Bright Eyes adds lucky number of tour dates

Days before University of Alaska-Fairbanks’ annual “Starvation Gulch Festival,” which has a history of students stealing 400 lb slabs of concrete and burning giant wooden towns, Bright Eyes will stop by the once stir-crazy institution for one of several recently-added tour dates.

Oberst and company also plan to make two stops at University of Alaska-Anchorage, in this case, weeks away from the local 14th annual Acapella Festivella – “the most energy of any live music,” a previous year’s audience member told The Northern Light.

Maybe our northernmost brethren will find Bright Eyes dull by comparison to the crazy carnival of their normal academic celebrations, but it's about time they got a dose of normal-old indie rock. Bright Eyes’ latest album, Cassadega, premiered in April on Saddle Creek.

Dates:

August
11 - Osaka, Japan @ Summer Sonic Festival
12 - Tokyo, Japan @ Summer Sonic Festival
15 - Bristol, England @ Academy
16 - Liverpool, England @ Academy
17 - Nottingham, England @ Royal Centre

September
14 - Boise, Idaho @ Big Easy Concert House*
15 - Spokane, Wash @ Big Easy Concert House*
18 - Fairbanks, Alaska @ University of Alaska-Fairbanks*
19 - Anchorage, Alaska @ University of Alaska-Anchorage*
20 - Anchorage, Alaska @ University of Alaska-Anchorage*
22 - Seattle, Wash. @ Quest Field (End Fest)
29 - Los Angeles, Calif. @ Hollywood Bowl

*new dates

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