Foster The People Announce 2012 North American Tour
To celebrate their inclusion on Idolator’s 2011’s Best Albums and Top 10 Pop Non-Singles Of The Year lists, melodic noisemakers Foster The People have announced their 2012 tour! Well, okay — they might also be pretty jacked about the fact that Torches has sold a million copies worldwide, “Pumped Up Kicks” was certified triple-Platinum and they received two Grammy nominations. (You know, it’s the little things…) Catch the “Don’t Stop” trio’s upcoming tour dates below. 5/29 New York, NY Rumsey Playfield *
5/30 New York, NY Rumsey Playfield *
6/1 Columbus, OH The LC Pavilion *
6/4 Grand Prairie, TX Verizon Theatre *
6/5 Austin, TX The Backyard *
6/7 Alpharetta, GA Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre *
6/10 Columbia, MD Merriweather Post Pavilion *
6/12 Montreal, QC Lachine Canal #
6/14 Philadelphia, PA Mann Center for the Performing Arts #
6/15 Boston, MA Bank Of America Pavilion #
6/16 Detroit, MI The Fillmore Detroit #
6/19 Toronto, ON Downsview Park #
6/20 Chicago, IL Congress Theater #
6/22 Minneapolis, MN US Bank Theater #
6/25 Burnaby, BC Deer Lake Park &
6/26 Seattle, WA WaMu Theatre &
6/27 Portland, OR Edgefield &
6/29 Berkeley, CA Greek Theatre &
6/30 Los Angeles, CA Gibson Amphitheatre &
7/3 Morrison, CO Red Rocks Amphitheatre &
7/5 Salt Lake City, UT The Great Salttair &
7/6 Phoenix, AZ Comerica Theatre &
7/7 Las Vegas, NV The Cosmopolitan &
Opening acts: * (w/The Kooks) # (w/Tokyo Police Club) & (w/Mayer Hawthorne & The County)
Torches is out now on Columbia. Purchase it at eMusic.