Dirty Projectors Announce World Tour Dates

Brooklyn indie rockers Dirty Projectors have announced new tour dates, which will mark their first headlining tour in nearly five years.

According to a press release, the band’s songwriter/producer David Longstreth “will quit his studio obsessiveness to embark on a new chapter in the Dirty Projectors story.”

The band released a self-titled album last year, but they haven’t played any headlining shows since the summer of 2013. Their upcoming tour will feature Longstreth, and longtime members Nat Baldwin (bass) and Mike Johnson (drums), as well as three new band members: Felicia Douglass (percussion/vocals), Maia Friedman (guitar/vocals) and Kristin Slipp (keyboards, vocals).

Their summer 2018 tour will include festival appearances at New York’s Governors Ball and Boston Calling, and will begin in Arizona in May and end in London at the end of August. They also released a cryptic tour trailer featuring the words “Lamplit Prose,” which may or may not be the title of a new album or simply their upcoming tour.

Watch Dirty Projectors’ tour trailer, listen to their 2007 Daytrotter Session and check out their upcoming world tour dates below.

Dirty Projectors Tour Dates:

May
11-13 – Arcosanti, Ariz. @ FORM*
12 – San Diego, Calif. @ Music Box
15 – Austin, Texas @ The Mohawk
16 – New Orleans, La. @ Republic
18 – Birmingham, Ala. @ Saturn
19 – Nashville, Tenn. @ Exit In
21 – St. Louis, Mo. @ The Ready Room
22 – Chicago, Ill. @ Thalia Hall
23 – Detroit, Mich. @ El Club
25 – Toronto, Ontario @ The Great Hall
26 – Montreal, Quebec @ Belmont
27 – Boston, Mass. @ Boston Calling Festival*
29 – Millvale, Pa. @ Mr. Smalls Theatre

June
01 – Washington, D.C. @ 9:30 Club
02 – Philadelphia, Pa. @ The Roots Picnic*
03 – New York, N.Y. @ The Governors Ball Music Festival*
12 – Los Angeles, Calif. @ El Rey Theatre
16 – San Francisco, Calif. @ The Chapel
17 – San Francisco, Calif. @ The Chapel
19 – Portland, Ore. @ Wonder Ballroom
21 – Seattle, Wash. @ The Crocodile
22 – Vancouver, B.C. @ Vogue (TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival)*
23 – Calgary, Alberta @ Sled Island Music & Arts Festival*
25 – Salt Lake City, Utah @ Urban Lounge
26 – Denver, Colo. @ Bluebird Theater
28 – Santa Fe, N.M. @ Meow Wolf
29 – Dallas, Texas @ Trees
30 – Houston, Texas @ White Oak Music Hall

July
27-29 – Niigata Prefecture, Japan @ Fuji Rock Festival*

August
09 – Haldern, Germany @ Haldern Pop Festival – Main Stage*
10 – Copenhagen, Denmark @ HAVEN Festival – Main Stage*
14 – Berlin, Germany @ Heimathafen
15 – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Paradiso Noord (Tolhuistuin)
16-19 – Brecon Beacons, U.K. @ Green Man Festival*
19 – Glasgow, U.K. @ The Art School
20 – Leeds, U.K. @ Riley Smith Hall (Leeds Uni)
21 – London, U.K. @ Village Underground
22 – London, U.K. @ Village Underground (2nd night)

(* – Festival date)