Beck announces summer tour

It's not officially summer until three things happen: neighborhood pools open, really smart people get really terrible tans, and Beck announces his latest warm-weather tour. Well, it's time to grab the SPF 15 and light up the BBQ, because everybody's favorite Midnite Vulture is headlining a summer trek that's sure to get all you neon mamacitas' totally bzooty. What's "bzooty" mean, you ask? Look it up in the Becktionary. (For more detailed information, please refer to the Encyclopedia Becktanica.)

Before hitting up the U.S., Mr. Hansen has a bunch of European dates in June and July. He'll make it back home at the end of August, stopping by the Bumbershoot and Austin City Limits festivals in September. No word on whether he'll be performing new material from his upcoming Danger Mouse-produced album or those tracks he recorded with Jamie Lidell about a year ago. But a guy can hope, right?

Dates:

June
25 - Norway @ Hove Festival
27 - Berlin, Germany @ Columbiahalle
28 - St. Gallen, Switzerland @ St. Gallen Festival
30 - Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Melkweg

July
4 - London, England @ Hyde Park (O2 Wireless Festival)
6 - Werchter, Belgium @ Rock Werchter Festival
7 - Paris, France @ Olympia
9 - Madrid, Spain @ La Riviera

August
22 - San Francisco, Calif. @ Golden Gate Park (Outside Lands Festival)
30 - Seattle, Wash. @ Bumbershoot Festival

September
20 - Los Angeles, Calif @ Hollywood Bowl
27 - Austin, Texas @ Zilker Park (Austin City Limits Festival)

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