NASHVILLE, Tn. (Top40 Charts/ Shangri-La Music, Rough Trade, Spunk & P-Vine) - Monsters of Folk was born on the road five years ago when My Morning Jacket's Jim James, Bright Eyes'
Conor Oberst and Mike Mogis, and singer/songwriter
M. Ward toured together and regularly sat in on each other's sets.
Now armed with the eclectic collaborations that make up their debut album, the illustrious quartet will reconvene for several Fall tour dates.
Throughout each show of the tour, the four members will be switching instruments and trading roles, maintaining the freewheeling and highly collaborative spirit of their work together thus far.
In the spirit of folk-camaraderie, Monsters of Folk is partnering with Air Traffic Control, a resource for musicians' philanthropic and social change work, to donate monies raised from ticket sales. The band will be donating $1 from every ticket sold on the tour to local non-profits.
'On a daily basis, we see how hard organizations like these work to make our communities, country and world a better place.' said Erin Potts, the organization's executive director. 'In a time when economic resources are harder to come by and organizations are overwhelmed by urgency and need, the Monsters of Folk tour's charitable activities are a significant way to energize and support the tireless and often overlooked work that these organizers are doing.'
Pre-sale tickets for the US and Canada shows will be available beginning Tuesday, July 28, 2009, followed by the public on-sale beginning Friday, July 31st. Tickets for the UK / EU shows will be available beginning Tuesday, July 27th. For more info please visit www.monstersoffolk.com.
(Dates and information subject to change.)
October 2009
13 Vancouver, BC- Orpheum
14 Portland, OR- Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
15 Seattle, WA- Paramount Theatre
17 Oakland, CA- Fox Theater
18 Los Angeles, CA- The Greek Theater
20 San Diego, CA- Spreckels Theatre
21 Phoenix, AZ- Orpheum Theater
22 Santa Barbara, CA- Santa Barbara Bowl
28 Omaha, NE- Holland Center
29 Minneapolis, MN- Orpheum Theatre
30 Chicago, IL- Auditorium Theatre
31 Louisville, KY- Louisville Palace Theatre
November 2009
02 Toronto, ON- Massey Hall
03 Boston, MA- The Orpheum
06 New York, NY- United Palace
08 New York, NY- Beacon Theater
09 Philadelphia, PA- Academy of Music
12 Stockholm- Philadelphia Church
14 Berlin- Huxleys Neue Welt
15 Copenhagen- Vega
17 London- Troxy
18 Paris- Elysee Montmartre
19 Koln- E-Werk
21 The Hague- Crossing Border
22 Antwerp- Crossing Border
