Former Hüsker Dü drummer Grant Hart will hit the road next month for a 17-date North American tour in support of the just-released Hot Wax,
Hart will open the tour Nov. 5 in Des Moines, Iowa, and crisscross the country — hitting Montreal and Quebec, too — through the trek’s end Dec. 22 in Cleveland.
The dates come in support of the nine-track Hot Wax, which came out Oct. 6 on Con D’or Records and was recorded in Montreal and Minneapolis with guest turns by members of Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Silver Mt. Zion and Rank Strangers.
See full Grant Hart tour dates and hear an audio interview after the jump…
Grant Hart tour dates:
Nov. 5: Vaudeville Mews, Des Moines, IA
Nov. 6: Record Bar, Kansas City, MO (supporting The Meat Puppets)
Nov. 7: Replay Lounge, Lawrence, KS
Nov. 8: Hi-Dive, Denver, CO
Nov. 12: Silver Lake Lounge, Los Angeles, CA
Nov. 13: Thee Parkside, San Francisco, CA (supporting Dead to Me)
Nov. 15: Hemlock Tavern, San Francisco, CA
Nov. 17: Dante’s, Portland, OR
Nov. 18: High Dive, Seattle, WA
Dec. 5: TBA, Minneapolis, MN
Dec. 11: Darkroom, Chicago, IL
Dec. 14: Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto, ON
Dec. 15: Sale Rosa, Montreal, QC
Dec. 16: Middle East (Upstairs), Cambridge, MA
Dec. 17: World Cafe Live, Philadelphia, PA
Dec. 19: 92Y (Tribecca), New York ,NY
Dec. 20: Record Collector, Bordentown, NJ
Dec. 22: Grog Shop, Cleveland, OH
AUDIO: Three-part interview with Grant Hart
PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS:
- New Hüsker Dü biography due in 2010
- Video: Bob Mould and No Age play Hüsker Dü at All Tomorrow’s Parties New York
- Hüsker Dü’s Grant Hart issuing ‘Hot Wax’ — first album in a decade — in October
- No Age drafts Bob Mould to cover Hüsker Dü album at All Tomorrow’s Parties
- Bob Mould to mount brief U.S. tour in October in support of ‘Life and Times’
