Thurston Moore expands tour, protests Radiohead's Israel show
Thurston Moore‘s new album Rock n Roll Consciousness comes out this Friday (4/28) via Caroline International, and he’ll begin a tour in May. Both the album and tour have Thurston joined by his Sonic Youth bandmate Steve Shelley and My Bloody Valentine’s Deb Googe. Thurston has just added more tour dates to his schedule, including Cambridge, Philly, DC, and more.
The tour includes his previously-announced Brooklyn show on May 20 at Music Hall of Williamsburg (tickets). Since we last spoke, Pigeons were added to that show as an opener. Updated dates, including Pitchfork Music Festival, are listed below.
Thurston Moore is also one of many artists — including TV on the Radio’s Tunde Adebimpe and Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters — who are protesting Radiohead‘s Israel show. Thurston signed an open letter on the Artists’ Pledge for Palestine’s website. He also added his own statement:
If any concerned, humanitarian-conscious activists employ a boycott to protest brutal injustice in their country and request artists and scholars to refrain from working and/or being promoted as supportive of the normalization of that country—then I choose NOT to cross that line and suggest to all to not be complicit. It is a small sacrifice in respect to those who struggle in honourable opposition to state-sponsored fascism.
Thurston has previously revealed that he is against performing in Israel due to the conflict with Palestine.
Watch the video for “Smoke of Dreams” off Thurston’s new LP:
Thurston Moore — 2017 Tour Dates
May 08 The Imperial Vancouver, Canada
May 09 Neumos Seattle, WA
May 10 Mississippi Studios Portland, OR
May 12 The Chapel San Francisco, CA
May 13 Teragram Ballroom Los Angeles, CA
May 14 Constellation Room Santa Ana, CA
May 17 The Mohawk Austin, TX
May 18 Club Dada Dallas, TX
May 20 Music Hall of Williamsburg Brooklyn, NY
May 27 Roundhouse London, United Kingdom
Jun 12 St. Lukes Glasgow, United Kingdom
Jun 13 Gorilla Manchester, United Kingdom
Jun 14 The Lantern Bristol, United Kingdom
Jun 15 Scala London, United Kingdom
Jun 17 Best Kept Secret Festival Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands
Jun 20 Knust Hamburg, Germany
Jun 21 Stadtgarten Koln, Germany
Jun 26 Aeronef Lille, France
Jun 27 L’Autre Canal Nancy, France
Jun 28 Bogen F Zurich, Switzerland
Jul 01 La Laiterie Strasbourg, France
Jul 04 Beatpol Dresden, Germany
Jul 05 Proxima Warsaw, Poland
Jul 07 Pohoda Festival Trenčín, Slovakia
JUL 12 WED Turf Club St Paul, MN
JUL 14 FRI Pitchfork Music Festival Chicago, IL
JUL 15 SAT MOCAD Detroit, MI
JUL 17 MON The Great Hall Toronto, Canada
JUL 18 TUE La Sala Rossa Montreal, Canada
JUL 20 THU The Sinclair Cambridge, MA
JUL 22 SAT Underground Arts Philadelphia, PA
JUL 23 SUN Rock and Roll Hotel Washington, DC
