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Posted in music | tour dates on June 21, 2007

BEIRUT - new album & 2007 Tour Dates

Did anyone notice a member of Beirut playing a horn with The Citizens Band when they opened for the White Stripes at Irving the other night? I could be wrong.

Zach @ Primavera sound 2007, 9:00 am soundcheck (more about that)
Zach Beirut

Back in May it kind of leaked out that Grizzly Bear-fan Zach Condon and his band Beirut would be playing three NYC shows in September, but the tour dates I just received only list two September dates - so either plans changed, or they'll announce the third one after the first two sell out. All dates, and new album info, below....

As you somewhat already know...

The new record (yet to be titled) will be released on October 9th on Ba Da Bing!, and features a notable shift in sound from Gulag. With song titles like "Nantes" and "Cherbourg," the record is more a love letter to French culture. Featuring thirteen tracks in all, this new album continues on the trajectory that began with the Lon Gisland EP, where the entire eight-member band plays along on the recordings. Besides the eight-member orkestar and guests, Owen Pallett of Final Fantasy adds lush string arrangements to the songs, as well as guest vocals on a track entitled "Cliquot."

The album was recorded in two separate sessions - at the A Hawk and a Hacksaw practice space, and at Arcade Fire's ornate studios outside of Montreal. To date, Gulag Orkestar has sold over 100,000 copies worldwide.

Beirut will be playing a limited number of North American shows this Fall in theatrical venues. Colleen, whose new album Les Ondes Silencieuse is out this month on The Leaf Label, will open.

Beirut - 2007 Tour Dates
Jun 22 - Tripod dublin
Jun 24 - glastonbury festival Glastonbury
Jun 26 - Koko London
Jun 28 - malta festival poznan
Jun 30 - Radar Istanbul
Jul 3 - Trabendo Paris
Jul 5 - Postbahnhof Berlin
Jul 8 - Roskilde Festival Roskilde
Jul 10 - Gagarin Open air Festival Athens
September 23rd - Princeton, NJ - Terrace F Club
September 24th - New York, NY - Worldess Music Series @ Society for Ethical Culture
September 25th in NYC????
September 26th - New York, NY - Delacorte Theater
September 30th - Montreal, QU - La Salla Rosa
October 2nd - Toronto, ONT - Danforth Music Hall
October 4th - Chicago, IL Portage Theater
October 8th - San Francisco, CA - Herbst Theater
October 9th - San Francisco, CA - Herbst Theater
October 10th - Los Angeles, CA - Avalon

new album tracklist
0. A Call To Arms
1. Nantes
2. A Sunday Smile
3. Guyamas Sonora
4. La Banlieu
5. Cliquot
6. The Penalty
7. Forks and Knives(La Fête)
8. In The Mausoleum
9. Un Dernier Verre (Pour la Route)
10. Cherbourg
11. St. Apollonia
12. The Flying Club Cup

Previously
* Beirut, Arcade Fire & Final Fantasy @ Bowery Ballroom, NYC - pics
* VIDEO: Arcade Fire, Beirut + Final Fantasy on stage
* Colleen @ Joe's Pub, NYC | Pics
* A Hawk and a Hacksaw @ Joe's Pub, NYC | Pics
* A Hawk and a Hacksaw and Colleen | Tour Dates

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Tags: A Hawk and a Hacksaw, Beirut, Citizens Band, Colleen, Primavera, Wordless Music Series
posted at 2:28 PM on June 21, 2007 in music | tour dates | Comments (31)

Comments (31)

are the tickets for the Delacorte Theater on sale?

Posted by Anonymous | June 21, 2007 2:41 PM

honestly, is a vancouver/seattle show too much to ask for?

Posted by giselle | June 21, 2007 2:45 PM

Yes. We need a Seattle show, like I need oxygen.

Posted by flatrabbit | June 21, 2007 3:08 PM

Yes. That was the famous Jon Natchez. He also plays for The Bishop Allen. He's the brains behind Beirut.

Posted by Anonymous | June 21, 2007 3:09 PM

Yes. That was the famous Jon Natchez. He also plays for The Bishop Allen. He's the brains behind Beirut.

Posted by Anonymous | June 21, 2007 3:11 PM

Yes. That was the famous Jon Natchez. He also plays for The Bishop Allen. He's the brains behind Beirut.

Posted by Anonymous | June 21, 2007 3:11 PM

Yes. The famous Jon Natchez is the mystery man playing in both Beirut and Citizens Band. He also plays for The Bishop Allen.

Posted by Anonymous | June 21, 2007 3:12 PM

anyone buy that single beirut had on itunes? fountains and tramways and some song with bonaparte in its title were on it. if that's the direction the new music is going in, it's gonna sound like elevator music. it's horrid.

Posted by Anonymous | June 21, 2007 3:13 PM

anyone buy that single beirut had on itunes? fountains and tramways and some song with bonaparte in its title were on it. if that's the direction the new music is going in, it's gonna sound like elevator music. it's horrid.

Posted by Anonymous | June 21, 2007 3:14 PM

hopefully that single was an itunes only throwaway type track.

anyone know how to get tickets for the delacorte theater show? i just went over the site and didn't see any relevant info.

i also called the other place they're playing and no one answered the phone.

i'm trying to get on top of this right away because last time i missed getting tickets and never heard the end of it from the gf...

Posted by Anonymous | June 21, 2007 3:17 PM

Jon Natchez also makes these really great films about his life as a anthropolgist. That is right. He also flies balloons like a motherfucker.

Posted by Paul Collins | June 21, 2007 3:21 PM

Jon Natchez also makes these really great films about his life as a anthropoligist. That is right. He also flies balloons like a motherfucker.

Posted by Paul Collins | June 21, 2007 3:22 PM

I once wrestled Jon Natchez, shirtless on a loft in a moving school bus.

Posted by FYUF | June 21, 2007 3:34 PM

jon natchez also plays in Stars Like Fleas and arranges/plays for The Silent League. jon natchez also never sleeps. jon natchez is also a freak of nature.

Posted by anon | June 21, 2007 3:54 PM

Jesus, about time. Is this the first ever Beirut gig in LA?

Posted by Bort | June 21, 2007 4:03 PM

jon natchez did all the makeup on the planet of the apes movies.

Posted by Anonymous | June 21, 2007 4:03 PM

jon natchez gave satan a taco.

Posted by ann onimuss | June 21, 2007 4:14 PM

hey bv, any word on the ryan adams show? next tuesday at hiro ballroom.

Posted by Anonymous | June 21, 2007 4:15 PM

the single from itunes is from the band zach was in before beirut.

Posted by Anonymous | June 21, 2007 5:42 PM

jon natchez orchestrated the merger between UNICEF and Smith & Wesson.

Posted by Anonymous | June 21, 2007 5:49 PM

Jon Natchez is my daddy. I know this because we have the same armpit hair.

Posted by Weezy | June 21, 2007 5:52 PM

i had cheesey natchez for dinner. yummy

Posted by Anonymous | June 22, 2007 12:10 AM

Jon Natchez investigated reports that Niger was attempting to sell yellowcake uranium to Iraq.

Posted by Anonymous | June 22, 2007 11:45 AM

None of you guys are close to being funny. About as funny as an inside joke to an outsider.

Posted by Anonymous | June 22, 2007 3:36 PM

this band is such a rip of it's influences....zzzzzzz

Posted by Anonymous | June 22, 2007 11:06 PM

Yeah, I'm sure some old gypsy playing a balalaika on a collective farm in russia is pissed off about how an indie band he's never heard of ripped off his music.

Posted by Anonymous | June 24, 2007 5:22 PM

Yeah, that single on itunes (fountains and tramways) is something zach did when he was 15 or 16, when he called himself "the real people". I'm pretty sure it was only him.

Posted by Anonymous | June 28, 2007 12:36 AM

You can see Beirut perform "A Sunday Smile" with Kocani Orkestar on the latest Take Away Show.

It's all there !!

Posted by garrincha | August 14, 2007 9:50 AM

Any word on that possible NYC show on the 25th? Webster is free right?

Posted by Eduardo | August 28, 2007 5:24 PM

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