Two heavyweights of dark electronic music are teaming up for a North American tour later this year: EBM/future-pop leaders VNV Nation and industrial pioneers Skinny Puppy.
The just-announced Alliance of Sound tour, which also features German electronic music veterans Haujobb and Los Angeles industrial duo Youth Code, comes to Boston’s House of Blues on November 30.
Here’s the presser: “In an effort to unite instead of isolate, The Alliance of Sound plans on bringing the different flavors of electronic music together for an unforgettable tour. For perhaps the first time in the history of electronic music, two of the biggest and most disparate names in electronic-based music – SKINNY PUPPY and VNV NATION, are banding together for a 17-date tour of North America, with support from HAUJOBB and YOUTH CODE. Kicking off at the end of November at Toronto’s Sound Academy, the tour will circle the continent, and wrap up at Pomona, CA’s Fox Theater in December”.
Both VNV Nation (Transnational) and Skinny Puppy (Weapon) released new records in 2013, and both were responsible for some of our favorite live shows of 2014: VNV at Royale in May, and Skinny Puppy, also at the Tremont Street nightclub, in February. Watch video of those performances below.
All full dates are below; tickets are likely to go on sale this week or next. We’ll update our info when we get specifics. UPDATE 4:26 p.m.: Tickets go on sale at noon this Friday, July 25, through Ticketmaster.
THE ALLIANCE OF SOUND TOUR
WITH VNV NATION, SKINNY PUPPY, HAUJOBB AND YOUTH CODE28 Nov 14 Canada Toronto, ON – The Sound Academy
29 Nov 14 Canada Montreal, QC – Metropolis
30 Nov 14 USA Boston, MA – House of Blues
02 Dec 14 USA New York, NY – Best Buy Theater
03 Dec 14 USA Philadelphia, PA – Trocadero Theatre
05 Dec 14 USA Tampa, FL – Jannus Landing
06 Dec 14 USA Atlanta, GA – Buckhead Theatre
08 Dec 14 USA St. Louis, MO – The Pageant
09 Dec 14 USA Chicago, IL – The Vic Theatre
10 Dec 14 USA Minneapolis, MN – Mill City Nights
12 Dec 14 USA Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre
13 Dec 14 USA Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex
15 Dec 14 USA Seattle, WA – Showbox SODO
16 Dec 14 Canada Vancouver, BC – Queen Elizabeth Theatre
17 Dec 14 USA Portland, OR – Roseland Theater
19 Dec 14 USA San Francisco, CA – The Regency Ballroom
20 Dec 14 USA Pomona, CA – The Fox Theater Pomona
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