Death Cab for Cutie & Youth Lagoon
DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE REVEALS UNIQUE SPRING TOUR;
NORTH AMERICAN TREK WILL SEE ACCLAIMED BANDACCOMPANIED
BY SAN FRANCISCO’S INNOVATIVE MAGIK* MAGIK ORCHESTRA;
ONE-OF-A-KIND INTIMATE DATES BEGIN APRIL 10TH IN DENVER;
FULL-LENGTH EPISODE OF LIVEFROM THE ARTIST’S DEN
TO PREMIERE ON PBS STATIONS NATIONWIDE ON FEBRUARY 17TH
Atlanticrecording group Death Cab for Cutie has announced details of a major NorthAmerican tour following a string of dates in Australiaand South East Asia. The dates beginApril 10th at Denver’s Ellie Caulkins Opera House and thenculminate with a May 13th homecoming concert at Seattle’s Paramount Theatre (seeattached itinerary). Youth Lagoon will support Death Cab beginning April27th at NYC’s Beacon Theatre and continue throughthe end of the tour. First leg opener to be announced shortly.
Theone-of-a-kind spring trek of intimate venues and historic theaters will seeDCFC accompanied on stage by members of San Francisco’s celebrated Magik*MagikOrchestra. Known for their innovative collaborations with such artists asMike Patton, John Vanderslice, The Walkmen, and The Dodos, the orchestral grouppreviously teamed with Death Cab for Cutie for their recent installment ofVH1Storytellers as well as doing all of the string arrangements on theband’s most current release CODES AND KEYS.
Presaletickets for all dates will be available to members of the band’s officialfan club, DCFC Union Local #1138, beginning Friday, January 20th. All remaining tickets will then go on sale to the general publicstarting on January 27th. For further details andas-yet-unannounced tour information, please visit www.deathcabforcutie.com.
Anew single, “Underneath the Sycamore,” will herald the upcomingtour, with an amazing companion video directed by Walter Robot, who did theband’s famed “Grapevine Fires” video. The piece, which premieredon www.wired.com can be viewed here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=txndHN7-1DE. Thetrack is among the many highlights of DCFC’s critically acclaimed album,“CODES AND KEYS” which has been nominated in the “BestAlternative Music Album” category at this year’s GrammyAwards. “You Are A Tourist,” the album’s first single,proved a multi-format radio smash upon its release last year, reaching #1 atboth Triple A and Modern Rock outlets nationwide – DCFC’sfirst-ever #1 at the latter format.
“CODESAND KEYS” entered the Billboard200 at #3 upon its May 2011release. In addition to its popular success, the album has also receivedcritical praise from a wide array of national publications, including Spin, Rolling Stone, Blackbook, Time Out New York,Interview, Filter, the New York Times, and Entertainment Weekly, whichdeclared the album to be “a reminder to the rest of the pretty-rockcommunity that loveliness is worthless if there’s no heart behind it, andDeath Cab’s beats stronger than most.”
DeathCab for Cutie’s recent live performance at the world-famous Brooklyn Museum can be seen in an upcominginstallment of the popular PBS series, LiveFrom The Artists’ Den. The band’s full-length episode– which is streaming at www.hulu.com/live-from-the-artists-den – will begin airing on PBSstations nationwide beginning February 17th. For details, pleasecheck local listings or visitwww.artistsden.com/.
Death Cab for Cutie is: BenGibbard: guitars, keyboards, vocals * Chris Walla: guitars, keyboards * NickHarmer: bass * Jason McGerr: drums.
Forup-to-the-minute news and tour information, please visit www.deathcabforcutie.com.
For complete press information, please see: http://press.atlanticrecords.com/deathcabforcutie.
(TOUR ITINERARYATTACHED)
DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE
ON TOUR 2012
FEBRUARY
17 Perth, Aus Perth International ArtsFestival
18 Perth,Aus Perth International ArtsFestival
20 Adelaide, S.Aus HQ
21 Sydney, New S. Wales Palace
24 Sydney, New S. Wales Enmore Theatre
27 Brisbane, Queensland The Trivoli Theatre
29 Wellington, NZ Wellington Town Hall
MARCH
3 Taipei, Taiwan Neo Studio
5 Taguig, Philippines NBC Tent
7 Singapore,SG Fort Gateat Fort Canning Park
APRIL
10 Denver, CO EllieCaulkins Opera House
11 Omaha, NE MusicHall
13 Louisville,KY Louisville Palace
14 Grand Rapids, MI Calvin College
15 Milwaukee, WI RiversideTheatre
16 Chicago, IL ChicagoTheatre
19 Toronto, ON Massey Hall
20 Montreal, QC EgliseSt-Jean Baptiste
21 Boston, MA Wang Theatre
22 Hartford, CT The Bushnell
24 New Brunswick, NJ StateTheatre
25 Philadelphia, PA TowerTheatre
27 New York, NY BeaconTheatre
30 Washington, DC Strathmore
MAY
1 Knoxville, TN Tennessee Theatre
3 Austin,TX ACL Live
4 Dallas, TX McFarlinAuditorium
6 Mesa, AZ Mesa ArtsCenter
7 Los Angeles, CA Disney Hall
9 Oakland, CA Fox Theater(Seated)
13 Seattle, WA ParamountTheatre
30 Barcelona, Spain San Miguel Primavera Sound 2012
JUNE
7 Porto, Portugal Optimus Primavera Sound 2012
*Youth Lagoon to support from April 27th– May 13th
