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Afghan Whigs released 'Do to the Beast,' expand tour, playing Beacon Theatre in October w/ Charles Bradley (dates, streams)

Afghan Whigs at Coachella last weekend (more by Dana [distortion] Yavin)
Afghan Whigs

Afghan Whigs today (4/15) released Do to the Beast, the band’s first album in 16 years. You can stream the whole thing, via Rdio, in this post. The band just played the first weekend of Coachella and will do so again Friday (4/18) for the second weekend, and the band has sold out East Coast shows (including one in NYC) next month.

While they still haven’t announced a proper North American tour, Afghan Whigs have announced another NYC show: Beacon Theatre on October 4 with soul singer Charles Bradley. Tickets for the Beacon show go on sale Friday (4/18) at 11 AM with AmEx, artist, and Chase presales (password: “D2TBNYC”) starting Thursday (4/17) at 11 AM.

The band will be spending most of the summer on tour in Europe, and all dates are listed, along with the album stream, below.

Afghan Whigs – 2014 Tour Dates
Apr. 15 – Seattle, WA – Showbox Market
Apr. 17 – San Francisco, CA – Slim’s (SOLD OUT)
Apr. 18 – Indio, CA – Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival (SOLD OUT)
May 15 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Bowl (SOLD OUT)
May 16 – Boston, MA – Paradise (SOLD OUT)
May 17 – Baltimore, MD – Otto Bar (SOLD OUT)
May 20 – Buenos Aires, AR – Teatro Opera
May 22 – Sao Paulo, BR – Audio
May 23 – Porto Alegre, BR – Bar Opinao
May 25 – Santiago, CL – Amanda
Jun. 28 – Norrkoping, SE – Bravalla Festival
Jun. 29 – Oslo, NO – Rockefeller
Jun. 30 – Copenhagen, DK – Amager Bio
Jul. 02 – Berlin, DE – C Club
Jul. 03 – Gdynia, PL – Opener Festival
Jul. 04 – Hradec Kralove, CZ – Rock For People
Jul. 05 – Sopron, HU – Volt Festival
Jul. 07 – Milan, IT – Magnolia
Jul. 10 – Novi Sad, SB – Exit Festival
Jul. 11 – Trencin, SK – Pohoda Festival
Jul. 13 – Bruges, BE – Cactus Festival
Jul. 14 – Amsterdam, NL – Paradiso
Jul. 15 – London, UK – Electric Ballroom (SOLD OUT)
Jul. 17 – Manchester, UK – Cathedral
Jul. 18 – Glasgow, UK – O2 ABC
Jul. 19 – Suffolk, UK – Latitude Festival
Oct. 04 – New York, NY – Beacon Theatre*
*w/ Charles Bradley