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The xx played Bonnaroo, playing United Palace, Summerstage, Lollapalooza, ACL, Oya, Melt!, Pop Montreal & other dates

The xx @ Webster Hall in March (more by Bao Nguyen)
The xx

“Marry me, Oliver!” was the cry from a desperate girl in the crowd when the trio finally took the stage under low light to begin systematically breaking hearts, including mine. (Mr. Blue Sky, don’t fail me now!!) For those who missed Joy Division the first time, I am so happy you have your own version now — as Oliver Sim and Romy Croft whispered the first words of a delicately slowed-down “Crystalised,” they were joined by hundreds of quiet, worshipful voices in the crowd, and I found myself mesmerized by their totally depressing stage presence. (Croft’s sadness alone could make a dorm at Sarah Lawrence crumble into dust.) Their strength comes in stillness, in the ability to distill all the dance grooves of their contemporaries into a single note plucked over and over from a single string. At close distance, they are a stunning live band.

In the back of a muddy tent? Maybe not so stunning — I crawled out from the mobbed sidestage and wrapped around to the center of gen pop, where the crowd was already starting to wander away, engaged in conversation or spastic dancing or the eating of brown foods. Some dude walked past me and muttered something to his buddy about what would happen if “the dude from Depeche Mode who killed himself” could see this band. I started to notice that from afar, the stoic plucking of a single string with whispered lyrics layered on top doesn’t really hold anyone’s attention. But there wasn’t much I could do short of find a border collie and try to herd people deeper into the tent, so I hung for a while, heard “Basic Space” (my patented I Can Leave If I Hear This Song™ system having gone into effect at midnight), and headed for the car. I may have shuffled my feet despondently a bit on the way there.
[Entertainment Weekly on the xx at Bonnaroo]

The band’s full Bonnaroo set is currently streaming at NPR.

As previously mentioned, The xx will be in NYC for a free show at the Central Park SummerStage on Sunday, August 8th with Jack Penate and Chairlift. That’s the day after the band plays Lollapalooza, and right before the band heads to Europe for a trip that includes an appearance at Oslo, Norway’s Oya Festival. The full Oya lineup is below

The xx will be back in New York this fall for an October 2nd show at United Palace Theatre. Tickets go on sale Friday, June 18th at 11am. That date is part of a fall tour that includes stops at Pop Montreal and Austin City Limits.

All dates, a video from Bonnaroo, the Oya lineup, and the German Melt Festival lineup (they play that too), below…


The xx @ Bonnaroo (better audio for the full set at NPR)

The xx – 2010 Tour Dates
Jun 18 – Southside Festival Neuhausen, GB
Jun 19 – Hurricane Festival Scheessel, GB
Jun 25 – Glastonbury Glastonbury, UNITED KINGDOM
Jun 26 – Glastonbury Glastonbury, UNITED KINGDOM
Jul 1 – Rock Werchter Belgium, GB
Jul 2 – Festival Beauregard Hérouville Saint-Clair, GB
Jul 3 – Eurockeennes Belfort, GB
Jul 8 – Optimus Alive! Oeiras, GB
Jul 10 – Pohoda Festival Trencin, GB
Jul 13 – Somerset House London, UK
Jul 16 – Melt! Ferropolis, GB
Jul 17 – Latitude Southwold, GB
Jul 18 – Les Nuits de Fourvière Lyon, GB
Aug 7 – Lollapalooza, Chicago, IL
Aug 8 – Central Park Summerstage, NY, NY
Aug 13 – Way Out West Gothenburg, GB
Aug 14 – Oya Festival Oslo, GB
Aug 15 – Flow Festival Helsinki, GB
Aug 20 – Pukkelpop Hasselt, GB
Aug 21 – Den Atelier Luxembourg, GB
Aug 22 – Lowlands Biddinghuizen, GB
Aug 26 – E-Werk Koln, GB
Aug 27 – Tonhalle Munich, GB
Sep 10 – Bestival Isle of Wight, UK
Sep 22 – Hollywood Palladium, Hollywood, CA
Sep 23 – Fox Theater – Oakland, Oakland, CA
Sep 29-Oct 3 – Pop Montreal, Montreal
Oct 2 – United Palace Theatre, NY, NY
Oct 04 Merriam Theater Philadelphia, PA
Oct 05 9:30 Club Washington, DC
Oct 6 – The Tabernacle, Atlanta, GA
Oct 08 Granada Theatre
Oct 09 Austin City Limits Music Festival Austin, TX


Melt! Festival lineup

1000 Robota | A-Trak | Matias Aguayo & Band | Ellen Allien | Almeida | An Horse | Archie Bronson Outfit | Ata | Autokratz | Beta | The Big Pink | Black Mountain | Black Rose (Henrik Schwarz & Jesse Rose live) | Blood Red Shoes | Booka Shade | Bonaparte | Boris | Bratze | Broken Bells | The Cheapers | Chromeo | Carl Craig | Chris Cunningham | Clues | Crookers | Danger | Darwin Deez | Delphic | Dendemann | Marcel Dettmann | Dirty Disco Youth | Dirty Projectors | dOP | Douster | Edu K | Egotronic | Empro | Fake Blood | Fred Falke live | Marcel Fengler | Fieber-Tanzparty | Roman Flügel | Foals | Four Tet | Frittenbude | Friendly Fires | Fucked Up | Marius Funk | Sascha Funke | The Futureheads | Get Well Soon | Goldfrapp | Groove Armada | Daniel Haaksman | Health | Hemmann & Kaden live | Hercules And Love Affair | Holy Ghost | Nick Höppner | Hurts | Ja, Panik | Jackmaster | Jamie T | Jamie XX | Jamaica | Johnossi | Jónsi | Sven Jozwiak | Karrera Klub | Kele | King Kong Kicks | Kings Of Convenience | Kissy Sell Out vs. Herve | Ben Klock | Oliver Koletzki | Kode 9 vs. Martyn |Kraushaar & Gradmann | Monika Kruse | Jamie Lidell | Les Yper Sound | Lindstrøm & Christabelle |Luna City Express | Mala | Massive Attack | Markus Meinhard | Melanie Melancholie | Midlake | Miike Snow | Modeselektor feat. Bonaparte live | Moderat feat. Paul St. Hilaire (Basic Cannel) & Dellé (Seeed) | Mutlu | ND Baumecker | Norman Nodge | Pantha Du Prince | Ewan Pearson | DJ Pete | Philipp Poisel | Popof live | Post War Years | Prosumer | Ptterns | Radio & Fernseh | RemmiDemmi DJ Team | Revolver Club | Riton | Saalschutz | Schlachthofbronx | Schulz & Söhne | DJ Shadow | Shed live | Shout Out Louds | Simian Mobile Disco (DJ-Set) | Sinden | Skate | Slagmalsklubben | Steffi | Christian Steiffen | Die Sterne | Tama Sumo | Team Recorder | Tiefschwarz | Tommie Sunshine | Matthias Tanzmann | Thomalla | Tobias Thomas | Tiga | Tocotronic | Martina Topley Bird | Trashpop | Trip Fontaine | Turbostaat | Two Door Cinema Club | The Very Best | Ricardo Villalobos | Joris Voorn live | Wareika | WhoMadeWho | Yeasayer | The XX

Oya!
August 10th-14th 2010
Oslo, Norway

Yeasayer
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti
The Black Angels
Die Antwoord
Broken Bells
Flaming Lips
The Specials
Field Music
M.I.A (UK)
Pavement (US)
Iggy & The Stooges (US)
Paul Weller (UK)
LCD Soundsystem (US)
Robyn (SW)
Tony Allen (NG)
Big Boi (US)
La Roux (UK)
The XX (UK)
Marina & The Diamonds (UK)
Local Natives (US)
Jonsi (of Sigur Ros) (ICD)
Panda Bear (US)
Mike Snow (SW)
The National (US)
Fucked Up (US)
Air (FR)
Trash Talk (US)
Imperial State Electric (SW)
Sleigh Bells (US)
Tune-Yards (US)
Kind Midas Sound (UK)
Girls (US)
Fools Gold (US)
Raekwon (US)
Cymbals Eat Guitars (US)
The Gaslight Anthem (US)
Major Lazer (US/UK)
Lindstrøm & Christabelle (NO)
Converge (US)
Surfer Blood (US)
Serena Maneesh (NO)
Casiokids (NO)

Plus Norwegian acts:
Youth Pictures of Florence Henderson / Kenneth Isak & the Freedom Machines / Torgny / Thom Hell / Oslo Ess / Wardruna / Diskjokke / Ost & Kjeks / Todd Terje & Dølle Jølle / Ost & Kjeks, Altaar / Motorpsycho / THE CUMSHOTS / CCTV / Lidolido / Navigators / John Olav Nilsen Og Gjengen / Obliteration / Djerv / Susanne Sundfør / Purified in Blood / The Megaphonic Thrift / Blood Command / Kråkesølv / Pow Pow / Lucy Swann / Mhoo / Karpe Diem / Lars Vaular / Ingrid Olava / Diskjokke w/Sambasunda / Wardruna / Todd Terje & Dølle Jølle (first live show) /
Necessary / 1349 / Ingerborg Selnes