EELS
ANNOUNCE 2019 UK AND EUROPEAN HEADLINE
TOUR DATES
NEW EELS ALBUM ‘THE DECONSTRUCTION’
OUT NOW
TICKETS ON SALE FEB 1st
http://eelstheband.com/tourdates/
Continuing the celebration of the release of their latest
album The Deconstruction, EELS
will tour across Europe and the UK this summer. The headline run kicks off August 14th in Switzerland before London’s
Hammersmith Apollo
on August 21st,
and dates in Southampton and Nottingham. See below for full tour details and purchase tickets
HERE
from Feb 1st. More dates TBA!
In a statement made during the press conference held
on the steps of Los Angeles City Hall this morning, EELS leader E said:
“We did a shorter tour than usual
this past summer, and they were the most fun, exciting shows ever. We need to bring the love and positive energy to some of the places we didn’t get to last time. We know you’re hurting. Help is on the way.”
The Deconstruction continues to garner widespread critical
praise including an in-depth interview with Terry Gross on NPR’s Fresh Air, listen
HERE.
Q Magazine declares the album “a captivating return from one of indie rock’s most consistent songwriters,” giving the album 4 stars. Likewise MOJO proclaims it “Gorgeous… another EELS album to treasure” in its 4 star review.
EELS have had one of the most consistently acclaimed
careers in music. The ever-changing projects of principal singer/songwriter E (Mark Oliver Everett), EELS have released 11 studio albums since their 1996 debut, Beautiful Freak. In 2008, E published his highly acclaimed book Things the Grandchildren Should
Know and starred in the award-winning Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives documentary about the search to understand his quantum physicist father, Hugh Everett III. EELS released their critically acclaimed The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett in 2014, and
2015 saw the release of the band’s extraordinary seventh live album Live at Royal Albert Hall, recorded at the storied London venue and accompanied by a concert film. In the same year, the band’s “Fresh Blood” served as the theme song to HBO’s “The Jinx” and
from 2016 to 2018 E appeared in Judd Apatow’s Netflix original series “Love.”
TOUR
DATES
August
14 Switzerland, Zurich, X-TRA
15 Switzerland, Le Locle, Rock Altitude Festival
19 UK, Nottingham, Rock City
20 UK, Southampton, O2 Guildhall
21 UK, London, Hammersmith Eventim Apollo
24 Netherlands, Amsterdam, Once In A Blue Moon Festival
27 Denmark, Copenhagen, The Grey Hall
28 Norway, Oslo, Rockefeller
29
Sweden, Stockholm, Debaser Medis
September
02 Italy, Milan, Circolo Magnolia
04 Austria, Linz, Posthof
06 Spain, Barcelona, Razzmatazz
08 Spain, Santiago de Compostela, Auditorio De Galicia
10
France, Lyon, Radiant
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