As promised earlier this month, Echo & The Bunnymen today announced a 10-date North American tour this May that will find the U.K. rockers performing their beloved first two albums — 1980’s Crocodiles and 1981’s Heaven Up Here — back-to-back and in their entirety each night.
The Bunnymen, who have performed their 1984 album Ocean Rain live in recent years, played Crocodiles and Heaven Up Here back-to-back on a short run of U.K. dates last month. Now they’ll bring that show to North America for a short run of dates, mainly hitting the East and West Coasts, beginning May 9 in Boston and wrapping up May 22 in Anaheim, Calif. — with a lone Canadian date set for May 16 in Toronto.
UPDATE 2/18/11: Three more dates added in Georgia, Texas.
See Echo & The Bunnymen’s tour dates after the jump…
Echo & The Bunnymen Crocodiles/Heaven Up Here tour dates:
May 5: The Masquerade, Atlanta, GA *
May 6: Warehouse Live Ballroom, Houston, TX *
May 7: La Zona Rosa, Austin, TX *
May 9: Paradise Club, Boston, MA
May 11: 9:30 Club, Washington, D.C.
May 12: Trocadero, Philadelphia, PA
May 13: Iriving Plaza, New York, NY
May 16: Phoenix Theatre, Toronto, ON
May 17: Vic Theatre, Chicago, IL
May 19: Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA
May 20: Red Rock Casino, Las Vegas, NV
May 21: Club Nokia Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
May 22: House of Blues, Anaheim, CA
* Additional dates
PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS:
- Echo & The Bunnymen to play ‘Crocodiles,’ ‘Heaven Up Here’ on U.S. tour in May
- Vintage Video: Echo & The Bunnymen and Billy Bragg cover ‘Run Run Run’
- Video: Ian McCulloch plays ‘The Killing Moon’ for ‘A Take Away Show’
- Coachella video: Echo & The Bunnymen, The Specials, Public Image Ltd.
at 11:25 am
Seriously? No Pacific Northwest dates? This is the second time they skipped Seattle/Portland. Way to alienate your fans, Bunnymen.
at 12:05 pm
Atlanta? Nashville? There are fans down in the SE :P
at 11:47 pm
C’mon Bunnymen, it’s nearly as rainy as Liverpool up here in Seattle and Portland!
at 8:30 am
OH MY, I will get to hear “Stars Are Stars” live–I’m VERY excited about that!!!!
at 12:16 pm
I agree. Why are all of the good bands ignoring the Northwestern US nowadays? The Bunnymen need to come to Portland.
at 11:10 am
THANK YOU FOR THE ATLANTA DATE! Does anyone know if the tickets from the previously cancelled show will be honoured at this show?? HELP!
at 2:35 pm
Atlanta? Really? Perhaps a side trip to NC?
at 10:22 am
While disappointed E&B are skipping the NW, the fact of the matter is there are a ridiculous number of excellent and young talent in the NW. So, it’s not like we are really missing anything with E&B not swinging through 20 years after the fact.