Pitchfork

Fresh off the announcement of his band's new album, Super Furry Animals frontman Gruff Rhys has revealed his first full-blown North American solo tour since the release of his solo LP Candylion.

After a summer of festival dates (including collaborations with Brazilian artist Tony Da Gatorra as part of TrocaBrahma), Rhys will begin the tour in Philadelphia on September 19 and end it October 5 in Mexico City. Joining Rhys on backing vocals and xylophone for the tour will be Lisa Jen of 9 Bach.

Super Furry Animals have quite a few dates of their own planned both before and after the August 27 release of forthcoming full-length Hey Venus! on Rough Trade.

And Neon Neon, Rhys' collaboration with Boom Bip, will put out their first release, the "Trick for Treat" 12" picture disc, June 25 on Lex. The song features Spank Rock and Har Mar Superstar for xxxtra lovin'.

Gruff dates:

06-09 Devon, England - Lynton and Lynmouth Festival
06-30 Stockholm, Sweden - Accelerator Festival
07-27 Liverpool, England - Picket (TrocaBrahma Festival)
07-28 Glasgow, Scotland - Fruit Market (TrocaBrahma Festival)
07-29 London, England - KOKO (TrocaBrahma Festival)
08-11 London, England - Field Day Festival
08-12 Leicester, England - Summer Sundae Festival
08-19 Brecon, Wales - Green Man Festival
09-19 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's
09-20 Washington, DC - Rock and Roll Hotel
09-21 New York, NY - Hiro Ballroom
09-22 Brooklyn, NY - Union Hall
09-23 Boston, MA - Museum of Fine Arts *
09-25 Toronto, Ontario - Rivoli
09-27 Chicago, IL - Schubas
09-29 Seattle, WA - Crocodile Café #
09-30 Portland, OR - Doug Fir #
10-02 San Francisco, CA - Swedish American Hall #
10-03 Los Angeles, CA - Rec Center Studios #
10-05 Mexico City, Mexico - Lunario

* with Ulrich Schnauss
# with Her Space Holiday

Super Furry dates:

06-14 Cardiff, Wales - Clwb Ifor Bach
06-19 London, England - ICA
06-22 Glastonbury, England - Glastonbury Festival
07-13 Canterbury, England - Merton Farm (Lounge on the Farm Festival)
07-14 Coventry, England - Godiva Festival
07-21 London, England - Lovebox Festival
08-25 Cardiff, Wales - Get Loaded in the Park Festival
08-31 Glasgow, Scotland - Connect Festival
09-02 Jersey, Channel Islands - JerseyLive Festival
09-15 Dorset, England - End of the Road Festival
11-23 Somerset, England - Tunnel Vision Festival