Tour dates ahoy!

Swans announce a UK and European tour

The European dates in May include their biggest headline show at London’s Roundhouse, with support from Okkyung Lee.

29th January 2015

Swans will return to the UK and Europe this year for a full headline tour during May. The bands upcoming dates will begin at Istanbul’s FSK Saloon on 2nd May, touring throughout the month before finishing at Primavera Festival on 30th May, which the group announced last week.

Swans released their latest album ‘To Be Kind’ on Mute Records last year. Michael Gira and his band are currently preparing for a North American tour before heading out to play the newly announced dates. Support for the upcoming tour’s European leg will come from Okkyung Lee. Details of their full tour can be found here.

The full European tour is as follows:

MAY

02 Istanbul, TR @ FSK Saloon (&)
05 Arus, DK @ Vohalle (&)
06 Stavanger, NO @ Folken (&)
07 Bergen, NO @ USF Gerteft (&)
08 Oslo, NO @ Vulkan (&)
09 Trondheim, NO @ Blaest (&)
011 Gothenburg, SE @ Sticky Fingers (&)
12 Malmo, SE @ Babel (&)
14 Nijmegen, NL @ Doorroosje (&)
15 Dortmund, DE @ FZW (&)
16 Liege, BE @ Les Ardents Club (&)
17 Kortrijk BE @ De Kreun (&)
21 London, UK @ Roundhouse(&)
23 Glasgow, UK @ Art School (&)
24 Belfast, UK @ Mandela Hall (&)
28 Dublin, IE @ Button Factory (&)

JUN

7/3 Gydina, PL @ Open-Er Festival
7/17 OSTRAVA, CR @ COLOURS OF OSTRAVA festival

(&) = w/ Okkyung Lee

Tickets for the group’s headline tour can be found here. Listen to ’Screen Shot’ from ’To Be Kind’ below.

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