Animal Collective announce May/June tour

January 20, 2009 1:22 p.m. by Nick Neyland

The short five-date tour to promote Animal Collective’s Merriweather Post Pavilion was never going to sate the appetite of fans who rushed out and purchased vinyl copies of the record. So now, in the week that Merriweather finally comes out on CD, Animal Collective has announced a longer May/June tour of North America.

There will doubtless be a jubilant post-inauguration crowd at tonight’s (Jan. 20) homecoming show at the Grand Ballroom in New York City. Fans across the country will have to wait a little longer to hear the tracks from Meriweather performed live, but listed below are the full dates of the band’s forthcoming tour. The tour ends with an appearance at the ATP festival in upstate New York, which will also feature a rare Panda Bear solo performance.

05.11 Washington, DC: 9:30 Club
05.12 Philadelphia, PA: Electric Factory
05.13 New York, NY: Terminal 5
05.14 Boston, MA: House of Blues
05.15 Montreal, Quebec: Metropolis
05.16 Toronto, Ontario: Sound Academy
05.18 Royal Oak, MI: Royal Oak Music Hall
05.19 Milwaukee, WI: Turner Hall Ballroom
05.20 Minneapolis, MN: First Avenue
05.24 Vancouver, British Columbia: Commodore Ballroom
05.25 Portland, OR: Roseland Theater
05.26 Oakland, CA: Fox Theatre
05.27 Big Sur, CA: Henry Miller Memorial Library
05.29 Los Angeles, CA: Wiltern
05.30 Las Vegas, NV: House of Blues
05.31 Tucson, AZ: Rialto Theater
06.01 Albuquerque, MN: Sunshine Theater
06.02 Boulder, CO: Boulder Theatre
06.04 Dallas, TX: House of Blues
06.05 Austin, TX: Stubbs
06.06 Oxford, MS: The Library
06.08 St. Petersburg, FL: State Theatre
06.09 Fort Lauderdale, FL: Culture Room
06.10 Orlando, FL: Club Firestone
09.12 Monticello, NY: All Tomorrow's Parties

9 Responses

January 20, 2009 at 1:31 p.m.

margaritaland

I'm soooo excited!!

January 20, 2009 at 2:15 p.m.

KyleLemmon

Ditto!

January 20, 2009 at 2:23 p.m.

andross

Yes! I'll finally get to see them. I'll catch them in Minneapolis, methinks.

January 20, 2009 at 2:24 p.m.

mattycakes

I'm so mad. They added shows in New York and LA after their shows sold out, but the show in Chicago sold out in November and not only did they not add a date, they're not even coming back when they play the U.S. in May. It sucks.

January 20, 2009 at 2:29 p.m.

andross

Mattycakes-Drive up to Milwaukee. Turner Hall is an awesome venue.

January 20, 2009 at 2:32 p.m.

mattycakes

It's really more of a matter of civic pride at this point. Obama's hometown and all that jazz, and we can't get a lousy second concert date. Boo to that Animal Collective.

January 20, 2009 at 2:41 p.m.

mattycakes

Hah, I'm not trying to spam the site, but it's important that you understand how screwed up this is. The Metro, great venue that it is, holds 1100 people. I'm pretty confident that Animal Collective could've sold out a venue twice that size, and come back in May and sold out. We can't have every AC fan in Chicago driving up to Milwaukee.

January 20, 2009 at 2:56 p.m.

andross

Ha. That's true, but take it from me, there's not a lot of AC fans north of Milwaukee or west of Madison, so you probably have a real decent chance of getting tickets there.

It is kind of whack that they wouldn't hit the Windy City again though.

January 20, 2009 at 3:14 p.m.