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Posted in music | tour dates on March 31, 2011

Yo La Tengo playing 'Wheel Spin Shows' (2011 Tour Dates include 2 nights in Brooklyn)

Yo La Tengo during Chanukah 2010 (more by Chris Gersbeck)
Yo La Tengo

Yo La Tengo have scheduled a new round of dates, and they aren't Jewish holiday-themed benefit shows or to raise money for Japan, but they will, like the upcoming Elvis Costello shows, contain a special aspect. The band writes:

"For our ...[upcoming] tour dates, we've decided to take the advice of Blood, Sweat & Tears to "ride a painted pony/let the spinning wheel spin." And just in case that's not self-explanatory, read on..."
The Brooklyn dates are May 10th & 11th at The Bell House. Tickets for both 5/10 and 5/11 go on sale Friday at noon (4/1), and can also be found at Other Music with no fee. More dates, and details on what these shows will entail, below...

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We're going to split our performance into two sets. At the beginning of the night, we'll bring a Wheel of . . . Fortune? Fate? What ARE those carnival things called? . . . on stage, and spin it. Whatever comes up, that's what the first 45 minutes will be. Here are the possibilities:

1. Condo Fucks:
50 million Fuckbook fans can't be wrong!

2. Dump:
Why should Nijmegen and Claremont get all the fun? Is this the night Dump plays your town? Only the wheel knows.

3. The Freewheeling Yo La Tengo:
You ask a question; we answer the question, and maybe follow up with a song.

4. The Name Game:
Have you ever noticed how many Yo La Tengo songs include someone's name? More than 45 minutes' worth, that's for sure, so who knows which ones we'll do on any given night.

5. Sitcom Theater:
The lucky audience in attendance the night the wheel lands on this space will get to see band and crew act out a classic sitcom.

6. Songs Starting With S:
The only thing more common than a Yo La Tengo song with a name is a Yo La Tengo song starting with S (only one song fits both categories). So many, in fact, that we cannot promise that all of them are on the table, as it were. But we do promise that there will be songs rarely, if ever, heard live.

7. The Sounds of Science part 1
8. The Sounds of Science part 2
All of the lovely sounds we created, but none of that pesky science. We're leaving the movies at home, and dividing the 90-minute program in half.

Yo La Tengo does Seinfeld

YO LA TENGO - 2011 TOUR DATES
Tuesday, May 10th Brooklyn, NY The Bell House *
Wednesday, May 11th Brooklyn, NY The Bell House *
Saturday, May 14th Nelsonville, OH Nelsonville Music Festival
Monday, June 6th Edinburgh, UK The Queens Hall
Tuesday, June 7th Gateshead, UK Hall One, The Sage Gateshead
Wednesday, June 8th Leeds, UK The Cockpit
Thursday, June 9th Birmingham, UK O2 Academy Birmingham
Friday, June 10th Oxford, UK O2 Academy Oxford
Sunday, June 12th London, UK London Royal Festival Hall, Meltdown Festival
Saturday, June 18th Denver, CO Westword Music Showcase
Monday, June 20th Columbia, MO Blue Note *
Tuesday, June 21st Iowa CIty, IA Englert Theater *
Thursday, June 23rd Minneapolis, MN 400 Bar *
Friday, June 24th Minneapolis, MN 400 Bar *
Saturday, June 25th Chicago, IL Green Music Festival
Sunday, June 26th Chicago, IL Subterranean *
* = Wheel Spin show

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posted at 10:32 AM on March 31, 2011 in music | tour dates | Comments (19)

Comments (19)

How much are tickets

Posted by Anonymous | March 31, 2011 10:45 AM

Yo La Tengmeh
Why not make the EC ripoff complete and populate your "Spinning Wheel" with EC songs too?

Posted by Anonymous | March 31, 2011 11:06 AM

11:06.....hey buddy, get a f--king life!!

Posted by Anonymous | March 31, 2011 11:13 AM

This seems annoying.

Posted by Anonymous | March 31, 2011 11:15 AM

Hey Anonymous - you're wrong. I agree with Anonymous.
Jerk.

Posted by Anonymous | March 31, 2011 11:17 AM

There should be another option on the wheel. They play nothing, everyone gets a refund and goes home.

Posted by Anonymous | March 31, 2011 11:26 AM

One of the options on the wheel should be: "YLT plays Painful in its entirety"

Posted by Anonymous | March 31, 2011 11:41 AM

Yo La Tengmeh
Why not make the EC ripoff complete and populate your "Spinning Wheel" with EC songs too?

>> do you think for a second they aren't aware of Elvis Costello tour way back when...? I'm sure they are and probably attended some of the shows and they'd be the first to admit that they took their inspiration from that. but I do believe they are taking it a step farther...

Posted by Anonymous | March 31, 2011 11:58 AM

yo la tengo have no knowledge of music, duh

Posted by Anonymous | March 31, 2011 12:11 PM

I hope the classic sitcom the act out is Two and a Half Men or Becker.

Posted by Anonymous | March 31, 2011 12:34 PM

In theory, the possibilty of YLT acting out a Seinfeld episode sounds very funny. In reality, it is funny for about 5 minutes then just becomes kinda boring. Oh well, at least they're not resting on their laurels.

Posted by Anonymous | March 31, 2011 12:45 PM

I'd pay in advance if I was guaranteed to see some 3rd season Major Dad.

Posted by Anonymous | March 31, 2011 12:55 PM

Surprise Me Mr. Davis did this last week at the Bell House

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtQwzIhcUZ8

Posted by Anonymous | March 31, 2011 1:51 PM

"I hope the classic sitcom the act out is Two and a Half Men or Becker."

Perfect Strangers would be better. But who would play Balki? Ira or James?

Posted by Anonymous | March 31, 2011 2:00 PM

WTFC

Posted by Anonymous | March 31, 2011 3:01 PM

11:06 prefers to see the exact setlist night after night (Arcade Fire), or catching several of the Leaving On A Jet Plane Shows (LCD)

Life must be too short to watch talented bands which have been around for 25 years, huh?

Posted by Anonymous | April 1, 2011 8:21 AM

I'm 11:06, and sorry Myron but you have completely misrepresented my post. I'm not surprised, since this board is made up of idiots such as yourself that cannot tolerate a differing opinion.

Listen here, Sally, Yo La Tengmeh are boring, and Styx have been around for 25 years too. You must be a Styx fan too then, huh?

Fucking gypsy dildo PUNK

Posted by Anonymous | April 1, 2011 9:19 AM

MOST BORING BAND IN THE WORLD

Posted by Anonymous | April 6, 2011 8:08 PM

wah, wah, fucking wah. if you don't like the band, why even post? have you even seen them live? your favorite band probably sounds great on record, and is boring-as-fuck live, unlike yo la tengo, who have amazing live shows.

i for one rejoice that they are playing for two nights (2! nights!) in the fabulous city of Minneapolis, in a tiny bar to boot. it will be awesome. i pity the hipster haters, wallowing in their self-congratulatory, boring pretension. have fun being negative while i'm having a great time a fun show.

Posted by anon | May 4, 2011 12:29 AM

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