Tickets go on-sale today for NYC rockers SKATERS upcoming tour with their Warner Music Group label-mates Portugal. The Man, which kicks off June 7th in Philadelphia. All U.S. dates and ticket on-sale links are listed below. The band has just launched an extensive tour in the U.K. where they continue to amass a loyal following.
SKATERS have just released theirWBR 7" single debut "I Wanna Dance" (But I Don't Know How)"b/w "Armed." A video for the track "Armed" can be viewed here on Vice/Noisey.com.
Michael Ian Cummings and Noah Rubin formed SKATERS in 2012, and spent a year trading demos between Los Angeles and London with guitarist Joshua Hubbard. The three met up in NYC's Chinatown to create their own art zine, YONKS, (expect future issues soon !) and record their debut EP, Schemers, which was given away for free on the band's website.
SKATERS are currently putting the finishing touches on their full-length album with producer John Hill (Santigold, M.I.A., Wavves) and currently being mixed by Cenzo Townshend (U2, The Horrors, Crystal Castles).
More details to be announced soon. In the meantime, feel free to download and post "I Wanna Dance" (But I Don't Know How)" b/w "Armed."Spread the word!
U.K. headline tour:
U.K. Tour Dates:
01-May-13 UK Hull Adelphi
02-May-13 UK Liverpool Liverpool Sound City
03-May-13 UK Wakefield The Hop
04-May-13 UK Leeds Live At Leeds
05-May-13 UK Stockton KU
06-May-13 UK York The Duchess
07-May-13 UK Oxford Jericho
09-May-13 UK Bath Moles
10-May-13 UK Truro B-side at Bunters
11-May-13 UK Exeter Cavern
12-May-13 UK Southampton Joiners
13-May-13 UK London Sebright Arms
15-May-13 UK Glasgow King Tuts
16-May-13 UK Stoke on Trent Sugarmill
17-May-13 UK Brighton The Great Escape
18-May-13 UK Tunbridge Wells The Forum
19-May-13 UK Birmingham The Rainbow
20-May-13 UK Norwich Waterfront (Studio)
22-May-13 UK Milton Keynes The Craufurd Arms
23-May-13 UK Sheffield Great Gatsby
24-May-13 UK Manchester Dot to Dot
25-May-13 UK Bristol Dot to Dot
26-May-13 UK Nottingham Dot to Dot
U.S. Tour Dates:
6/07 Philadelphia, PA Theatre of Living Arts
6/08 Washington DC 9:30 Club
6/11 Toronto, ON Phoenix Concert Theatre
6/12 Buffalo, NY Town Ballroom
6/13 Cleveland, OH House of Blues
6/14 Cincinnati, OH Bogart's
6/18 Indianapolis, IN The Vogue
6/19 Detroit, MI St. Andrew's Hall
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