FRIENDLY FIRES CONFIRM US TOUR !! 18 Jan 2011

AND ... NYC & LA FEBRUARY DATES SOLD OUT!!!
AND ... BAND DEFINITE FOR SXSW!!!

Hot on the heels of announcing 2 US shows in February – NYC’s Bowery Ballroom on February 7 (SOLD OUT) and at Los Angeles’ Roxy on February 9 (SOLD OUT) Friendly Fires are now excited to announce a full US tour.    The dates kick off May 24 at Philadelphia’s First Unitarian Church and conclude June 10 at The Music Box At Henry Fonda Theater in LA.   The band will play Webster Hall in NYC on February 25.   The full tour is listed below.

Friendly Fires are also confirmed to play select shows at this year’s SXSW festival in Austin, TX.  Exact dates / shows / times are TBA.

The band is promising a new album (working title Pala) this Spring and will be performing tracks off of it and their Mercury Prize and Brit Awards nominated self-titled debut which was released in 2009 (and has gone on to sell nearly 300k worldwide).  Pala is mainly self-produced with Paul Epworth also working on some tracks at their St Albans bunker. 

Friendly Fires are Ed Macfarlane (vocals, synths, bass), Edd Gibson (guitar) and Jack Savidge (drums). Hailing from St Albans where the trio met as teenagers, Friendly Fires’ intuitive grasp of kinetic art-funk, electronic euphoria and stadium-sized anthems has led to them becoming one of the most exciting and critically feted new bands of the past few years, playing sold out shows across the globe.  They draw their inspiration as much from the electronic music world as the guitar one, sharing a love of the likes of Liquid Liquid, My Bloody Valentine and the German techno label Kompakt Records. Since the release of Friendly Fires, they’ve further explored their electronic side; first throwing a huge rave with renowned London promoters Bugged Out at the capital’s Coronet venue, then releasing a double A-sided single with DFA’s Holy Ghost, before teaming up with Toronto house crew Azari & III for a collaboration (Stay Here) that would feature on a Friendly Fires DJ mix album for the !K7 label. Most recently, the band provided the soundtrack for the Frank Miller-directed Fall 2010 Gucci Guilty perfume commercial with their cover of Depeche Mode's "Strangelove".


Friendly Fires US Tour Dates
2/7 - New York, NY - Bowery
2/9 - Los Angeles, CA - Roxy
3/15 – 19 –Austin, TX – SXSW
5/24 - Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church
5/25 - New York, NY - Webster Hall
5/26 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
5/27 - Boston, MA - Paradise
5/28 - Montreal, QC - Corona Theatre
5/30 - Toronto, ON - Phoenix Concert Theatre
5/31 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall
6/1 - Minneapolis, MN - Varsity Theater
6/4 - Vancouver, BC - Venue
6/5 - Seattle, WA - Neumos
6/6 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge
6/8 - San Francisco, CA - The Independent
6/10 - Los Angeles, CA - Music Box at The Henry Fonda
photo by Dominic Storer