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Sigur Rós frontman Jónsi Birgisson‘s debut solo album GO got pushed back a couple weeks to the week of April 5th (no worries).  Here’s the delicious-looking album cover…

Today he announced tour dates to coincide the release of the album…

• april 6 vancouver, canada vogue theatre
• april 7 vancouver, canada vogue theatre
• april 9 seattle, wa the showbox sodo
• april 10 seattle, wa the showbox sodo
• april 13 portland, or roseland theatre
• april 15 berkeley, ca zellerbach auditorium
• april 16 san francisco, ca palace of fine arts
• april 18 indio, ca coachella
• april 21 denver, co paramount theatre
• april 22 lawrence, ks liberty hall
• april 24 minneapolis, mn pantages theatre
• april 25 minneapolis, mn pantages theatre
• april 26 milwaukee, wi the pabst theatre
• april 27 chicago, il vic theatre
• april 28 chicago, il vic theatre
• april 30 toronto, canada sound academy
• may 1 toronto, canada sound academy
• may 2 montreal, canada metropolis
• may 3 philadelphia, pa electric factory
• may 5 boston, ma house of blues
• may 6 boston, ma house of blues
• may 8 new york, ny terminal 5
• may 9 new york, ny terminal 5

from Jonsi’s website:
The shows which start in North America in April, will feature a brand new band and a stage set designed by 59 Productions. Both these things promise to be drop-dead amazing. The idea of the stage collaboration with 59 Productions is to bring together the worlds of theatre and music in a new and hopefully unique way, in order to create something other than the hoary old cliches that pass for innovation in rock’n’roll. The ideas remain very much “in development”, but there will be some surprises, for sure. Here’s a maquette of how things might appear. Cute, huh?

So… excited…

~Dan – np: That1Guy – Packs a Wallop!