Last July, Wilco got in on the whole “surprise album release” trend by dropping its ninth studio album, Star Wars, online as a free download late on a Thursday afternoon. Putting together a world tour takes a while longer though, apparently, as the band is now announcing an extensive run of live shows in support of the album.
Kicking off June 1 in Charleston, West Virginia, the tour almost immediately jumps the pond for Norway, traveling the European festival circuit throughout June and July before flying all the way out to the mountainous tourist town of Yuzawa, Japan, to play the Fuji Rock festival. August sees Wilco snaking its way across the Midwest from Manitoba to Chicago (of course) and then Salt Lake City, then the band takes a break before another run of European dates in October and November.
Some exciting special guests, including Angel Olsen, Kurt Vile and the Violators, Lucinda Williams, and William Tyler, have also been announced for the tour. But don’t get too excited, as most of them—Williams, for example, is only playing with Wilco for one show at Dublin’s Iveagh Gardens—are only coming along for a handful of dates.
You can read The A.V. Club’s review of Star Warshere, and an album stream and full list of tour dates is below.
June 1—Charleston, WV—Clay Center * June 3—Hunter, NY—Mountain Jam June 4—Philadelphia, PA—The Mann ^ June 16—Bergen, Norway—BergenFest June 17—Oslo, Norway—Norwegian Wood June 18—Aarhus, Denmark—Northside Festival June 19—Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands—Best Kept Secret Festival June 22—Zagreb, Croatia—INmusic Festival June 24—Kotor, Montenegro—SeaRock Festival June 26 Białystok, Poland—Halfway Festival June 29—A Coruña, Spain—Palacio de la Opera July 1—Vilanova i la Geltrú, Spain—Vida Festival July 2—Madrid, Spain—Jardines Del Botanico July 4—Ferrara, Italy—Piazza Castello # July 5—Rome, Italy—Villa Ada July 8—Brugge, Belgium—Cactus Festival July 10—Dublin, Ireland—Iveagh Gardens % July 23—Yuzawa, Japan—Fuji Rock August 13—Winnipeg, Manitoba—Interstellar Rodeo August 14—Moorhead, MN—Bluestem Amphitheater & August 16—Kansas City, MO—CrossroadsKC & August 17—St. Louis, MO —The Fabulous Fox Theatre & August 19—Madison, WI—Breese Stevens Field # August 20 Minneapolis, MN—Hall’s Island # August 21—Chicago, IL—Jay Pritzker Pavilion August 30—Salt Lake City, UT—Red Butte Garden October 27, 28—Brussels, Belgium—Ancienne Belgique October 29—Düsseldorf, Germany—New Fall Festival October 30—Stuttgart, Germany—New Fall Festival November 2—Copenhagen, Denmark—DR Koncerthuset November 3—Oslo, Norway—Sentrum Scene November 4—Stockholm, Sweden—Annext November 5—Weissenhäuser Strand, Germany—Rolling Stone Weekender November 7—Berlin, Germany—Tempodrom November 9—Utrecht, Netherlands—TrivioliVredenburg November 10—Utrecht, Netherlands—Le Guess Who Festival November 12—Milan, Italy—Fabrique November 14 Vienna, Austria—Museumquartier November 15 Zurich, Switzerland—Volkshaus November 16 Paris, France—Casino de Paris November 18 Manchester, England—Albert Hall November 19 London, England—O2 Brixton Academy
* with Angel Olsen ^ with Richard Thompson # with Kurt Vile and The Violators % with Lucinda Williams & with William Tyler
