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Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Global “Blitz”
The band, lead by singer Karen O, all but stole the show during recent appearances on “Late Show with David Letterman” and “Saturday Night Live” and walked away from their Coachella set hotter than ever.
The dance-punk trio is in the midst of a European tour, with upcoming stops in The Netherlands, France, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Sweden and Israel.
Now the band has announced dates for a spring U.S. trek. The run is book-ended by a pair of festival stops – May 23 at Sasquatch Festival in Quincy, Wash., and June 12 at Bonnaroo in Manchester, Tenn.
In between, O and bandmates Brian Chase and Nick Zinner will hit Midwest clubs in Chicago; Detroit; Columbus, Ohio; Minneapolis; Milwaukee; St. Louis and Kansas City, Mo., plus a radio show, Live 105 BFD, June 6 at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountainview, Calif.
Following Bonnaroo, it’s back to Europe for the summer festival circuit, beginning June 26 with Open Air St. Gallen in Switzerland and wrapping August 30 at Reading Festival in the U.K.
To get you warmed up for Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ tour, here’s a clip of the band performing the lead single from It’s Blitz, “Zero,” on Letterman.