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Tune-Yards - Latest tUnE-yArDs Shows, David Byrne's 'Contemporary Color'
Tune-Yards : Latest tUnE-yArDs Shows, David Byrne's 'Contemporary Color'
3rd June 2015

With Tune-Yards set to hit the UK this weekend for a short run of dates including London's Field Day festival, Merrill Garbus has confirmed a further string of US shows for the summer.

The last chance to see Merrill et al touring 2014's Nikki Nack, this week sees the end of the group's European tour with performances in Germany and the UK, whilst a number of final Northeast dates have been announced for early August.  All tour dates are below, including additional festival updates.  Merrill will also be performing a new composition with the Emanon Winter Guard for David Byrne's Contemporary Color in Toronto and Brooklyn later this month.  All details here.

As part of their 50th anniversary special, Huck featured tUnE-yArDs; you can read the fascinating interview here.  Merrill recently spoke to Song Exploder to discuss the roots and creation of the single 'Water Fountain', which you can hear here.  'The Water Fountain', the charity set up by tUnE-yArDs, have also been able to gift a total of $72,500 to three organisations, thanks to kind support.  Read about the featured work of Community Water Center here.

June
3rd - Lido, Berlin, Germany
5th - The Waterfront, Norwich, UK
6th - Field Day, London, UK
7th - Motion, Bristol, UK

July
9th - Halifax Jazz Festival, Halifax NS, Canada
11th - Green River Festival, Greenfield MA, US
12th - Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles CA, US* 
15th - Red Rocks Ampitheatre, Morrison CO, US*
16th - Twilight Concert Series, Salt Lake City UT, US*
19th - Stern Grove Festival, San Francisco CA, US - FREE SHOW
31st - 2nd August - Pickathon, Happy Valley OR, US

August
4th - Columbus Theatre, Providence RI, US^
5th - Port City Music Hall, Portland ME, US^
6th - Higher Ground Ballroom, Burlington VT, US^
8th - Celebrate Brooklyn! at Prospect Park Bandshell, Brooklyn NY, US - FREE SHOW
9th - The Surf Lodge, Montauk NY, US
14th-15th - Gentlemen of the Road Stopover, Walla Walla WA, US
14th-16th - Summer Set Festival, Somerset WI, US
21st-22nd - Gentlemen of the Road Stopover, Salida CO, US

September
5th-6th - Utopia Fest, Utopia TX, US
17th-20th - Symbiosis Gathering, Oakdale CA, US
23rd-27th - The Pygmalion Festival, Urbana-Champaign IL, US
23rd - Blue Hills Bank Pavilion, Boston MA, US"
25th-27th - Midpoint Music Hall, Cincinnati OH, US 

* - w/ Death Cab For Cutie
^ - w/ White Hinterland
" - The Decemberists