After a successful run on the global festival circuit, reunited shoegaze legends Slowdive have given the people what they want: a full-on North American tour.
The band today announced a 13-date North American tour to close out 2014, and it comes to Boston’s Royale on October 26. We’ll post the ticket on-sale info as soon as we get it, but it’s likely to be this Friday or next. Update 1:48 p.m.: Tickets go on sale Friday via Ticketmaster and the Bowery box offices.
This run is Slowdive’s first string of tour dates on this continent in two decades.
“North America was good to Slowdive back in the 1990s,” the band writes in a press release. “The fact that the last Slowdive concert was performed in Toronto (at Lee’s Palace) in 1994 is poignant. It felt like we were playing to people who ‘got it’ and some if our favourite performances were on those tours. We have a special connection to our audience in North America and we can’t wait to return in 2014!”
Here’s the full run of dates, which includes Pitchfork Music Festival on Sunday and a handful of shows around the world …
Slowdive 2014 dates:
07-16 Padova, Italy – Radar Festival
07-18 Suffolk, England – Latitude Festival
07-20 Chicago, IL – Pitchfork Music Festival
07-23 Taipei, Taiwan – The Wall
07-25 Niigata Prefecture, Japan – Fuji Rock Festival
07-26 Shanghai, China – Qianshuiwan Culture and Arts Center
07-28 Hong Kong – Rotunda 3
07-31 Singapore – The Ground Theatre
08-03 Katowice, Poland – Off Festival
08-07-09 Göteborg, Sweden – Way Out West
08-08-10 Helsinki, Finland – Flow Festival
08-09 Oslo, Norway – Oya
08-14 Hasselt, Belgium – Pukkelpop Festival
08-15 St. Malo, France – La Route du Rock Festival
08-23 Los Angeles, CA – FYF Fest
08-29-31 Stradbally, Ireland – Electric Picnic
09-09 Geneva, Switzerland – La Batie
10-22 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
10-23 Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
10-25 New York, NY – Terminal 5
10-26 Boston, MA – Royale
10-27 Montreal, Quebec – Le National
10-28 Toronto, Ontario – Opera House
10-30 Chicago, IL – The Vic
10-31 Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line
11-03 Vancouver, British Columbia – Commodore
11-04 Seattle, WA – Neptune
11-05 Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom
11-07 San Francisco, CA – Warfield
11-08 Los Angeles, CA – The Theatre at Ace Hotel
