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Sleigh Bells Ring All Summer Long
Having already filled the summer months with numerous festival appearances, noise-pop duo Sleigh Bells has nailed down a few headlining dates. Stops include Providence, Louisville, Indianapolis and Cincinnati.
Photo: Jason Moore
Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, Empire Polo Field, Indio, Calif.
Singer Alexis Krauss and guitarist Derek Miller have been supporting Sleigh Bells’ third studio album – Bitter Rivals – with lots of live appearances as well as TV performances, including “The Late Show With David Letterman,” “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon” and “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” They also stopped in at SXSW, made it to Indio, Calif., for the group’s third appearance at Coachella and traveled to Georgia for a gig at Atlanta’s CounterPoint Music & Arts Festival. Upcoming festival appearances include New York City’s Governor’s Ball in June, Denmark’s Roskilde Festival in July, and the Mad Decent Block Party in Columbia, Md., and Norfolk, Va., in August.
Here’s the entire Sleigh Bells schedule with headlining gigs marked in bold:
May 2 – Tampa, Fla., Florida State Fair (
June 7 – New York, N.Y., Randall’s Island (
June 9 – Portland, Maine, Port City Music Hall
June 10 – Providence, R.I., Fete
June 12 – Asbury Park, N.J., Stone Pony
June 13 – Louisville, Ky., Mercury Ballroom
June 14 – Indianapolis, Ind., The Vogue
June 17 – Cincinnati, Ohio, Bogart’s
June 19 – Toronto, Ontario, Various Venues (
June 21 – Dover, Del., Dover International Speedway (
July 4 – Winchester, United Kingdom, Vicarage Farm (
July 5 – Roskilde, Denmark, Roskilde Festival Grounds (
Aug. 1 – Columbia, Md., Merriweather Post Pavilion (
Aug. 2 – Norfolk, Va., Scope Plaza (
June headlining dates go on sale May 2. Click here for more information.