London Grammar were the special guests of Jimmy Fallon earlier this week as they made their US television debut with a performance of ‘Wasting My Young Years‘. Have a watch below.
The visit to NBC foreshadowed a lengthy North American tour for the band off the back of their debut album ‘If You Wait’ which is all set to kick off in March with headline shows in Texas shortly after a trip to the South By Southwest Festival in the same state earlier that month.
In addition, a UK trip starts at the end of this month in Cardiff and progresses through to February 17th and a gig at the Bristol O2 Academy. The full itinerary of both tours are as follows:
UK tour dates:
JANUARY
Cardiff, Solus (28)
Manchester, Academy (29)
Nottingham, Rock City (31)
FEBRUARY
Cambridge, Corn City (1)
Brighton, Dome (3)
London, Troxy (4)
Liverpool, O2 Academy (7)
Sheffield, O2 Academy (8)
Newcastle, Northumbria University (10)
Glasgow, O2 ABC (11)
Leeds, O2 Academy (12)
Bournemouth, O2 Academy (15)
Birmingham, O2 Academy (16)
Bristol, O2 Academy (17)
US tour dates:
MARCH
Houston, TX @ Fitzgerald’s Upstairs (17)
Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater (18)
Phoenix, AZ @ The Crescent Ballroom (21)
Las Vegas, NV @ Vinyl, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino (22)
San Diego, CA @ House of Blues (23)
Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theater (25)
San Francisco, CA @ The Independent (27)
Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom (28)
Seattle, WA @ Neumos (29)
Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom (31)
APRIL
Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity Theater (3)
Chicago, IL @ Metro (4)
Detroit, MI @ Shelter (5)
Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theater (7)
New York, NY @ Irving Plaza (9)
Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club (11)
Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts (12)
Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club (14)
its awesome when a band sounds exactly the same live and recorded –check out their recorded version of Strong: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDwmeT70e5c