It’s a good year for singer-songwriter Evan Dando. After a sold-out acoustic tour, alongside former bandmate Juliana Hatfield, Dando returns to the road once again with his old moniker, The Lemonheads. Performing their seminal 1992 LP, It’s a Shame About Ray, the Boston, MA trio – featuring Dando, now alongside guitarist Josh Lattanzi (of The Candles), and drummer Brian Nolan (of American Hi-Fi) - has sketched out a widely ambitious tour that takes them into 2012, with dates lined up everywhere across North America and the UK. What’s more, they plan on putting out an album in February.
But first, they’ll wrap up a handful of West coast gigs here, before shooting overseas for much of December. Starting early January, however, they’ll tour the States again, hitting up a different city every day for the next two-and-a-half months. New York’s The Shining Twins will offer support. Check out the jaw-dropping list of tour dates below.
Finally, on February 7th, The Lemonheads will issue Hotel Sessions (via Hall of Records/Breath of Saltwater), the group’s first album of original material since 2006’s eponymous LP. The new effort will feature 14-tracks that, according to a press release, come from “an intimate recording documenting a Sunday night that Evan Dando spent recording new songs with just an acoustic guitar (and some revealing commentary) in a hotel room in Bondi Beach, Australia.” Some tracks include those that never made it on past releases.
We’ll keep you updated.
The Lemonheads 2011/2012 Tour Dates:
10/21 – Chicago, IL @ Double Door
10/22 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
10/24 – Denver, CO @ Marquis Theatre
10/25 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
10/27 – Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre
10/28 – San Juan Capistrano, CA @ Coach House
10/29 – San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar
10/30 – San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
10/31 – Santa Clara, CA @ The Avalon
11/03 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios
11/04 – Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore Cabaret
11/05 – Seattle, WA @ The Triple Door
11/06 – Bellingham, WA @ Wild Buffalo House of Music
11/30 – Portsmouth, UK @ Wedgwood Rooms
12/01 – Nottingham, UK @ Rescue Rooms
12/02 – Leeds, UK @ Leeds University Student Union
12/04 – Newcastle, UK @ Cluny
12/05 – Glasgow, UK @ Oran Mor Auditorium
12/06 – Manchester, UK @ Ritz
12/07 – Liverpool, UK @ Academy 2
12/08 – Sheffield, UK @ Plug
12/10 – Birmingham, UK @ Academy 2
12/11 – Cambridge, UK @ The Junction
12/12 – London, UK @ Shepherds Bush Empire
12/13 – Brighton, UK @ Concorde 2
01/10 – Brooklyn, NY @ Knitting Factory
01/11 – Brooklyn, NY @ Knitting Factory
01/12 – Clifton Park, NY @ Northern Lights
01/13 – Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Casino – Wolf Den
01/14 – Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom
01/16 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE
01/17 – Toledo, OH @ Frankie’s
01/19 – Grand Rapids, MI @ The Intersection
01/20 – Indianapolis, IN @ The Vogue
01/21 – Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall Ballroom
01/22 – Madison, WI @ The High Noon Saloon
01/24 – Des Moines, IA @ Vaudeville Mews
01/26 – Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room
01/27 – Lawrence, KS @ Granada
01/28 – St. Louis, MO @ Old Rock House
01/29 – Fayetteville, AR @ George’s Majestic Lounge
01/30 – Oklahoma City, OK @ The Conservatory
02/01 – Colorado Springs, CO @ The Black Sheep
02/02 – Aspen, CO @ Belly Up Aspen
02/03 – Boulder, CO @ Fox Theatre
02/04 – Albuquerque, NM @ Launch Pad
02/06 – Phoenix, AZ @ Rhythm Room
02/07 – Tucson, AZ @ Plush
02/09 – Dallas, TX @ The Door
02/10 – Houston, TX @ Fitzgerald’s
02/11 – Austin, TX @ Mohawk
02/12 – San Antonio, TX @ White Rabbit
02/14 – Baton Rouge, LA @ Spanish Moon
02/15 – New Orleans, LA @ One Eyed Jacks
02/16 – Oxford, MS @ Proud Larry’s
02/17 – Birmingham, AL @ BottleTree
02/18 – Pensacola, FL @ Vinyl Music Hall
02/20 – Tallahassee, FL @ Club Downunder
02/22 – Gainesville, FL @ Double Down Live
02/23 – Orlando, FL @ Hard Rock Live
02/24 – Tampa, FL @ Crowbar
02/25 – Jacksonville, FL @ Jack Rabbits
02/27 – Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
02/28 – Athens, GA @ 40 Watt Club
02/29 – Greenville, SC @ Handlebar
03/02 – Greensboro, NC @ Blind Tiger
03/03 – Knoxville, TN @ Bijou Theatre
03/04 – Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel
03/05 – Louisville, KY @ Headliner’s Music Hall
03/06 – Columbus, OH @ The Basement
03/09 – Richmond, VA @ The Canal Club
03/10 – Baltimore, MD @ The Ottobar
03/11 – New Hope, PA @ New HopeWinery
03/13 – Hoboken, NJ @ Maxwell’s
03/14 – Hoboken, NJ @ Maxwell’s
