Tour news: Clairo, Mad Caddies, Gang of Four / Mekons, Amanda Palmer, Swami John Reis, Pissed Jeans, more

Here’s a roundup of recent tour news. Check the Tour Dates category for more.

CLAIRO

CLairo has added a few more dates to her fall Charm tour, adding more shows in Chicago, Toronto, Boston and Atlanta, plus an upgraded venue in Columbus. All dates are with Alice Phoebe Lou. Before the tour starts she has residencies at intimate venues in LA and NYC.

AMANDA PALMER

Amanda Palmer has announced a three intimate shows where she’ll “be telling stories and playing new songs, old songs, cover songs and requests on piano, ukulele, and whatever other random instrument I can manage to learn by then. Bring your own Lighthouse.” They happen at Northampton, MA’s Academy of Music on 9/21, Fairfield, CT’s Sacred Heart Community Theatre on 10/17, and Tarrytown, NY’s Tarrytown Music Hall on 10/19.

JACK WHITE

Jack White, as you may know, covertly released a new album last week, only on white label vinyl that was slipped into shoppers’ bags at his Third Man stores in Detroit, Nashville, and London. We may know more about that soon, as he’s playing a few shows in the South this week and will be replacing Queens of the Stone Age on a few European festivals in August.

THURSTON MOORE

Thurston Moore has a new solo album on the way and he’s got shows lined up as well. In December, he’s playing four nights at John Zorn’s The Stone, and each show is a unique collaborative show with guests, including his old Sonic Youth bandmate Lee Ranaldo and Fred Frith.

MAD CADDIES

Mad Caddies started their summer tour in Le Garric, France tonight at Xtreme Fest and are then making their way across Europe through the first week of August. They’ll then head to North America for a tour that includes stops in Halifax, Chicago, Minneapolis, St Louis, Detroit, Cleveland, NYC (Gramercy Theatre on 9/8), and more.

SWAMI & THE BED OF NAILS

Jon Reis (Hot Snakes, Drive Like Jehu, etc) will take his new band Swami and The Bed of Nails on tour in October in support of their debut album. The tour wraps up in Brooklyn at Baby’s All Right on 10/20.

GANG OF FOUR / MINI-MEKONS

It’s a double dose of Leeds, UK legends in Gloucester, MA at The Cut Live on October 30 as Gang of Four play with The Mekons. The Lineup for Go4 at this show will be original members Jon King and Hugo Burnham, plus guitarist David Pajo (Slint) and bassist Gail Greenwood (Belly), while it’s technically “Mini-Mekons” with with a slightly pared-down version of the group led by Jon Langford and Sally Timms. This looks to be a one-off, but wouldn’t this be a great double-bill tour?

A SAVAGE (PARQUET COURTS)

Parquet Courts’ A Savage is doing a few solo shows at Union Pool this fall and there are now four of them (October 1-4) with the 10/3 date being new.

PISSED JEANS w/ KNIFEPLAY, DAZY & MORE

Pissed Jeans’ first album in seven years, Half-Divorced, is one of this year’s best punk albums, and they’ve got more dates coming up this summer in support of it. That includes a CREEM party at Brooklyn’s Roberta’s on August 17 with the fun lineup of Knifeplay, Dazy, Native Sun, and Glimmer; an Atlantic City show at Anchor Rock Club on August 24 with Gutter Drunk; and more. All dates here.

VEEZE

Detroit rapper Veeze released one of last year’s most acclaimed rap albums with Ganger, and he’s been putting out new singles lately, including the recent “F.A.F.” (aka “Fucked A Fan”), which features Rylo Rodriguez. Now, he’s announced a headlining fall tour dubbed “The Worst Tour Ever.”

REX ORANGE COUNTY

Rex Orange County recently announced a theatre tour with multi-night runs in various cities to support his new album, The Alexander Technique, and that now includes five NYC shows.

ROSIE TUCKER

Rosie Tucker has announced early fall tour dates in support of this year’s UTOPIA NOW!. They kick off September 17 in Oklahoma City and include stops in Cincinnati, Nashville, Philly, Montreal, Toronto, Boise, and more.

MY BRIGHTEST DIAMOND

Shara Nova, who is currently a vocalist in the Broadway production of Sufjan Stevens theatre/dance production Illinoise, has announced a new album as My Brightest Diamond and an accompanying tour.

MERCE LEMON

Merce Lemon will release her new album Watch me Drive Them Dogs Wild in September and will be doing some touring for it. She’s just added a NYC release show at Baby’s All Right on October 5 with Greg Freeman and hemlock.

MOMA “SUMMER SOUNDS” SERIES

It’s been a few years since MoMA hosted live music in the summer, but they’ve brought their “Summer Sounds” series back, happening every Saturday now through August 31.

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