You remember The Go! Team right? You know, that band that sounds like a Sesame Street ensemble that took way too much influence from The Jackson 5 and decided to do cocaine. Seems that the Manchester-based Brighton-based group is back doing their thing again with a new record titled Rolling Blackouts slated for February 1 and a whole slew of tourdates to give this announcement some added umph.
If that wasn’t enough info to get your knocks off, check this: the new album includes guest vocal duties from that girl from Best Coast and Satomi Matsuzaki of Deerhoof. Not only that, but they’ve decided to extend their tour over to the States where they’ll give folks on both coasts a taste of their nearly fever-inducing, crack-driven live set. Go ahead and scope out these dates along with the (absurd amount of) Euro ones below.
North American tourdates:
04.10.11 - Toronto, ON - Opera House *
04.13.11 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club *
04.14.11 - Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of Living Arts *
04.15.11 - Boston, MA - Paradise *
04.16.11 - Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Bowl (GBH)
04.19.11 - Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex (Check Yo Ponytail)
04.20.11 - San Francisco, CA - Mezzanine (Popscene)
* Dom
Rest of World tourdates:
01.22.11 - Vienna, Austria - FM4 Birthday Party, The Arena
02.03.11 - Glasgow, UK - Oran Mor
02.04.11 - Edinburgh, UK - Liquid Room
02.05.11 - Aberdeen, UK - Lemon Tree
02.06.11 - Newcastle, UK - The Cluny
02.08.11 - London, UK - Heaven
02.09.11 - Cambridge, UK - The Junction
02.10.11 - Birmingham, UK - Birmingham Institute
02.11.11 - Bristol, UK - Anson Rooms
02.13.11 - Falmouth, UK - The Princess Pavilion
02.14.11 - Bournemouth, UK - The Old Firestation
02.15.11 - Oxford, UK - Academy 1
02.16.11 - Brighton, UK - Concorde 2
02.18.11 - Leeds, UK - The Cockpit
02.19.11 - Manchester, UK - Academy 2
02.20.11 - Liverpool, UK - Academy 2
02.21.11 - Nottingham, UK - Rescue Rooms
02.24.11 - Norwich, UK - The Waterfront
02.25.11 - Sheffield, UK - Academy 2
02.26.11 - Leicester, UK - Academy 2
02.27.11 - Cardiff, UK - The Millennium Music Hall
03.05.11 - Dublin, Ireland - Academy
03.10.11 - Düsseldorf, Germany - Zakk
03.11.11 - Frankfurt, Germany - Brotfabrik
03.12.11 - Zurich, Switzerland - Stall 6
03.14.11 - Milan, Italy - Tunnel
03.15.11 - Munich, Germany - 59 to 1
03.16.11 - Stuttgart, Germany - Schocken
03.17.11 - Berlin, Germany - Lido
03.18.11 - Hamburg, Germany - Ubel & Gefaehrlich
03.22.11 - Strasbourg, France - La Laiterie
03.23.11 - Brussels, Belgium - Orangerie @ The Botanique
03.24.11 - Rennes, France - Ubu
03.25.11 - Paris, France - La Fleche D’Or
03.26.11 - Angouleme, France - La Nef
03.30.11 - Valencia, Spain - Sala Mirror
03.31.11 - Madrid, Spain - Joy Eslava
04.01.11 - Barcelona, Spain - Sala Razzmatazz