BEIRUT playing Brooklyn Masonic Temple & other news
It went something like this…
1) It leaked that Beirut would play NYC 3 times in September
2) Two NYC shows were announced
3) One @ the Society for Ethical Culture went on sale
4) One in Central Park went on sale
Now finally today the third show is announced, and tickets are on sale, and it’s in Brooklyn @ The Brooklyn Masonic Temple in Fort Greene (map) on September 20th. The opener is Fifth Veil – a clarinet-with-string-quartet group from the Bard College Conservatory of Music that will perform composer Osvaldo Golijov‘s “The Dreams and Prayers of Issac the Blind” (1994), which combines Klezmer clarinet playing with classical string quartet writing. Three shows – three intersting venues.
In other Beirut news….
* Old Beirut demos have surfaced
* Someone posted a Beirut live show for download
* Someone posted another live show for download too
* La Blogoteque posted a new Take Away Show starring Zach
* Zach Condon played instruments for Alaska in Winter
* Jon Natchez played instruments for White Rabbits
All Beirut tour dates below….
Beirut – 2007 Tour Dates
Sep 20 – Brooklyn Masonic Temple (Wordless Music Series) Brooklyn, New York
Sep 23 – Princeton, NJ – Terrace F Club
Sep 24 – Society for Ethical Culture (Wordless Music Series) New York, New York
Sep 26 – Delacorte Theate New York, New York
Sep 30 – La Sala Rossa Montreal, Quebec
Oct 2 – Danforth Music Hall Toronto, Ontario
Oct 4 – Portage Theater Chicago, Illinois
Oct 8 – Herbst Theater San Francisco, California
Oct 9 – Herbst Theater San Francisco, California
Oct 10 – Avalon Los Angeles, California
Previously
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