MONSTERS OF FOLK ANNOUNCE FALL TOUR DATES
July 25, 2009, 12:17 AM Views: 249
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Monsters of Folk was born on the road five years ago when My Morning Jacket’s Jim James, Bright Eyes’ Conor Oberst and Mike Mogis, and singer/songwriter M. Ward toured together and regularly sat in on each other’s sets. Now armed with the eclectic collaborations that make up their debut album, the illustrious quartet will reconvene for several Fall tour dates. Throughout each show of the tour, the four members will be switching instruments and trading roles, maintaining the freewheeling and highly collaborative spirit of their work together thus far. In the spirit of folk-camaraderie, Monsters of Folk is partnering with Air Traffic Control, a resource for musicians' philanthropic and social change work, to donate monies raised from ticket sales. The band will be donating $1 from every ticket sold on the tour to local non-profits. "On a daily basis, we see how hard organizations like these work to make our communities, country and world a better place." said Erin Potts, the organization's executive director. "In a time when economic resources are harder to come by and organizations are overwhelmed by urgency and need, the Monsters of Folk tour's charitable activities are a significant way to energize and support the tireless and often overlooked work that these organizers are doing.” Pre-sale tickets for the US and Canada shows will be available beginning Tuesday, July 28, followed by the public on-sale beginning Friday, July 31. Tickets for the UK / EU shows will be available beginning Tuesday, July 27. For more info please visit www.monstersoffolk.com. For a complete list of charities and for more information on Air Traffic Control, please visit www.atctower.net. MONSTERS OF FOLK FALL TOUR DATES October 13 Vancouver, BC- Orpheum 14 Portland, OR- Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall 15 Seattle, WA- Paramount Theatre 17 Oakland, CA- Fox Theater 18 Los Angeles, CA- The Greek Theater 20 San Diego, CA- Spreckels Theatre 21 Phoenix, AZ- Orpheum Theater 22 Santa Barbara, CA- Santa Barbara Bowl 28 Omaha, NE- Holland Center 29 Minneapolis, MN- Orpheum Theatre 30 Chicago, IL- Auditorium Theatre 31 Louisville, KY- Louisville Palace Theatre November 02 Toronto, ON- Massey Hall 03 Boston, MA- The Orpheum 06 New York, NY- United Palace 08 New York, NY- Beacon Theater 09 Philadelphia, PA- Academy of Music 12 Stockholm- Philadelphia Church 14 Berlin- Huxleys Neue Welt 15 Copenhagen- Vega 17 London- Troxy 18 Paris- Elysee Montmartre 19 Koln- E-Werk 21 The Hague- Crossing Border 22 Antwerp- Crossing Border Official Band Site: MONSTERS OF FOLK - COMING 9-22-09 Official Myspace: Monsters of Folk on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Downloads Free MP3 "Say Please" available at MONSTERS OF FOLK - COMING 9-22-09 | |