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Psychedelic post-Britpop band, Kula Shaker, have added a handful of new headline shows ti their North American tour schedule. This comes in addition to their dates supporting The Dandy Warhols, kicking off in Chicago, IL on Sept. 16th at Metro and working their way east to NYC’s Irving Plaza on September 22nd. Following this, both bands shoot off to Texas for a round of dates on the Western side of the country. Find out more below.
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“We’re not embarrassed to admit we still regard America as the Holy Land of Rock and Roll,” says guitarist/vocalist Crispian Mills about their respect for North America. “It’s a hopelessly romantic and rather old-fashioned view of the colonies, y’know, but, dash it all, we limeys just can’t give it up!”
“We can’t wait,” Mills says excitedly. “We’ve always dug the Dandy Warhols’ tunes and their stonesy vibe, not to mention their work with the Velvets and their defining contribution to Pop Art. It’s going to be a blast travelling around with them!”
Tour dates:
* Signifies dates with The Dandy Warhols
Sept. 16 Chicago, IL Metro
Sept. 18 Toronto, ON Mod Club
Sept. 19 Montreal, QC Le Studio TD
Sept. 21 Boston, MA Brighton Music Hall
Sept. 22 New York, NY Irving Plaza
Sept. 22 Salt Lake City, UT Metro Music Hall
Sept. 23 Fort Collins, CO Washington’s Foco
Sept. 25 * Dallas, TX Longhorn Ballroom
Sept. 26 * Austin, TX / Levitation 2025 Mohawk
Sept. 27 * Houston, TX The Heights Theater
Sept. 29 * Santa Fe, NM The Bridge
Sept. 30 * Phoenix, AZ Marquee
Oct. 2 * Santa Ana, CA Observatory OC
Oct. 3 * San Diego, CA Humphrey’s
Oct. 4 * Pioneertown, CA Pappy & Harriet’s
Oct. 6 * Los Angeles, CA Bellwether
Oct. 8 * San Francisco, CA Regency Ballroom
Combining their shimmery brand of shoegazey textures with an intoxicatingly expansive light show, Kula Shaker’s live performances border on an immersive, trippy environment that meshes the visual and aural worlds into one kaleidoscopic event. “We’re also pairing up with our friend Lance Gordon, AKA the Mad Alchemist, based in San Francisco,” explains Mills excitedly. “He does the world’s best mind-melting liquid lightshow, so it’s going to be a real psychedelic bunfight with all manner of mischief!”
Hot off the road in the U.K. with Ocean Colour Scene, Kula Shaker has been teasing new music. Having released a new single “Charge of the Light Brigade” this past Spring, the psycherock maestros are jazzed for a whole new chapter in their musical biography.
“We tend to offer an assortment of live goodies,” he hints at the setlist. “Songs like ‘Govinda,’ ‘Tattva,’ and ‘Hush’ are always a joy because they never get tired. They just run and run, like good German motor cars. Must be some kind of enchantment. Whether old or new, the songs have to stand up and be counted. We have a brand new one called ‘My Lucky Number’ that tallies well in this context.”
With their seventh and latest album Natural Magick (2024) released across the world and topping the Independent Album Charts in the UK, and having completed successful tours of North America, Asia, the UK and Europe last year, Kula Shaker are well and truly back in the saddle, galloping at speed, in a startling return to form.
Named after a ninth-century mystic, Kula Shaker first carried their freak flag of spiritual sonics to the top during the heady days of Britpop, first with their debut hit “Grateful When You’re Dead” / “Jerry Was There,” followed by top five songs like “Hush” and “Tattva” (a pop song written in Sanskrit) before releasing the legendary “Govinda.” The band became UK album chart-toppers with 1996’s imperious multi-platinum selling debut album K and the follow-up Peasants Pigs & Astronauts saw them push the creative envelope further, prior to their premature dissolution.
Having formed their own label Strangefolk in 2007, Kula Shaker have slowly but surely returned to their sonic summit, with a prolific surge of writing, which began in 2023 with 1st Congregational Church Of Eternal Love And Free Hugs, followed by their acclaimed Natural Magick in 2024. 25 years on from the debut album K, Kula Shaker have proved they are still one of the most exciting and ecstatic bands around, an unstoppable tour de force, with kinetic energy coursing through every second of their “electric” live shows.
“Well, we’re going to be spending much more time playing in North America, whilst writing and recording what will be, hopefully some of our best albums to date,” Mills replies, enthusiastic for what’s in store.
Kula Shaker is:
Crispian Mills – Guitar/vocals
Jay Darlington – Hammond organ
Alonza Bevan – Bass
Paul Winter-Hart – Drums
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