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Tune-Yards Adds UK Dates To European Tour Next February‏ [News]

November 15, 2011
Oli Montez
After a sold-out tour of Europe earlier this year and a festival run last September, tUnE-yArDs are to return next February and March for their largest headline tour of the continent yet. One of the best live acts around, they will be making a return to Leeds after a triumphant show there last June to play the Cockpit on the 13th of February and two days later on the 15th, will be headlining Shepherd’s Bush Empire as part of the NME Awards run of shows.
All shows are now all on sale and details for the whole tour can be found below.
Their recent album, w h o k i l l, if you missed it came out in April to a wealth of praise…
“There is no-one out there making music like Merrill Garbus.” THE TIMES (5/5)
“As long-players go, 2011 won’t get much better than this.” DROWNED IN SOUND (9/10)
“A brilliant follow-up… One of the most distinctive records we’ve heard this year.” THE GUARDIAN (4/5)
“w h o k i l l displays a total conviction in her personal, idiosyncratic, high-stakes music.” PITCHFORK (8.8 – Best New Music)
“This is music for heatwaves and sunstrokes; euphoric, brilliant and bonkers.” THE OBSERVER
“Genre hopping in style.” MOJO (4/5)
You can also watch Tune-Yards perform with The Roots on Jimmy Fallon here and the video for ‘Bizness’ below-

TUNE-YARDS EUROPEAN TOUR FEB / MARCH 2012
FEBRUARY
12th – Eire – Dublin, Button Factory
13th – United Kingdon – Leeds, The Cockpit
15th – United Kingdom – London, Shepherd’s Bush Empire
16th – France – Lille, Grand Mix
17th – France – Rennes, UBU
18th – France – Paris, Maroquinerie
19th – France – Grenoble, Le Ciel
20th – Switzerland – Dudigen, Bad Bonn
22nd – Belgium – Brussels, Botanique (Orangerie)
23rd – Holland – Amsterdam, Melkweg
25th – Norway – Oslo, Bla
26th – Sweden – Malmo, Debaser
28th – Germany – Berlin, Festsaal Kreuzburg
29th – Germany – Munich, Rote Sonne

MARCH
1st – Switzerland – St. Gallen, Palace
2nd – Italy – Turin, Hiroshima
3rd – Italy – Rome, Lanificio
4th – Italy – Milan, Tunnel
6th – Italy – Bologna, Locomotiv
7th – Croatia – Zagreb, Tvornica Kulture
8th – Slovenia – Ljubljana, Menza Pri Koritu
10th – Turkey – Istanbul, Salon
Revisit our exclusive Live review of tUnE-yArDs during their UK visit here. 
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