Holy Proggy Pomp-Rock! Manchester Orchestra & Thrice Co-Headline Tour

February 18th, 2010 by Oswald Hobbes / Comment on this post

I’ll be honest – I gave up on Thrice after they started aping Radiohead and singing way too many songs about Jesus. But the fire of glorious love still burns bright within the otherwise-empty chest cavity of our own Mr. 51%, and he likes Manchester Orchestra even better. (I gotta back him up on Man Orc – their last record, 2009′s Mean Everything To Nothing, is a solid collection of wheaty, old-fashioned alt-rock.) Anyway, the two bands have joined together, not for the first time, to spearhead a roaming road show of highly-enlightened pomp-rock. They’re most likely coming to a city near you, and the pre-order starts tomorrow (2/19) at 1pm. I suggest you purchase a couple tickets and pray that Thrice dig very, very deep into their catalog to spray your face with their old metallic jism.

Dates:

Apr 14 Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse (w/ O’Brother)

Thrice!

Apr 15 Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse (w/ O’Brother)
Apr 16 New Orleans, LA The Howlin Wolf
Apr 17 Oxford, MS The Lyric Oxford
Apr 18 Birmingham, AL WorkPlay Theatre
Apr 20 Cleveland, OH House of Blues
Apr 21 Cincinnati, OH Bogart’s
Apr 22 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall
Apr 23 St. Louis, MO The Pageant
Apr 24 Milwaukee, WI The Rave
Apr 25 Des Moines, IA People’s Court
Apr 27 Vermillion, SD Eagle’s Club RoomApr 29 Billings, MT The Railyard
May 01 Eugene, OR McDonald Theater
May 03 Reno, NV Knitting Factory
May 04 Santa Cruz, CA The Catalyst
May 07 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues
May 09 Albuquerque, NM Sunshine Theatre