New Yorkers The Virgins are set torelease ‘One Week Of Danger’ on December 1 through Young and Lost Club. The single is taken from their eponymous debut album which will be out in March. The band will be playing a headline show at the Old Blue Last on November 12 and have also been confirmed as support act to The Pigeon Detectives on their upcoming UK tour which kicks off on November 24 and runs through to December 9.
The Virgins have been busy storming the US live scene in recent months, sharing stages with the likes of Cold War Kids, Tapes ‘n Tapes and The Long Blondes, and also wrapped up a mammoth 36-date ‘Nylon Magazine Music Tour’ in June. They wowed audiences in the UK whilst touring with Band Of Horses in July, and also delivered a suitably explosive set to a sold-out crowd at Madame JoJo’s legendary White Heat club night.
The band are already at the epicentre of a flurry of ecstatic press accolades across the Atlantic - including a rapturous 4* Rolling Stonereview, Alternative Press naming them as one of the ‘100 Bands You Need To Know’, and Spin magazine’s declaration that “The Virgins have had the kind of out-of-thin ether rise that causes bloggers to gush and their peers to curse”. As Vice magazine put it - “We’re jealous of their future, basically”.
The Virgins exemplify the sound and style of downtown New York City in 2008. They came together in 2006, the brainchild of songwriter/performer Donald Cumming. Having lived on NYC’s streets since the age of 16, Cumming’s teen years were chronicled by artist/photographer Ryan McGinley in his now legendary debut solo show at the Whitney Museum of American Art. With Cumming joined by bassist Nick Zarin-Ackerman, guitarist Wade Oates, and drummer Erik Ratensperger, The Virgins began playing at downtown parties and their third show ever saw them take Paris by storm, performing at designer agnès b’s fashion week party alongside Patti Smith and Sonic Youth.
Tour dates as follows:
November
Wed 12 LONDON – HEADLINE SHOW The Old Blue Last
Support to The Pigeon Detectives:
Mon 24 GRIMSBY Auditorium
Tue 25 WOLVERHAMPTON Civic
Wed 26 WOLVERHAMPTON Civic
Thu 27 NEWCASTLE Academy
Fri 28 EDINBURGH Edinburgh Corn Exchange
Sun 30 GLASGOW Barrowlands
December
Mon 1 GLASGOW Barrowlands
Tues 2 NOTTINGHAM Rock City
Wed 3 MANCHESTER Academy
Thurs 4 MANCHESTER Academy
Sat 6 LONDON Alexandra Palace
Sun 7 READING Rivermead Leisure Complex
Mon 8 SWINDON Oasis Leisure Centre
Tues09 BOURNEMOUTH Solent Hall
The Virgins have been busy storming the US live scene in recent months, sharing stages with the likes of Cold War Kids, Tapes ‘n Tapes and The Long Blondes, and also wrapped up a mammoth 36-date ‘Nylon Magazine Music Tour’ in June. They wowed audiences in the UK whilst touring with Band Of Horses in July, and also delivered a suitably explosive set to a sold-out crowd at Madame JoJo’s legendary White Heat club night.
The band are already at the epicentre of a flurry of ecstatic press accolades across the Atlantic - including a rapturous 4* Rolling Stonereview, Alternative Press naming them as one of the ‘100 Bands You Need To Know’, and Spin magazine’s declaration that “The Virgins have had the kind of out-of-thin ether rise that causes bloggers to gush and their peers to curse”. As Vice magazine put it - “We’re jealous of their future, basically”.
The Virgins exemplify the sound and style of downtown New York City in 2008. They came together in 2006, the brainchild of songwriter/performer Donald Cumming. Having lived on NYC’s streets since the age of 16, Cumming’s teen years were chronicled by artist/photographer Ryan McGinley in his now legendary debut solo show at the Whitney Museum of American Art. With Cumming joined by bassist Nick Zarin-Ackerman, guitarist Wade Oates, and drummer Erik Ratensperger, The Virgins began playing at downtown parties and their third show ever saw them take Paris by storm, performing at designer agnès b’s fashion week party alongside Patti Smith and Sonic Youth.
Tour dates as follows:
November
Wed 12 LONDON – HEADLINE SHOW The Old Blue Last
Support to The Pigeon Detectives:
Mon 24 GRIMSBY Auditorium
Tue 25 WOLVERHAMPTON Civic
Wed 26 WOLVERHAMPTON Civic
Thu 27 NEWCASTLE Academy
Fri 28 EDINBURGH Edinburgh Corn Exchange
Sun 30 GLASGOW Barrowlands
December
Mon 1 GLASGOW Barrowlands
Tues 2 NOTTINGHAM Rock City
Wed 3 MANCHESTER Academy
Thurs 4 MANCHESTER Academy
Sat 6 LONDON Alexandra Palace
Sun 7 READING Rivermead Leisure Complex
Mon 8 SWINDON Oasis Leisure Centre
Tues09 BOURNEMOUTH Solent Hall
http://www.myspace.com/thevirginsnyc
