Buzzcocks to play ‘Another Music,’ ‘Love Bites’ on 22-date North American tour

Classic punk outfit Buzzcocks today announced a 22-date North American tour later this spring that will find the band tearing through its first two albums — Another Music in a Different Kitchen and Love Bites — in their entirety each night, plus a promised selection of “other hits.”

The band — featuring original members Pete Shelley and Steve Diggle, plus recent additions Danny Farrant and Chris Remington — is set to open the North American leg of its ongoing “Another… Bites” tour May 11 in Washington, D.C., and play across the U.S. and Canada through a June 7 date in San Diego; more shows are expected to be announced.

The tour comes on the heels of the recent U.S. release of expanded 2CD reissues of the band’s first three albums, Another Music in a Different Kitchen (1978), Love Bites (1978) and A Different Kind of Tension (1979). Originally released in the U.K. in 2008, the three sets include remastered editions of the original albums, plus a huge helping of more than 30 previously unreleased cuts, including John Peel sessions, associated singles, live tracks and demos (see full tracklists here).

See full Buzzcocks tour dates after the jump…

Buzzcocks tour dates:

May 11: Black Cat, Washington, D.C.
May 12: Ottobar, Baltimore, MD
May 13: The Filmore at Irving Plaza, New York, NY
May 14: Trocadero, Philadelphia, PA
May 15: Crazy Donkey, Farmingdale, NY
May 17: Paradise Rock Club, Boston, MA
May 18: Le National, Montreal, QC
May 19: Opera House, Toronto, ON
May 21: Peabody’s, Cleveland, OH
May 22: St. Andrews Hall, Detroit, MI
May 23: Double Door, Chicago, IL
May 24: Fine Line Music Café, Minneapolis, MN
May 26: Pyramid Cabaret, Winnepeg, MB
May 28: New City Compound, Edmonton, AB
May 29: Republik, Calgary, AB
May 31: Venue, Vancouver, BC
June 1: Berbati’s Pan, Portland, OR
June 2: El Corazon, Seattle, WA
June 4: Uptown, Oakland, CA
June 5: Club Nokia at L.A. Live, Los Angeles, CA
June 6: House Of Blues, Anaheim, CA
June 7: House Of Blues, San Diego, CA

PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS

• New releases: Buzzcocks reissues, Pretenders ‘Live in London’
• Expanded reissues of Buzzcocks’ first three albums to be released in U.S.