Peter Bjorn and John Summer/Fall Tour Dates

Those crazy Swedes, Peter Bjorn & John are doing another round of touring this summer and into the fall. They will finally be playing an Atlanta date. Which means I can finally yell, "Play Young Folks, yeowwwwwwww!!!!!! Yeah! Young Folks!!! Yeowwww!!!!!" Or maybe not. We'll see.

Dates:
06-23 Vienna, Austria - Donau Festival
06-29-30 Stockholm, Sweden - University of Stockholm (Accelerator Festival)
07-01 Istanbul, Turkey - Radar Live
07-05 Kristiansand, Norway - Quart Festival
07-06 Roskilde, Denmark - Roskilde Festival
07-07 Évreux, France - Le Festival Dans Tous Ses Etats
07-21 Valencia, Spain - Benicàssim
07-22 Gurten, Switzerland - Gurtenfestival
07-27 Berlin, Germany - Berlinfestival
07-29 Niigata, Japan - Fuji Rock Festival
07-31 Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theater
08-01 San Diego, CA - House of Blues
08-02 Salt Lake City, UT - Gallivan Center
08-03 Chicago, IL - TBA (Lollapalooza aftershow)
08-04 Baltimore, MD - Pimlico Race Course (Virgin Festival)
08-05 Chicago, IL - Union Park (Lollapalooza)
08-16 Saint-Malo, France - La Route du Rock Festival
08-19 Cologne, Germany - C/O Pop Festival
08-24 Leeds, England - Leeds Festival
08-25 Brighton, England - Concorde 2
08-26 Reading, England - Reading Festival
08-26 London, England - Get Loaded in the Park Festival
09-06 New York, NY - Roseland
09-07 Boston, MA - The Roxy
09-08 Montreal, Quebec - Osheaga Festival
09-09 Toronto, Ontario - Virgin Festival
09-11 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
09-12 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse
09-14 Austin, TX - Austin City Limits
09-18 San Francisco, CA - The Warfield
09-19 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom
09-20 Seattle, WA - Showbox
09-21 Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom
09-24 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue

Peter, Bjorn and John "Writers Block"...how'd I miss this??

Well I should should start off by saying that if I had known about this album before this month, then it would have had a place (a high one at that) on my Top 25 Albums of 2006 list. Maybe I'll ammend that...hmmmm. I am really dumbfounded as to how this album escaped my attention. I'm not sure what the hell I was doing when everyone was talking about this, but I hope it was worth it.
This album is utterly amazing. From the obviously awesome "Young Folks" (it was Pitchfork's #5 in their Top 100 Songs of 2006...but I bet you already knew that too) to tracks like "Poor Cow"(which reminds me of "Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy"-era Who) and "The Chills" (the driving drums and bass lines...my god). Man, Sweden must have something in the water because they are just crankin' out one amazing band after another. The only drawback to this album is that I wish there was more Victoria Bergsman on this album. Oh well, I guess I'll just have to settle for a close-to-perfect album. Sigh.

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