The Shins have confirmed the addition of a dozen more dates on their marathon world tour in support of recently released fourth album Port Of Morrow (Aural Apothecary/Columbia). Coming off of a spectacular run with 3 sold out nights at New York’s Terminal 5, they will be embarking on a Summer tour that includes a sold out show at Red Rocks in front of 9000 fans.
The new dates begin September 22 at the Paramount Theater in Seattle, making headline stops at Nashville’s famed Ryman Auditorium and Los Angeles’ Gibson Amphitheater, among others, before wrapping with an October 13 appearance at this year’s Austin City Limits festival.
The new dates (below in BOLD) will feature an expanded Shins lineup, with James Mercer having added Mark Watrous on additional guitars and lap steel to the existing live Shins roll call of Yuuki Matthews (bass), Jessica Dobson (guitar), Richard Swift (keyboards) and Joe Plummer (drums).
The Shins have partnered up with the lifestyle site Gilt City to sell advance tickets for a portion of the upcoming tour. Pre-sale for those dates will be available tomorrow at noon EST at Gilt City http://gi.lt/KCyRef
Pre-sales for the remainder of the tour is available at theshins.com also at noon EST.
05/29/12 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheater
05/31/12 – Council Bluffs, IA – Harrahs Council Bluffs
06/01/12 – Minneapolis, MN – Orpheum Theatre
06/02/12 – Kansas City, KS – Livestrong Sporting Park
06/04/12 – St. Louis, MO – The Pageant
06/05/12 – Columbus, OH – LC Pavilion Outdoor Amphitheatre
06/06/12 – Detroit, MI – Fillmore Detroit
06/08/12 – Cleveland, OH – Masonic Auditorium
06/09/12 – Louisville, KY – Iroquois Amphitheatre
06/10/12 – Manchester, TN – Bonnaroo
06/22/12 – Frankfurt, Germany – Lüften Festival
06/23/12 – Neuhausen, Germany – Southside Festival
06/24/12 – Scheessel, Germany – Hurricane Festival
06/25/12 – Hamburg, Germany – Grobe Freiheit 36
06/27/12 – Arendal, Norway – Hovefestival
06/29/12 – Helsinki, Finland – The Garden Party
06/30/12 – Borlange, Sweden – Peace & Love
07/02/12 – Gothenburg, Sweden – Pusterviksbaren (headline show)
07/03/12 – Malmo, Sweden – KB Club (headline show)
07/05/12 – Roskilde, Denmark – Roskilde Festival
07/07/12 – Lisbon, Portugal – Super Bock Super Rock
07/23/12 – Melbourne, Australia – Festival Hall
07/25/12 – Sydney, Australia – Hordern Pavilion
07/27/12 – Byron Bay, Australia- Splendour In The Grass Festival
07/29/12 – Nigata, Japan – Fuji Rock Festival
08/03/12 – Chicago, IL – Lollapalooza
08/04/12 – Toronto, Canada – Molson Amphitheatre
08/17/12 – Erfurt, Germany – Highfield
08/18/12 – Hasslet, Belgium – Pukkelpop
08/23/12 – Zurich, Switzerland – Open Air Festival
08/24/12 – Paris, France – Rock En Seine
08/25/12 – Reading, UK – Richfield Avenue
08/26/12 – Leeds, UK – Bramham Park
09/22/12 – Paramount Theatre – Seattle, WA
09/25/12 – Orpheum Theatre – Vancouver, BC
09/26/12 – Keller Auditorium – Portland, OR
09/30/12 – SDSU Open Air Theatre – San Diego, CA
10/02/12 – Gibson Amphitheatre – Universal City, CA
10/03/12 – Rialto Theatre – Tucson, AZ
10/04/12 – Kiva Auditorium – Albuquerque, NM
10/07/12 – Ryman Auditorium – Nashville, TN
10/08/12 – Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre – Atlanta, GA
10/10/12 – House of Blues – Houston, TX
10/11/12 – House of Blues – Dallas, TX
10/13/12 – Austin City Limits – Austin, TX