Dead Can Dance announce 16-date North American tour in August, September

As promised, he newly reunited Dead Can Dance will tour North America this summer, today announcing a 16-date tour of the U.S. and Canada this August and September that’ll include a two-night stand at New York City’s Beacon Theatre and a tour-ending show in Austin, Texas.

The trek, which precedes the already announced European dates this fall, opens Aug. 9 in Vancouver, British Columbia, and runs through Austin show on Sept. 7. Tickets go on sale later this month for most of the shows; full details are available at deadcandance.com. The band promises to send e-mail subscribers pre-sale information tomorrow.

The band — co-founders and mainstays Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard — will then open their European tour Sept. 19 in Istanbul and wrap up Oct. 28 in Dublin, hitting five cities in Germany as well as Russia, England and Greece, among other locales, in between. The band promises to announce South American and Asian legs “shortly.”

Dead Can Dance tour dates:

NORTH AMERICA
Aug. 9: Orpheum, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Aug. 10: Marymoor Amphitheater, Seattle, WA, USA
Aug. 12: Greek Theater, Oakland, CA, USA
Aug. 14: Gibson Amphitheater, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Aug. 17: Red Butte Garden, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Aug. 19: Temple Hoyle Buell Theater, Denver, CO, USA
Aug. 21: Pritzker Pavillion at Millenium Park, Chicago, IL, USA
Aug. 23: Sony Center for the Performing Arts, Toronto, ON, Canada
Aug. 24: Bell Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
Aug. 26: Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Aug. 27: Filene Center, Wolftrap, Vienna, VA, USA
Aug. 29: Beacon Theater, New York, NY, USA
Aug. 30: Beacon Theater, New York, NY, USA
Sept. 4: Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN, USA
Sept. 5: Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center, Atlanta, GA, USA
Sept. 7:  Austin City Limits, Moody Theater, Austin, TX, USA

EUROPE
Sept. 19: HCTAT, Istanbul, Turkey
Sept. 21: Earth Theatre, Thessaloniki, Greece
Sept. 23: Lycabetus Theatre, Athens, Greece
Sept. 25: MCV, Utrecht, Holland
Sept. 27: Grand Rex, Paris, France
Sept. 29: Cirque Royal, Brussels, Belgium
Oct. 1: Alte Oper, Frankfurt, Germany
Oct. 3: Tempodrom, Berlin, Germany
Oct. 5: CCH, Hamburg, Germany
Oct. 7: Philharmonie, Munich, Germany
Oct. 8: Philharmonie, Cologne, Germany
Oct. 10: KCP, Prague, Czech Republic
Oct. 12: Bkz Oktyabrsky, St. Petersburg, Russia
Oct. 13: Crocus City Hall, Moscow, Russia
Oct. 15: Sala Kongresowa, Warsaw, Poland
Oct. 17: Papp Laszlo Arena, Budapest, Hungary
Oct. 19: Teatro Degli Arcimboldi, Milan, Italy
Oct. 20: Batiment Des Forces Motrices, Geneva, Switzerland
Oct. 22: Auditori, Barcelona, Spain
Oct. 24: Casa Da Musica, Porto, Portugal
Oct. 26: Royal Albert Hall, London, England
Oct. 28: Grand Canal Theatre, Dublin, Ireland

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• Dead Can Dance announce 22-date European tour — with American, Asian legs to come
• Dead Can Dance at work on reunion album, 2012 world tour ‘taking shape’
• Free MP3s: Dead Can Dance, ‘Live Happenings — Part II’ 4-track EP
• Free MP3s: Dead Can Dance, ‘Live Happenings — Part 1′ 4-track EP
• Video: Dead Can Dance’s Brendan Perry, Cocteau Twins’ Robin Guthrie play KEXP
• Dead Can Dance’s Brendan Perry, Lisa Gerrard reuniting for new album, 2012 world tour