I don’t have the data at my fingertips. It’s possible that we’ve written about some other band more than we’ve written about Iceland’s Sólstafir over the years — but I’d be surprised if that were true. And so it’s a foregone conclusion that I’m posting the following announcement of the band’s first “North American” tour, even though some literary license has been taken with the term “North American”:
Icelandic rock heathens Sólstafir have announced a string of North American tour dates. The band’s first-ever North American trek starts on May 15 in Brooklyn, NY and will continue through the band’s stop at this year’s Maryland Deathfest on May 23. Support on these dates comes from JUNIUS. A full list of confirmed tour dates can be found below.
SOLSTAFIR North American tour dates
5/15 Toronto, ON @ Hard Luck
5/16 Brooklyn, NY @ Saint Vitus Bar
5/17 Philadelphia PA @ Underground Arts
5/18 Boston, MA @ Middle East
5/19 Springfield, VA @ Empire
5/23 Baltimore, MD @ Maryland Deathfest
Normally, upon seeing news that a band I care about is limiting their appearances to portions of the Atlantic coastal states, I would be quietly weeping or unquietly raging. But since I do plan to make it to MDF for the first time this year, I’m doing neither.
Those of you in the vicinity of these select cities, start making your plans. As for you Canadian and US fans to the West and South of this pocket of fortunate locales, just hope that all these shows go so damned well that the band will come back for something more geographically expansive in the near future.
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Oh man, Solstafir AND Junius? I would love to see that pairing.
Damn..Id originally heard that SubRosa was the opener for this tour. That may have been worth the trip down to Springfield…Junius, not so much
you’re going to MDF?? you lucky bastard 🙂
You know, I say that because I bought the tickets for the first time, but I really won’t know until the week it starts because I have no ability to predict when my day job will screw up my plans. I’m just keeping my fingers crossed.
i’ll cross my fingers for you, too 🙂
i would sacrifice a goat but my good knife is in the dishwasher.
Cleanliness is next to godliness.
*goatliness
GODDAMMIT!!!!!!
About all my mind can come up with right now.
They call it a North American tour, but it might as well just be a US tour. Fuck Toronto and their Holier Than Thou Eh attitude! Why do so many bands tour just a small portion of the east coast and call that a “North American tour”?!