Keeping in tune with the latest in concert fads, longtime UK rockers The Cult will perform their classic 1985 breakthrough Love in its entirety on a just-announced late-summer/fall trek aptly dubbed the Love Live World Tour.
The band —Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy, plus assorted sidemen —promises a main set featuring the full album, including fan favorites/hits “She Sells Sanctuary,” “Rain” and “Revolution,” plus an encore of “The Cult’s greatest hits, spanning the band’s storied career.”
The 30-date tour opens Aug. 19 in San Diego and runs through the U.S., Canada and Europe before wrapping Oct. 11 in Holland (see full dates below).
The band also announced that Astbury and Duffy began writing songs for a new album last winter, and have recorded several songs in Los Angeles for their planned follow-up to 2007’s Born Into This.
Tour dates: The Cult, Love Live World Tour
Aug. 19: House Of Blues, San Diego, CA
Aug. 21: Celebrity Theater, Phoenix, AZ
Aug. 22: Nokia Theater, Los Angeles, CA
Aug. 23: The Warfield Theater, San Francisco, CA
Aug. 25: Roseland Ballroom, Portland, OR
Aug. 26: Moore Theater, Seattle, WA
Aug. 28: AEG–REC Building, Abbotsford, BC
Aug. 29: Flames Central, Calgary, Alberta
Aug. 30: River Creek Event Center, Edmonton, Alberta
Sept. 1: First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN
Sept. 2: House of Blues, Chicago, IL
Sept. 4: House of Blues, Dallas, TX
Sept. 5: Stubbs, Austin, TX
Sept. 6: House of Blues, Houston, TX
Sept. 7: Amos, Charlotte, NC
Sept. 9: 9:30 Club, Washington DC
Sept. 11: Terminal 5, New York, NY
Sept. 12: House of Blues, Boston, MA
Sept. 13: Massey Hall, Toronto, Ontario
Sept. 25: Lisbon Coliseum, Lisbon, Lisboa
Sept. 26: La Riviera, Madrid, Spain
Sept. 27: Tingalo 2. Valencia
Sept. 30: Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Oct. 2: Le Bataclan, Paris, France
Oct. 4: DR Koncerthuset, Copenhagen, Sjælland
Oct. 6: The Academy, Leeds
Oct. 7: The Picture House, Edinburgh, Scotland
Oct. 8: Civic, Wolverhampton, Midlands
Oct. 10: Royal Albert Hall, London, England
Oct. 11: Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
