HAIGHT ASHBURY FRANCE & GERMANY TOUR
HAIGHT ASHBURY announces a 20-show France and Germany Tour in May and June, promoting their new album “Haight-Ashbury 2:The Ashburys”
Haight-Ashbury return with their numerically titled album Haight-Ashbury 2:The Ashburys released on the 27th February, from it comes the new single Sophomore.
The band described as the “new Psychedelic ABBA”, with tracks from their first album Here In The Golden Rays – from which Freeman Town and Favourite Song became radio hits across Europe, ending the year with a sell-out show at world famous Les Transmusicales Fesival in Rennes. The band will be taking to the road with a headline tour in support of the album.
The new album sees the band starting with on the dark sitar frenzy of Maasricht (a treaty) and ending with Scott on piano for Love, Haight & Ashbury, a song the Carpenters would have been proud of. The girls angelic choral/folk vocals set against their often dark music. One French journalist has already described it as the “shoegaze Rumours” as there are so many great songs.
Though they have many famous fans, the band were surprised when Scarlett Johansson turned up at one of their gigs, with Scott, ever the gentleman, greeting her with the traditional Glaswegian welcome of offering to buy her a shot!
15/05/2012 FR Paris – Album launch Show case / Boutique Balades Sonores 19h30. Balades Sonores – Boutique en RDC – 1 avenue Trudaine – 75009 Paris
16/05/2012 FR Paris – Café de la Danse w/ Arlt opening for Arlt
17/05/2012 FR Lyon – Kraspeck
18/05/2012 CH Vevey – Animai / Jardin du Rivage
19/05/2012 AUS Innsbruck – PMK
22/05/2012 DE Berlin – Roter Salon
23/05/2012 DE Bremen – Presented by Flux FM / TOWER MUSIKCLUB w/ Amanda Rogers
24/05/2012 DE Stuttgart – Merlin
25/05/2012 DE Dresden – Ostpol w/ Fenster
26/05/2012 DE Offenbach – Hafen 2
27/05/2012 DE Munich – Theatron Pfingstopenair /
29/05/2012 FR Strasbourg – Mudd Club
30/05/2012 B Brussels – Madame Moustache
31/05/2012 FR Caen – Le Porte sans clé
01/06/2012 FR Reims – Appart Café
02/06/2012 FR Rouen – Le 106 en exterieur l’apres-midi
03/06/2012 FR Rennes – Mondo Bizarro
06/06/2012 FR Onet-le-Chaeau (Rodez) – Festival permanent Incertain Folk / MJC d’Onet-le-Chateau
07/06/2012 CH Crans-pres-Celigny – Caribana Festival /
09/06/2012 FR Rouen – Le 106 with Androide Lightshow
then, later:
22/06/2012 CZ Prague – United Islands Festival / Strelecky Ostrov – Club Stage
23/06/2012 AUS Vienna – Donauinselfest /
13/07/2012 DE Chenitz – Subway To Peter
14/07/2012 PL Wroclaw – Energy of the Sound /
04/08/2012 UK Blackpool – Rebellion Festival / Wintergardens w/ PIL, The Monochrome Set and many more
