MySpace Music Tour goes electronic with Justice
French electronic duo Justice has been tapped to headline the Spring 2008 MySpace Music Tour, which is scheduled to travel around North America in March.
The techno-funk rockers will be joined on select dates by support acts including Philadelphia DJ/producer Diplo , electro hip-hop artist DJ Mehdi , Montreal-based electrofunk duo Chromeo , French pop-rockers Fancy, and electronic guru and Ed Banger Records founder Busy P.
The outing is set to launch March 3 in Austin, TX, and visit US cities from coast to coast as well as a few Canadian provinces through the end of the month. Details are listed below.
Tickets go on sale beginning today (1/9) at the tour's MySpace page and local outlets.
Justice , which will tour Japan and Europe ahead of the MySpace trek, is riding high on the success of its summer full-length debut. The album, the title of which is a cross icon, has garnered critical acclaim and earned the group three Grammy nominations: Best Electronic/Dance Album, as well as Best Dance Recording and Best Short Form Music Video for the single "D.A.N.C.E."
The upcoming tour is the second in a series of MySpace-produced and -branded concert events slated for each spring and fall. The inaugural MySpace Music Tour launched last fall with co-headliners Say Anything and Hellogoodbye.
March 2008
3 - Austin, TX - Stubb's Bar-B-Q
4 - Dallas, TX - Palladium Ballroom
6 - Orlando, FL - The Club at Firestone
9 - Baltimore, MD - Sonar
10 - Philadelphia, PA - The Electric Factory
11 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
12 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
15 - Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club
16 - Montreal, Quebec - Cepsum
17 - Toronto, Ontario - The Docks
19 - Detroit, MI - Royal Oak Music Hall
20 - Chicago, IL - Riviera Theatre
22 - Denver, CO - Ogden Theater
24 - Seattle, WA - Showbox SoDo
25 - Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore
26 - Portland, OR - Roseland Theater
27 - San Francisco, CA - Concourse Design Center
31 - Los Angeles, CA - Mayan Theatre
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Blogging SXSW: Moby and Justice [March 2008]
Live Review: MySpace Music Tour featuring Justice in Austin, TX [March 2008]
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