This spring indie heavyweights Okkervil River and the New Pornographers will be heading out on tour...together. The band's and their enigmatic frontmen will kick off the tour April 9th in Toronto, Ontario and trek across North America through April 22nd.
But, let's just say you gush hard for Okkervil River's Will Sheff. Then you're in luck because the Austin, Texas rockers will be warming up their fretboards with Joni Mitchell and John Cale cover songs on a pre-tour to the one scheduled with AC Newman and Co. But you have to live in Europe or Australia to get the best of that.
The New Pornographers will also play a solo shows for their fellow Canadians in Mississauga, Ontario on March 8th. As for festivals this summer, the Pornos have only announced that they'll be gracing the stage at the Benicassim Festival in Benicassim, Spain on July 17th. (We hear that one rocks!).
New Pornographers and Okkervil River:
04-09 Toronto, Ontario - Phoenix Concert Theatre
04-10 Pontiac, MI - The Crofoot Ballroom
04-11 Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall
04-12 Munhall, PA - Carnegie Music Hall in Homestead
04-13 Ithaca, NY - The State Theater of Ithaca
04-14 Washington, DC - 930 Club
04-16 Richmond, VA - Toad's Place
04-17 Athens, GA - Georgia Theatre
04-18 Nashville, TN - The Cannery
04-19 St. Louis, MO - The Pageant
04-20 Chicago, IL - Riviera
04-21 Madison, WI - Orpheum
04-22 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom
Okkervil River:
02-02 Belfast, Northern Ireland - Empire
02-03 Edinburgh, Scotland - Cabaret Voltaire
02-05 London, England - Scala
02-07 Leuven, Belgium - Stuk
02-08 Paris, France - La Maronquinerie
02-09 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso
02-10 Nijmegen, Netherlands - Doornroosje
02-23 Adelaide, Australia - Laneway Festival
02-24 Melbourne, Australia - Laneway Festival
02-26 Melbourne, Australia - Corner
02-27 Sydney, Australia - Manning Bar
02-29 Perth, Australia - Perth International Arts Festival
03-01 Brisbane, Australia - Laneway Festival
03-02 Sydney, Australia - Laneway Festival
03-04 Auckland, New Zealand - Kings Arms
03-05 Wellington, New Zealand - San Francisco Bath House
04-05 Dallas, TX - Granada
04-06 Memphis, TN - Hi-Tone
04-07 Bloomington, IN - Buskirk-Chumley Theater
05-29-31 Barcelona, Spain - Primavera Festival
08-05-09 Oslo, Norway - Oya Festival
New Pornographers:
03-08 Mississauga, Ontario - Fairmount Royal Oak Hotel
07-17-20 Benicassim, Spain - Benicassim Festival
