Pitchfork: Futureheads to Headline North American Tour

Futureheads to Headline North American Tour

Just one month removed from their American debut as an opening act, The Futureheads are gearing up for their own headlining tour-- which ought to coincide nicely with the October 25th stateside release of their self-titled (and quite excellent) full-length debut on Sire Records.

Since we last left these Sunderland chaps, they've been happily reveling in the predictable British overexposure that attends so many brilliant (and even more totally unbrilliant) UK bands-- their album was released on 679 Recordings, the soon-to-be-unstoppable UK label that's also home to future electro superstar Annie, psych-pop maniacs The Earlies, and distorto-rockers Death from Above 1979. It was followed by the first single "Decent Days and Nights" (that is, if you don't include "First Day", which appeared on the album but was first issued in the summer of '03). Before we knew it, the band had embarked on a fateful tour with The Franz Ferdinand Music Machine for a well-received North American tour in September.

Which brings us up to now. Currently: The Futureheads have just released the latest single off their debut, "Meantime", which is sitting nicely at #5 on the NME charts. And that means it's just about time for the backlash, baby! The band is now wrapping up a UK tour with The Zutons, although they actually had to cancel two dates (yesterday's and today's) to film an episode of "Later with Jools Holland", which will air October 22nd. This polite apology surfaced on The Futureheads' official website: "The band apologize to the legions of fans who were undoubtedly only going to see them and maybe catch The Zutons for a bit on the way out, but we hope that the same will understand the extenuating circumstances at work here and, hey, maybe cut us some slack." No slack for you! Dates:

11-01 Toronto, Ontario - Lee's Palace
11-03 New York, NY - Canal Room
11-04 Cambridge, MA - TT The Bear's
11-05 Philadelphia, PA - Beyond Nightclub
11-08 Atlanta, GA - The Earl
11-10 Chicago, IL - The Empty Bottle
11-11 Minneapolis, MN - The Ascot Room
11-13 Denver, CO - The Larimer Lounge
11-16 Seattle, WA - The Crocodile Cafe