[News] Rufus Wainwright Announces Summer Tour
On May 1st, Rufus Wainwright will be releasing his seventh studio album Out of the Game via Decca Records, and in support of the forthcoming release Wainwright has announced a summer tour. After several shows throughout Europe and the UK, Wainwright will return to North America on May 9th to perform in Brooklyn, followed by shows in Oakland, Los Angeles and San Diego. From there, the musician will do several back and forth trips across the Atlantic till August, before setting off on a strictly European tour in November and December. Take a look at Rufus Wainwright's full tour schedule after the jump.
Out of the Game is now streaming via NPR.org.
Rufus Wainwright 2012 Tour Dates:
04/25 – Berlin, DE @ UDK
04/27 – Amsterdam, NL @ Melkweg
04/29 – London, UK @ Sundance London Music and Film Festival
04/30 – London, UK @ Lyceum
05/02 – Paris, FR @ La Cigale
05/04 – Granada, ES @ Alhambra
05/09 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Academy of Music
05/11 – Oakland, CA @ Fox Theatre
05/12 – Los Angeles, CA @ Orpheum Theatre
05/13 – San Diego, CA @ Humphreys
06/01 – Barcelona, ES @ Primavera Sound
06/03 – Tel Aviv, IR @ Ronit’s Farm Ampitheatre
06/06 – La Coruna, ES @ Palacio de la Opera
06/08 – Porto, PT @ Optimus Primavera Sound
06/10 – Toronto, ON @ David Pecaut Stage
06/15 – Toronto, ON @ Massey Hall
06/30 – Ann Arbor, MI @ The Power Center
07/01 – Grand Rapids, MI @ Frederick Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park
07/06 – Vienna, AT @ Vienna State Opera House
07/07 – Rotterdam, NL @ North Sea Jazz Fest
07/08 – Liege, BE @ Les Ardentes
07/13 – Ferropolis, DE @ Melt! Festival
07/15 – Suffolk, UK @ Latitude Festival
07/16 – Bath, UK @ The Forum
07/18 – Dublin, IE @ The Iveagh Gardens
07/24 – Vienna, VA @ The Filene Center
07/25 – Philadelphia, PA @ Penn’s Landing
07/27 – Purchase, NY @ The PAC
07/28 – Westhampton Beach, NY @ Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center
07/29 – Boston, MA @ Bank of America Pavilion
07/31 – Portland, ME @ State Theatre
08/01 – Shelburne, VT @ The Green at Shelburne Museum
08/03 – Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
08/04 – Munhall, PA @ Carnegie Music Hall
08/05 - Louisville, KY @ Iroquois Amphitheater
08/07 – Bloomington, IN @ Buskirk-Chumley Theater
08/08 – Chicago, IL @ Bank of America Theater
08/10 – Milwaukee, WI @ Pabst Theater
08/11 – Alpine Valley, MN @ Minnesota Zoo Amphitheater
11/16 – Oxford, UK @ New Theatre
11/17 – Birmingham, UK @ Symphony Hall
11/18 – London, UK @ HMV Hammersmith Apollo
11/20 – Nottingham, UK @ Royal Concert Hall
11/21 – York, UK @ Barbican
11/23 – Bristol, UK @ Colston Hall
11/24 – Brighton, UK @ Dome
11/27 – Brussels, BE @ Ancienne Belgique
12/01 – Stockholm, SE @ Berns
12/02 – Oslo, NO @ Sentrum Scene
12/03 – Gothenburg, SE @ Tradgarn
12/10 – Paris, FR @ Les Folies Bergere
12/11 – Manchester, UK @ O2 Apollo
12/13 – Edinburgh, UK @ Usher Hall