Caroline Polachek Announces 2023 North American Tour, Shares 'Welcome to My Island' Video

The Spiraling Tour will feature support from Alex G, Sudan Archives, Ethel Cain and more

Photo: Aidan Zamiri

BY Kaelen BellPublished Dec 12, 2022

Last week, Caroline Polachek announced her fourth solo album — and second under her own name — Desire, I Want to Turn Into You, and today she's shared the new video for album opener "Welcome to My Island" and announced the Spiraling Tour, which will see her hit up Toronto and Vancouver in 2023. 

The Spiraling Tour will feature a whole bunch of rad openers, with Alex G, Sudan Archives, Magdalena Bay, Ethel Cain, George Clanton and Toro Y Moi coming along for the ride at various stops. George Clanton will open for Polachek's April 17 show in Toronto, while Sudan Archives will open in Vancouver on May 8. 

The video for "Welcome to My Island" is as strange and theatrical as one can expect from a Polachek video, featuring the avant pop star batting off giant sperm, running through construction sites, puking paint and ordering a cup of coffee from Weyes Blood

Check out the video, plus her upcoming 2023 tour dates, below. Desire, I Want to Turn Into You arrives February 14. 


Caroline Polachek 2023 Tour Dates:

04/14 Philadelphia, PA - Franklin Music Hall *
04/15 Boston, MA - Roadrunner *
04/17 Toronto, ON - Queen Elizabeth Theatre *
04/18 Detroit, MI - Royal Oak Music Theatre *
04/19 Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall *
04/21 Atlanta, GA - The Eastern *
04/22 Athens, GA - Georgia Theatre *
04/24 Houston, TX - White Oak Music Hall @ 
04/25 Austin, TX - ACL Live at the Moody Theater *
04/26 Dallas, TX - The Factory in Deep Ellum @ 
04/28 Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theatre %
04/29 Los Angeles, CA - Shrine Auditorium %
05/01 San Francisco, CA - The Warfield $
05/04 Seattle, WA - Showbox SoDo %
05/08 Vancouver, BC - The Orpheum %
05/09 Portland, OR - McMenamins Crystal Ballroom %
05/13 Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Block Party
05/14 Denver, CO - Mission Ballroom ^
05/16 Chicago, IL - Riviera Theatre #
05/17 Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium #
05/19 Washington D.C. - The Anthem #
05/20 New York, NY - Radio City Music Hall #

* with George Clanton
@ with Toro Y Moi
# with Ethel Cain
^ with Alex G
% with Sudan Archives
$ with Magdalena Bay 

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