aaamusic | On 23, Feb 2011

Sufjan Stevens has announced his first UK And European tour in 5 years. Full details of all his appearances in April and May 2011 are below, including two dates at the Royal Festival Hall and previously announced headline sets at Primavera and The Great Escape festivals.

Sufjan Stevens’ album ‘The Age of Adz’ was well worth the wait, receiving universal critical acclaim and the level of salivation was borne out by reaching Number 7 in the US Billboard charts and the Top 30 in the UK the week of its release. The single ‘Too Much’ was A-listed on 6 Music as well as regular plays on Radio 1 from the likes of Zane Lowe and Rob Da Bank.

On the back of all this ecstatic news, phenomenal word of mouth for a self released project and some ravishing US shows in Autumn 2010, Sufjan will tour Europe with a full band and lands in the UK for the first time since November 2006. If the US dates are anything to go by then we should be prepared for one hell of show, covering all the biggies; “love, heartache and the end of the world”. Oh, and fun too.

DM Stith will open all shows.

European Dates:

29 April: Bergen Grieghallen www.bergenfest.no / www.grieghallen.no / www.billettservice.no
30 April: Oslo Folketeateret www.folketeateret.no
1 May: Copenhagen Vega www.vega.dk / www.billetlugen.dk/home
3 May: Stockholm Cirkus www.cirkus.se / www.ticnet.se
General sale: 25 February – www.cirkus.se / www.ticnet.se /
5 May: Warsaw Teatr Polski www.teatr-polski.art.pl/ www.ticketpro.pl
6 May: Leipzig Centratheatre www.schauspiel-leipzig.de/ www.karsten-jahnke.de
7 May: Berlin Admiralspalast www.admiralspalast.de
9 May: Paris Olympia www.olympiahall.com / www.avosbillets.com
10 May: Brussels Cirque Royal www.cirque-royal.org / www.livenation.be
On Sale 25 February
12 May: London Royal Festival Hall
General Sale: 2 March – www.southbankcentre.co.uk / 0844 847 9911 /
13 May: London Royal Festival Hall (see above)
14 May: Brighton The Brighton Dome (presented by The Brighton Festival and The Great Escape)www.brightondome.org / 01273 709 709
16 May: Gateshead The Sage
General Sale: 25 February – www.thesagegateshead.org / www.gigsandtours.com / 0844 811 0051
17 May: Dublin Olympia www.mcd.ie / www.ticketmaster.ie
ON SALE 25 FEBRUARY 9AM
18 May: Dublin Olympia (see above)
ON SALE 25 FEBRUARY 9AM
19 May: Manchester Apollo
General Sale: 11AM 25 February – www.gigsandtours.com / 0844 811 0051
21 May: Eindhoven NL Muziekcentrum www.muziekgebouweindhoven.nl
22 May: Essen DE Colosseum Theatre www.colosseumtheater.de
24 May : Ferrara, IT Teatro Comunale www.ferrarasottolestelle.it / www.ticketone.it
26 May: Barcelona Primavera Sound www.primaverasound.com
27 May: Barcelona Primavera Sound www.primaverasound.com
30 May: Porto PT Coliseum www.coliseudoporto.pt / www.ticketline.pt
ON SALE 24 FEBRUARY, 10AM GMT
31 May: Lisbon Coliseum www.coliseulisboa.com / www.ticketline.pt