Altsounds Massive
Show me the articles I have not read I've read everything. Mark as read.

AltSounds > News | Japandroids Autumn UK Tour Starts This Week

Skip to the Previous Item || NOTE: You may also use your arrow keys Skip to the Next Item || NOTE: You may also use your arrow keys

Japandroids Autumn UK Tour Starts This Week

Japandroids Autumn UK Tour Starts This Week Spread the Social Love:

Japandroids Autumn UK Tour Starts This Week

Play London's Heaven 26th October

by +, and has been Read 2749 times.
Last Edited by: Chris MUG5 Maguire October 25th, 2012.

They've been working hard touring the world since the start of May and finally Vancouver duo Japandroids will be hitting the UK at the end of this week. To begin, the band will bring their incendiary live show to London's Heaven on the 26th Oct, before calling at Manchester, Sheffield and Birmingham then onto Pitchfork Music Festival Paris ending up powering their way through the States again til the end of December. A review of their last NYC show by the NY Times said, "Of recent two-member bands — from the White Stripes to the Black Keys to No Age and more — Japandroids have by far the most exuberant, affirming live show." See details of their UK/EU tour dates below, full list is here.

See exactly why audiences all over the globe love Japandroids' live show through this Pitchfork Music Festival clip of 'Fire's Highway':


Watch Japandroids' first music video exclusively at Pitchfork x Youtube for their single 'The House That Heaven Built'. The video finds director Jim Larson traveling with the band on their last tour, filming at sold out shows in Toronto, Montreal, Boston, NYC, Brooklyn, DC and their life on the road in between:


Japandroids released their long awaited follow-up to their critically acclaimed 2009 debut Post-Nothing, Celebration Rock, over summer in the UK. The album was produced by Jesse Gander and Japandroids and has been called "one of the year's most thrilling rock records" by Rolling Stone. The critics across the globe have unanimously agreed with that, as evidenced below by glowing reviews on Drowned in Sound and The Quietus. The album was shortlisted for the prestigious Polaris Prize in Canada and is bound to appear in many albums of the year lists soon.

JAPANDROIDS UK/EU TOUR DATES:
  • 10/26 -- London, UK -- Heaven
  • 10/27 -- Manchester, UK -- Sound Control
  • 10/29 -- Sheffield, UK -- The Harley
  • 10/30 -- Birmingham, UK -- Hare & Hounds
  • 11/1 -- Paris, France -- Pitchfork Music Festival

Join the Discussion »

Don't be shy. Have your say whether you agree with us or not.


Content Relevant URLs by vBSEO