Prolific touring and recording artists Edward Sharpe and the Magnetics Zeros will release not one but two albums in 2012.
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros announced yesterday that they would release a second album by year's end in addition to their next studio album, Here, which will be released by Community Music on May 29, 2012. The band commented " In the middle of the recording process we realized we were essentially making a double album. Being four years since our last album, the writing explored a wide variety of subject and sound, as it turned out we had a lot to say," said the band's Alex Ebert. "Instead of putting it out all at once, we found that two different albums seemed to be forming. Alone these albums are albums. Together these albums express a varying and so relatively living portrait of our lives."
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros will launch a nationwide tour of the U.S kicking off in Oakland, CA at the Fox Theatre on May 2nd. The tour will continue across the country and will include a headlining performance at the legendary Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN and a stop in Canada before it winds down on June 1st at the Wakarusa Festival in Ozark, AR. For ticket information visit www.edwardsharpeandthemagneticzeros.com. Full list of tour dates are below.
MAY
2nd Oakland, CA Fox Theatre
4th Los Angeles, CA Greek Theatre
5th Santa Barbara, CA Santa Barbara Bowl
8th New York, NY Roseland Ballroom
9th New York, NY Roseland Ballroom
11th Upper Darby, PA Tower Theatre
12th Boston, MA Orpheum Theatre
13th Toronto, ONT Kool Haus
15th Washington, DC 9:30 Club
16th Charlotte, NC The Fillmore Charlotte
18th Woodlands, TX Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion*
19th Dallas, TX Gexa Energy Pavilion*
20th Gulf Shores, AL Hangout Music Fest
21st Atlanta, GA The Tabernacle
24th Chicago, IL Riviera Theatre
25th Minneapolis, MN Cabooze Outdoor Plaza
26th Milwaukee, WI Riverside Theatre
30th Columbus, OH The LC Pavilion
31st Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium
JUNE
1st Ozark, AR Wakarusa Festival
