwaukee, WI –
Turner Hall
12/14 Indianapolis, IN –
Deluxe @ Old National Centre
12/15 Chicago, IL –
Metro
12/16 Cleveland, OH –
Beachland Ballroom
12/18 Buffalo, NY –
Asbury Hall @ Babeville
12/19 Providence, RI –
Fete
12/20 Boston, MA –
Royale
12/21 New York, NY –
Bowery Ballroom
12/22 New York, NY –
Bowery Ballroom