Liam Finn to Tour with Wilco

norm · August 2009

Liam Finn to Tour with Wilco and Release CHAMPAGNE IN SEASHELLS
August 14, 2009, 12:00 am

Liam Finn and his perpetual musical muse Eliza-Jane Barnes will tour with Wilco this fall on a ten show tour this October, beginning 10/1 in Iowa City, IA. The tour immediately follows the September 1st release of the pair's new EP Champagne in Seashells.

After forming a friendship with Jeff Tweedy and John Stirratt during the recording of the 7 Worlds Collide project at Finn's father's studio in New Zealand early this year, Wilco has decided to bring the young kiwi on the road back in the United States during an October tour of the Midwest.

Finn picks up where he left off with his debut I'll Be Lighting reinvigorating his studio-as-laboratory DIY ethos for Champagne in Seashells, again recording and producing all tracks himself.

Liam will bring the manic prophecy of his instrument-switching live gigs to new cities throughout the heart of the U.S. and follow with headline dates of his own.

"...his effervescent, swooning harmonies, and heavily layered my-studio-is-my-bunker production techniques are directly traceable to old Paul McCartney solo records."
-ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

"Liam never veers too far from a killer melody or winsome harmony, which he delivers with the fetching voice that would seem to be ingrained in the Finn DNA."
-LA TIMES

"He chops, blends, and twists his keyboards, guitars, electronics, and melodies into a shiny new beast that is both gentle and subtly feral."
-THE BOSTON GLOBE

Liam Finn Fall 2009:

Supporting Wilco:
10/1 Iowa City, IA @ Main Lounge
10/2 St. Paul, MN @ Roy Wilkins Auditorium
10/6 Kansas City, MO @ Crossroads
10/8 Cedar Park, TX @ Cedar Park Center
10/9 Dallas, TX @ Palladium Ballroom
10/10 Memphis, TN @ Orpheum Theatre
10/12 Columbus, OH @ Merchant Auditorium
10/14 Toronto, ON @ Massey Hall
10/15 Toronto, ON @ Massey Hall
10/16 Ann Arbor, MI @ Hill Auditorium

With Jason Lytle (of Grandaddy) to Support:
10/22 Los Angeles, CA @ The Echoplex
10/23 San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
10/24 Portland, OR @ Dante's
10/25 Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile

With Miracle Fortress to Support:
11/1 Cambridge, MA @ Middle East Downstairs
11/3 Washington, DC @ Rock and Roll Hotel
11/4 Brooklyn, NY @ The Bell House

http://www.yeproc.com/news.php?articleId=6228

CHANGEinWAVES · August 2009

Hmm those massey hall dates look tantalizing!

mfc2006 · August 2009

awesome news! we've been thinking about picking up Dallas tickets...

mydogmookieblaylock · August 2009

yeah Iowa City! Yeah Liam! Yeah Hawkeye Football!

smarchee · August 2009

CHANGEinWAVES wrote:

Hmm those massey hall dates look tantalizing!

I was thinking that as well

helplessdancer · August 2009

i saw wilco twice recently, and i didn't think it was a+

i saw liam on the eddie tour, a couple of times, and it was a+

not sure why that happened to me, but it did

One Song Glory · August 2009

I was already annoyed that I couldn't make it home to Toronto for Wilco...and now I hear that Liam Finn is opening?!

SVRDhand13 · August 2009

Nice, I love the Bell House! No Wilco on that date obviously though.

SVRDhand13 · August 2009

Oh shit I have class on Wednesday nights

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Arcticangel · August 2009

Oh for serious?! I need to get out of work that Friday night they're playing at Roy Wilkins...

PJBuckeye · August 2009

Wilco should open for Liam

aspoonfulweighsaton · August 2009

PJBuckeye wrote:

Wilco should open for Liam

jecica · August 2009

Will just be getting back from several nights of PJ in Philly when he is in Boston. :(

spnoone · August 2009

got an email from yep roc records yesterday saying the first 250 of liam/ej's ep are autographed. cheap too, 6 or 7 bucks.

Zoso · August 2009

Now that's a great line-up. One of my favorite artists with my equal favorite band. I would love to hit some of those shows but having the Spectrum shows coming up and the shows being in the mid-west will have to say no to these. Would be great nonetheless.