M83 announces U.S. tour

M83, the brainchild of French electronica-rock (electronirock, perhaps?) auteur Anthony Gonzalez, will take off on a North American tour this spring in support of his brand new album Saturdays = Youth, which will be released April 15 on Mute. The first single from the album, "Couleurs," will be released digitally Feb. 26, and includes an exclusive remix by Jori Hulkkonen.

The live setup for this tour includes Gonzalez on vocals, guitars and keyboards, Loic Maurin on drums, Pierre-Marie Maulini on bass and guitar and featured album vocalist Morgan Kibby (of LA-based band The Romanovs) on vocals and keyboards. This is M83's first U.S. tour since the 2005 release of Before The Dawn Heals Us.

Some are Saturdays, some are other days:

May
20 - Los Angeles, Calif. @ Echoplex
21 - San Francisco, Calif. @ Great American Music Hall
23 - Portland, Ore. @ Doug Fir Lounge
24 - Vancouver, B.C. @ Richards on Richards
25 - Seattle, Wash. @ Neumos
28 - Minneapolis, Minn. @ Triple Rock Club
29 - Chicago, Ill. @ Empty Bottle
30 - Toronto, Ontario @ The Mod Club
31 - Montreal, Quebec @ Cabaret Music Hall

June
2 - Cambridge, Mass. @ Middle East Downstairs
3 - Brooklyn, N.Y. @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
4 - New York City, N.Y. @ Bowery Ballroom
6 - Philadelphia, Pa. @ First Unitarian Church
7 - Washington, D.C. @ Black Cat