(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
Babes in Toyland add more U.S. fest and club dates
Minneapolis' riot-grrrl legends will keep their reunion running into the fall.
May 26, 2015 at 4:49PM
Currently in Europe for a two-week stint around Spain's Primavera Festival ahead of their June 21 hometown date at Rock the Garden, Minneapolis roar-rock legends Babes in Toyland will expand their reunion run to include a series of U.S. club and festival gigs in late August and September.
The new itinerary -- announced this morning -- will kick off Aug. 27 and 28 at mid-size clubs in St. Louis and Kansas City, respectively. Babes will go on to hit Seattle's popular Bumbershoot Festival on Sept. 5 and then the Pop Montreal International Festival in Canada on Sept. 19. Tickets for most of the shows are due on sale Friday morning. See the full itinerary below.
The band members have said all along they won't be doing a full-blown, two-month, get-in-the-van kind of tour because of bassist Maureen Herman's parental duties. Hence the patchwork timing of these dates. However, the fact that they keep adding shows confirms their many statements about how much fun they've been having since playing their first reunion shows in California back in February.
We should know after Rock the Garden whether or not a second Twin Cities gig might get added to that itinerary. The members have expressed interest in playing First Ave again in our conversations with them – and First Ave obviously would love to have them, too.
Babes in Toyland North American tour dates:
- June 21 Minneapolis, MN Rock The Garden
- August 27 St. Louis, MO The Firebird
- August 28 Kansas City, MO The Riot Room
- September 1 Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge
- September 3 Portland, OR Mississippi Studios
- September 4 Vancouver, BC Biltmore Cabaret
- September 5 Seattle, WA Bumbershoot Festival
- September 15 Covington, KY Madison Theatre
- September 17 New York, NY Irving Plaza
- September 19 Montreal, QC Pop Montreal International Music Festival
European tour dates:
- May 26 London, UK 02 Shepherds Bush Empire
- May 27 Manchester, UK Manchester Gorilla
- May 28 Glasgow, UK Oran Mor
- May 29 Barcelona, Spain Primavera Sound Festival
- June 1 Milan, Italy Lo Fi Club
- June 3 Ravenna, Italy Beaches Brew Festival
- June 6 Porto, Portugal Primavera Sound Festival
Critics’ picks for entertainment in the week ahead.