Black Lips plots dates behind new studio release
Indie-rockers The Black Lips have mapped out a late-winter tour in support of their forthcoming fifth studio album, "200 Million Thousand," which is due in February.
The Atlanta-based group kicks off the outing Feb. 26 in Birmingham, AL. Presented by MySpace Music, the tour runs through the end of March, and includes a pair of performances at Austin's SXSW music festival. Dates are below.
"200 Million Thousand," the band's fifth studio album, is due in stores Feb. 24 on Vice Music. It follows "Good Bad Not Evil," the Lips' previous LP, which dropped last September. The 13-track effort was the band's second album of 2007, following February's live "Los Valientes del Mundo Nuevo," which culled much of its material from the band's previous disc, 2005's "Let it Bloom."
"It was a mess, but it was a beautiful mess," bassist Jared Swilley told LiveDaily in an interview earlier this year of recording the live album in Tijuana, Mexico. "It was kind of a pain in the ass but it was worth it in the end. It was really fun."
Earlier this year, the band sat down for an interview with LiveDaily and performed a few songs. Click here for audio of both the interview and the performance.
February 2009
26 - Birmingham, AL - Bottle Tree
27 - Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse
March 2009
4 - Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
5 - Washington, DC - Black Cat
6 - Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's
7 - Cambridge, MA - Middle East
9 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
10 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
12 - Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom
13 - Detroit, MI - Magic Stick
14 - Chicago, IL - Logan Square Auditorium
15 - Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall
16 - St. Paul, MN - Turf Club
17 - Omaha, NE - Waiting Room
18 - Lawrence, KS - Bottleneck
20, 21 - Austin, TX - SXSW
23 - New Orleans, LA - One Eyed Jacks
25 - Tallahassee, FL - Club Downunder
26 - Tampa, FL - Orpheum
27 - Miami, FL - Churchill's
28 - Gainesville, FL - Common Grounds
29 - Jacksonville, FL - Jack Rabbit's
30 - Orlando, FL - The Social
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