Wire Tour Begins Tomorrow

Support from improvisation collective Xaviers; dates below

Long-time Quietus favourites Wire are embarking on a lengthy tour tomorrow, in support of this year’s Change Becomes Us album, one of our favourites of the year so far.

In support for the UK dates (barring Festival No. 6) will be London experimental improvisation three-piece Xaviers, comprising Yuki Tsujii and Akihide ‘Mon-Chan’ Mona of Bo Ningen and visual artist and synth player Kenichi Iwasa. The group will be putting out their very first recordings during the tour, taping each set and making it available for free download for one day following – stay tuned for further details.

Have a look at the dates below and head to Wire’s website to get hold of tickets:

SEPTEMBER

Thu 12 – XFM Exposure @ Camden Barfly, London

Sat 14 – Musician, Leicester

Sun 15 – Festival No. 6, Portmeirion

Tue 17 – King Tuts Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow

Wed 18 – The Cluny, Newcastle

Thu 19 – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds

Fri 20 – Arts Centre, Norwich

Sat 21 – Amerikaans Theatre, Brussels, Belgium

Mon 23 – Komedia, Brighton

Tue 24 – Civic Hall, Wolverhampton

Wed 25 – The Fleece, Bristol

Thu 26 – Gorilla, Manchester

Fri 27 – Workingman’s Club, Dublin

OCTOBER

Sat 5 – Trabendo, Paris, France

Sun 6 – Luxor, Koln, Germany

Mon 7 – Knust, Hamburg, Germany

Tue 8 – Postbahnhof, Berlin, Germany

Wed 9 – Beatpol, Dresden, Germany

Thu 10 – WuK, Vienna, Austria

Sat 12 – Palace, St Gallen, Switzerland

Sun 13 – Bad Bonn, Dudingen, Switzerland

Mon 14 – Universum, Stuttgart, Germany

Tue 15 – Kleine Freiheit, Osnabruck, Germany

Wed 16 – Tivoli, Utrecht, Netherlands

Wed 30 – Babylon Club, Istanbul, Turkey

NOVEMBER

Sat 2 – Barby, Tel Aviv, Israel

Thu 7 – Tavastia, Helsinki, Finland

Sat 9 – Wroclaw Industrial Festival, Wroclaw, Poland

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