Courtney Barnett announces US tour

Courtney Barnett has announced a tour of North America that will begin in May 2015. Barnett recently announced dates in UK that will take place in March, beginning before the release of her debut album ‘Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit’ on 23rd March via Marathon Artists.

Barnett will be joined by Chastity Belt. Dates on the tour will also see the Australian opening for The Decemberists, Spoon, and Belle and Sebastian during their respective tours. Courtney Barnett will play the following:

FEBRUARY
06 Adelaide (AU), St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival
07 Melbourne (AU), St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival
08 Fremantle (AU), St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival

MARCH
07 Meredith (AU), Golden Plains Festival
08 Launceston (AU), A Festival Called Panama
17 Austin (TX), South By Southwest
25 Paris (FR), Le Divan Du Monde
27 Brighton, Concorde 2
28 Bristol, The Fleece
29 Leeds, Brudenell Social Club
30 Sheffield, The Leadmill
31 Newcastle, Newcastle University

APRIL
02 Glasgow, Art School
03 Manchester, Gorilla
04 Dublin (IE), Whelan’s
05 Nottingham, Bodega
07 Cambridge, The Junction
08 Norwich, Waterfront
09 London, Electric Ballroom
12 Berlin (DE), Heimathafen

MAY
18 Boston (MA), The Sinclair (w/ Chastity Belt)
20 New York (NY), Bowery Ballroom (w/ Chastity Belt)
21 New York (NY), Bowery Ballroom (w/ Chastity Belt)
22-25 George (WA), Sasquatch! Festival
27 Morrison (CO), Red Rocks (w/ Spoon and The Decembrists)
29-31 Napa (CA), Bottle Rock Napa Valley
30 Los Angeles (CA), The Roxy Theatre (w/ Chastity Belt)

JUNE
02 San Diego (CA), Casbah
05 Austin (TX), The Mohawk (w/ Chastity Belt)
06 Dallas (TX), Club Dada (w/ Chastity Belt)
07 New Orleans (LA), One Eyed Jacks (w/ Chastity Belt)
09 Atlanta (GA), Vinyl (w/ Chastity Belt)
11-14 Manchester (TN), Bonnaroo Music Festival
13 Washington (DC), 9:30 Club (w/ Chastity Belt)
15 Philadelphia (PA), Union Transfer (w/ Chastity Belt)
18 Kansas City (MO), Uptown Theatre (w/ Belle and Sebastian)

JULY
24-26 Newport (RI), Newport Folk Fest

Tickets for Barnett’s tour are on sale now - click here for further details and availability. Watch the video for ‘Pedestrian At Best’, the first single from ‘Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit’, below.