New York, NY (Top40 Charts) boygenius' critically acclaimed full length LP, the record, has landed at #4 on the Billboard 200, #1 on Billboard's Vinyl Album Chart, and received the #2 spot on Billboard's Top Album Sales chart, Billboard's Alternative Album chart, and Billboard's digital album chart. The album debuted at #1 in the UK, Ireland and the Netherlands, marking the group's first number one in those territories along with a #2 debut in New Zealand and #3 in Australia. Released March 31st on Interscope/ Universal Music, the record is now the highest charting album for all members of boygenius.
boygenius announced their long awaited debut album, the record, in January and made global headlines with their Nirvana-nodding cover of February's Rolling Stone magazine.
boygenius will perform at this year's Coachella
Music Festival on Saturday, April 15th and Saturday, April 22nd in addition to headlining the inaugural Re:Set Concert Series with stops in Los Angeles, New York,
Chicago and more. The band also recently announced an additional summer North American tour with support from Carly Rae Jepsen, Broken Social Scene, Bartees Strange, Claud and Illuminati Hotties, as well as premiered their Kristen Stewart directed short film on March 30.
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES:
April 12 - Pomona, CA @ Fox Theater *SOLD OUT*
April 15 - Indio, CA - Coachella
Music & Arts Festival
April 22 - Indio, CA - Coachella
Music & Arts Festival
June 2 - San Diego, CA - Thrive Park at Snapdragon Stadium !
June 3 - Los Angeles, CA - Brookside at the Rosebowl !
June 4 - Stanford, CA - Frost Amphitheater at Stanford !
June 6 - Phoenix, AZ - Arizona Financial Theatre * *SOLD OUT*
June 8 - Houston, TX - White Oak
Music Hall *
June 9 - Dallas, TX -
Texas Trust CU Theater Grounds !
June 10 - New Orleans, LA - City Park !
June 11 - Atlanta, GA - Central Park !
June 13 - Asheville, NC @ ExploreAsheville.com
Arena * *SOLD OUT*
June 14 - Wilmington, NC @ Live Oak Bank Pavilion *
June 16 - Columbia, MD - Merriweather Post Pavilion !
June 17 - New York, NY - Forest Hills Stadium ! *SOLD OUT*
June 18 - Boston, MA - The Stage at Suffolk Downs !
June 20 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE + *SOLD OUT*
June 21 - Toronto, ON @ Budweiser Stage ^+ *SOLD OUT*
June 23 - Columbus, OH - Kemba Live! Festival !
June 24 - Chicago, IL - Riis Park !
June 25 - Nashville, TN - Centennial Park !
July 28 - Vancouver, BC @ PNE Amphitheater % =
July 29 - George, WA @ The Gorge Amphitheater % =
July 30 - Bend, OR @ Hayden Homes Amphitheater % =
August 1 - Bonner, MT @ Kettlehouse Amphitheater =
August 2 - Boise, ID @ Outlaw Field at the Idaho Botanical Garden =
August 3 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Library
Square =
August 5 - Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre = *SOLD OUT*
! Re:SET Concert Series with Clairo, Dijon, and Bartees Strange
* Support from Bartees Strange
^ Support from Broken Social Scene
% Support from Carly Rae Jepsen
+ Support from Claud
= Support from Illuminati Hotties
EUROPEAN DATES
August 11 - Oslo, NO @ Øya Festival
August 12 - Gothenburg, SE - Way Out West
August 13 - Copenhagen, DK - KB Hallen &
August 15 - Berlin, DE - Verti
Music Hall &
August 16 - Cologne, DE - Palladium &
August 18 - Hasselt, BE - Pukkelpop Festival
August 19 - Biddinghuizen, NL - Lowlands Festival
August 20 - London, UK - Gunnersbury Park & ~
August 22 - Halifax, UK - Piece Hall ~ *SOLD OUT*
August 23 - Halifax, UK - Piece Hall ~
August 24 - Kingston Upon Thames, UK - Banquet Records Outstore at PRYZM Kingston *SOLD OUT*
August 24 - Kingston Upon Thames, UK - Banquet Records Outstore at PRYZM Kingston *SOLD OUT*
August 25 - Saint-Cloud, FR - Rock en Seine
August 27 - Edinburgh, Scotland - Connect Festival
August 28 - Dublin, IE - Royal Hospital Kilmainham &
& Support from MUNA
~ Support from Ethel Cain
PRAISE FOR the record:
"Instant Classic: The Debut Album From Boygenius Is Even Better Than Everyone Had Hoped" - Rolling Stone
"The instant classic we were hoping for…" - NME"boygenius sounds like its members are egging on one another, cheering the boldest moves and pushing past collaboration toward synergy." - New York Times
"... a sprawling triumph…" - Alternative Press
"boygenius's full-length debut is exceptional, easily ranking with the year's best indie-rock offerings." - Wall Street Journal
"the record shows they belong among the ranks of the greatest American supergroups." - Paste
"...they delivered the goods. Just like the EP, the record is special." - Stereogum
"The songwriter supergroup's full-length debut screams out its manic heartaches and unrolls stories with a quiet resonance—and just plain rips as an indie-rock record." - FLOOD
"While all three women may continue on to even greater heights as individuals, the record offers something so much more than the sum of its parts. It's a covenant between three soulmates, a trio of best friends ready to carry the torch for a new musical generation." - Consequence
"...Baker, Bridgers and Dacus mesh together naturally and wonderfully." - Exclaim!
"they are better because of each other… it's no mean feat given their statuses as three of the best songwriters around" - TOP40-CHARTS
"The record is close to perfect in sound, lyrics and performance…" - RIFF Magazine
"Like ABBA and
Fleetwood Mac before them,
boygenius have made a record about each other: but unlike their predecessors, it's a celebration and a reminder to always treasure our friends, because they might just be the ones that last a lifetime." - The Forty Five
