AIR headline prestigious show at London’s Round House
Internationally revered French electronic pop duo AIR (Jean-Benoit Dunckel and Nicolas Godin) confirm details of their European Tour. It will culminate with a prestigious headline show at London’s Roundhouse on February 24th 2010. The performance will be their first on these shores following the recent release of their fifth studio album ‘Love 2’ that is being heralded as the duo’s best since the landmark album ‘Moon Safari.’
Tickets for the show – their first in London since 2007 – go on sale from the usual agents at 9am on October 9th at a price of £24.
Nestled in the leafy backstreets of northern Paris, AIR’s own studio Atlas provided a creative haven for the band to produce the twelve new songs that feature on ‘Love 2’. Writing and producing entirely by themselves, they have cemented their association with LA-based drummer/percussionist Joey Waronker (Beck, Smashing Pumpkins, R.E.M.), who had previously joined them for their intimate, three-man “Close Up” tour of south-east Asia in the autumn of 2008. Stéphane “Alf” Briat, a long-time fixture of the Paris music scene, whose work with AIR dates back to some of their earliest material, also came on board for the mixing process at Atlas.
AIR are due to embark upon their European tour in the new Year:
JANUARY
Fri 8 – NANTES – France (Le Lieu Unique)
Sat 9 – SAINT LO – France (Le Normandy)
Mon 11 – PARIS – France (Casino de Paris)
Tue 12 – PARIS – France (Casino de Paris)
Sat 16 – LISBON – Portugal (Lisbon Coliseum)
Sun 17 – MADRID – Spain (La Riviera)
Tue 19 – MURCIA – Spain (Auditorium)
Thur 21 – MILAN – Italy (MaggazziniGenerali)
Fri 22 – BOLOGNA – Italy (Estragon Club)
Sat 23 – ROMA – Italy (Auditorium)
Mon 25 – STUTTGART – Germany (Theater Haus)
Tue 26 – LEIPZIG – Germany (HausAuensee)
Wed 27 – BERLIN – Germany (Huxleys)
Fri 29 – COLOGNE – Germany (Palladium)
Sat 30 – MUNICH – Germany (Tonhalle)
FEBRUARY
Mon 1 – MAINZ – Germany (Phoenixhalle)
Wed 3 – ZURICH – Switzerland (Volkshaus)
Thur 4 – STRASBOURG – France (La Laiterie)
Fri 5 – BRUSSELS – Belgium (AncienneBelgique)
Sat 6 – AMSTERDAM – Netherlands (Paradiso)
Mon 8 – Luxembourg – Lux. (Den Atelier)
Wed 10 – Belgrade – Serbia (Arena Beograd)
Thur 11 – Bucharest – Roumania (Palatului / Polyvalent Hall / RomexpoPavillion 18)
Wed 24 – DUBLIN – Ireland
Thur 25 – DUBLIN – Ireland
Fri 26 – LONDON – England (Roundhouse)
