On the heels of their latest release, The Fountain, Echo & The Bunnymen will kick off a US tour this Spring with a stop at Coachella. As a special treat for fans, the band has launched a Twitter contest offering a FREE pair of tickets for each of the 12 USA dates, excluding Coachella.
How it works:
– Keep an eye on the official Echo & The Bunnymen Twitter.
– The band will post a Tweet saying “Win bunnymen tickets for (city) by re Tweeting this Tweet“.
– One fan will be picked from each re Tweet per venue and they will win a pair of tickets for that venue.
– To spice things up a bit, the band will not necessarily be Tweeting the Tweets in order of the tour so please keep checking!
Check out the MP3 for album track, “Proxy,” described by RCRD LBL as “a shimmering, pop-addled descent into atmospheric, nu-melodic depths.
British post-punk legends Echo & The Bunnymen are launching their first US tour in support of their acclaimed new album, The Fountain. The shows are hot on the heels of the band’s recent tour celebrating their landmark album Ocean Rain that included orchestral performances at New York’s Radio City Music Hall and the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles.Their highly anticipated appearance at the Coachella Festival will kick off the tour.
The Fountain started to come together in 2007 when frontman Ian McCulloch and guitarist Will Sergeant started working on new songs. For the next year, the group brought the album together in Liverpool’s Parr Street Recording Studios. McCulloch calls The Fountain “the best thing we’ve done since Ocean Rain.” The press has been raving about the record with Alternative Press praising its “brisk, vibrant pop songs” and Filter calling it “ replete with shimmering, flaw-repellant pop, all glorious melodies and gorgeous atmospherics”
Echo & The Bunnymen 2010 US Tour Dates
04/16: Indio, CA @ Empire Polo Grounds (Coachella Festival)
04/18: Sparks, NV @ John Ascuaga’s Nugget
04/19: San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
04/21: Chicago, IL @ Metro
04/22: Cleveland, OH @ House Of Bluse
04/23: Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theatre
04/25: Glenside (Philadelphia), PA @ Keswick Theatre
04/26: Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
04/27: Fairfield, CT @ Fairfield Theatre Company
04/28: State College, PA @ State Theatre
04/30: Washington, DC @ Black Cat
05/01: New York, NY @ Irving Plaza
05/02: New York, NY @ Irving Plaza