CAGE THE ELEPHANT Announce May 2014 North American Tour
Includes Coachella and Firefly Festivals
Third Album, Melophobia Out Now (RCA)Cage the Elephant will embark on an extensive North American tour this Spring, kicking off at Coachella on April 12th, and wrapping in Oakland, CA on May 20th. The tour includes a mix of headlining shows with J Roddy Walston & The Business as support, and co-headlining dates with Foals. The band is supporting the release of their critically acclaimed third album Melophobia, which was released on October 8th, 2013 via RCA Records. The triumphant album picks up where the Kentucky boys left off on their 2nd LP Thank You Happy Birthday –which debuted at #2 on the Billboard Top 200– with a committed songwriting vision equal parts punk and psychedelic. The first single from the album, “Come A Little Closer” soared onto the Billboard Hot 100 upon its release, and has held its place as the #1 Alternative Song for the last 10 weeks. This is the longest standing number 1 on the Alternative Chart the band has achieved to date. PRESS HERE to watch the band perform “Come A Little Closer” on Late Show with David Letterman, and check out the music video for the track HERE.
Cage the Elephant is Matt Shultz (vocals), Brad Shultz (guitar), Daniel Tichenor (Bass) and Jared Champion (drums). For more information on the tour and to purchase tickets, visit www.cagetheelephant.com/tour/.
Praise for Melophobia:
“Melophobia may mean ‘fear of music,’ but there’s nothing to be afraid of: Its glorious chaos makes for thrilling listening.” – USA Today
“The album fortifies its scrappy riffs with more lavish textures, drawing upon instruments that wouldn’t sound out of place on a Tom Waits record.” – Consequence of Sound
“Songwriting smarts and sophisticated arrangement cement Cage The Elephant’s status as one of tday’s most relevant pop-smiths.” –Drum! Magazine
“Melophobia is a glitter-flecked triumph of banging power pop. Propulsive choruses, a musical cacophony that whirls and a melodic sense that secedes nothing to the rhythms, the scrappy quintet’s third album is a focused, frenzied affair.” – Paste
“Melophobia is all gooes sonority, one fuzzy pop nuggest bumping against the other like bubbles in a screen saver.” – Electronic Musician
“sexy shimmy and seductive pshychedelia” – People
Spring 2014 Tour Dates:
April 12 | Indio, California | Coachella | Sold Out
April 14 | San Diego, California | Belly Up #
April 15 | Santa Ana, CA | The Observatory | Sold Out #
April 18 | Ventura, California | Ventura Theater #
April 19 | Indio, California | Coachella | Sold Out
April 21 | Tucson, Arizona | Rialto Theatre ^
April 22 | Albuquerque, New Mexico | Sunshine Theatre ^
April 24 | San Antonio, Texas | White Rabbit ^
April 25 | Houston, Texas | House of Blues ^
April 26 | Frisco, Texas | Edgefest 2014
May 2 | Raleigh, North Carolina | Red Hat Amphitheater | Free Admission % ^
May 3 | Columbia, Maryland | DC 101 Kerfuffle
May 4 | Boston, Massachusetts | Orpheum Theatre % ^
May 6 | New York, New York | Terminal 5 | Sold Out * ^
May 7 | New York, New York | Terminal 5 * ^
May 9 | Atlanta, Georgia | Shaky Knees Festival
May 10 | Richmond, Virginia | The National | Sold Out % ^
May 11 | Pennsauken Township, New Jersey |Radio 104.5’s 7th Birthday Show
May 13 | Toronto, Ontario | Kool Haus * ^
May 14 | Chicago, Illinois | Aargon Ballroom % ^
May 15 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Myth Live % ^
May 17 | Denver, Colorado | Ogden Theatre % ^
May 18 | Salt Lake City, Utah | The Complex % ^
May 20 | Oakland, California | Fox Theater * ^
May 23 | Quincy, Washington | Sasquatch Festival
May 31-1 | Houston, Texas | Free Press Summer Festival
June 12-15 | Manchester, Tennessee | Bonnaroo
June 19-22 | Dover, Delaware | Firefly Music Festival
% indicates with Foals {http://www.foals.co.uk/}
* indicates Foals is headlining
^ indicates with J Roddy Walston & The Business {http://jroddywalstonandthebusiness.com/}
# indicated with Juliette Lewis
Tickets available Friday, January 24th, except where noted. Stay tuned for ticket links. To view all tour dates, please click here {http://cagetheelephant.com/tour/}.