Eleanor Friedberger & Hospitality announce tour (dates)

Eleanor at BV Holiday Party at MHOW in 2011 (more by Amanda Hatfield)

Merge labelmates Eleanor Friedberger and Hospitality who shared a bill during CMJ with their other Merge labelmate Wild Flag, are heading out on a tour together in April and May which kicks off with a Brooklyn show at The Bell House on April 18. Tickets for that show are on sale now. All dates are listed below.

Meanwhile, Eleanor Friedberger will be tour with Portlandia, Wild Flag’s Carrie Brownstein included, this month. Eleanor made a video for “Heaven” last month. Check it out below.

You can catch Hospitality in NYC even sooner when they open for Tennis at Bowery Ballroom (3/3) and MHOW (3/5). The Bowery show is sold out but tickets for the MHOW show are still available. Hospitality also made a video last month. You can watch that below.

Speaking of Tennis, you can stream their new album which came out this week.

Speaking of Wild Flag, their tour hits NYC on April 1 at Webster Hall. Tickets for that show are still available.

All dates and videos below…

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Eleanor Friedberger – “Heaven” Official Video

Hospitality – “Friends of Friends” Official Video

Eleanor Friedberger — 2012 Tour Dates
Feb 19 Philadelphia, PA Trocadero *
Feb 20 Boston, MA Berklee Performing Arts Center *
Feb 21 Washington, DC 9:30 Club *
Feb 22 Durham, NC Carolina Theatre *
Feb 23 Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse *
Feb 24 Nashville, TN Marathon Music Works *
Mar 14-18 Austin, TX SXSW Music Festival (solo)
Mar 24 Marfa, TX Crowley Theater (solo)
Apr 18 Brooklyn, NY The Bell House %
Apr 19 Washington, DC Black Cat %
Apr 20 Durham, NC The Casbah %
Apr 21 Atlanta, GA The Basement %
Apr 23 Birmingham, AL WorkPlay %
Apr 24 New Orleans, LA Circle Bar %
Apr 26 Houston, TX Fitzgerald’s %
Apr 27 San Antonio, TX Korova %
Apr 28 Austin, TX Frank %
May 3 Ferndale, MI Magic Bag %
May 4 Toronto, ON Garrison %
May 5 Montreal, QC Il Motore %
May 6 Allston, MA Great Scott %
* = solo as “Special Guest Musician” on Portlandia tour
% = full band dates w/ Hospitality

Hospitality — 2012 Tour Dates
Feb 29 Toronto, ON Horseshoe Tavern*
Mar 2 Boston, MA Brighton Music Hall*
Mar 3 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom*
Mar 4 Hamden, CT The Space
Mar 9 Chapel Hill, NC Local 506*
Mar 10 Atlanta, GA The Earl*
Mar 11 Orlando, FL Orange You Glad Festival
Apr 18 Brooklyn, NY The Bell House %
Apr 19 Washington, DC Black Cat %
Apr 20 Durham, NC The Casbah %
Apr 21 Atlanta, GA The Basement %
Apr 23 Birmingham, AL WorkPlay %
Apr 24 New Orleans, LA Circle Bar %
Apr 26 Houston, TX Fitzgerald’s %
Apr 27 San Antonio, TX Korova %
Apr 28 Austin, TX Frank %
May 3 Ferndale, MI Magic Bag %
May 4 Toronto, ON Garrison %
May 5 Montreal, QC Il Motore %
May 6 Allston, MA Great Scott %
* – w/ Tennis
% – w/ Eleanor Friedberger