In support of upcoming 2xCD, 3xLP The Seer, Michael Gira's Swans have announced US and European tour dates. The new album, their second since reforming in 2010, including ample guests, notably Jarboe, Karen O, and members of Low and Akron/Family. To see tour dates, see below.
The band released the live album, We Rose with the Sun in our Heads, earlier this year.
SWANS North American Tour Dates - Xiu Xiu as support
9/6/2012 Vancouver BC Venue
9/7/2012 Seattle WA Neumo's Crystal Ball Reading Room
9/8/2012 Portland OR Hawthorne Theater
9/9/2012 9/10/2012 San Francisco CA The Regency Grand Ballroom
9/11/2012 Los Angeles CA The Music Box
9/12/2012 Phoenix AZ Crescent Ballroom
9/14/2012 Austin TX La Zona Rosa
9/15/2012 Houston TX Fitzgerald's -- Upstairs
9/16/2012 Dallas TX Trees
9/18/2012 Oklahoma City OK ACM Performance Lab
9/19/2012 Kansas City MO Beaumont Club
9/20/2012 Lincoln NE Bourbon Theatre
9/21/2012 Minneapolis MN Fineline Music Cafe
9/22/2012 Milwaukee WI Shank Hall
9/24/2012 Denver CO Gothic Theater
SWANS North American Tour Dates - A Hawk & Hacksaw as support
10/10/2012 New York NY Bowery Ballroom
10/11/2012 Boston MA Paradise Rock Club
10/12/2012 Washington DC Black Cat Mainstage
10/13/2012 Philadelphia PA Union Transfer
10/14/2012 Raleigh NC Lincoln Theatre
10/16/2012 Orlando FL The Social
10/17/2012 West Palm Beach FL Respectable Street
10/18/2012 Tallahassee FL Club Downunder
10/19/2012 Atlanta GA Terminal West
10/23/2012 St Louis MO Firebird
10/24/2012 Chicago IL Cabaret -- Metro
10/25/2012 Toronto ON Lee's Palace
10/26/2012 Montreal QC La Tulipe
SWANS European Tour Dates - Sir Richard Bishop as support
11/01/2012 Reykjavik, Iceland Iceland Airways Festival
11/15/2012 London, UK Koko
11/16/2012 Glasgow, UK The Arches
11/17/2012 Manchester, UK Sound Control
11/19/2012 Paris, France Le Trabendo
11/20/2012 Nijmegen, NL Doornroosje
11/21/2012 Haarlem, NL Patronaat
11/22/2012 Hamburg, Germany Kampnagel
11/23/2012 Copenhagen, DK Det Kgl. Danske Konservatories Koncertsal
11/24/2012 Oslo,norway Parkteatret
11/27/2012 Prague, Czech Lucenra Music Bar
11/28/2012 Vienna, austria Arena Big Hall
11/30/2012 Bologna ,Italy Locomotiv
12/2/2012 Kortrijk, Belgium De Kreun- Sunns curator festival
12/3/2012 Bern, C, Reitschule Gross Halle
12/4/2012 Lausanne,CH Les Docks
