Those who caught the first leg of the Kings of Leon’s fall tour may be familiar with the Swedish quintet, The Sounds. After opening for some of the biggest names in rock n’ roll right now, the Swedes are ready to release their new album, Crossing The Rubicon, come June 2nd. The album will be their third full length effort and is in response to 2006’s Dying To Say This To You, which landed itself at #1 on the U.S. Billboard Heatseeker chart and #6 on Sweden’s Top 60.
In support of the release, the band will essentially spend the entire summer on the road, kicking off in late April with a short headlining tour before the band joins up with No Doubt in mid-May. What follows is three-months of non-stop touring, consisting of both opening stints for No Doubt, and with a few headlining appearance.
Since the band’s inception in 1999, The Sounds have released nine singles in Sweden, five of which managed to chart and five here in the U.S. that didn’t manage to make the charts. However, based on the aforementioned plans, let’s just say, don’t be surprised band’s latest cut, “No One Sleeps When I’m Awake”, can be heard on a radio station near you very soon.
The Sounds 2009 Tour Dates:
04/27 – Boston, MA @ TT The Bears
04/28 – Toronto, ON @ The Mod Club
04/29 – Montreal, QC @ Club Soda
05/01 – Portland, ME @ Port City Music Hall
05/02 – West Chester, PA @ The Note
05/03 – E. Rutherford, NJ @ The Bamboozle
05/05 – Cleveland, OH @ The Grog Shop
05/06 – Detroit, MI @ St. Andrew’s Hall
05/07 – Chicago, IL @ Double Door
05/08 – Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity Theatre
05/09 – Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave
05/11 – Des Moines, IA @ People’s Court
05/12 – Lawrence, KS @ Bottleneck
05/13 – Columbia, MO @ The Blue Note
05/14 – Tulsa, OK @ Marquee
05/16 – Las Vegas, NV @ Mandalay Bay (Tiger Jam XII) *
05/19 – Fresno, CA @ Save Mart Center *
05/20 – Bakersfield, CA @ Rabobank Arena *
05/23 – Phoenix, AZ @ Cricket Wireless Arena *
05/25 – Salt Lake City, UT @ E Center *
05/26 – Colorado Springs, CO @ The Black Sheep
05/27 – Denver, CO @ Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre *
05/28 – Albuquerque, NM @ Journal Pavilion *
05/29 – El Paso, TX @ Take II
05/30 – Dallas, TX @ Superpages.com Center *
05/31 – Spring, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion *
06/02 – Tampa, FL @ Ford Amphitheatre *
06/03 – West Palm Beach, FL @ Cruzan Amphitheatre *
06/04 – Orlando, FL @ Club Firestone
06/05 – Atlanta, GA @ Lakewood Amphitheatre *
06/06 – Charlotte, NC @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre *
06/08 – Raleigh, NC @ Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion *
06/10 – Virginia Beach, VA @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre *
06/11 – Camden, NJ @ Susquehanna Bank Center *
06/13 – Burgettstown, PA @ Post-Gazette Pavilion *
06/14 – Bristow, VA @ Nissan Pavilion *
07/19 – Auburn, WA @ White River Amphitheatre *
07/21 – Concord, CA @ Sleep Train Pavilion *
07/22 – Los Angeles, CA @ Gibson Amphitheatre *
07/24 – Wheatland, CA @ Sleep Train Pavilion *
07/25 – Mountain View, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre *
07/27 – Universal City, CA @ Gibson Amphitheatre *
07/28 – Universal City, CA @ Gibson Amphitheatre *
07/31 – Irvine, CA @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre *
08/01 – Irvine, CA @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre *
08/02 – Irvine, CA @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre *
08/04 – Irvine, CA @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre *
* = w/ No Doubt