Beach House have announced the first round of 2016 tour dates for North America in support of Thank Your Lucky Stars and Depression Cherry.
The Baltimore duo released albums 5 and 6 within just a couple of months of each other, subsequently bewildering and electrifying fans in a heartbeat. Their intention has been something of an anti-commercial stunt, pushing the release of Depression Cherry whilst keeping another full record safely in their own hands, away from PR releases, time schedules and red tape.
Beach House have also issued a statement on behalf of the release:
“Thank Your Lucky Stars is our sixth full-length record. It was written after Depression Cherry from July 2014 – November 2014 and recorded during the same session as Depression Cherry. The songs came together very quickly and were driven by the lyrics and the narrative. In this way, the record feels very new for us, and a great departure from our last few records. Thematically, this record often feels political. It’s hard to put it into words, but something about the record made us want to release it without the normal ‘campaign.’ We wanted it to simply enter the world and exist.
Thank you very much,
Beach House”
The trek begins February 29th in Cleveland at House of Blues and ends March 18th in Philadelphia at Union Transfer. Tickets went on sale Friday, October 23rd.
Beach House also performed “One Thing” from Thank Your Lucky Stars on the release date for the album, on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. You can watch that performance below.
Tour Dates
2015
Oct. 24 – Belfast, UK – Mandela Hall
Oct. 25 – Dublin, IE – Vicar Street
Oct. 26 – Glasgow, UK – ABC
Oct. 27 – Manchester, UK – The Ritz
Oct. 29 – Paris, FR – Pitchfork Music Festival
Oct. 30 – London, UK – Shepherds Bush Empire
Oct. 31 – London, UK – Shepherds Bush Empire [Sold Out]
Nov. 02 – Amsterdam, NL – Paradiso
Nov. 03 – Brussels, BE – Autumn Falls @ AB [Sold Out]
Nov. 04 – Koln, DE – Gloria
Nov. 05 – Luxemborg, LU – Den Atelier
Nov. 07 – Reykjavik, IS – Iceland Airwaves
Nov. 10 – Oslo, NO – Sentrum Scene
Nov. 11 – Gothenburg, SE – Tradgarn
Nov. 12 – Stockholm, SE – Debaser Medis [Sold Out]
Nov. 13 – Copenhagen DK – Vega [Sold Out]
Nov. 14 – Hamburg, DE – Kampnagel K1
Nov. 16 – Berlin, DE – Huxley’s
Nov. 17 – Munich, DE – Freiheiz
Nov. 18 – Lausanne, CH – Les Docks
Nov. 20 – Barcelona, ES – Apolo [Sold Out]
Nov. 22 – Madrid, ES – La Riviera
Nov. 23 – Lisbon, PT – Armazén
Nov. 24 – Porto, PT – Teatro sa da Bandeira
Dec. 07 – Santa Ana, CA – The Observatory [Sold Out]
Dec. 09 – Los Angeles, CA – The Fonda Theatre [Sold Out]
Dec. 10 – Los Angeles, CA – The Fonda Theatre [Sold Out]
Dec. 11 – Los Angeles, CA – The Fonda Theatre [Sold Out]
Dec. 12 – Los Angeles, CA – The Fonda Theatre [Sold Out]
Dec. 17 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore [Sold Out]
Dec. 18 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore [Sold Out]
Dec. 19 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore [Sold Out]
2016
Feb. 29 – Cleveland, OH – House of Blues
Mar. 01 – Chicago, IL – Vic Theatre
Mar. 05 – Toronto, ON – Danforth Music Hall
Mar. 06 – Montreal, QC – Rialto Theatre
Mar. 11 – Boston, MA – House of Blues
Mar. 14 – New York, NY – Webster Hall
Mar. 15 – New York, NY – Webster Hall
Mar. 18 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0VqdCk3hPQ