If you were bummed that Amadou and Mariam were skipping out on Canada during their upcoming tour with Coldplay, good news: the blind Malian duo have just lined up a pair of dates in the Great White North, minus those sappy Brits. The husband-wife team, or as our Jonathan Rothman described them, "the funkiest blind, married, French-speaking Afro-pop couple around," have announced they will play headlining shows in both Toronto on June 4 and in Montreal on June 5, guaranteed to cure any early summertime blues.
The dates will be in support of Amadou and Mariam's latest full-length, Welcome to Mali, which included a pile of celeb guests such as Blur's Damon Albarn, K'naan and Keziah Jones. The tour stops also come as a way to finally experience Amadou's guitar hero antics live and in the flesh, which are apparently quite the sight.
Here are all the band's upcoming dates, which start with a European tour before they head on over to North America:
2/18 Brussels, Belgium - Ancienne Belgique
2/19 Berlin, Germany - Kesselhaus
2/20 Munich, Germany - Muffathalle
2/21 Lausanne, Switzerland - Les Docks
2/24 Brighton, England - Concorde 2
2/25 London, England - Pure Groove (free in-store)
2/25 London, England - KOKO
2/26 Bristol, England - Bristol Academy
2/28 Edinburgh, Scotland - Picturehouse
3/1 Dublin, Ireland - Vicar Street
3/19 Montpellier, France - Rockstore
3/20 Toulouse, France - Bikini
3/21 Lyon, France - Transbordeur
3/24 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso
3/25 Luxembourg, Luxembourg - Den Atelier
3/26 Lille, France - Aeronef
3/28 Amiens, France - Jazz a Amiens
6/2 Chicago, IL - Park West
6/4 Toronto, ON - Phoenix Concert Theatre
6/5 Montreal, QC - Metropolis
6/6 Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club
6/8 New York, NY - Webster Hall
6/10 Alexandria, VA - Birchmere
7/10 Ridgefield, WA - The Amphitheater at Clark County *
7/11 George, WA - The Gorge Amphitheatre *
7/13 Mountain View, CA - Shoreline Amphiteatre *
7/16 Chula Vista, CA - Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre *
7/18 Carson, CA - Home Depot Center *
7/21 Dallas, TX - Superpages.com Center *
7/22 The Woodlands, TX - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion *
7/24 Maryland Heights, MO - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater *
* with Coldplay
The dates will be in support of Amadou and Mariam's latest full-length, Welcome to Mali, which included a pile of celeb guests such as Blur's Damon Albarn, K'naan and Keziah Jones. The tour stops also come as a way to finally experience Amadou's guitar hero antics live and in the flesh, which are apparently quite the sight.
Here are all the band's upcoming dates, which start with a European tour before they head on over to North America:
2/18 Brussels, Belgium - Ancienne Belgique
2/19 Berlin, Germany - Kesselhaus
2/20 Munich, Germany - Muffathalle
2/21 Lausanne, Switzerland - Les Docks
2/24 Brighton, England - Concorde 2
2/25 London, England - Pure Groove (free in-store)
2/25 London, England - KOKO
2/26 Bristol, England - Bristol Academy
2/28 Edinburgh, Scotland - Picturehouse
3/1 Dublin, Ireland - Vicar Street
3/19 Montpellier, France - Rockstore
3/20 Toulouse, France - Bikini
3/21 Lyon, France - Transbordeur
3/24 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso
3/25 Luxembourg, Luxembourg - Den Atelier
3/26 Lille, France - Aeronef
3/28 Amiens, France - Jazz a Amiens
6/2 Chicago, IL - Park West
6/4 Toronto, ON - Phoenix Concert Theatre
6/5 Montreal, QC - Metropolis
6/6 Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club
6/8 New York, NY - Webster Hall
6/10 Alexandria, VA - Birchmere
7/10 Ridgefield, WA - The Amphitheater at Clark County *
7/11 George, WA - The Gorge Amphitheatre *
7/13 Mountain View, CA - Shoreline Amphiteatre *
7/16 Chula Vista, CA - Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre *
7/18 Carson, CA - Home Depot Center *
7/21 Dallas, TX - Superpages.com Center *
7/22 The Woodlands, TX - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion *
7/24 Maryland Heights, MO - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater *
* with Coldplay
