Stereolab announce North American tour & more reissues
The newly reformed Stereolab have just announced their 2019 world tour which includes a lengthy North American leg beginning in September, including dates in Austin, Atlanta, NYC, Philly, DC, Boston, Montreal, Detroit, Toronto, Denver, Seattle, San Francisco, and more. The NYC stops are two nights at Brooklyn Steel on September 27 & 28. Tickets for those shows and the whole tour go sale Friday, February 22 and there’s a Stereolab presale starting Thursday (2/21) at 10 AM local time — sign up for their mailing list for the presale password.
The lineup of the band for this tour will be Laetitia Sadier, Tim Gane, Andy Ramsay, Simon Johns, and Joe Watson.
Stereolab are also reissuing 1993’s Transient Random Noise-Bursts With Announcements and 1994’s Mars Audiac Quintet on vinyl and CD on May 3 via Warp and Duophonic UHF Disks. Details:
Each album has been re-mastered from the original 1/2″ tapes by Bo Kondren at Calyx Mastering and overseen by Tim Gane. Bonus material will include alternate takes, 4 track demos and unreleased mixes.
The initial vinyl editions will be pressed onto triple clear numbered vinyl with a poster / insert containing sleeve notes by Tim. They will also include a lottery style scratch card – all winners will receive a limited edition 12″ EP
The band have also produced a super limited edition of 500 clear vinyl copies and 250 compact disks – each will have a numbered obi band made from 2″ 24 track Stereolab master tape.
Preorder the special Duophonic editions now and check out packaging for both as well as an “Early Version Mix” of Transient track “French Disko,” as well as streams of the original albums, below.
Look for reissues of Emperor Tomato Ketchup, Dots and Loops and Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night in August 2019 with Sound-Dust and Margerine Eclipse being released in November 2019.
All tour dates, which include festivals Primavera Sound and Desert Daze, are listed below.
Stereolab – 2019 Tour Dates
MAY
30 – Brussels, BE @ Botanique/Orangerie
31 – Hilvarenbeek, NL @ Best Kept Secret**
JUNE
01 – Barcelona, ES @ Primavera Sound**
06 – Porto, PT @ Primavera Sound**
08 – Bordeaux, FR @ Rock School Barbey
09 – Paris, FR @ Vilette Sonique**
11 – Brighton, UK @ Concorde 2
12 – London, UK @ O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire
15 – Bristol, UK @ SWX
16 – Birmingham, UK @ O2 Institute 1
18 – Sheffield, UK @ The Leadmill
19 – Manchester, UK @ Albert Hall
20 – Newcastle, UK @ Boiler Shop
21 – Leeds, UK @ Leeds Uni Stylus
22 – Glasgow, UK @ SWG3 Galvan3
24 – Belfast, UK @ Empire Music Hall
25 – Dublin, IE @ Vicar Street
AUGUST
10 – Oslo, NO @ Øyafestivalen**
15–18 – Brecon Beacons, UK @ Green Man Festival**
SEPTEMBER
16 – El Paso, TX @ Lowbrow Palace
17 – Santa Fe, NM @ Meow Wolf
19 – San Antonio, TX @ Paper Tiger
20 – Austin, TX @ Mohawk
21 – Dallas, TX @ Granada Theatre
23 – Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse
25 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club**
26 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
27 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel
28 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel
29 – Boston, MA @ Royale
OCTOBER
01 – Montreal, QC @ Corona Theatre
02 – Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall
03 – Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theatre
04 – Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall
05 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
07 – Denver, CD @ Gothic Theatre
08 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Metro Music Hall
10 – Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom
11 – Moreno Beach, CA @ Desert Daze**
13 – Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
14 – Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
15 – Seattle, WA @ The Showbox
18 – San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
19 – San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
** – Presale Not Available
