Tour Alert: Red Hot Chili Peppers Announce North American Shows
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Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers, currently touring Europe, will launch the North American leg of their I’m With You World Tour in January. Tickets for the six shows listed below will go on sale on December 3rd, with more shows slated to be announced in the coming weeks. The tour will be the band’s first full-scale tour of the U.S. in five years, since they promoted 2006’s Stadium Arcadium.
1/25 Charlotte, NC – Time Warner Cable Arena
1/27 Raleigh, NC – RBC Center
1/28 Columbia, SC – ColonialLife Arena
1/30 Duluth, GA – Gwinnett Arena
1/31 Greensboro, NC – Greensboro Coliseum
2/03 Memphis, TN – FedEx Forum
Justice
French eccentrics Justice come to North America this spring in support of their new album Audio, Video, Disco. The duo will give Stateside fans a taste of their new sound, which Rolling Stone called “Seventies-style arena rock.” Get ready for some power chords.
3/16 New York, NY – Terminal 5
3/17 New York, NY – Terminal 5
3/19 Boston, MA – House of Blues
3/20 Philadelphia, PA – Electric Factory
3/21 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
3/22 Atlanta, GA – The Tabernacle
4/17 Oakland, CA – Fox Theater
4/19 Las Vegas, NV – The Pool – The Cosmopolitan Las Vegas
4/24 Portland, OR – Roseland Theater
4/25 Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre
4/26 Vancouver, BC – Forum
Laura Marling
21-year old English troubadour Laura Marling just released her third album A Creature I Don’t Know, which has garnered the most enthusiastic reviews of her career. Marling will be touring the States for the upcoming holidays, starting in Minneapolis and ending in NYC with a double show.
12/1 Minneapolis, MN – Cedar Cultural Center
12/3 Rock Island, IL – Rock Island Brewing Company (Daytrotter Holiday Party)
12/4 Chicago, IL – Chicago Theatre (WXRT Holiday Party)
12/7 Toronto, ON – Camera Bar
12/9 Philadelphia, PA – Grindcore House *
12/11 New York, NY – The McKittrick Hotel *
*There will be two performances on these dates
Avey Tare
Animal Collective‘s Avey Tare hits the road across the country before year’s end, and will tour in support of his solo debut from last year, Down There. No doubt his performances will be full of his solo work, but as the primary songwriter of Animal Collective, don’t be shocked if a few classics slip into the sets.
11/29 Baltimore, MD – Metro Gallery
11/30 Washington DC – U Street Music Hall
12/1 Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda’s
12/2 Brooklyn, NY – Knitting Factory
12/3 Pittsburgh, PA – Club Cafe
12/5 Chicago, IL – Schuba’s
12/6 Madison, WI – Majestic
12/7 Minneapolis, MN – Triple Rock
12/9 Los Angeles, CA – Eagle Rock Center for the Arts
12/10 Santa Cruz, CA – Catalyst Atrium
12/11 Oakland, CA – New Parish
Grimes
Montreal’s 23-year-old Claire Boucher — aka Grimes — produces a light, bouncy sound that somehow, probably due to her haunting falsetto, feels dark and even at times uncomfortable. The singer/producer takes her acclaimed sound to the road next year for a healthy amount of tour dates, kicking off in Vancouver.
2/18 Vancouver, BC – Fortune Sound Club*
2/20 Seattle, WA – Sunset Tavern*
2/21 Portland, OR – Holocene*
2/24 Los Angeles, CA – Echo*
2/25 San Diego, CA – Soda Bar*
2/27 Phoenix, AZ, Rhythm Room*
2/29 Austin, TX – Lambert’s*
3/1 Denton, TX Dan’s Silverleaf*
3/2 New Orleans, LA – LBC Quad – Tulane University*
3/3 Oxford, MS – Cats Purring*
3/5 Atlanta, GA – Drunken Unicorn*
3/6 Tampa, FL – The Orpheum*
3/7 Orlando, FL – Backbooth*
3/8 Miami, FL – Bardot Miami*
3/13 Minneapolis, MN – 7th Street Entry*
3/14 Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle*
3/19 Toronto, ON – Legendary Horseshoe Tavern*
3/20 Pittsburgh, PA – Brillobox*
3/21 Baltimore, MD – Str8 Cavin*
3/22 Philadelphia, PA – Kung Fu Necktie*
3/23 New York, NY – Mercury Lounge*
3/24 Brooklyn, NY – Glasslands*
3/26 Allston, MA – Great Scott*
3/31 Montreal, QC – Cabaret Mile End*
*with Born Gold