Stereolab tease first live shows in 10 years

Stereolab have been on our minds recently, as they’ve started releasing official vinyl reissues of their extensive back catalog, with more to come as they announced this morning:

Stereolab will undertake an extensive reissue campaign covering albums from 1993’s Transient Random Noise-Bursts With Announcements through to 2004’s Margerine Eclipse. All 7 albums will be reissued throughout 2019.

But they bury the lead just a bit with a last sentence: “Keep ‘em peeled for news of the live return of Stereolab.”

It’s been 10 years since Stereolab called it quits, playing their last live shows in early 2009 following the previous year’s Chemical Chords. Their last NYC shows were in October 2008. Hopefully there will be North American dates, but Primavera Sound seems like a good guess for at least one of their reunion shows, as the Barcelona festival was among the first announced shows for Slowdive, Ride and Lush. Stay tuned.

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