New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Capping off a triumphant North American headline run with a performance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, (watch below) EELS will begin their European tour onJune 17 at the Mayfeld Derby Festival in Mannheim, Germany. Further dates include shows in London, Amsterdam, Glasgow, Paris, and Barcelona. See below for full tour details.
EELS have had one of the most consistently acclaimed careers in music. The ever-changing projects of principal singer/songwriter E (Mark
Oliver Everett), EELS have released 11studio albums since their 1996 debut, Beautiful Freak. In 2008, E published his highly acclaimed book Things the Grandchildren Should Know and starred in the award-winning Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives documentary about the search to understand his quantum physicist father, Hugh Everett III. EELS released their critically acclaimed The Cautionary Tales of Mark
Oliver Everett in 2014, and 2015 saw the release of the band's extraordinary seventh live album Live at Royal Albert Hall, recorded at the storied London venue and accompanied by a concert film. In the same year, the band's "Fresh Blood" served as the theme song to HBO's "The Jinx" and from 2016 to 2018 E appeared in Judd Apatow's Netflix original series "Love."
EELS TOUR DATES
June 17-Mannheim, Germany-Maifeld Derby Festival
June 18,19-Utrecht, Netherlands-Tivoli Vredenburg
June 21-Amsterdam, Netherlands-Paradiso
June 23-Cesena, Italy-Acieloaperto - Rocca Malatestiana
June 25-Munich, Germany-TonHalle
June 26-Cologne, Germany-E-Werk
June 28-Berlin, Germany-Tempodrom
June 29-Hamburg, Germany-Mehr! Theater
June 30-Luxembourg, Luxembourg-Siren's Call
July 2-London, UK-O2 Academy Brixton
July 3-Manchester, UK-Manchester Academy
July 4-Glasgow, UK-O2 Academy
July 6-Dublin, Ireland-Iveagh Gardens
July 8-Werchter, Belgium-Rock Werchter
July 9-Paris, France-Olympia
July 11-Barcelona, Spain-BARTS
July 12- Madrid, Spain-Mad Cool Festival
July 13-Lisbon, Portugal-NOS Alive Festival
July 16-Feldkirch, Austria-Poolbar Festival
July 17-Vienna, Austria-Arena
July 19-Strasbourg, France-Lalterie
July 20-Lucerne, Switzerland-KKL Blue Balls Festival.
