There are a few reasons why The A.V. Club might report on the news, relayed to us by Pitchfork, that Yo La Tengo is going on tour. The band came to our office for an Undercover set once, after all. We also reviewed its latest album, which this particular tour is intended to support. We’ve even got some jokes about cardigans covered in cat hair that seemed appropriate for the situation. But really, we secretly wanted to remind you all of this Onion headline from 2002:
37 Record-Store Clerks Feared Dead In Yo La Tengo Concert Disaster
Man, that story’s funny. Anyway, the tour begins tonight in Boulder, Colorado and stretches into next April, with dates in the U.S., Canada, and Japan. Yo La Tengo will also appear on Last Call With Carson Daly this Wednesday, November 11, so get your afghans and mugs of tea ready, YLT fans.
Yo La Tengo Tour 2015-2016
November 9—Boulder Theater—Bulder, CO *
November 11—The Sayers Club—Las Vegas, NV *
November 12—San Diego Music Thing at Observatory North Park—San Diego, CA*
November 13 —The Theatre at Ace Hotel—Los Angeles, CA*
November 14—The Masonic—San Francisco, CA*
November 15—The Rio Theatre—Santa Cruz, CA*
November 17 —WOW Hall—Eugene, OR*
November 18—Revolution Hall—Portland, OR*
November 20—Neptune Theatre—Seattle, WA*
November 21—Vogue Theatre—Vancouver, British Columbia*
December 17—WWW—Tokyo, Japan
December 18—O-East—Tokyo, Japan
December 19—Club Quattro—Osaka, Japan
January 28—Beachland Ballroom—Cleveland, OH
January 29—Ann Arbor Folk Festival—Ann Arbor, MI*
January 30—Wexner Center for the Arts—Columbus, OH
January 31—The Ready Room—St. Louis, MO
February 4—ACM at UCO Performance Lab—Oklahoma City, OK
February 5—Granada Theater—Dallas, TX
February 6—Hogg Auditorium—Austin, TX *
March 26—Club Helsinki—Hudson, NY
March 27—Jefferson Theater—Charlottesville, VA
March29—Exit/In—Nashville, TN
March 31-April 1—Big Ears Festival—Knoxville, TN
April 2—The Orange Peel—Asheville, NC
April 3—Music Farm—Charleston, SC
April 5—Baltimore Sound Stage—Baltimore, MD
April 7—Academy of Music—Northampton, MA
April 8—The Music Hall—Portsmouth, NH
April 9—Landmark Loew’s Jersey Theatre—Jersey City, NJ
* acoustic show