Saint Etienne Returns To The Road

After five years away from the U.S., the alternative dance band Saint Etienne is headed to a stage near you on a tour to promote tunes off tunes latest album.

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A press photo for Saint Etienne

North American fans can catch the English alternative/synthpop band for a few weeks in the fall, starting with Sept. 24 in Boston. The schedule mostly sticks to the coasts, with one stop in Chicago. The closer is in Los Angeles on Oct. 6.

Before the NA run the trio is playing headline shows and festivals in the U.K. and Primavera Sound in Barcelona, Spain, May 31.

The new album, titled Home Counties, is available for pre-order now and comes out June 2. A new single off that project, titled “Magpie Eyes,” is available now.

About the track, Saint Etienne’s Pete Wiggs said, “I often find myself being so deep in thought that I’m not really listening to what my children are saying to me and I extrapolated guilty feelings over that into the story of someone who for a combination of personal ambition and commuter journey time ends up missing out on his kids growing up and not really knowing them or the ‘Herberts’ they might be hanging out with.”

Saint Etienne is still Pete Wiggs, Bob Stanley and Sarah Cracknell.

Here is the full plan:

May 26 – Hebden Bridge, England, Trades Club
May 27 – Oxford, England, South Park (Common People)
May 31 – Barcelona, Spain, Various Venues (Primavera Sound)
June 2 – London, England, Royal Festival Hall
June 3 – Cardiff, Wales, Tramshed
June 4 – Birmingham, England, Town Hall
June 6 – Bexhill-on-Sea, England, De La Warr Pavilion
June 8 – Gateshead, England, Sage Gateshead
June 9 – Edinburgh, Scotland, The Queens Hall
June 10 – Sheffield, England, Embassy Ballroom
June 11 – Manchester, England, Royal Northern College Of Music
July 28 – Cornwall, England, Port Eliot Festival Grounds (Port Eliot Festival)
Aug. 20 – Brecon, Wales, Brecon Beacons National Park (The Green Man Festival)
Sep. 24 – Somerville, Mass., Once Ballroom
Sep. 25 – New York, N.Y., The Bowery Ballroom
Sep. 26 – Brooklyn, N.Y., Music Hall Of Williamsburg
Sep. 27 – Washington, D.C., U Street Music Hall
Sep. 29 – Chicago, Ill., Park West
Oct. 2 – Seattle, Wash., Moore Theatre
Oct. 4 – San Francisco, Calif., The Fillmore
Oct. 5 – Pomona, Calif., The Glass House Concert Hall
Oct. 6 – Los Angeles, Calif., The Fonda Theatre

Tickets to select dates are on sale now. Learn more about the band at SaintEtienne.com.