
The contest to front the best tour of 2010 is over, ladies and gentlemen: LCD Soundsystem has announced a headlining tour with Sleigh Bells and Hot Chip as the openers. And for one show, all three play together. Great tour, or greatest tour?
The dates with Hot Chip and Sleigh Bells are for LCD Soundsystem's North American tour, which kicks off in September in Philly and winds its way through America before it ends in St. Paul.
Here is LCD Soundsystem's full itinerary:
08.11 Helsinki, Finland: Flow Festival
08.12 Oslo, Norway: Oya Festival
08.13 Gothenburg, Sweden: Way Out West Festival
08.14 Copenhagen, Denmark: DR Koncerthuset Store Foyerscene
08.17 Ibiza, Spain: Ibiza Rocks Festival
08.27 Reading, England: Reading Festival
08.28 Saint-Cloud, France: Rock en Seine
08.29 Leeds, England: Leeds Festival
08.31 Tel Aviv, Israel: Heineken Music Festival
09.04 Stradbally, Ireland: Electric Picnic
09.07 Tillburg, Netherlands: 013
09.08 Gent, Belgium: Kunstencentrum Vooruit VZW
09.10 Berlin, Germany: Berlin Festival
09.12 Isle of Wight, England: Bestival
09.24 Philadelphia, PA: Philadelphia Naval Cruise Terminal ^
09.25 Columbia, MD: Virgin Mobile FreeFest
09.27 Burlington, VT: Memorial Auditorium ^
09.28 Boston, MA: Orpheum ^
10.01 Clinton, NY: Hamilton College ^
10.04 Atlanta, GA: Tabernacle ^
10.05 Orlando, FL: Hard Rock ^
10.06 Miami, FL: Fillmore ^
10.08 Houston, TX: Verizon Amphitheater ^
10.09 Austin, TX: Austin City Limits
10.13 San Diego, CA: Rimac Arena *
10.15 Hollywood, CA: Hollywood Bowl *^
10.16 San Francisco, CA: Treasure Island Festival
10.19 Salt Lake City, UT: The Complex *
10.20 Denver, CO: Fillmore Auditorium *
10.22 Milwaukee, WI: The Rave *
10.23 St Paul, MN: Roy Wilkins *
11.10 London, England: Alexandra Palace *
11.12 Cardiff, Wales: International Arena *
11.13 Sheffield, England: Magna Arena *
11.15 Manchester, England: Apollo *
^ with Sleigh Bells
* with Hot Chip
[P4K]
I'm still more excited for of montreal and janelle monae... but I might be singing a different tune if I was seeing this tour in Hollywood with both hot chip and sleigh bells, instead of just sleigh bells (still undecided on how I feel about them anyway).