In 2016, things move so quickly that you can just declare a song to be an anthem of summer ahead of time, if you want to.
And when that happens, fuck, you’d better hit the road. Like, ALL SUMMER. (And heck, well into the fall, too. Why not?) Which is what Anthony Gonzales’s M83 is doing, in continued support of his latest album Junk and its aforementioned summer-anthem-candidate “Junk.”
I haven’t looked it up or anything, but I think the song features Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Eddie Van Halen, Slash, Jimmy Page, Robert Fripp, Brian May, Carlos Santana, Kirk Hammett, and Wyld Stallyns on lead guitar, as well as the Raylettes, Destiny’s Child, a loop pedal full of Thom Yorkes, and the entire Mormon Tabernacle Choir on vocals. So, if you wanna catch all of those amazing people on tour together, you best familiarize yourself with the information down below and start blowing up your biggest and most rainbow-colored beach ball NOW (I’m assuming yours is as big as mine is and will take kind of “a while”).
M83 to the MAXXX:
06.24.16 - Paris, France - Solidays Festival
06.25.16 - Pilton, England - Glastonbury
06.26.16 - Manchester, England - Ritz #
06.27.16 - Glasgow, Scotland - ABC #
06.30.16 - Gdynia, Poland - Open’er Festival
07.01.16 - Roskilde, Denmark - Roskilde Festival
07.02.16 - Marmande, France - Garorock
07.03.16 - Belfort, France - Eurockéennes
07.05.16 - Montreux, Switzerland - Montreux Jazz Festival
07.07.16 - Bilbao, Spain - BBK Live Festival
07.09.16 - Lisbon, Portugal - NOS Alive
07.10.16 - Madrid, Spain - Noches del Botánico Concert Series
07.11.16 - Barcelona, Spain - Festival Jardins de Pedralbes
07.14-17.16 - Ostrava, Czech Republic - Colors of Ostrava Festival
07.15.16 - Gräfenhainchen, Germany - Melt Festival
07.16.16 - Salacriva, Latvia - Positivus Festival
07.17.16 - Suffolk, England - Latitude Festival
07.20.16 - Portland, ME - Thompson’s Point *$
07.21.16 - Boston, MA - Blue Hills *$
07.23.16 - Oro-Medonte, Ontario - Way Home Music and Arts Festival
07.23-24.16 - Detroit, MI - MoPoP Festival
07.25.16 - St. Louis, MO - The Pageant *
07.27.16 - Council Bluffs, IA - Stir Cove *
07.28.16 - Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre *
07.29.16 - Chicago, IL - Lollapalooza
07.31.16 - Montreal, Quebec - Osheaga Festival
08.10.16 - Oslo, Norway - Øya Festival
08.11.16 - Gothenberg, Sweden - Way Out West Festival
08.13.16 - Helsinki, Finland - Flow Festival
08.15.16 - Budapest, Hungary - Sziget Festival
08.18-20.16 - St Poelten, Austria - Frequency Festival
08.19-21.16 - Biddinghuizen, Netherlands - Lowlands Festival
08.19.16 - Hasselt, Belgium - Pukkelpop
08.24-27.16 - Zürich, Switzerland - Zürich Openair
08.25-28.16 - Charleville Mézières, France - Cabaret Vert Festival
08.26-28.16 - Turin, Italy - Todays Festival
09.30.16 - Austin, TX - Austin City Limits
10.05.16 - Tulsa, OK - Brady Theatre ^
10.07 .16 -Austin, TX - Austin City Limits
10.07-09.16 - Miami, FL - III Points Festival
10.10.16 - Atlanta, GA - The Tabernacle !
10.11.16 - Knoxville, TN - The Mill & Mine !
10.13.16 - Philadelphia, PA - The Fillmore !
10.14.16 - New York, NY - Terminal 5 !
10.15.16 - New York, NY - Terminal 5 !
10.19.16 - Milwaukee, WI - Riverside Theater !
10.20.16 - Chicago, IL - Aragon Ballroom !
10.21.16 - Minneapolis, MN - Skyway Theatre !
10.24.16 - Vancouver, British Columbia - PNE Forum ^
10.25.16 - Seattle, WA - WaMu Theatre %
10.27.16 - San Francisco, CA - Bill Graham Civic Auditorium %
10.28.16 - Los Angeles, CA - Greek Theatre %
10.29.16 - San Diego, CA - Soma ^
11.28.16 - Paris, France - Zenith
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$ Chairlift
^ Tennyson
! Shura
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