Posted on: April 28, 2010 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

rightened Rabbit has landed. After an unforeseen delay due to a no-fly decree, the band has made it to the States and will kick off their North American tour tonight in Little Rock. The fivesome were expected to launch their tour at the Coachella Music & Arts Festival this past Saturday but were unable to play the fest due to the volcanic ash that clouded England’s skies, making it impossible to fly.

However, Frightened Rabbit isn’t a band thwarted by catastrophic tectonic activity and has announced added dates to the first tour in support of their acclaimed new LP, The Winter of Mixed Drinks (FatCat Records), including a performance at the Henry Fonda Theater in Los Angeles on May 23. Additionally, they will play a handful of free in-stores, which will be stripped down, intimate acoustic performances at some of the best independent music retailers in the country along the way. Lastly, they will appear at this summer’s Lollapalooza.

Frightened Rabbit’s return to the U.S. follows the band’s SXSW onslaught, which prompted the New York Times to put the band on the cover of the Arts section and exclaim: “It’s anthemic: U2-style marches, with tremolo guitars, or folk-rock fingerpicking that starts to chime, as well as arena-singalong refrains that go ‘Whoa-oh-oh.” Now augmented by a fifth member, the band, more than ever, are able to bring their stadium-sized songs to life. That’s possibly just one of the many reasons USA Today declared them a “must-see act.”

FRIGHTENED RABBIT ON TOUR

April 28 – New York, N.Y. @ Webster Hall
April 28 – Brooklyn, N.Y. @ Sound Fix In-store
April 29 – Boston, Mass. @ Paradise
April 30 – Philadelphia, Pa. @ First Unitarian Church
May 3 – Montreal, QC @ Petit Campus
May 4 – Toronto, ONT @ Opera House
May 5 – Cleveland, Ohio @ Grog Shop
May 6 – Newport, Ky. @ Southgate House
May 6 – Cincinnati, Ohio @ Shake It In-store
May 7 – St. Louis, Mo. @ The Old Rock House
May 8 – Chicago, Ill. @ Metro
May 9 – Milwaukee, Wisc. @ Pabst Theatre
May 10 – Minneapolis, Minn. @ Varsity Theater
May 12 – Denver, Colo. @ Bluebird Theatre
May 12 – Denver, Colo. @ Twist & Shout In-store
May 13 – Salt Lake City, Utah @ Urban Lounge
May 15 – Vancouver, B.C. @ Biltmore Cabaret
May 16 – Seattle, Wash. @ Neumo’s Crystal Ball Reading Room
May 16 – Seattle, Wash. @ Sonic Boom In-store
May 17 – Portland, Ore. @ Berbati’s Pan
May 19 – San Francisco, Calif. @ The Fillmore
May 20 – San Luis Obispo, Calif. @ Downtown Brew
May 22 – San Diego, Calif. @ Casbah
May 23 – Los Angeles, Calif. @ Henry Fonda Theater
May 24 – Las Vegas, Nev. @ Beauty Bar
August 6-8 – Chicago, Ill. @ Lollapalooza

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