War on Drugs & The Acorn - 2008 Tour Dates (Rock n ROFL)

April 22, 2008

DOWNLOAD: The War on Drugs – Taking the Farm (MP3)

The Acorn are from Canada and have a record out now on Paperbag. The War on Drugs are a Philadelphia band who have a new record coming out on Secretly Canadian (“Wagonwheel Blues” – available June 17, 2008).

These two bands are not going on tour together, BUT they are both playing the next edition of (BrooklynVegan & Klaus Kinski present) Rock n ROFL @ Pianos in NYC on May 5, 2008 (Cinco de Mayo)…

May 5th @ Pianos in NYC

9pm – comedy hosted by Max Silvestri
10pm – The War on Drugs
11pm – The Acorn

We’re working on getting an open bar again, and the rest of the comedy lineup will be announced soon. Tickets are on sale.

Both of these bands are also playing a bunch of other shows including ones in NYC with Bishop Allen, The Cave Singers, and Ola Podrida. All dates below….

The Acorn – 2008 Tour Dates
Apr 23 – Case Western Cleveland, Ohio
Apr 24 – Radio Radio Indianapolis, Indiana
Apr 25 – Empty Bottle Chicago, Illinois
Apr 26 – 7th Street Entry Minneapolis, Minnesota
Apr 27 – Cafe Montmartre Madison, Wisconsin
Apr 29 – Exit/In Nashville, Tennessee
Apr 30 – Drunken Unicorn Atlanta, Georgia
May 1 – Nightlight Chapel Hill, North Carolina
May 2 – Khyber Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
May 3 – Union Hall Brooklyn, New York
May 4 – Sound Fix Brooklyn, New York w/ Ola Podrida (tix)
May 5 – Piano’s NYC, New York (ROCK N ROFL) w/ The War on Drugs (tix)
May 6 – Mercury Lounge New York, New York w/Cave Singers, Love As Laughter (tix)
May 7 – Great Scott Boston, Massachusetts

The War on Drugs – 2008 Tour Dates
May 5 – Pianos NYC (ROCK N ROFL) w/ The Acorn (tix)
May 14 – Iron Horse Northampton, Massachusetts +
May 15 – Middle East Downstairs Boston, Massachusetts + (tix)
May 16 – Music Hall of Williamsburg Brooklyn, New York + (tix)
May 18 – Black Cat washington DC, Washington DC + (tix)
May 21 – Grog Shop ** Cleveland, Ohio
May 22 – The Magic Stick ** Detroit, Michigan
May 23 – Empty Bottle ** Chicago, Illinois
Jun 7 – Johnny Brendas philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Aug 8 – Paradiso – Amsterdam Amsterdam
Aug 9 – Zommerparkfeest – Netherlands Venlo
Aug 15 – Green Man Festival – UK Glanusk