Young The Giant Announces Summer Tour

Young The Giant’s “Home of the Strange Tour” continues with a leg of North American headline dates that begins in early August.

John Davisson – Young The Giant
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The tour is named after the band’s third studio album, which was released last August. Home Of The Strange hit No. 1 on the iTunes Stores’s “Top Alternative Albums” chart and No. 3 on the overall “Top Albums” chart. 

The ongoing winter leg of the trek runs through March 10. After that the rock band is headed to a number of festivals including Corona Anagrama Festival in Guadalajara, Mexico, and The Hangout Beach, Music & Arts Fest in Gulf Shores, Ala.

The new run of headline gigs launches Aug. 2 in Louisville, Ky. Check out the routing below, featuring special guest Cold War Kids.

Aug. 2 – Louisville, Ky., The Louisville Palace Theatre
Aug. 5 – Kansas City, Mo., Starlight Theatre
Aug. 11 – Seattle, Wash., WaMu Theater
Aug. 12 – Vancouver, British Columbia, Stanley Park (Seawheeze Sunset Festival)
Aug. 15 – Morrison, Colo., Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Aug. 17 – Albuquerque, N.M., Villa Hispana @ Expo New Mexico
Aug. 19 – Reno, Nev., Grand Sierra Resort Theatre
Aug. 20 – Eugene, Ore., Cuthbert Amphitheater
Aug. 24 – San Diego, Calif., Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre
Aug. 25 – Santa Barbara, Calif., Santa Barbara Bowl
Sept. 13 – New York, N.Y., Rumsey Playfield / Central Park (Summerstage)
Sept. 14 – Boston, Mass., Blue Hills Bank Pavilion
Sept. 15 – Philadelphia, Pa., Festival Pier
Sept. 16 – Columbia, Md., Merriweather Post Pavilion
Sept. 18 – Las Vegas, Nev., Pearl Concert Theater
Sept. 19 – Charlottesville, Va., Sprint Pavilion
Sept. 26 – Birmingham, Ala., Concert Hall At The BJCC
Sept. 28 – Oklahoma City, Okla., The Criterion

A fan presale starts Feb. 21. Click here to sign up for a presale code.

Tickets go on sale to the general public Feb. 24. Visit YoungTheGiant.com for more information.