Battles ‘Glass Drop’ Release Date Set, Worldwide Tour Announced

by | Mar 3, 2011

Battles will release its new album, Glass Drop, on June 7 in North America via Warp Records.

Additionally, the band’s worldwide tour itinerary follows:

Apr 01 Osaka, JPN @ Zettai-mu
Apr 03 Tokyo, JPN @ Sonar Sound
Apr 08 Rotterdam, NLD @ Motel Mosaique
Apr 09 Luxembourg, LUX @ Out of the Crowd
Apr 10 Berlin, GER @ Festsaal Kreuzberg
Apr 11 Brussels, BEL @ Domino Festival
Apr 12 Lille, FRA @ Aeronef
Apr 20 London, UK @ ICA
Apr 26 Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall
Apr 27 New York, NY @ Le Poisson Rouge
Apr 29 Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe
Apr 30 Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall

May 02 Los Angeles, CA @ Echo
May 03 San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill
May 04 Portland, OR @ Doug Fir
May 05 Seattle, WA @ Crocodile
May 27 Barcelona, ESP @ Primavera Sound
May 28 Dudingen, CHE @ Kilbi Festival
May 31 Marseille, FRA @ Espace Julien

Jun 02 Poitiers, FRA @ Confort Moderne
Jun 03 Brighton, UK @ Concorde2
Jun 05 Dublin, IRL @ Forbidden Fruit Festival
Jun 04 Manchester, UK @ O2 Apollo
Jun 06 Leeds, UK @ Cockpit
Jun 07 Glasgow, UK @ The Arches
Jun 10 Dortmund, GER @ FZW
Jun 11 Munich, GER @ Feierwerk

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