Friends sign to Fat Possum, touring, headlining Bowery (dates)
Friends at MHOW in 2011 (more by Amanda Hatfield)
Brooklyn’s Friends, already listed in the BBC ‘Sound of 2012’ are continuing to move up in the world. They’ve announced what will be their largest headlining NYC show yet: Bowery Ballroom on July 7. Tickets go on sale Friday (4/13) at noon. The show happens at the end of a North American tour. All dates are listed below.
The band also just revealed plans to release their debut LP, Manifest! on June 5 via Fat Possum in the US and a day earlier via Lucky Number worldwide. The album was produced by the band and mixed by Paul Epworth (Adele, Florence and the Machine, Azealia Banks). They just dropped a new dance-punky cut from the album, “Mind Control,” which you can stream below.
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Friends – “Mind Control”
Friends — 2012 Tour Dates
April 12 The Crescent Ballroom Phoenix AZ *
April 13 Soda Bar San Diego CA
April 15 Soho Restaurant & Music Club Santa Barbara CA w/ Tune-Yards
April 16 Constellation Room Santa Ana CA *
April 17 Echoplex Los Angeles CA * w/ Housse De Racket
May 5 Live at Leeds, Leeds
May 6 Digital, Newcastle
May 7 King Tut’s, Glasgow
May 8 Academy 3, Manchester
May 9 Scala, London
May 10 The Great Escape, Brighton
May 11 The Great Escape, Brighton
May 12 Academy 2, Birmingham
May 14 Thekla, Bristol
June 13 Boston, MA Brighton Music Hall
June 14 Montreal, QC Lambi’s
June 16 Chicago, IL Schuba’s Tavern
June 17 Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry
June 20 Seattle, WA Crocodile Café
June 22 Vancouver, BC Fortune
June 23 Portland, OR Doug Fir
June 25 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill
July 2 Austin, TX Mohawk
July 3 Houston, TX Fitzgerald’s Upstairs
July 5 Atlanta, GA The Earl
July 6 Washington, DC Rock N’ Roll Hotel
July 7 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
* – w/ Neon Indian
