The Detroit Cobras, the girl-girl fronted outfit behind covers of vintage R&B and rock’n’roll’s most obscure B-sides, have announced an extensive summer tour behind their latest homage paying collection of songs, Tied and True, CMJ.com reports. Kicking off in Springfield, MA June 28, the 40-date outing will lead the Motor City band through cities such as Cleveland, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C. before heading south, hitting Nashville, Atlanta, and New Orleans, among others, along the way. Following a cruise across the deserts of the Southwest, the Detroit Cobras will ascend the West Coast, skim the Midwest, and wrap with a performance in their hometown Sept. 1.
Detroit Cobras tour dates:
6/28, Springfield, MA (City Block Festival)
6/29, Hudson, NY (The Straybar)
6/30, Rochester, NY (The Bug Jar)
7/11, Covington, KY (The Mad Hatter)
7/12, Columbus, OH (Little Brother’s)
7/13, Millvale, PA (Mr. Small’s Theatre)
7/14, Cleveland, OH (Beachland Ballroom)
7/15, Buffalo, NY (Mohawk Place)
7/17, Philadelphia, PA (The Khyber)
7/18, Washington, DC (Black Cat)
7/19, Baltimore, MD (Ottobar)
7/20, Cambridge, MA (T.T. the Bear’s)
7/21, Brooklyn, NY (Siren Music Festival) 7/22, Hoboken, NJ (Maxwell’s)
7/24, Carrboro, NC (Cat’s Cradle)
7/25, Knoxville, TN (Blue Cats)
7/26, Nashville, TN (The End)
7/27, Atlanta, GA (Earl)
7/28, New Orleans, LA (House of Blues)
8/9, Houston, TX (Rudyard’s Beer Bar)
8/10, Dallas, TX (The Palladium Showroom)
8/11, Austin, TX (Emo’s)
8/13, Tucson, AZ (Plush)
8/14, Tempe, AZ (The Clubhouse)
8/15, San Diego, CA (The Casbah)
8/16, Hollywood, CA (Troubadour)
8/17, San Francisco, CA (Slim’s)
8/18, San Jose, CA (Blank Club)
8/20, Portland, OR (Doug Fir)
8/21, Seattle, WA (Neumo’s)
8/22, Boise, ID (Neurolux)
8/23, Salt Lake City, UT (Urban Lounge)
8/24, Denver, CO (Bluebird Theatre)
8/25, Kansas City, MO (Record Bar)
8/27, St. Louis, MO (Creepy Bar)
8/28, Iowa City, IA (Picador)
8/29, Minneapolis, MN (Triple Rock)
8/30, Milwaukee, WI (Mad Planet)
8/31, Chicago, IL (Double Door)
9/1, Detroit, MI (Magic Stick)
Just one week after the announcement of its initial lineup, Editors, Art Brut, Au Revoir Simone, and Matt & Kim, among others, have been appended to the bill for Monolith, the most recent addition to the U.S. indie rock festival circuit, slated for Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre Sept. 14-15. Turbonegro, William Elliott Whitmore, Rocky Votolato, Vienna Teng, Tim Barry, De Novo Dahl, Cameron McGill, and Mason Proper have also been confirmed as performing acts set to take the stage alongside bands like Flaming Lips, Decemberists, Kings of Leon, and Spoon.
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On the Web:
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