Mark Sultan aka BBQ to tour with Clinic

Mark Sultan is a musician's musician. He's earned his rock 'n' roll stripes multiple times over, performing with so many side projects it's hard to tell if he ever had an original band. He's headed up Les Sexareenos as well as the The Spaceshits, collaborated with the likes of The Deadly Snakes and Jack Oblivian, run Sultan Records, and has put out some damn fine garage tunes with King Khan and the BBQ Show. The reason Sultan hasn't become more famous is one of those rock 'n' roll injustices that makes idealistic music writers turn to the sauce on cold, rockless nights in December.

Sultan's hopefully going to get the press he deserves this fall when he heads on tour with Clinic. After finishing off a few solo dates, BBQ will hit up a few shows with the arty Liverpool band at the end of May. For fans of King Khan, Sultan will also pick up a few dates with The Shrines in June, just in time for the release of their greatest hits album on Vice.

Dates:

April
19 - Toronto, Ontario @ Rancho Relaxo

May
10 - Ottawa, Ontario @ Babylon
15 - New Haven Conn. @ Cafe 9
16 - Boston, Mass. @ The Abbey
17 - Brooklyn, N.Y. @ Don Pedro's
19 - Asheville, N.C. @ The Admiral
21 - Memphis, Tenn. @ Murphy's
22 - Denton, Texas @ Rubber Gloves
23 - Austin, Texas @ Emo's *
24 - Baton Rouge, La. @ Spanish Moon *
25 - Atlanta, Ga. @ The EARL *
26 - Carborro, N.C. @ Cat's Cradle *
27 - Lancaster, Pa. @ Chameleon Club *
28 - Washington D.C. @ Black Cat *
29 - Baltimore, Md. @ Sonar *
30 - Philadelphia, Pa. @ Johnny Brenda's *
31 - New York, N.Y. @ Bowery Ballroom *

* w/ Clinic

King Khan & The Shrines:

June
10 - Los Angeles, Calif. @ Echo
12 - Portland, Ore. @ Dante's
19 - Chicago, Ill. @ Union Park (Pitchfork Music Festival)

Related links:
MarkSultan.com
King Khan and the Shrines on MySpace
MP3: King Khan & The Shrines - "Torture"

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