Foster The People continuing its unlikely run of success with a big 2012 tour
The members of Foster The People in descending order of conventional handsomeness.
Ubiquitous buzz band Foster The People has had quite a year, bursting into the collective consciousness with “Pumped Up Kicks,”—a three-time platinum single that was arguably the jam of summer 2011—two Grammy nods, and three sold-out headlining tours to successively larger rooms. Sure, the band isn’t exactly a critical favorite—Mojo called out the band’s “disappointing lack of substance,” while Rolling Stone, of all magazines, called the group “derivative”—but, hey, the band members getting paid, so whatever.
Now, Foster The People has announced its largest headlining tour to date, hitting amphitheaters and outdoor arenas all over the country, and stopping June 20 at the Congress Theater in Chicago with openers Tokyo Police Club. The full list of dates is below, as well as a kind of fun video the band’s fans that was shot at this summer’s bananas Lollapalooza set.
May 29-30—Rumsey Playfield—New York, New York*
June 1—The LC Pavilion—Columbus, Ohio*
June 4—Verizon Theatre—Grand Prairie, Texas*
June 5—The Backyard—Austin, Texas*
June 7—Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre—Alpharetta, Georgia*
June 10—Merriweather Post Pavilion—Columbia, Maryland*
June 12—Lachine Canal—Montreal, Quebec#
June 14—Mann Center For The Performing Arts—Philadelphia, Pennsylvania#
June 15—Bank Of America Pavilion—Boston, Massachusetts#
June 16—The Fillmore Detroit—Detroit, Michigan#
June 19—Downsview Park—Toronto, Ontario#
June 20—Congress Theater—Chicago, Illinois#
June 22—US Bank Theater—Minneapolis, Minnesota#
June 25—Deer Lake Park—Burnaby, British Columbia^
June 26—WaMu Theatre—Seattle, Washington^
June 27—Edgefield—Portland, Oregon^
June 29—Greek Theatre—Berkeley, California^
June 30—Gibson Amphitheatre—Los Angeles, California^
July 3—Red Rocks Amphitheatre—Morrison, Colorado^
July 5—The Great Salttair—Salt Lake City, Utah^
July 6—Comerica Theatre—Phoenix, Arizona^
July 7—The Cosmopolitan—Las Vegas, Nevada^
* with The Kooks
# with Tokyo Police Club
^ with Mayer Hawthorne And The County
