Tours

Chart toping Brit singer Kate Nash announced today her plans for a tour of North America. Just a week after her sophomore album, My Best Friend Is You, arrives stateside Kate will kick off a headlining tour starting April 26th in Toronto, Ontario at the Mod Theatre (see below for complete tour routing). SUPERCUTE! will be support on all dates

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.

Pearl Jam announced today that they will play eleven (11) Midwest and East Coast tour dates in May of 2010. The tour kicks-off on May 3rd at Sprint Center in Kansas City and wraps on May 21st at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Pearl Jam’s U.S. tour follows the band’s previously announced headlining appearance at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation Festival on May 1st.

Here are the latest tour and festivals announced this week ! Don’t miss out , there are still tickets available by clicking on the ticket links next to the event:

Rock legends Iron Maiden have announced details of a large North American tour, which will begin in Dallas on June 9th:

Glam and punk rock legends Sylvain Sylvain from the New York Dolls and Cheetah Chrome from the Dead Boys have joined forces to create a new punk rock super-group–the Batusis! And with the help of Thommy Price and Enzo Penizzotto–the driving rhythm section behind Joan Jett and the Blackhearts–they’ve cooked up a cooler-than-cool-sounding new self-titled EP that will have its worldwide release on May 4, 2010 on Smog Veil Records.

Moshi Moshi Records are proud to announce The Wave Pictures spring tour, including appearances at SXSW 2010 where they are one of Spin’s “Must-Hear Bands” at the festival, and the Todd P Mty Mx Festival in Monterrey Mexico. The band are gearing up for the release of their North American debut, a double CD comprised of their two most recent UK releases, Instant Coffee Baby and If You leave It Alone, out April 27th on Moshi Moshi.

Wanting to get out to a gig this week? Well find out where tickets are still available with Live4ever’s guide to some of the best shows going on in a major city near you over the next 7 days:

American singer-songwriter Ben Folds will hit the road in the US this spring. He will begin in Myrtle Beach, SC on the 13th of this month and will tour through the rest of March and April before finishing in Dallas in May.

Two highy-rated British acts, Hot Chip and Los Campesinos! (photo) will be on tour in the US throughout April. Details of the tours are as follows: