The Mars Volta return with new single, North American tour dates


The Mars Volta - Fat Bob shot with Leica M10

The Mars Volta – Fat Bob shot with Leica M10

The Mars Volta have brought a decade’s hiatus to an end.

The Mars Volta have returned with the release of a new single and details of North American live shows which will take place during September and October.

Blacklight Shine is likely to be on display when Omar Rodríguez-López and Cedric Bixler-Zavala – who says its lyrics explore, ‘A wave of rolling blackouts washing memories onto shore, a heartbeat that still remembers everything’ – begin their tour in Dallas, Texas on September 23rd, with a gig at Terminal 5 in New York City booked for the 29th of that month.




October is to open at MGM Music Hall in Boston, while closing night is at the Palladium in Los Angeles.

Tour dates:

September
23 – Dallas, Texas, Factory At Deep Ellum
25 – Atlanta, Georgia, Tabernacle
27 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Opera House
29 – New York City, New York, Terminal 5

October
1 – Boston, Massachusetts, MGM Music Hall
3 – Washington, D.C., Anthem
5 – Toronto, Ontario, Massey Hall
6 – Detroit, Michigan, Royal Oak Theatre
8 – Chicago, Illinois, Aragon Ballroom
11 – Denver, Colorado, Mission Ballroom
14 – Seattle, Washington, Moore Theatre
18 – San Francisco, California, Warfield Theatre
21 – Los Angeles, California, Palladium


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