LOS ANGELES (Deadkennedys Official Website) - The Dead Kennedys announced today that they are touring extensively in both
Europe and Japan from February to May in 2003. Dates for the tour are still being finalized but confirmed dates include first ever stops in Japan and Russia. Additional dates include stops in Italy, Czech Republic and Hungary as well as others. This will be the band's second trip to
Europe since they reformed in 2001.
"The popularity of Dead Kennedys outside North America is absolutely staggering to us," said Dead Kennedys guitarist East Bay Ray. "We toured Europe in Summer 2002 and we're ecstatic to find out that promoters and venues are booking us again this year in even bigger venues than before. Obviously the band is excited to play our first-ever shows in Japan and Russia. It seems only fitting that the Dead Kennedy's message gets heard in the former Soviet Union and throughout Eastern Europe."
Called "one of the most popular and important American hardcore punk bands of the late seventies/early eighties" by the Rough Guide to Rock, Dead Kennedys band members include East Bay Ray, Klaus Flouride and D.H. Peligro along with Brandon Cruz. Recently the band announced that sales of their back catalog have jumped 33% over the previous year and have begun reissuing their entire back catalog on vinyl. A new CD, "MUTINY ON THE BAY," was released in 2001 and includes live material from 1982-1986.
Confirmed Dead kennedys tour dates include:
February 2003
Fri. 7th Takadanobada, Tokyo, Japan Club Phases
Sat 8th Takadanobada, Tokyo, Japan Club Phases
Sun 9th Takadanobada, Tokyo, Japan Club Phases
Wed. 26th Milan, Italy Transilvania Live
Thurs. 27th Rome, Italy Black Out Rock Club
Fri. 28th Pisa, Italy Totem Rock Club
March 2003
Sat. 1st Pinarella di Cervia, Italy Rock Planet
Mon. 3rd Prague, Czech Republic Palac, Akropolis
Tues. 4th Budapest, Hungary Petofi Csarnok
Wed. 5th Belgrade, Yugoslavia Studentski Kulturni Centar
Fri. 7th Moscow Russia SDK Mai
Sat. 8th St. Petersburg, Russia Dvorets Molodyozhe
April 2003
Sun 13th Brixham, Devon, UK Punk Aid Festival
Tues. 14th Birmingham, UK Birmingham Academy
Wed. 15th Manchester, UK Manchester Academy
Thurs.17th Scunthorpe, UK Baths Hall
Fri. 18th Blackpool, UK Winter Gardens, Spanish Hall
Sat. 19th Whitehaven, UK The Civic
Sun.20th Sunderland, UK One Big Day Festival
Tues. 22nd Edinburgh Scotland Liquid Rooms
Wed. 23rd Aberdeen, Scotland Forum
Thurs.24th Glasgow, Scotland The Garage
Fri. 25th Liverpool, UK Liverpool Academy
Sun, 27th Northampton, UK Roadmenders
Mon. 28th Cambridge, UK The Junction
Tues. 29th Salisbury, UK Salisbury City Hall
Wed. 30th Bristol UK Bristol Academy
May 2003
Thurs. 1st Brixton The Fridge
