Brooklyn’s
Bear Hands is excited to announce a string of July tour dates behind their recent full-length
Distraction, which features the hit single “
Giants” and is out now in the US and Canada via
Cantora Records. Following festival appearances and dates with
Cage the Elephant in June, the band will begin a headlining run in Pittsburgh, PA at
Cattivo on July 2. The tour will take them all the way through
Outside Lands Music & Art Festival in San Francisco, CA on August 8 with stops at
Lollapalooza,
Edgefest,
Summerfest and more in between. Tickets are now available
here.
Bear Hands has already had a notably busy year, but even after a tireless tour regimen including dates with Cage the Elephant and Bombay Bicycle Club with stops at South By Southwest, Coachella, Big Guava Music Fest and more, the band is all but slowing down. This time around, Bear Hands is joined by Brooklyn-based duo Junior Prom, who are touring behind the self-titled, written and produced EP Junior Prom. They’ll also be supported by Total Slacker, who accompanied them on their run with Miniature Tigers earlier this year and have earned a reputation for vicious live shows including flaming guitars, smoke machines and smashed instruments. Current tour dates are below, with more to be announced soon.
6/7 – Radio 104.5 Block party @ Festival Pier – Philadelphia, PA
6/16 – 97X Shindig, St. Petersburg, FL $
6/17 – The Plaza Live – Orlando, FL $
6/19 – The Fillmore – Charlotte, NC $
6/20 – The NorVa – Norfolk, VA $
6/21 – DC9 – Washington, DC
6/28 – Surf Lodge – Montauk, NY
7/2 – Cattivo – Pittsburgh, PA #
7/3 – Radio Radio – Indianapolis, IN #
7/4 – Summerfest – Milwaukee, WI
7/7 – Bluebird Theater – Denver, CO #
7/8 – The Black Sheep – Colorado Springs, CO #
7/9 – The Riot Room – Kansas City, MO #
7/11 – The Basement – Columbus, OH #
7/12 – Mo Pop Fest – Sterling Heights, MI
7/13 – Bunbury Fest – Cincinnati, OH
7/15 – The High Watt – Nashville, TN #
7/18 – Edgefest – Toronto, ON
7/20 – Higher Ground – Burlington, VT #
7/21 – Brighton Music Hall – Allston, MA #
7/22 – Port City Music Hall – Portland, ME #
7/26 – Alternative Buffalo Kerfuffle – Buffalo, NY
7/27 – Upstate Concert Hall – Clifton Park, NY $
7/29 – The Dome – Wallingford, CT $
7/30 – Starland Ballroom – Sayreville, NJ $
8/3 – Lollapalooza – Chicago, IL
8/8 – Outside Lands Music & Art Festival – San Francisco, CA
8/13-16 – Frequency Festival – Sankt Polten, Austria
8/15 – Open Air Gampel – Gampel, Switzerland
8/19 – Privatclub – Berlin, Germany
8/20 – Prinzenbar – Hamburg, Germany
8/21 – Blue Shell – Cologne, Germany
8/23 – Reading Festival – Reading, UK
8/24 – Leeds Festival – Leeds, UK
# – with Junior Prom and Total Slacker
$ – with Cage the Elephant
Distraction tracklist:
1. Moment of Silence
4. Bone Digger
5. Vile Iowa
6. Bad Friend
7. The Bug
9. Sleeping on the Floor
10. Party Hats
11. Thought Wrong