Memphis Take New Album on Canada/U.S. Tour

BY Alex HudsonPublished Mar 2, 2011

Next Tuesday (March 8), prolific Stars frontman Torquil Campbell will release the new album Here Comes a City with his side-project Memphis. Once the record is out, Campbell and collaborator Chris Dumont will hit the road for a tour that will focus on the northeast part of North America.

The 11-date schedule features six Canadian shows, all in Ontario and Montreal. This includes an appearance at Canadian Music Week on March 10 at Toronto's Horseshoe Tavern. Then, a month later, the tour will begin in earnest, with a string of dates in April. See the itinerary below.

To get exited for the tour, you can head to Arts & Craft's website for a free download of the new single "I Want the Lights on After Dark." And stay tuned for a full album stream of Here Comes a City on Exclaim.ca beginning Monday (March 7).

Tour dates:

3/10 Toronto, ON - Horseshoe Tavern
4/06 Ottawa, ON - Ritual
4/07 Montreal, QC - Il Motore
4/08 Kingston, ON - Grad Club
4/09 Hamilton, ON - Casbah
4/10 Waterloo, ON - Starlight
4/12 Cambridge, MA - TT the Bear's ^
4/13 Brooklyn, NY - Rock Shop ^
4/14 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge ^
4/15 Philadelphia, PA - The Fire ^
4/16 Washington, DC - DC9 ^

^ with the Barr Brothers

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