Los Angeles, CA – August 27, 2007 – Gogol Bordello announced today their North American fall tour that will begin October 7 in New Haven, CT. The band has been consistently capturing new audiences with their new album SUPER TARANTA! and selling out venues in major cities worldwide. Catch them now on the tail end of their West Coast run including a performance at Bumbershoot on September 1. Fans can also tune into Jimmy Kimmel Live on September 4.In addition, Seattle-based radio station KEXP will broadcast Gogol Bordello live from Bumbershoot on September 1 at 5:30 PM PST. To stream the concert, visit KEXP.org.
Gogol Bordello continues their worldwide domination traveling the globe and wowing audiences at festivals including Coachella, Bonnaroo. Glastonbury, Reading and Leeds with an October 27 appearance at Vegoose. Earlier this summer, Gogol Bordello captured the attention of Madonna who invited lead singer Eugene Hutz and violinist Sergey Rjabtzév to perform a new rendition “La Isla Bonita” incorporating the Romany-Gypsy anthem “Lela Pala Tute” during her Live Earth performance at Wembly Stadium in London.
SUPER TARANTA! is shaping up to be one of the most critically acclaimed releases of the year. Here’s what the press has to say about the album and the band:
“I think it’s the best rock album of the decade. Period.” – Robert Christgau, NPR All Songs Considered
“SUPER TARANTA! cements further the untouchable status of Gogol Bordello.” – Filter Magazine
“‘Ultimate’ [is] the smartest song anyone will release this year. its optimism of the will makes the futures imagined by competing alt-prophets seem weak minded.” – Rolling Stone
“Awesomely powerful.” – Entertainment Weekly
“Gogol Bordello have made the most vital album of the year.” – Big Cheese (UK)
“A glorious tour de force. Gogol Bordello have created a hybrid music which knows where it’s coming from and can travel the world whipping audiences into a frenzied, ecstatic fan base.” – Songlines Magazine
“The musicianship of this New York-based gypsy-punk-cabaret collective is often dazzling, creating a culture-clash fusion of dub flamenco and other styles that reflects the dizzying immigrant experience.” – Los Angeles Times
“blending Eastern European Gypsy styling and a punk rock sensibility into a ferocious frenzied sound that has no real peer or progenitor in pop music.” – Billboard Magazne
“Gogol Bordello have spawned a huge audience. tracks like ‘Supertheory of Supereverything’ amply illustrate why everyone should have a little Gogol in them.” – Music Week (UK)
Confirmed Tour Dates:
10/07/2007 Toad’s Place New Haven CT
10/09/2007 Opera House Toronto ON
10/10/2007 Club Soda Montreal QB
10/11/2007 The Roxy Boston MA
10/13/2007 The Gray Cage Lewiston ME
10/15/2007 Stone Pony Asbury Park NJ
10/16/2007 Sonar Baltimore MD
10/18/2007 Lyric Theater Blacksburg VA
10/19/2007 Roxy Theatre Atlanta GA
10/20/2007 Tipitina’s New Orleans LA
10/21/2007 Granada Theatre Dallas TX
10/22/2007 Emo’s Austin TX
10/24/2007 Marquee Theatre Tempe AZ
10/25/2007 Mayan Theatre Los Angeles CA
10/26/2007 Rialto Theatre Tucson AZ
10/27/2007 Vegoose Festival Las Vegas NV
10/29/2007 Boulder Theater Boulder CO
11/01/2007 First Avenue Minneapolis MN
11/03/2007 Terminal 5 New York NY