Swedish grind act Gadget is coming over to the US for a couple shows in May:
05/15 - 941 Theater, Philadelphia, PA w/Total Fucking Destruction, Javelina, more
05/16 - Auditory Assault Festival @ Club Europa, Brooklyn, NY w/Brutal Truth, Sayyadina, Crowpath, more
New European dates for Benni Hemm Hemm:
04/12 - The Bowery, Edinburgh (UK)
05/05 - Bevrijdingsfestival, Groningen (NL)
05/05 - Prinsenhof, Groningen (NL)
05/07 - Passionfruit Theatre, Athlone (IR)
05/08 - Whelans, Dublin (IR)
05/17 - Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh (UK) w/Hjaltalín
05/21 - The Bowery, Edinburgh (UK)
06/12 - Le Nouveau Monde, Fribourg (CH)
06/13 - B-Sides Festival, Lucerne (CH)
06/14 - Salzhaus, Winterthur, Zurich (CH)
06/16 - Chelsea, Vienna (AUS)
06/17 - KFZ, Marburg (GER)
06/19 - Reilfestival, Halle (GER)
06/21 - Umsonst und Draussen, Würzburg (GER)
06/22 - Club Strahov 007, Prague (CZ)
06/24 - Badeschiff, Berlin (GER)
06/25 - Fusion Festival, Lärz (GER)
06/26 - Beatpol, Dresden (GER)
06/27 - Hafen 2 Open Air Festival, Offenbach (GER)
Norwegian artist Susanna will support Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (aka Will Oldham) on tour in Europe:
04/20 - Royal Festival Hall, London (UK)
04/21 - St. George's Church, Brighton (UK)
04/22 - AB, Brussels (BEL)
04/23 - Paradiso, Amsterdam (NL)
04/24 - Le Cigale, Paris (FRA)
04/25 - Le Printemps Bourges, Bourges (FRA)
04/26 - Le Poste á Galene, Marseille (FRA)
04/28 - Teatro Espace, Torino (ITA)
04/29 - Estragon, Bologna (ITA)
04/30 - Auditorium San Domenico, Foligno (ITA)
Frequent collaborators Helge Sten (Deathprod) will accompany her on guitar and Pål Hausken (In the Country) will handle the drums.
Backyard Babies will do a run of dates supporting Mötley Crüe in June:
06/14 - Zenith, Münich (GER)
06/15 - Schleyerhalle, Stuttgart (GER)
06/16 - Funkpark, Berlin (GER)
06/17 - O2 Arena, Prague (CZ)
06/22 - Sportzentrum Tagerhard, Wettingen (CH)
06/23 - Palladium, Köln (GER)
Under Byen is doing a trio of shows in Poland next month:
04/22 - Klub Studio, Krakow
04/23 - Studio im Agnieszki Osieckiej, Polskie Radio Pr III, Warsaw
04/24 - Klub Powiekszenie, Warsaw
My friends Tiger Lou are heading out for a few Scandinavian dates this weekend:
04/03 - Garage, Oslo (NOR)
04/04 - Chalmers, Göteborg (SWE)
04/05 - Kägelbanan, Stockholm (SWE)
05/02 - KB, Malmö (SWE)
Swedish noiserock act EL-SD are heading out on a short European tour next week:
04/04 - Viadukt, Groningen (NL)
04/05 - Logement, Antwerpen (BEL)
04/06 - MC DAID'S, Le Havre (FRA)
04/07 - Kim's Bar, Paris (FRA)
04/08 - Le Cable, Epinal (FRA)
04/09 - Rang Teng Teng, Freiburg (GER) w/Tar...Feathers
04/10 - Lokal, Berlin (GER)
04/11 - Klub Adorno @ Lades, Copenhagen (DK)
Jens Lekman is touring the West Coast with comedian Tig Notaro:
05/26 - The Loft, UCSD (Viktor Sjöberg Series), San Diego, CA
05/27 - The Echo, Los Angeles, CA
05/28 - The Echo, Los Angeles, CA
05/29 - Velvet Jones, Santa Barbara, CA
05/30 - SLO Art Center, San Luis Obispo, CA
06/01 - Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco, CA
06/02 - Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco, CA
06/03 - WOW Hall, Eugene, OR
06/04 - Crocodile Café, Seattle, WA
06/05 - Crocodile Café, Seattle, WA
06/06 - Wonder Ballroom, Portland, OR
06/07 - tba, Vancouver, BC
Scandinavian artists Springfactory, Northern Portrait, Champagne Riot, Pelle Carlberg and Suburban Kids with Biblical Names are all confirmed for the SF Popfest in mid-May: https://www.myspace.com/sanfranciscopopfest
Danish "anti-folk" artist Cody is doing a string of NYC dates in April. Dates (and sound samples) at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/codysongs
Updated Moonbabies dates for next week:
04/02 - Die Box, St Gallen (CH)
04/03 - K4, Nürnberg (GER)
04/04 - Vortex, Siegen (GER)
New European dates for I'm From Barcelona:
05/23 - Schüür, Luzern (CH)
05/24 - Manufaktur, Schorndorf (GER)
05/25 - Rockhouse, Salzburg (AUS)
05/26 - A38, Budapest (Hungary)
05/27 - PPC, Graz (AUS)
05/28 - Pauk, Zagreb (CRO)
05/29 - Europavox festival @ Cooperative de Mai, Clermont Ferrand (FRA)
05/30 - ARTROCK festival @ Poulain Corbion, St, Brieuc (FRA)
05/31 - Aéronef, Lille (FRA)
Scandinavians representing at this year's Great Escape Festival in Brighton, England include team Norway: The New Wine, Harrys Gym, Thomas Dybdhal, Casiokids, I Was A King, Tommy Tokyo and Starving For My Gravy and Datarock; Sweden: The Deer Tracks, A Sad Day for Puppets and Dag for Dag; Finland: TV Off and Jaakko and Jay; and finally, repping for Iceland: Hjaltalín and Lay Low. Details: https://www.escapegreat.com/
The Washington Post Express provides a quality preview of the upcoming Pagan Knights and Paganfest America tours, featuring all of your favorite viking, folk and pirate-metal acts: https://www.expressnightout.com/content/2009/03/pagans_pirates.php
Sadly, I already missed the Pagan Knights when they were out west, but Paganfest America is still tempting...
Nitad will be coming to the US to play the No Way Fest in Richmond, Virginia on June 20 along with a bunch of other great punk acts such as Zero Boys, Government Warning and Social Circkle (to name a few). I presume there will be other dates, but I haven't seen anything yet. Details: https://www.nowayrecords.com/site/?page_id=197