By Alex HudsonBig John Bates released his album Battered Bones earlier this month, and soon the Vancouver punk'n'roll growler will be supporting the new disc with a batch of fall tour dates.
Following a brief run of U.S. gigs that stretches from the end of this month to the beginning of next, Bates will hit the road in Canada starting in mid-October. This Jägermeister-sponsered outing launches on the East Coast. The songwriter will then head west until he hits Revelstoke, BC, on November 4, making for a total of 14 Canadian shows.
See the schedule below, and scroll past that to watch Bates's recent Exclaim! TV session.
Tour dates:
9/27 Seattle, WA - The Funhouse 9/28 Bellingham, WA - The Shakedown 9/29 Missoula, MT - The Palace 10/2 Billings, MT - Manny's 10/4 Fargo, ND - The Aquarium 10/5 Minneapolis, MN - Memory Lanes 10/6 Neenah, WI - Cranky Pat's 10/7 Green Bay, WI - Crunchy Frog 10/9 Madison, WI - The Frequency 10/10 Lombar, IL - Brauer House 10/18 St. John's, NL - CBTG's 10/19 Halifax, NS - Michael's 10/20 Moncton, NB - Manhattan Room 10/21 Fredericton, NB - Capital Complex 10/23 Quebec City, QC - L'agitee 10/24 Montreal, QC - Divan Orange 10/25 Ottawa, ON - Zaphod Beeblebrox 10/26 Toronto, ON - Bovine Sex Club 10/30 Winnipeg, MB - The Pyramid Cabaret 10/31 Regina, SK - The Artful Dodger 11/1 Saskatoon, SK - Vangelis Tavern 11/2 Edmonton, AB - New City Legion 11/3 Calgary, AB - the Palomino 11/4 Revelstoke, BC - The Regent