New York (Top40 Charts/ Warner Bros. Records) - Beloved Canadian pop-rock icons Tegan and Sara have announced that they will launch their first extensive tour of the U.S. in nearly two years in February 2010. The tour kicks off February 12th in Northampton, MA, and criss-crosses the country before finishing up on April 6th in Salt Lake City, UT. The ticket pre-sale begins this Wednesday, October 14th, at 10 a.m. The password for all pre-sales is 'Sainthood.' Tickets will go on sale to the public on Friday, October 16th, at 10 a.m.
Twin sisters Tegan and Sara Quin are hitting the road in support of their eagerly awaited sixth studio album SAINTHOOD, which is due from Sire/Vapor Records on October 27th. SAINTHOOD was produced by Death Cab for Cutie's Chris Walla (who also produced 2007's critically applauded THE CON) and Howard Redekopp (who produced 2004's groundbreaking effort SO JEALOUS) and mixed by Grammy Award winner Dave Sardy (Oasis, Primal Scream, Marilyn Manson). Tegan and Sara began recording SAINTHOOD in May at the legendary Sound City Studios in Van Nuys, CA, where Tom Petty, Nirvana, and Fleetwood Mac have all recorded. They finished laying down tracks at Seattle's Two Sticks Audio, owned by Death Cab drummer Jason McGerr.
'Hell,' the first digital single from SAINTHOOD, is now available for purchase from all digital service providers and is currently streaming live on the band's website www.teganandsara.com. It is the band's first new song released to fans since July 2007. Fans who pre-order SAINTHOOD on iTunes will receive the track as a free digital download. An iTunes exclusive deluxe version of the album will feature two bonus tracks: 'Wrists' and 'Light Up.'
As previously mentioned, a triumvirate of books entitled ON, IN, AT, will be released in conjunction with the release of SAINTHOOD. The three-book set, which chronicles different time periods from the past year in the lives of Tegan and Sara, will be available through teganandsara.com. These books are a Must Have item for fans and have been beautifully photographed, annotated and packaged. Check the site for additional details.
To celebrate the release of SAINTHOOD, Tegan and Sara will perform four very special shows: October 25th and 26th at Los Angeles' Orpheum Theater, and October 30th and 31st at New York City's Town Hall. The band will also appear on NBC's The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien on November 2nd.
Tegan and Sara's 2010 U.S. tour dates are as follows:
Feb 12 Northampton, MA Calvin Theatre
Feb 13 Boston, MA The Orpheum
Feb 16 Philadelphia, PA Tower Theatre (Upper Darby)
Feb 17 Washington, DC Warner Theatre
Feb 18 Richmond, VA The National
Feb 20 Tampa, FL Tampa Theatre
Feb 21 Miami, FL Sunset Cove
Feb 23 Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse
Feb 24 New Orleans, LA Tipitina's
Feb 25 Dallas, TX Palladium
Feb 26 Austin, TX Bass Concert Hall
Feb 27 Houston, TX The Warehouse
Mar 02 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues
Mar 03 San Diego, CA Copley Symphony Hall
Mar 05 San Francisco, CA Fox Theater
Mar 06 San Francisco, CA Fox Theater
Mar 24 Minneapolis, MN The Orpheum
Mar 25 Milwaukee, WI The Riverside
Mar 26 Chicago IL The Aragon
Mar 27 Detroit, MI Royal Oak Theatre
Mar 28 Cleveland, OH Lakewood Civic
Mar 30 Columbus, OH Promo West Pavilion
Apr 02 St. Louis, MO The Pageant
Apr 03 Kansas City, MO Uptown Theatre
Apr 04 Denver, CO The Ogden
Apr 06 Salt Lake City, UT In The Venue
For info, tour dates, merch, personal blogs and much more, visit: www.teganandsara.com
