EELS announce new UK summer tour datesBand to play London, Liverpool, Newcastle, Leicester and Glasgow in September + New single 'Kinda Fuzzy' released September 2nd
"EELS' 10th album (Wonderful, Glorious) lives up to its fate-tempting title" 8/10 - Uncut "This album again confirms that E is one of America's most original and creative forces" 4.5 stars - The Sun "When was the last time a pop song actually had you in tears? For me, it was listening to EELS' aptly titled Wonderful, Glorious" 4 stars - The Independent "Mark 'E' Everett has matured into one of American songwriting's more notable and ambitious modern voices" - Mail On Sunday
The band's summer tour of European festivals and headline shows follows on from the release of their critically acclaimed new album ‘Wonderful Glorious’ back in February and a hugely successful Spring world tour. EELS will also release new single 'Kinda Fuzzy' on September 2nd on E Works/Vagrant Records. Directed by Jessica Hundley, the video sees EELS leader Mark Oliver Everett, a.k.a. E, as an alcoholic clown hosting a children’s TV show. Watch it below. New album ‘Wonderful Glorious’ won widespread critical praise when released earlier this year with the NME calling it "One of the warmest, wittiest records you'll hear all year", Uncut saying that the "album lives up to its fate-tempting title" and the Mail on Sunday heralding Everett as one of “American songwriting's more notable and ambitious modern voices”. August 2013 16 - Pukkelpop - Kiewit, Belgium 17 - V Festival - Weston Park - Stafford, UK 18 - V Festival - Hylands Park - Chelmsford, UK 19 - O2 Academy - Oxford, UK 21 - Goffert Open Air Theatre - Nijmegen, Netherlands 22 - Caberet Vert Festival - Charleville-Mézières, France 23 - For Noise Festival - Pully-Lausance, Switzerland 24 - Woodstower Festival - Vaulx en Velin, France 27 - Theaterhaus - Stuggart Germany 29 - Open Air Festival - Zurich, Switzerland 30 - End of the Road Festival - North Dorset, UK September 2013 01 - Electric Picnic Festival - Stradbally Estate, Laois, Ireland
03 - ABC - Glasgow 04 - O2 Academy - Newcastle 05 - O2 Academy - Liverpool 06 - O2 Academy - Leicester 07 - Shepherds Bush Empire - London Tickets on sale Friday 19th July: http://www.gigsandtours.com/tour/eels
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July 16, 2013 1:21pm ET by Dawbell
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