“WHAT’S THAT ABOUT!? WHAT’S THAT ABOUT!?” It was the question heard around the world, but only by anyone who happened to be listening to tUnE-yArDs’s w h o k i l l (TMT Review), released on 4AD last year. Well, Merrill Garbus, let me turn that one around on you. Prefix Magazine claims that you are going on a pretty lengthy summer tour. WHAT’S THAT ABOUT!? WHAT’S THAT ABOUT!? Oh, it’s exactly what you said it was about: a summer tour. That said, you are not coming to the place where I live and really, what’s that about?
Eh, I guess I can’t blame Ms. Garbus, though, considering that she seems to be going to every other place on the planet in the next six months. She’s touring through much of spring and the remaining bits of winter, doing runs of dates in Europe and North America. After that, she’ll recharge her psychic energy or something and kick off her summer tour with a string of North American dates, followed by some overseas festival, and then finally a few more North American dates. By the way, a few of those dates are with St. Vincent! You like her, right? You told me you did once.
tUnE-yArDs dates:
02.22.12 - Brussels, Belgium - Botanique (Orangerie)
02.23.12 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Melkweg
02.25.12 - Oslo, Norway - Bla
02.26.12 - Malmo, Sweden - Debaser
02.28.12 - Berlin, Germany - Festsaal Kreuzberg
02.29.12 - Munich, Germany - 59:1
03.01.12 - St. Gallen, Switzerland - Palace
03.02.12 - Torino, Italy - Hiroshima
03.03.12 - Rome, Italy - Lanificio
03.04.12 - Milan, Italy - Tunnel
03.06.12 - Bologna, Italy - Locomotiv
03.07.12 - Medvednica, Croatia - Tvorncia Kulture, Zagreb/Sljeme
03.08.12 - Ljubljana, Slovenia - Menza Pri Koritu
03.10.12 - Istanbul, Turkey - Salon
04.12.12 - Santa Cruz, CA - Rio Theatre
04.14.12 - Indio, CA - Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival
04.15.12 - Santa Barbara, CA - Soho
04.17.12 - Tucson, AZ - Rialto Theater *
04.18.12 - San Diego, CA - House of Blues
04.21.12 - Indio, CA - Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival
04.24.12 - Oakland, CA - Fox Theater *
05.02.12 - Sao Paulo, Brazil - Beco SP
05.03.12 - Rio De Janeiro, Brazil - Teatro Odisseia
05.05.12 - Toluca de Lerdo, Mexico - Festival 5 Punto 5
05.25-28.12 - George, WA - Sasquatch!
06.01.12 - New York, NY - Terminal 5
06.03.12 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
06.05.12 - Charlottesville, NC - The Orange Peel
06.06.12 - Asheville, NC - The Orange Peel
06.07-09.12 - Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo
06.10.12 - Cincinnati, OH - Contemporary Arts Center
06.11.12 - Columbus, OH - Wexner Center for the Arts
06.12.12 - Millvale, PA - Mr. Small’s
06.13.12 - Buffalo, NY - Town Ballroom
06.14.12 - Northampton, MA - Pearl Street
07.07.12 - Roskilde, Denmark - Roskilde Festival
07.08.12 - Pulburough, UK - Nova Festival
07.31.12 - Montreal, QC - La Tulipe
08.01.12 - Toronto, ON - Phoenix Concert Theatre
08.02.12 - Pontiac, MI - Crofoot Ballroom
* St. Vincent
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