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Pussy Riot Announces First U.S. Tour

GLASTONBURY, ENGLAND - JUNE 26: Nadya Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina of Pussy Riot perform on The Park Stage during the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 26, 2015 in Glastonbury, England. Now its 45th year the festival is one largest music festivals in the world and this year features headline acts Florence and the Machine, Kanye West and The Who. The Festival, which Michael Eavis started in 1970 when several hundred hippies paid just ?1, now attracts more than 175,000 people. (Photo by Ian Gavan/Getty Images)

Russian feminist punk group Pussy Riot have announced a “live music performance art” U.S. tour, their first North American trek. The show will be mix of activist performance art and live music, previewed at a December performance in Los Angeles. The tour will kick off in Chicago on March 6 and is slated to stop at Boston Calling and Alabama’s Hangout Festival. The band will continue to add new dates; view the current schedule below.

Pussy Riot released their latest EP xxx in 2016; since then, they have put out videos for several songs from the record, including “Make America Great Again,” “Organs,” and “Straight Outta Vagina.” On the one-year anniversary of the 2016 election, the group released a one-off track “Police State,” with an accompanying video starring Chloë Sevigny.

Pussy Riot 2018 North American tour:
March 6 — Chicago, IL – Subterranean
March 10 — St. Paul, MN – Turf Club
March 18 — Mexico City, MX – Vive Latino
March 20 — Portland, OR – Doug Fir Lounge
March 21 — Portland, OR – Doug Fir Lounge
March 22 — Seattle, WA – Chop Suey
March 25 — Vancouver, BC – Rickshaw Theatre
March 27 — Santa Cruz, CA – The Catalyst
March 28 — San Francisco, CA – Rickshaw Stop
March 31 — Los Angeles, CA – The Echo
April 1 — Los Angeles, CA – The Echo
May 18-20 — Gulf Shores, AL – Hangout Festival
May 18-27 — Boston, MA – Boston Calling