Amadou & Mariam Release Welcome To Mali & Tour Dates With Coldplay

NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Nonesuch Records) - The singer Mariam Doumbia and her husband, the guitarist/vocalist Amadou Bagayoko, have been making music together since they first met and fell in love at the Institute for Young Blind People in Bamako, Mali's capital, three decades ago. Over the last few years, they have achieved remarkable critical and popular acclaim in Europe and North America.

Amadou & Mariam are especially beloved for their live shows - they recently performed in the Africa Express event that was part of the BBC Electric Proms festival; the concert also featured Johnny Marr, The Magic Numbers, Damon Albarn, and Hard-Fi as well as numerous African artists.

They will be headlining a Spring tour and will be opening for Coldplay in July 2009.

Mariam Doumbia and Amadou Bagayoko June/July 2009 tour dates:
(Dates and information subject to change.)
June 2nd - Chicago, IL - Park West
June 4th - Toronto, Ontario - Phoenix Concert Theatre
June 5th - Montreal, Quebec - Metropolis
June 6th - Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club
June 8th - New York, NY - Webster Hall
June 10th - Alexandria, VA - Birchmere
July 10th - Portland, OR - The Amphitheater at Clark County*
July 11th - George, WA - The Gorge Amphitheatre*
July 13th - San Francisco, CA - Shoreline Amphitheatre*
July 16th - San Diego, CA - Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre*
July 18th - Carson, CA - Home Depot Center*
July 21st - Dallas, TX - Superpages.com Center*
July 22nd - Houston, TX - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion*
July 24th - Maryland Heights, MO - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater*
*opening for Coldplay
Amadou & Mariam's 'Welcome to Mali' is out March 24, 2009.