New Tours: Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Sonic Youth
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Get your dancing shoes on! Former SPIN cover stars Yeah Yeah Yeahs have unveiled a short U.S. tour in support of their third album, the disco- and electro-tinged It's Blitz!
The outing kicks off May 23 at Washington State's Sasquatch! Festival and will hit select cities in the Midwest, including Chicago and Detroit, before closing out June 6 at the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Manchester, TN. Tickets go on sale Friday, May 2, via Ticketmaster.
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Meanwhile, indie rock progenitors Sonic Youth are taking the heavy ass weirdo hooks of their new album, The Eternal (due June 9), for a ride across America this summer. The 21-date jaunt kicks off June 28 in Chicago and will major cities nationwide before grinding to a halt August 2 in Oakland, CA. Ticket presale starts Thursday, April 30, at Ticketmaster.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs tour dates:
5/23, Quincy, WA (Sasquatch Festival)
5/26, Chicago, IL (Riviera Theatre)
5/27, Detroit, MI (Clutch Cargos
5/28, Columbus, OH (Newport Music Hall)
5/30, Minneapolis, MN (First Ave)
5/31, Milwaukee, WI (Eagles Club)
6/2, St. Louis, MO (The Pageant)
6/3, Kansas City, MO (The Beaumont)
6/6, Mountain View, CA (Live 105 BFD)
6/12, Manchester, TN (Bonnaroo)
Sonic Youth tour dates:
6/28, Chicago, IL (Vic Theater)
6/29, Royal Oak, MI (Royal Oak Music Theatre)
7/02, Philadelphia, PA (Electric Factory)
7/03, New York, NY (United Palace Theatre)
7/06, Washington, DC (9:30 Club)
7/08, Richmond, VA (The National)
7/10, Knoxville, TN (Bijou Theater)
7/11, Nashville, TN (War Memorial)
7/12, Birmingham, AL (Sloss Furnaces)
7/13, Atlanta, GA (Variety Playhouse)
7/15, Dallas, TX (House of Blues)
7/16, Tulsa, OK (Cain's)
7/18, Kansas City, MO (Uptown Theater)
7/20, Milwaukee, WI (Turner Hall)
7/21, Minneapolis, MN (First Ave.)
7/23, Boise, ID (Knitting Factory)
7/25, Seattle, WA (Capitol Hill Block Party)
7/28, Portland, OR (Roseland Ballroom)
7/30, Salt Lake City, UT (Twilight Music Fest)
7/31, Denver, CO (Ogden Theater)
8/02, Oakland, CA (Fox Theater>
