The Sounds schedule North American tour
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BARRY A. JECKELL; Billboard.com
336 Words
27 January 2004
BPI Entertainment News Wire
English
(c) 2004 BPI Communications, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
NEW YORK -- Swedish rock group the Sounds has tapped U.S. acts Kill Hanna and Ima Robot to support a North American club tour. Kicking off Feb. 15 in
Milwaukee, the six-week trek will play more than 30 dates through late March, about two-thirds of which are confirmed.
Along the way, the Sounds are slated to perform March 18 during the annual South by Southwest music conference in Austin, Texas. An as-yet-unscheduled
appearance on CBS' "Last Call With Carson Daly" is also on tap.
"We never want to give the audience room to think. That can happen afterwards," Sounds bassist Johan Bengtsson says about the band's
live show. "This is all about dancing and having a good time. We are a major chord band!"
Released in June, the Sounds' debut album, "Living in America" (Scratchie/New Line), reached No. 31 on Billboard's Top Independent
Albums chart and No. 40 on the Heatseekers tally. The set has sold 37,000 copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Ima Robot is touring in support of its self-titled Virgin debut, and is slated to play the NME Awards Feb. 5 in London. Kill Hanna's sophomore
album, "For Never & Ever," was released last year by Atlantic.
Here are the Sounds/Kill Hanna/Ima Robot tour dates:
Feb. 15: Milwaukee (The Rave)
Feb. 16: Minneapolis (The Quest)
Feb. 17: Chicago (The Metro)
Feb. 19: Toronto (Horseshoe Tavern)
Feb. 20: Detroit (Magic Bag)
Feb. 21: Cleveland (Agora)
Feb. 23: Boston (Axis)
Feb. 24: New York (Irving Plaza)
Feb. 25: Washington, D.C. (930 Club)
Feb. 27: Philadelphia (TLA)
March 1: Cincinnati (Bogarts)
March 2: St. Louis, Mo. (Mississippi Nights)
March 4: Lawrence, Kan. (Bottleneck)
March 5: Denver (Bluebird)
March 6: Salt Lake City (Bricks)
March 18: Austin, Texas (Rockstars / South by Southwest)
March 26: Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. (Culture Room)
March 27: Orlando, Fla. (The Social)
March 28: Atlanta (Cotton Club)
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