Neko Case has announced a North American headlining tour for September 2018 following the release of her forthcoming album, Hell-On, out on June 1 via Anti-.
Case was previously announced as a support act for nearly 40 tour dates with Ray Lamontagne this summer, as well as a European headlining tour. These new dates in September comprise over a dozen stops, including New York’s Beacon Theatre, and all the dates will feature support from Thao of The Get Down Stay Down.
The New Pornographers vocalist recently released the title track and another single, “Bad Luck,” from her forthcoming seventh studio album, which she also produced. Case also announced that the album will feature appearances by Beth Ditto, Mark Lanegan, k.d. Lang, AC Newman, Eric Bachmann, Kelly Hogan, Doug Gillard, Laura Veirs, Joey Burns “and many more.”
Case said of the unique sound of her new album:
My style is odd, I don’t know what genre this is. I don’t have a pretty voice or a trained voice, and I am constantly disappointed that I don’t have a “tough” voice, no matter how hard I practice, but it’s mine, and for all its loud, heavy-handed, nasal, vibrato-less qualities I accept it. The closest sound I have found to compare it to is Bulgarian Folk singing. My Eastern ancestors could have been proud of me a century ago? I could have been a droning “caller of wasps” perhaps? I just invented that job, I like the sound of it. The songs are who I believe myself to be and that will change, but for now that’s how it is and I’m very satisfied with that.
Check out her upcoming tour dates below. You can preorder Hell-On here.
Neko Case Tour Dates:
May
30 – Bend, Ore. @ Les Schwab Amphitheater*
June
01 – Berkeley, Calif. @ Greek Theatre*
02 – San Diego, Calif. @ Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre*
03 – Los Angeles, Calif. @ Greek Theatre*
05 – Phoenix, Ariz. @ Comerica Theatre*
08 – Irving, Texas @ The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory*
09 – Del Valle, Texas @ Austin360 Amphitheater*
10 – Sugar Land, Texas @ Smart Financial Centre at Sugar Land*
12 – Rogers, Ark. @ Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion*
13 – Southaven, Miss. @ BankPlus Amphitheater at Snowden Grove*
15 – Indianapolis, Ind. @ Farm Bureau Insurance Lawn at White River State Park*
16 – Chicago, Ill. @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island*
17 – Nashville, Tenn. @ Ascend Amphitheater*
19 – Charlotte, N.C. @ Charlotte Metro Credit Union Amphitheatre*
20 – Columbia, Md. @ Merriweather Post Pavilion*
22 – Philadelphia, Pa. @ Festival Pier at Penn’s Landing*
23 – Boston, Mass. @ Blue Hills Bank Pavilion*
24 – Boston, Mass. @ Blue Hills Bank Pavilion*
26 – Wallingford, Conn. @ Toyota Presents Oakdale*
28 – Bangor, Maine @ Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion*
29 – North Adams, Mass. @ MASS MoCA*
30 – Cleveland, Ohio @ Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica*
July
01 – Rochester Hills, Mich. @ Meadow Brook Amphitheatre
03 – Pittsburgh, Pa. @ Heinz Hall for the Performing Arts
04 – Cooperstown, N.Y. @ Brewery Ommegang
06 – Madison, Wis. @ Breese Stevens Field
07 – St. Louis, Mo. @ Peabody Opera House
08 – Kansas City, Mo. @ Starlight Theatre
10 – Morrison, Colo. @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre
September
05 – Milwaukee, Wis. @ Pabst Theater^
06 – St. Paul, Minn. @ The Palace Theatre^
07 – Des Moines, Iowa @ Hoyt Sherman Place^
08 – Lincoln, Neb. @ Bourbon Theatre^
09 – Tulsa, Okla. @ Cain’s Ballroom^
11 – New Orleans, La. @ Civic Theatre^
12 – Birmingham, Ala. @ Iron City^
13 – Atlanta, Ga. @ Variety Playhouse^
14 – Chapel Hill, N.C. @ Memorial Hall at UNC^
15 – Charlottesville, Va. @ Jefferson Theater^
17 – Harrisburg, Pa. @ Sunoco Theatre^
20 – New York, N.Y. @ Beacon Theatre^
24 – Toronto, Ontario @ Danforth Music Hall^
26 – Buffalo, N.Y. @ Asbury Hall at Babeville^
27 – St. Johnsbury, Vt. @ Fuller Hall^
October
29 – Stockholm, Sweden @ Nalen
30 – Copenhagen, Denmark @ Bremen Theatre
November
01 – Berlin, Germany @ Bi Nuu
02 – Cologne, Germany @ Stadtgarten Cologne
03 – Groningen, Netherlands @ Takeroot Festival (De Oosterpoort)
04 – Brussels, Belgium @ Rotonde – Botanique
06 – Dublin, Ireland @ Vicar Street
07 – Leeds, U.K. @ Brudenell Social Club
08 – London, U.K. @ Barbican
(* – w/ Ray LaMontagne)
(^ – w/ Thao of the Get Down Stay Down)