OF MONSTERS AND MEN REVEAL DATES FOR MASSIVE NORTH AMERICAN HEADLINE TOUR
NEW TRACK AND LYRIC VIDEO FOR “HUNGER” RELEASED TODAY
BAND LAUNCHES BEHIND-THE-SCENES OF BENEATH THE SKIN WEEKLY VIDEO SERIES
HIGHLY ANTICIPATED SOPHOMORE ALBUM BENEATH THE SKIN OUT JUNE 9
New York, NY (May 26, 2015) – OF MONSTERS AND MEN officially
announce dates for their upcoming North American headline tour in
support of their highly anticipated sophomore album, Beneath The Skin [Republic Records], out June 9.
This tour kicks off August 5 th in Calgary, Alberta Canada and plays major markets across the continent and concludes October 17 in San Diego, CA at Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre. Fans can access a special pre-sale via the group’s official site tomorrow, Wednesday May 27, while the public on-sale begins June 5th.
This adds to their already packed summer schedule with confirmed
festival appearances including Sasquatch, Osheaga, Lollapolooza, Toronto
Urban Roots Festival, Austin City Limits and more. The full itinerary
is included below.
Today the band released a new track “Hunger” off of the LP. The haunting
tack premiered on Nylon.com is available today for instant download
with purchase of Beneath The Skin. Watch it here!
On “Hunger” Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir recalls: “The first idea for
Hunger came on our last tour. I was always playing this one verse again
and again on the bus, obsessing over it. Some songs kind of do that to
you. So it was in the works for a long time before we actually started
making a song out of it.” Those who pre-order the album will also
receive instant downloads of “Crystals,” “I Of The Storm,” and
“Empire.” Pre-order it here!
In addition, as fans wait the arrival of Beneath The Skin,
the multiplatinum Icelandic group have created a series of intimate
behind-the-scene vignettes following the making of the record. A new
clip will premiere each week leading up to the June 9 th release. The exclusive series documents Beneath The Skin’s
creation with up-close-and-personal documentary footage and dives into
the stories behind the album’s lyrics, production, composition, and
more. You can watch the first clip on Billboard.com.
Meanwhile, the music video for Beneath The Skin’s first single “Crystals” debuted last week with Entertainment Weekly
raving “(The video) Led by Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir with gold-flaked
eye shadow and metallic accents dripping from her lashes – overseeing
her bandmates in an almost-Frankensteinian affair, the video is as
captivating as its track.” Check out the breath taking video here.
OF MONSTERS AND MEN have come a long way from their native Iceland. They quickly became a phenomenon in 2011 with the quadruple-platinum “Little Talks” and their chart-topping debut, My Head Is An Animal,
which has since moved 2 million copies worldwide. Since then, the group
have delivered rapturous performances at festivals such as Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, Coachella, Newport Folk Festival, Osheaga, Glastonbury, Reading and Leeds, Pukkelpop, and Splendour in the Grass as well as at countless sold out headline shows the world over. They have charmed TV audiences with appearances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, The Graham Norton Show, and Saturday Night Live. In the midst of it all, they lent the single “Dirty Paws” to a trailer for The Secret Life of Walter Mitty and the iPhone 5 introduction video, while “Silhouettes” was featured on The Hunger Games: Catching Fire soundtrack.
Newly Announced Tour Dates
August 5
th
Calgary, AB Grey Eagle Casino and Bingo Event Centre
August 9
th
Seattle, WA Marymoor Park Concerts
August 12
th
Los Angeles, CA Greek Theatre
August 13
th
Las Vegas, NV The Pool @ The Cosmopolitan
September 15
th
Philadelphia, PA Skyline Stage at the Mann Center
September 16
th
Pittsburgh, PA Stage AE
September 20
th
Columbia, MD Merriweather Post Pavilion
September 22
nd
New York, NY Beacon Theatre
September 24
th
Brooklyn, NY Kings Theatre
September 25
th
Boston, MA Boston Calling Festival
September 26
th
Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Casino
September 28
th
Columbus, OH The LC Pavillion
September 29
th
Detroit, MI Masonic Temple Theatre
October 1
st
St. Paul, MN Roy Wilkins Auditorium
October 2
nd
Kansas City, MO Arvest Bank Theatre at Midland
October 7
th
Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium
October 8
th
Charlotte, NC Uptown Amphitheatre at the Music Factory
October 9
th
Atlanta, GA Chastain Park Amphitheatre
October 13
th
Broomfield, CO 1
st
Bank Center
October 14
th
Salt Lake City, UT The Great Salt Air
October 17
th
San Diego, CA Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre
Previously Announced Tour Dates
June 6
th
Mountain View, CA Live 105 BFD
June 16
th
London, UK London Forum
June 17
th
Paris, France Bataclan
June 19-21 Neuhausen ob Eck, Germany Southside Festival
June 20
th
Hilvarenbeek , Holland Best Kept Secret
June 19-21 Scheessel, Germany Hurricane Festival
June 24
th
Zagreb, Croatia INmusic Festival
June 26
th
Werchter, Belgium Rock Werchter
June 27
th
Nantes, France Le Stéréolux
June 28 Marmande, France Festival Garorock
June 30
th
Lausanne, Switzerland - Les Docks
July 1
st
Frankfurt, Germany Batschkapp
July 3
rd
Gdynia, Poland Open'er Festival
July 5
th
Turku, Finland Ruisrock Festival
July 7
th
Milan, Italy Unaltrofestival
July 8
th
Rome , Italy Auditorium Parco della Musica
July 10
th
Barcelona, Spain Cruilla Festival
July 11
th
Bilbao, Spain BBK Live
July 21
st
Melbourne, Australia The Forum
July 22
nd
Sydney, Australia State Theater
July 24
th
Teninedewa, Australia Splendour In The Grass
July 26
th
Niigata, Japan Fuji Rock
July 31-8/1 Montreal, QC Osheaga Festival
August 2
nd
Chicago, IL Lollapalooza
August 8
th
Squamish, BC Squamish Valley Music Festival
August 15
th
Elverta, CA Radio 94.7 City of Trees
August 16
th
Portland, OR 94.7 Alternative Portland’s Birthday Party
August 19
th
Reykjavik, Iceland Harpa
August 20
th
Reykjavik, Iceland Harpa
Sept.18-20th Toronto, CA Toronto Urban Roots Fest
October 2-4
th
Austin, TX Austin City Limits
October 9-11 Austin, TX Austin City Limits
October 29
th
Oslo, Norway Sentrum Scene
October 30
th
Stockholm, Sweden Munchenbryggeriet
October 31
st
Copenhagen Vega
November 4
th
Paris, France Zenith
November 9
th
Vienna, Austria Gasometer
November 10th Florence, Italy Obihall
November 13
th
Winterthur, Switzerland Eishalle Deutweg
November 18
th
Manchester, UK Manchester Academy
November 19
th
Birmingham, UK O2 Academy
November 20
th
Bristol, UK O2 Academy
November 22
nd
Dublin, Ireland Olympia Theatre
November 23rd Glasgow, UK Barrowlands
November 24
th
London, UK O2 Academy Brixton
November 27
th
Sheffield, UK O2 Academy Sheffield
November 28
th
Lincoln, UK Engine Shed
November 29
th
Newcastle, UK O2 Academy Newcastle
Beneath The Skin Track Listing:
Standard:
Crystals
Human
Hunger
Wolves Without Teeth
Empire
Slow Life
Organs
Black Water
Thousand Eyes
I Of The Storm
We Sink
Included on Deluxe:
Backyard
Winter Sound
Black Water (Chris Taylor of Grizzly Bear Remix)
I Of The Storm (Alex Somers Remix)
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