The Jesus and Mary Chain will join headliners Iggy and the Stooges and Elvis Costello at this September’s punk-heavy Riot Fest 2012 in Chicago, promoters announced this week, marking the latest U.S. date to be added to the slow-roll out of the Mary Chain’s still-evolving summer North American tour this summer.
As Consequence of Sound notes, the festival is set for Sept. 14-16 in Chicago’s Congress Theatre and Humboldt Park, and also features Rise Against, Descendants, The Offspring, GWAR, Built to Spill and Fishbone, among many others. Tickets already are on sale at $65 for two-day passes and $90 for three-day passes, although it’s not yet known which bands are playing which days.
The Mary Chain — who this weekend will play their first-ever concert in China — so far have announced four June concerts in California and Nevada, to be followed in August and September by a run of dates in Canada and in the eastern U.S. In March, the brothers Reid played their first concerts in four years in Texas, including a performance at South By Southwest.
The Jesus and Mary Chain tour dates:
May 19: China Music Valley International Music Festival, Beijing, China
May 23: KITEC, Hong Kong
May 26: Esplanade Concert Hall, Singapore
June 14: The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA, USA
June 15: Hollywood Park, Inglewood, CA, USA
June 16: House of Blues, Las Vegas, NV, USA
June 17: House of Blues, San Diego, CA, USA
Aug. 2: Thursday at the Harbor, Buffalo, NY, USA *
Aug. 3: Phoenix Theatre, Toronto, ON, Canada
Aug. 4: Osheaga Music Festival, Montreal, QC, Canada
Sept. 5: House of Blues, New Orleans, LA, USA
Sept. 7: Hopscotch Music Festival, Raleigh, N.C., USA
Sept. 9: 9:30 Club, Washington, D.C., USA *
Sept. 14-16: Riot Fest 2012, Humboldt Park and Congress Theatre, Chicago, IL, USA
* Announced on JAMC website, then removed
PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS
- The Jesus and Mary Chain playing Montreal fest, plus Toronto, Buffalo, Washington D.C.
- The Jesus and Mary Chain returning to U.S. for new concerts in June, September
- The Jesus and Mary Chain to play China Music Valley festival in Beijing next month
- Video: The Jesus and Mary Chain play first shows in 4 years during brief tour of Texas
- The Jesus and Mary Chain sets short U.S. tour, including SXSW, 35 Denton fests
- Jesus and Mary Chain reissuing all 6 albums this fall in deluxe 2CD/1DVD editions
* Announced on JAMC website, then removed
