Frightened Rabbit Kick Off Tour, Add More Dates

Frightened Rabbit has landed. After an unforeseen delay due to a no-fly decree, the band has made it to the States and kicked off their North American tour in Little Rock. The fivesome were expected to launch their tour at the Coachella Music & Arts Festival this past Saturday but were unable to play the fest due to the volcanic ash that clouded England's skies, making it impossible to fly.

However, Frightened Rabbit isn't a band thwarted by catastrophic tectonic activity and has announced added dates to the first tour in support of their acclaimed new LP, "The Winter of Mixed Drinks" (FatCat Records), including a performance at the Henry Fonda Theater in Los Angeles on May 23. Additionally, they will play a handful of free in-stores, which will be stripped down, intimate acoustic performances at some of the best independent music retailers in the country along the way. Lastly, they will appear at this summer's Lollapalooza.

Frightened Rabbit's return to the US follows the band's SXSW onslaught, which prompted the New York Times to put the band on the cover of the Arts section and exclaim: "It's anthemic: U2-style marches, with tremolo guitars, or folk-rock fingerpicking that starts to chime, as well as arena-singalong refrains that go 'Whoa-oh-oh." Now augmented by a fifth member, the band, more than ever, are able to bring their stadium-sized songs to life. That's possibly just one of the many reasons USA Today declared them a "must-see act."

FRIGHTENED RABBIT ON TOUR

• April 23 - Little Rock, Ark. @ Revolution Music Room
• April 24 - Atlanta, Ga. @ The Masquerade
• April 24 - Atlanta, Ga. @ Criminal Records In-store
• April 25 - Carrboro, N.C. @ Cat's Cradle
• April 27 - Washington, D.C. @ Black Cat
• April 28 - New York, N.Y. @ Webster Hall
• April 28 - Brooklyn, N.Y. @ Sound Fix In-store
• April 29 - Boston, Mass. @ Paradise
• April 30 - Philadelphia, Pa. @ First Unitarian Church
• May 3 - Montreal, QC @ Petit Campus
• May 4 - Toronto, ONT @ Opera House
• May 5 - Cleveland, Ohio @ Grog Shop
• May 6 - Newport, Ky. @ Southgate House
• May 6 - Cincinnati, Ohio @ Shake It In-store
• May 7 - St. Louis, Mo. @ The Old Rock House
• May 8 - Chicago, Ill. @ Metro
• May 9 - Milwaukee, Wisc. @ Pabst Theatre
• May 10 - Minneapolis, Minn. @ Varsity Theater
• May 12 - Denver, Colo. @ Bluebird Theatre
• May 12 - Denver, Colo. @ Twist & Shout In-store
• May 13 - Salt Lake City, Utah @ Urban Lounge
• May 15 - Vancouver, B.C. @ Biltmore Cabaret
• May 16 - Seattle, Wash. @ Neumo's Crystal Ball Reading Room
• May 16 - Seattle, Wash. @ Sonic Boom In-store
• May 17 - Portland, Ore. @ Berbati's Pan
• May 19 - San Francisco, Calif. @ The Fillmore
• May 20 - San Luis Obispo, Calif. @ Downtown Brew
• May 22 - San Diego, Calif. @ Casbah
• May 23 - Los Angeles, Calif. @ Henry Fonda Theater
• May 24 - Las Vegas, Nev. @ Beauty Bar
• August 6-8 - Chicago, Ill. @ Lollapalooza

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