Bright Eyes Announces Digital AshTour

Bright Eyes will co-headline a tour this Spring and Summer with label-mates The Faint, who haven’t played in the U.S. since the Fall 2004. Acting as his back-up band, The Faint will enable Bright Eyes to recreate songs from Digital Ash in a Digital Urn, something he wasn’t able to accomplish during his January-February tour in support of co-release I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning.

In addition to The Faint, Bright Eyes’ supporting band will also include Mike Mogis, Gretta Cohn (Cursive) on cello, Nick Zinner (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) on guitar, Anton Patnzer on violin, and Shane Aspegren (Berg Sans Nipple) on auxiliary drums.

Omaha hip-hop artist Mars Black will open shows on the first leg of the tour and Airborn Audio will take over beginning May 31.

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