Eels have announced a 2011 world tour. After a warm-up show in Santa Ana, CA, June 1, the tour officially starts with the first ever Eels performances in Beijing and Shanghai, June 5 & 6, then rolls through Europe, including their first appearance at the Glastonbury Festival June 26 and onto North America, starting in Austin, TX, July 20 and ending in Los Angeles, CA, August 12. To celebrate the announcement of the tour EELS are offering a free download of three tracks -- one from each of the EELS album trilogy: Hombre Lobo, End Times, and Tomorrow Morning. Grab them here
Eels leader Mark Oliver Everett, aka E says, "We're looking forward to playing in some of the places we weren't able to get to last time and coming back to some of the places we couldn't resist returning to. There will be lots of fun surprises for old and new fans alike. I can't wait."
Eels 2011 World Tour Dates:
June 1 Santa Ana, CA Galaxy Theatre
June 5 Beijing, China Kama Love Music Festival Beijing Sport Center
June 6 Shanghai, China Kama Love Music Festival Mao Livehouse
June 10 Copenhagen, Denmark Vega
June 11 Oslo, Norway Norwegian Wood Festival
June 12 Gothenberg, Sweden Tradgarn
June 16 Salzburg, Austria Republic
June 17 Luxembourg, Luxembourg Den Atelier
June 18 Neehausen, Germany Southside Festival
June 19 Scheeίel, Germany Hurricane Festival
June 20 Heerlen, Holland Parkstadtheater Limburg
June 21 Eindhoven, Holland Muzieksgebouw Frits Philips
June 23 Bilbao, Spain Azkena Rock Festival
June 24 Madrid, Spain D-Code Festival
June 26 Somerset, UK Glastonbury Festival
June 27 Amsterdam, Holland Paradiso
June 28 Amsterdam, Holland Paradiso
June 30 Werchter, Belgium Werchter Festival
July 1 Arras, France Main Square Festival
July 3 Normandy, France Beauregard Festival
July 4 Paris, France Bataclan
July 5 Paris, France Bataclan
July 6 Brighton, UK The Dome
July 7 London, UK Somerset House
July 9 Naas, Ireland Oxegen Festival
July 10 Kinross, Scotland T in the Park Festival
July 11 Newcastle, UK O2 Academy
July 12, Leeds, UK O2 Academy
July 14 Berne, Switzerland Gurten Festival
July 15 Aix les Bains, France Musilac Festival
July 17 Suffolk, UK Latitude Festival
July 20, Austin, TX Stubbs
July 21 Dallas, TX Granada Theater
July 22 Houston, TX Warehouse Live
July 23 New Orleans, LA House of Blues
July 24 Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse
July 25 Chapel Hill, NC Cats Cradle
July 27 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
July 28 Boston, MA Paradise
July 29 Brooklyn, NY Williamsburg Music Hall
July 30 Brooklyn, NY Williamsburg Music Hall
July 31 Montreal, Quebec Osheaga Festival
Aug 1 Toronto, Ontario Lee's Palace
Aug 3 Cleveland, OH Beachland Ballroom
Aug 4 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall
Aug 6 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
Aug 9 Seattle, WA Showbox Theater
Aug 10 Portland, OR AladdinTheater
Aug 11 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
Aug 12 Los Angeles, CA El Rey Theater
