As promised earlier this month, Echo & The Bunnymen today announced a 10-date North American tour this May that will find the U.K. rockers performing their beloved first two albums — 1980’s Crocodiles and 1981’s Heaven Up Here — back-to-back and in their entirety each night.
The Bunnymen, who have performed their 1984 album Ocean Rain live in recent years, played Crocodiles and Heaven Up Here back-to-back on a short run of U.K. dates last month. Now they’ll bring that show to North America for a short run of dates, mainly hitting the East and West Coasts, beginning May 9 in Boston and wrapping up May 22 in Anaheim, Calif. — with a lone Canadian date set for May 16 in Toronto.
UPDATE 2/18/11: Three more dates added in Georgia, Texas.
See Echo & The Bunnymen’s tour dates after the jump…
Echo & The Bunnymen Crocodiles/Heaven Up Here tour dates:
May 5: The Masquerade, Atlanta, GA *
May 6: Warehouse Live Ballroom, Houston, TX *
May 7: La Zona Rosa, Austin, TX *
May 9: Paradise Club, Boston, MA
May 11: 9:30 Club, Washington, D.C.
May 12: Trocadero, Philadelphia, PA
May 13: Iriving Plaza, New York, NY
May 16: Phoenix Theatre, Toronto, ON
May 17: Vic Theatre, Chicago, IL
May 19: Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA
May 20: Red Rock Casino, Las Vegas, NV
May 21: Club Nokia Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
May 22: House of Blues, Anaheim, CA
* Additional dates
PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS:
Seriously? No Pacific Northwest dates? This is the second time they skipped Seattle/Portland. Way to alienate your fans, Bunnymen.
Atlanta? Nashville? There are fans down in the SE :P
C’mon Bunnymen, it’s nearly as rainy as Liverpool up here in Seattle and Portland!
OH MY, I will get to hear “Stars Are Stars” live–I’m VERY excited about that!!!!
I agree. Why are all of the good bands ignoring the Northwestern US nowadays? The Bunnymen need to come to Portland.
THANK YOU FOR THE ATLANTA DATE! Does anyone know if the tickets from the previously cancelled show will be honoured at this show?? HELP!
Atlanta? Really? Perhaps a side trip to NC?
While disappointed E&B are skipping the NW, the fact of the matter is there are a ridiculous number of excellent and young talent in the NW. So, it’s not like we are really missing anything with E&B not swinging through 20 years after the fact.