Mogwai Hit the road to make more happy people
"Scottish instrumental band Mogwai are heading out for a European/American tour in support of their forthcoming 'Happy Songs for Happy People', the follow up to 2001's massive 'Rock Action'. Along for the ride is new Rock Action records singnings Kling Klang. Among the dates is LA's 'All Tomorrow's Parties', curated by the Simpsons creator Matt Groening this year on June 22.
Rock Action records will be releasing 'Happy Songs' on June 17, with Matador distributing the record Stateside and Spunk/Inertia covering the release in Australia."
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* - w/ Kling Klang
05-10 Dublin, IRE - Village*
05-12 Cardiff, UK - University*
05-13 Portsmouth, UK - Wedgewood Rooms*
05-14 Brighton, UK - Concorde 2*
05-15 Oxford, UK - Zodiac*
05-16 Leeds, UK - Cockpit*
05-18 Liverpool, UK - Masque*
05-19 Edinburgh, UK - Queens Hall*
05-22 London, UK - Scala
05-24 Barcelona, SPA - Primavera Sound Festival
05-26 Brussels, BEL - AB Box
05-27 Koln, GER - Prime Club
05-28 Hamburg, GER - Schlachthof
05-29 Amsterdam, NET - Melkweg Max
05-31 Copenhagen, DEN - Pumpehuset
06-01 Berlin, GER - Maria
06-02 Strasbourg, FRA - Laiterie
06-03 Lyon, FRA - Ninkasi
06-05 Paris, FRA - Elysee Montmartre (w/James Orr Complex)
06-06 Nantes, FRA - Olympique (w/James Orr Complex)
06-17 New York, NY - Irving Plaza
06-19 Las Vegas, NV - Huntridge Theatre
06-21 San Luis Obispo, CA - Chumash Auditorium
06-22 Los Angeles, CA - All Tomorrow's Parties Festival
06-23 San Francisco, CA - Bimbo's 365 Club
06-27 Glastonbury, UK - Glastonbury Festival
07-11 Montreux, Switzerland - Montreux Jazz Festival (w/ Yo La Tengo, Tricky)
07-13 Dublin, Ireland - Witnness Festival
07-27 Naeba, Japan - FujiRock
08-29 Weeze, Germany - Terremoto Festival