Baroness Announce European Tour; Limited Edition EP
As Baroness thunder through their first week of North American tour dates since the release of Yellow & Green, the band set their sights on Europe with the announcement of a four-week trek across the continent and an EP release of their 2012 BBC Session titled Live At Maida Vale(July 22 UK/World, July 19 Germany/Benelux and July 23 North America release via Relapse Records).
The stunning four-song EP, which was culled from Baroness’ July 12, 2012 performance at Studio 4 (Maida Vale) on BBC Radio 1’s Rock Show, highlights the quartet’s live prowess and gives the collection of songs an entirely new dynamic. The release will be available digitally and as a highly limited edition 12” with a B-side featuring a silkscreen of John Baizley’s iconic swan image. Pre-orders are available via Relapse (http://www.relapse.com/baronessmaida).
The Live At Maida Vale track listing is:
1. Take My Bones Away
2. March To The Sea
3. Cocainium
4. The Line Between
European tour dates:
September 27 Tilburg, Holland 013
September 28 Köln, Germany Stahlwerk
September 29 Antwerp, Belgium Trix
October 1 Paris, France Le Trabendo
October 2 Luxembourg Den Atelier
October 3 Dortmund, Germany FZW (Visions Westend Festival)
October 5 Copenhagen, Denmark Loppen
October 6 Trondheim, Norway Sorslaen Samfundet (UKA-13 Student Festival)
October 7 Oslo, Norway Rockefeller
October 8 Stockholm, Sweden Debaser
October 10 Hamburg, Germany Markthalle
October 11 Berlin, Germany Postbanhof
October 13 Wien, Austria Arena
October 14 München, Germany Backstage Werk
October 15 Milano, Italy Tunnel
October 16 Zürich, Switzerland Aarau Kiff
October 18 Tourcoing, France Le Grand Mix
October 19 Wolverhampton, UK Slade Rooms
October 20 Glasgow, UK Cathouse
October 22 Manchester, UK Club Academy
October 24 London, UK Electric Ballroom
Royal Thunder opens on all dates except October 3 and 6
North American tour dates:
May 28 Charleston, SC The Music Farm
May 29 Atlanta, GA Center Stage
May 31 Dallas, TX Trees
June 1 Austin, TX Chaos in Tejas (Mohawk)
June 2 Houston, TX Free Press Summer Festival
June 4 Lawrence, KS Granada Theatre
June 5 St. Louis, MO The Firebird
June 7 Detroit, MI St. Andrew’s Hall (Official Orion After Party)
June 8 Grand Rapids, MI The Pyramid Scheme
June 9 Madison, WI The Majestic Theatre
June 11 Indianapolis, IN Deluxe @ Old National Centre
June 12 Cincinnati, OH Taft Ballroom
June 14 Pittsburgh, PA Mr. Small’s
June 15 Huntington, WV V Club
June 16 Manchester, TN Bonnaroo
July 30 West Babylon, NY Looney Tunes
August 1 Cleveland, OH House of Blues
August 4 Chicago, IL Lollapalooza
August 5 Columbus, OH A&R Music Bar
August 7 Rochester, NY Club @ Walter Street
August 9 Toronto, ON Mod Club
August 10 Montreal, QC Heavy MTL
August 11 Boston, MA Royale
August 13 Providence, RI Met Café
August 14 New York, NY Irving Plaza
August 17 Champaign, IL The Highdive
August 18 Columbia, MO Mojo’s
August 20 Colorado Springs, CO Black Sheep
August 21 Denver, CO Bluebird Theater
August 23 Phoenix, AZ Club Red
August 24 San Diego, CA The Casbah
August 25 Los Angeles, CA FYF Fest
August 27 Tucson, AZ The Rock
August 28 Las Vegas NV Backstage Bar
August 30 Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge
September 2 Seattle, WA Bumbershoot
September 4 Vancouver, BC Venue
September 6 George, WA KISW Pain in the Grass
Inter Arma opens May 25 & 26; True Widow opens May 28 – 31; Coliseum opens June 4 to 15; Royal Thunder opens on headlining dates from Aug. 1 to Sept. 4
The band has also released a candid interview clip (http://youtu.be/0fbK53mQ3Wk) where they share their thoughts on the Summer 2012 tour bus accident and reveal the first rehearsal footage with Nick Jost (bass) and Sebastian Thomson (drums). Paste Magazine’s May 14 cover story documents Baizley’s recovery via a series of interviews over the past several months (http://www.paste.com/issues/week-92/articles).
Baroness announced their eagerly awaited return to the road in early April with guitar player Pete Adams saying: “It’s hard to find the words to express how excited we are to announce this tour. Seven months ago, who knew when it would be or even if we could get back on the road. But here we are, picking right back up where we left off. A heartfelt thanks to everyone’s unconditional love and support for us through, let’s hope, the hardest time this band will ever see. We told you we’d be back so let’s do this thing!”
Yellow & Green has garnered enormous praise and landed on various best of and year-end lists worldwide including reigning over Spin’s “20 Best Metal Albums of 2012,” iTunes awarding “Take My Bones Away” the distinction of the best metal song of the year, Metal Hammer Germany placing the release at #2 on their year-end list and BBC Music describing the album as a “nearly flawless collection” while giving Yellow & Green the #13 spot in their Top 25 albums of 2012. The 18-track record also landed on year-end lists from Amazon (#46), Aardschok Magazine (#3), Close Up Sweden (#4), Decibel (#2), Guitar World (#15), Loudwire (#4), Magnet (#12), Metal Hammer Norway (#4), Metal Hammer UK (#14), Paste (#47), Pitchfork (#27), PopMatters (#4), Revolver (#4), Stereogum (#18), Terrorizer (#2), Treble (#2), Village Voice (#6) and Visions Germany (#4).
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