MEW

BUOYED BY CRITICAL RAVES FOR THEIR NEW ALBUM AND EUROPEAN CONCERT DATES, MEW ANNOUNCES ITS FIRST NORTH AMERICAN TOUR IN SIX YEARS “Mew is simply all that is good about popular music.” - Yahoo! Music Acclaimed Danish alt-rockers Mew today announce their first North American headline tour since Summer, 2009. The 16-city trek launches on September 17 in San Diego, CA and will see the band bringing their cinematic and trippy prog-rock to theaters, large clubs and ballrooms as they work their way cross-country to wrap up in Boston on October 11. The full itinerary is below; tickets go on sale Friday, June 12, and more info is available on the band’s website. The tour is in support the of the April 28 release of Mew’s critically-acclaimed album, + - ('plus-minus'/PIAS). In its review, Pitchfork called + - “one of the most magnificent-sounding rock records you’ll hear all year,” while Stereogum dubbed the band’s music “miraculously beautiful…it demands awe, but it deserves awe.” On these dates, Mew - Jonas Bjerre/vocals, Bo Madsen/guitar, Silke Utke Graae Jorgensen/drums and bassist Johan Wohlert (recently reunited as its original four-piece wi... more...