Posted on: September 5, 2008 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Hot on the heels of her critical and commercial smash debut album, Santogold is announcing her first headlining US tour, the Goldrush Tour presented by MySpace Music. Santogold, AKA Santi White, just finished a string of North American arena dates with Coldplay. She will be performing with a full live band and dj, which she recently debuted on MTV ‘s “F’NMTV Premieres”, in order to bring the album’s innovative genre-defying sound to stages across the coutnry

Downtown/Lizard King released Santogold’s self-titled breakthrough CD in April and it instantly became one of 2008’s most acclaimed albums garnering international raves. Critics and radio have championed the record’s standout singles “L.E.S. Artistes”, “Creator” and “Lights Out.”

Goldrush Tour Dates
09/19: New York, NY @ Fillmore at Irving Plaza
09/20: Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
09/23: Philadelphia, PA @ TLA
09/24: Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theatre
09/25: Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
09/27: Detroit, MI @ St. Andrews Hall
09/28: Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
09/30: Lawrence, KS @ Liberty Hall
10/01: Denver, CO @ Gothic Theatre
10/04: Seattle, WA @ Showbox
10/05: Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
10/07: San Francisco, CA @ Fillmore
10/10: San Diego, CA @ House of Blues
10/11: Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues
10/13: Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues
10/14: Los Angeles, CA @ Wiltern

Santogold’s FNMTV performance:
http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?id=1592064&vid=263736

“Lights Out” video:
http://pitchfork.tv/videos/santogold-lights-out

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