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English rock band Slowdive has just announced a new North American Tour, marking the first tour since their Fall 2014 trip. The band will be hitting cities across the Midwest and the east coast, so those on the West Coast will have to travel a bit to see them. Shows begin on May 2 in St. Paul, MN, and goes until May 8 in Brooklyn, NY. Indie rock band Japanese Breakfast will be opening up for the group throughout the entire tour. Check out the rest of the lineup below for a complete list of tour dates and venues. Tickets go on sale Jan. 27, so make sure to snag your ticket ASAP.
Fans were ecstatic when Slow Dive’s new song “Star Roving” blessed our speakers for the first time, as the song is the band’s first material for 22 long years. All this new activity is coming after the band announced they finished recording their new album back in August. While it’s going to be the first new album in 20 years, there’s no word yet on when exactly it’ll be released. However, new song and live performance dates is good enough for fans right now to get their Slowdive fix.
The song received critical acclaim so far, as NPR music said “Listening to Slowdive is like watching the sunrise and sunset at once — an awe-inspiring chorus of the galaxy.”
The New York Times were equally impressed, saying “The mix is even denser and more diffuse than Slowdive’s albums from the 1990s, reveling in the analog blur and sounding glad to be back.”
UPDATE (6/13): Slowdive have released a slew of new North American dates for the summer. The dates will take the legendary shoegaze band well into the Winter of 2017 when they finish up in Ashville, NC.
Slowdive North American Tour Dates:
05/02 – St. Paul, MN – Palace Theatre
05/03 – Chicago, IL- Vic Theater
05/05 – Toronto, ON – Danforth Music Hall
05/07 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
05/08 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel
6/16/-18 – Mannheim, Herman – Maifeld Derby
7/01 – Roskilde, Denmark – Roskilde Festival
7/06 – Trenčín, Slovakia – Pohoda Festival
7/07 – Madrid, Spain – Mad Cool Festival
7/09 – Six-Four-Les-Pages, France – Pointu Festival
7/21 – Los Angeles, CA – FYF Festival
7/28 – Ichion, South Korea – Valley Rock Festival
7/30 – Niigata Prefecture, Japan – Fuji Rock Festival
8/19 – Trondheim, Norway – Pstereo Festival
8/27 – Paris, France – Rock En Seine
8/31 – 9/01 – Wiltshire, UK – End Of The Road Festival
9/07 – Tel Aviv, Israel – Barby
9/15-16 – Angers, France – Levitation France
9/17 – Birmingham, UK – Beyond The Tracks Festival
9/29 – 10/01 – Dortmund, Germany – Way Back When Festival
9/30 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Koncerthuset
10/02 – Warsaw, Poland – Warsaw Palladium
10/03 – Berlin, Germany – Berlin Huxleys Neue Welt
10/04 – Hamburg, Germany – Uebel & Gefaehrlich
10/06 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – PAradiso
10/07 – Brussels, Belgium – Botanique
10/09 – Glasgow, UK – O2 ABC
10/10 – Manchester, UK – Albert Hall
10/11 – Leeds, UK – Town Hall
10/13 – London, UK – Roundhouse
10/23 – Vancouver, BC – The Commodore
10/25 – Seattle, WA – The Neptune
10/26 – Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom
10/28 – Oakland, CA – Fox Theater
11/01 – Denver, CO – The Ogden
11/04 – Madison, WI – Barrymore Theatre
11/05 – Chicago, IL – Vic Theatre
11/07 – Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall
11/08 – Detroit, MI – Majestic Theatre
11/09 – Buffalo, NY – Town Hall
11/10 – Toronto, ON – CANADA @ Massey Hall
11/11 – New Haven, CT – College St Music Hall
11/12 – New York, NY – Terminal 5
11/14 – Boston, MA – Paradise
11/15 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
11/16 – Baltimore, MD – Ram’s Head
11/17 – Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel
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