A Brief History of Love, the debut album from Big Pink, the next great U.K. buzz band, is due out in Northa America on Sept. 22, but the band won't be hitting these shores for a full tour until two months later in November, when they set out on their debut North American tour. The Big Pink hit venues across the U.S. in Canada from early November to early December, starting in Seattle and ending in Philly. They have a lengthy European and Japanese tour to tend to first. Here are the tour dates:
08.07 Tokyo, Japan: Summersonic 08.08 Osaka, Japan: Summersonic 08.14 Gothenburg, Sweden: Way Out West Festival 08.15 Oslo, Norway: Oya Festival 08.16 Helsinki, Finland: Flow Festival 08.20 Hasselt, Belgium: Pukkelpop 08.28 Reading, England: Reading Festival 08.30 Leeds, England: Leeds Festival 09.04 Stradbally, Ireland: Electric Picnic 09.06 Stradbally, Ireland: Electric Picnic 09.08 Ibiza, Spain: Ibiza Rocks 09.11 Newport, Wales: Bestival 10.08 Southsea, England: Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms 10.09 Brighton, England: Brighton Digital 10.10 Oxford, England: Academy Oxford 10.14 Glasgow, Scotland: Glasgow King Tuts 10.17 York, England: The Duchess 10.18 Leeds, England: Leeds Cockpit 10.20 Liverpool, England: O2 Academy Liverpool 10.21 Manchester, England: Manchester Academy 10.22 London, England: Electric Ballroom 10.28 Copenhagen, Denmark: Vega 10.29 Hamburg, Germany: Knust 10.30 Berlin, Germany: Lido 10.31 Cologne, Germany: Gebaude 9 11.03 Brussels, Belgium: AB Club 11.05 Lille, France: Aeroneuf 11.06 Paris, France: La Cigalle 11.07 Nantes, France: Olympic 11.08 Toulouse, France: Le Bikini 11.13 Seattle, WA: Neumos 11.14 Portland, OR: Doug Fir 11.15 Vancouver, British Columbia: Venue 11.17 San Francisco, CA: Great American Music Hall 11.18 Los Angeles, CA: El Rey 11.20 Costa Mesa, CA: Detroit Bar 11.21 San Diego, CA: Casbah 11.23 Denver, CO: Larimer Lounge 11.25 Minneapolis, MN: 7th St. Entry 11.27 Chicago, IL: Empty Bottle 11.28 Detroit, MI: Magic Stick 11.29 Toronto, Ontario: Lee's Palace 11.30 Montreal, Quebec: La Sala Rossa 12.01 Boston, MA: Paradise 12.03 New York, NY: Bowery Ballroom 12.04 Brooklyn, NY: Music Hall Of Williamsburg 12.05 Washington, DC: Black Cat 12.06 Philadelphia, PA: Johnny Brendas [Pitchfork]
