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Posted in music | tour dates on March 10, 2009
A Camp (Nina Persson of the Cardigans) - new album & 2009 tour dates (Bowery Ballroom)
by Andrew Frisicano
A Camp, the trio fronted by Cardigans singer Nina Persson, has announced a full European tour and (so far) one US date in support of its second album, Colonia, out April 28th via Nettwerk. The band will be playing the Bowery Ballroom on Tuesday, May 26 (on sale Friday at noon, Am Ex presale on Wednesday) - which will be a hometown show of sorts for Persson and husband/ex-Shudder to Think member Nathan Larson (who, with ex-Atomic Swing musician Niclas Frisk, make up A Camp).
An article in the UK's Independent discusses Persson's life, The Cardigans, and the move:
[After recording The Cardigans reunion album Super Extra Gravity,] Persson finally spread her wings, moving to New York with Larson. "I was feeling positive, strong," she says. "It was a nice sensation."The band, which won four Swedish Grammys for its 2001 self-titled debut, performed at this year's ceremony, video below. One of A Camp last NYC shows was at Union Hall in August 2007.Eighteen months ago, Persson and her husband decided to get on to Manhattan's property ladder. They couldn't afford much by themselves, so decided to go in with Larson's parents. They now share a four-storey brownstone in a part of Harlem that has yet to undergo full gentrification.
"We've been burgled three times in 18 months," Persson notes, "but that's just something that happens. And besides, the police are really helpful. They know us by name now..."
All tour dates, plus a live video/interview, below...
A Camp - Stronger Than Jesus - Live at 2009 Swedish Grammis
A Camp interview/acoustic session 2/5/09
A Camp - 2009 Tour Dates
April 11 - Motel Mozaique Festival - Rotterdam, NL
April 12 - Trix - Antwerp, BE
April 13 - Luxor - Cologne, DE
April 15 - Ubel & Gefahrlich - Hamburg, DE
April 16 - Lido - Belrin, DE
April 17 - Fabryka Trzciny - Warsaw, PL
April 19 - Flex - Vienna, AT
April 20 - Magnolia - Milan, IT
April 21 - Backstage - Munich, DE
April 23 - Abart - Zurich, CH
April 24 - Docks - Lasaunne, CH
April 26 - Femmes s'en Mellent Festival @ Maroquinerie - Paris, FR
April 28 - Glee Club - Birmingham, UK
April 29 - Academy - Dublin, IE
April 30 - Spring & Airbrake - Belfast, UK
May 2 - ABC 2 - Glasgow, UK
May 3 - Cockpit - Leeds, UK
May 4 - Academy 3 - Manchester, UK
May 6 - Kings College - London, UK
May 26 - Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY
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Posted on March 10, 2009 11:40 AM
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Comments (13)
"couldn't afford much by themselves"
I guess touring for 12 years and selling millions of albums still don't pay the bills in NYC
Posted by Anonymous | March 10, 2009 1:12 PM
Why the hell would you put yourselves and your possessions in danger for no reason? The attitude of "it's just something that happens" is very odd. God forbid anything ever happens to them...would anyone say they were anything but idiots?
Posted by Anonymous | March 10, 2009 1:38 PM
don't think she's ex-cardigans yet...
Posted by Anonymous | March 10, 2009 1:47 PM
"don't think she's ex-cardigans yet..."
title updated
Posted by brooklynvegan | March 10, 2009 2:14 PM
Hot. Now I only need Roisyn Murphy and I would be happy for 2009.
Posted by Eduardo | March 10, 2009 2:21 PM
Headline of the Future:
"Nina Persson, Formerly of Scandinavian Pop Group 'The Cardinags', Found Dead in Harlem Home After Apparent Home Invasion"
Posted by Anonymous | March 10, 2009 6:31 PM
I'm sure the cops up there know them by name... they're probably the butt of many jokes in the ol' precinct by now.
Posted by Anonymous | March 10, 2009 6:33 PM
more importantly EX SWIZ
Posted by Sean | March 10, 2009 7:37 PM
SWIZ's No Punches Pulled was sick. Nathan's work with shudder isn't too shabby either. Great player.
Posted by Jeff | March 11, 2009 12:30 AM
actually, a camp played the knitting factory last summer...
Posted by Anonymous | March 11, 2009 10:05 AM
Daddy was a Pilot.
Posted by ummmm....... | March 11, 2009 10:10 AM
they're great live. that, and one of her bandmates kinda looks like the caveman from Geico.
Posted by jim | March 16, 2009 1:31 AM
She's actually from sweden.. Heard they would tour here as well. She was a lot better with cardigans though. Not blaming her but the had their debute here in sweden six years after the first album with a camp. But i adore nina. Anyway, looking forward to the new album. See ya.
Posted by Lisa | March 21, 2009 3:25 PM