Last November, Ethan Kath rebuilt the Crystal Castles with Edith Frances after Alice Glass quit the band. The duo has since played a few shows in its new form, but now Pitchfork reports that it’s launching a full-on world tour. The nearly-50 date tour will kick off in North Carolina in September, and wrap up in Luxembourg this winter. Crystal Castles have a forthcoming album whose title is as yet unknown, but they’ve has been rolling out tracks like “Frail” and Decide.” There’s no word on a release date, but just yesterday, the band released the video for “Concrete,” which features Frances bopping around at a show. (A complete list of tour dates is posted below the video.)
September 6—Cat’s Cradle—Carrboro, NC September 8—The Loft, US— Atlanta, GA September 9—One Eyed Jacks— New Orleans, LA September 10—White Oak Music Hall Downstairs—Houston, TX September 13—Trees—Dallas, TX September 14—Empire Garage—Austin, TX September 16—The Pressroom—Phoenix, AZ September 17—The Observatory North Park—San Diego, CA September 21—Bill Graham Civic Auditorium—San Francisco, CA September 22—The Observatory—Santa Ana, CA September 23—The Fonda Theatre—Los Angeles, CA September 23-25—Life Is Beautiful Festival—Las Vegas, NV September 27—Urban Lounge—Salt Lake City, UT September 28—Bluebird Theater—Denver, CO September 30—Varsity Theater—Minneapolis, MN October 1—Metro—Chicago, IL October 2—Majestic Theatre—Detroit, MI October 6—Warsaw—Brooklyn, NY October 7—Theatre of Living Arts—Philadelphia, PA October 8—Black Cat—Washington D.C. October 9—The Sinclair–Cambridge, MA October 11—Theatre Fairmount—Montreal, Quebec October 12—The Hoxton—Toronto, Ontario October 20—Zoom—Frankfurt, Germany October 22—Melkweg—Amsterdam, Netherlands October 24—Vega—Copenhagen, Denmark October 25—Kulturbolaget—Malmo, Sweden October 26—Sentrum Scene—Oslo, Norway October 28—Debaserstrand—Stockholm, Sweden October 29—Voxhall—Aarhus, Denmark October 31—Columbia Theatre—Berlin, Germany November 1—Uebel & Gefaehrlich—Hamburg, Germany November 2—Essigfabrik—Cologne, Germany November 5—Metropolis Festival—Dublin, Ireland November 26—Neon Lights Festival—Singapore November 27—Clockenflap Festival—Hong Kong December 2—Elysse Montmartre—Paris, France December 3—Krakatoa—Bordeaux, France December 5—Kafe Antrokia—Bilbao, Spain December 7—Hard Club—Oporto, Portugal December 8—Paradise Garage—Lisbon, Portugal December 9—Teatro Barcelo—Madrid, Spain December 10—Apolo—Barcelona, Spain December 12—Zona Roveri—Bologna, Italy December 13—Fabrique—Milan, Italy December 14—X-tra Limmithaus—Zurich, Switzerland December 15—Den Atelier—Luxembourg