Echo & the Bunnymen long ago solidified a place music-trivia games the world over with tracks like “The Killing Moon” and “Lips Like Sugar.” More recently, the band’s latest, The Fountain, came out last November, just a few months after they were taken to outer space by a NASA astronaut. Now, they’re planning a spring tour in support of what lead singer Ian McCulloch calls “the best thing we’ve done since Ocean Rain,” starting with a show at Coachella in April.
Dates:
April
16 – Indio, Calif. @ Empire Polo Grounds (Coachella Festival)
18 – Sparks, Nev. @ John Ascuaga’s Nugget
19 – San Francisco, Calif. @ The Fillmore
21 – Chicago, Ill. @ Metro
23 – Toronto, Ont. @ Phoenix Concert Theatre
25 – Glenside (Philadelphia), Pa. @ Keswick Theatre
26 – Boston, Mass. @ Paradise Rock Club
27 – Fairfield, Conn. @ Fairfield Theatre Company
28 – State College, Pa. @ State Theatre
30 – Washington, D.C. @ Black Cat
May
1 – New York, N.Y. @ Irving Plaza
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