aaamusic | On 20, Apr 2011

KURT VILE ANNOUNCES SEPTEMBER UK TOUR

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As previously announced, Kurt Vile and his band The Violators will travel to the UK in May to play his first shows since releasing his fourth album, the universally acclaimed Smoke Ring For My Halo. The London show has long since sold out but fans eager to see Kurt can still catch him perform a free in-store at Rough Trade East on the same day (19th May).

Today, Kurt Vile has revealed he will return to this side of the Atlantic with The Violators in September. The run of shows with Woods commences after Kurt’s appearance at End Of The Road Festival, and concludes at The Scala in London, his biggest headline show in the UK thus far.

May
13th-15th – All Tomorrow’s Parties, Minehead (curated by Animal Collective)
19th – Rough Trade East free in-store (1pm)
19th – Corsica Studio, London (SOLD OUT)
20th – Kazimier, Liverpool (Sound City, headlining Drowned in Sound stage)
21st – Captains Rest, Glasgow (Stag and Dagger Festival)
22nd – The Hope, Brighton

September
4th – End of the Road Festival, Dorset
5th – Sound Control, Manchester (w. Woods)
6th – Stereo, Glasgow (w. Woods)
7th – The Fleece, Bristol (w. Woods)
8th – Scala, London (w. Woods) [TICKETWEB / SEE TICKETS]

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