Europe: Well aren’t you in for a ripping good time. Black Lips just announced their latest tour, and they’ll be spending the first half of the summer with all your lovely faces. So slip on your best stage diving shoes, dust off your beach balls and grab your raincoats, because you never know exactly what’ll happen at a Black Lips show (and we aren’t talking about the weather).
Whether they’re donning their birthday suits while backwashing beer on the crowd, or sporting dress ties and dedicating their songs to all the good dads in world, what’s guaranteed amongst all the unpredictability is high energy and an insanely good time. Got a scar on my right knee to prove it.
Black Lips European Tour Dates:
May 22 - TURIN, ITALY - Astoria Club
May 24 - ROME, ITALY - Circolo degli Artisti
May 25 - RAVENA, ITALY - Bronson
May 26 - BASSANO-CITTADELLA, ITALY - Vinile Celebration
May 27 - BRESCIA, ITALY - Vinile 45
May 28 - MARSEILLE, FRANCE - Cabaret Aleatoire
May 29 - MONTPELIER, FRANCE - Rockstore
May 30 - BARCELONA, SPAIN - Primavera Sound
June 3 - BARCELONA, SPAIN - Primavera Sound
June 5 - MADRID, SPAIN - The Old Theatre
June 8 - PORTO, PORTUGAL - Primavera Porto
Europe! If there is one tour that’s going to leave your entire body ringing and your ears melting for the next three weeks, this is it. Every Time I Die, Cancer Bats, Set Your Goals, and Make Do And Mend are destroying the mainland this month. PARTY TIME!
The tour is only a few days in so far, so get moving:
May 8 - Bratislava, Slovakia @ Randall Club
May 9 - Prague, Czech Republic @ Futrum
May 10 - Schweinfurt, Germany @ Stattbahnhof
May 11 - Berlin, Germany @ Columbia Club
May 12 - Copenhagen, Denmark @ Pumphuset
May 13 - Stockholm, Sweden @ Klubben
May 14 - Goteborg, Sweden @ Sticky Fingers
May 15 - Aarhus, Denmark @ Train
May 16 - Hamburg, Germany @ Knust
May 17 - Bremen, Germany @ Lagerhaus
May 18 - Hannover, Germany @ Faust
May 19 - Eindhoven, Holland @ Dynamo
Europe & US:
If Thee Oh Sees wanted to start a riot, they could. That’s how good their shows are. In fact, the amount of fun you will have at their live show is guaranteed to rival the amount of love you already have for their studio recorded albums. Their mix of psychedelic and lo-fi garage cacophony is wrapped up in a quirkiness that is distinctly their own. Drop this on a stage along with the band’s infectious energy, and you’ve got yourself a good night, and possibly a black-eye.
Their music video for “Meat Step Lively” provides a pretty accurate depiction of what it’s like to attend their show, just imagine you had three-framed looped vision as well.
They’re playing their last small venue show (in their hometown of San Francisco on May 16), before hitting up all points of the Europe and the US and whipping up a storm with the masses at a music festival near you:
16 May 2012 Brick and Mortar San Francisco CA
25 May 2012 France St Brieuc Art Rock Fest
26 May 2012 UK Brighton Hydrant
27 May 2012 UK London ATP
29 May 2012 France Nantes Stereo Lux
30 May 2012 France Bordeaux Docks
31 May 2012 Spain Barcelona Primavera Sound Fest
1 June 2012 France Limoges La Fourmi
2 June 2012 France Lyon Clacson
4 June 2012 Greece Athens An Club
6 june 2012 France Paris Point Ephémère
8 june 2012 Portugal Porto Primavera Sound Fest
10 June 2012 France Marseille La Machine à Coudre
11 June 2012 Italy Milan Magnolia
12 June 2012 Italy Ravenna Hana-Bi
13 June 2012 Italy Rome Init
14 June 2012 Italy Torino Spazio 211
15 June 2012 Italy Venice Pop Corn Marghera
16 June 2012 Swiss Genéve L’Usine
18 June 2012 Holland Nijmegen Merleyn
19 June 2012 Holland Amsterdam Paradisio
20 June 2012 Belgium Kortrijk De Kreun
21 June 2012 Belgium Bruxelles Wartkapoen
23 June 2012 Germany Erfurt Teenitus Fest
24 June 2012 Germany Hamburg Hafen klang
26 June 2012 Sweden Stockholm Strand Club
27 June 2012 Norway Oslo Revolver
28 June 2012 Danemark Copenhague Pumpe Huset
30 June 2012 France Belfort Eurockéennes
1 July 2012 Holland Rotterdam Metropolis Fest
15 July 2012 Pitchfork Festival Chicago IL
20 July 2012 Capital Hill Block Party Seattle WA
3 August 2012 Pickathon Happy Valley OR
4 August 2012 Pickathon Happy Valley OR
5 August 2012 Woodsist Festival Big Sur CA
10 August 2012 Outside Lands Festival San Francisco CA
6 September 2012 Hopscotch Festival Raleigh NC
23 September 2012 ATP Asbury Park NJ
Nothing says bad ass like a photo with Barney & friends. Mastodon knows how to do it up right. Make sure to catch them while they’re touring Europe (Meet & Greet with Barney not included).
Jan 26th - Milan, Italy @ Xtra
Jan 29th - Frankfurt, Germany @ Batschkapp
Jan 30th - Munich, Germany @ Backstage Halle/Werk
Jan 31st - Berlin, Germany @ C-Club/Astra
Feb 2nd - Cologne, Germany @ Essigfabrik/E-Werk
Feb 3rd - Tilburg, Holland @ 013
Feb 5th - Bristol, UK @ 02 Academy
Feb 6th - Manchester, UK @ Academy
Feb 7th - Glasgow, UK @ Barrowlands
Feb 9th - Norwich, UK @ UEA
Feb 10th - Birmingham, UK @ HMV Institute
Feb 11th - London, UK @ O2 Academy Brixton
Win a Dinner with Millencolin at Groezrock!
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