The Hives have booked some new North American dates for this fall.
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The Hives, who are currently gearing up for a nationwide arena tour in support of P!nk next month, have just announced the addition of six headline dates throughout the tour. The intimate performances coincide with the 20th anniversary of the band’s formation as teenagers, and will stop in San Diego, Anaheim, Austin, Indianapolis, Cleveland and culminating with an intimate performance in New York City at Irving Plaza. The Hives will kick things off on February 13 in Phoenix, AZ with P!nk, see below for details.
The band is currently in the midst of a world tour in support of their widely-acclaimed new album Lex Hives that has included show-stopping sets at Coachella, Reading & Leeds and Jay-Z’s Made in America festival, as well as appearances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Conan, Last Call with Carson Daly and more.
THE HIVES NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATESFebruary 13 - Phoenix, AZ @ U.S. Airways Center (Tickets)
*February 14 - San Diego, CA @ Belly Up Tavern (Tickets)
February 15 - Las Vegas, NV @ Mandalay Bay Events Center (Tickets)
February 16 - Los Angeles, CA @ STAPLES Center (Tickets)
*February 17 - Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues (Tickets)
February 18 - San Jose, CA @ HP Pavilion at San Jose (Tickets)
*February 20 - Austin, TX @ Emo’s East (Tickets)
February 21 - Houston, TX @ Toyota Center (Tickets)
February 22 - Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center (Tickets)
February 24 - Orlando, FL @ Amway Center (Tickets)
February 25 - Fort Lauderdale, FL @ BB&T Center (Tickets)
February 27 - Tampa, FL @ Tampa Bay Times Forum (Tickets)
March 1 - Atlanta, GA @ Philips Arena (Tickets)
March 2 - Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena (Tickets)
*March 4 - Indianapolis, IN @ The Vogue Theatre (Tickets)
March 5 - Detroit, MI @ The Palace of Auburn Hills (Tickets)
March 6 - Columbus, OH @ Schottenstein Center (Tickets)
March 8 - Louisville, KY @ KFC Yum! Center (Tickets)
March 09 - Chicago, IL @ United Center (Tickets)
*March 10 - Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues (Tickets)
March 11 - Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre (Tickets)
March 12 - Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre (Tickets)
March 14 - Washington DC @ Verizon Center (Tickets)
March 22 - New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden (Tickets)
March 23 - E. Rutherford, NJ @ Izod Center (Tickets)
*March 24 - New York, @ Irving Plaza (Tickets)
March 25 - Uniondale, NY @ Nassau Coliseum (Tickets)
March 27 - Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena (Tickets)
March 28 - Boston, MA @ TD Garden (Tickets)
* = Headline Show
The Hives are ready for their close up with the release of their new video for “Wait A Minute,” which recently premiered on MTV. MTV’s own Buzzworthy Blog remarked “with squirmy close-ups on Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist’s cartoon eyes and mesmerizing jaw, ‘Wait A Minute’ is anything but zen; it’s a taught, nervy, post-punk track that stays true to the Swedish group’s garage origins.”
Directed by Travis Schneider, the video was filmed in a Chicago hotel room using only some leather, an iron, a floor lamp, frozen yogurt, and the sweltering Chicago sun. “Wait A Minute” is the second single from The Hives lauded new album Lex Hives, which was released earlier this summer on the band’s own Disques Hives.
Feel free to post & share the new "Wait A Minute" video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vz8raXtWlg&hd=1
The Hives will return to the U.S. next month for a West Coast run, kicking off September 2 at the Made In America festival in Philadelphia with stops in Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles, Oakland, Las Vegas, and more. The tour will include appearances on CONAN on September 12 and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on October 5.
The September dates are the latest on the band’s world tour, which included a stop this past weekend at Reading & Leeds Festival, and marks their second outing in the U.S. following a widely-praised run in June. The Philadelphia Inquirer proclaimed “The Hives have been single-handedly saving rock and roll,” and the Washington Times stated, “The Hives played the audience like a fiddle.” Similarly, MTV praised their “Superhuman capacity for consistent excellency,” and SPIN anointed Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist “one of the greatest frontmen in rock.”
The band’s newest album Lex Hives is receiving worldwide praise, with NME declaring “Let it be said that Lex Hives is amazing,” and Q Magazine's 4-star review asserting “Lex Hives fizzes with the energy of a debut album, the quintet emphatically back to what they do best.” Likewise, The Independent states, “If Lex Hives has one fault, it’s that it makes you want to switch it off, go straight out and see the Hives live,” and Entertainment Weekly proclaims “The Hives have returned to remind us the Swedes do it better.”
THE HIVES TOUR DATES:
September 2 - Philadelphia, PA @ Made In America Festival
September 5 - Victoria, BC @ Club9one9 Nightclub
September 6 - Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
September 7 - Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo
September 8 - Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
September 10 - Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater
September 11 - Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory
September 13 - Las Vegas, NV @ The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
September 14 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
September 16 - Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks (93.3 KTCL Big Gig)
October 6 - Pioneertown, CA @ Pappy & Harriet’s
October 8 - San Diego, CA @ House of Blues
October 9 - Tempe, AZ @ The Marquee
October 10 - Ventura, CA @ Majestic Ventura Theater