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Away from home, he’s a tourist… Gang of Four North American tour starts this weekend!

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Simon Reynolds calls them a “stark and severe” combo who dazzled with “taut, geometrical paroxysms.” I call them “the sandwich era’s stucco Panini” who “dawdled in doodles and pushed the wowee zowee envelope into the seventh stratosphere… exclamation Marx!!” Passionate cultural savants and directionless lunatics alike will agree it is great to have Leeds’ legendary politico-spouters Gang of Four back. The band, featuring founders Jon King and Andy Gill, will embark on a North American tour starting tonight in Toronto before heading to slates of dates in Australia and Europe.

All of this live commotion is mostly due to the Gang of Four’s recently-released, first album in 16 years, Content (TMT Review). Reviews have been mostly favorable and the record profitable, with the “Deluxe Can” version of the album (containing the album on CD, a history of the world image montage, a book of smells, a book of emotions, a book of lyrics, and a vial of Gang of Four blood) gaining the band an unlikely set of rabid Vampire Diaries fans.

Dates:

02.04.11 - Toronto, ON - Phoenix Concert Theatre #
02.05.11 - Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of Living Art #
02.07.11 - Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club #
02.08.11 - New York, NY - Webster Hall
02.09.11 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club #
02.10.11 - Pittsburgh, PA - Club Café
02.11.11 - Chicago, IL - Metro
02.12.11 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
02.14.11 - Spokane, WA - Knitting Factory
02.15.11 - Vancouver, BC - Venue
02.16.11 - Seattle, WA - The Showbox at the Market
02.17.11 - Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom
02.19.11 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore
02.20.11 - Anaheim, CA- House of Blues
02.21.11 - Los Angeles, CA - The Music Box
02.24.11 - Auckland, New Zealand - The Power Station
02.25.11 - Brisbane, Australia - The Hi Fi
02.26.11 - Brisbane, Australia - Soundwave Festival
02.27.11 - Sydney, Australia - Soundwave Festival
03.01.11 - Sydney, Australia - The Gaelic Theatre
03.02.11 - Melbourne, Australia - Corner Hotel
03.04.11 - Melbourne, Australia - Soundwave Festival
03.05.11 - Adelaide, Australia - Soundwave Festival
03.08.11 - Perth, Australia - The Bakery
03.18.11 - Paris, France - Trabendo
03.19.11 - Brussels, Belgium - Botanique
03.25.11 - Cologne, Germany - Luxor
03.26.11 - Berlin, Germany - C-Club
03.27.11 - Hamburg, Germany - Docks
04.08.11 - Rome, Italy - Alpheus
04.09.11 - Nonantola, Italy - Vox Club
04.10.11 - Milan, Italy - Magazzini Generali

• Gang of Four: http://www.gangoffour.co.uk
• Yep Roc: http://www.yeproc.com