An additional show has been added to the US CYRK Tour Itinerary. We will be stopping off in San Francisco on Feb 25th to play Noise Pop festival alongside Surfer Blood. More details to follow.

Check out the festival website here http://2012.noisepop.com/

There are only a few weeks to go before CYRK will be released in North America on January 17th via The Control Group (www.controlgroupco.com). A few weeks after that we will be flying out to embark on the US CYRK TOUR which kicks off in TT The Bear’s Place, Cambridge on Feb 8th and ends at KCRW’s “School Night” at Bardot, Holly wood on Feb 27th. The tour will be stopping in the following places….

FEBRUARY

8th – TT THE BEAR’S PLACE, CAMBRIDGE, MA

9th – MERCURY LOUNGE, NEW YORK, NY

10th – MAXWELL’S, HOBOKEN ,NJ

11th – KUNGFU NECKTIE , PHILADELPHIA, PA

12th – DC9 , WASHINGTON, DC

14th – SCHUBAS, CHICAGO, IL

16th – THE FREQUENCY, MADISON, WI

17th – 7th STREET ENTRY, MINNEAPOLIS, MN

22nd – THE CROCODILE, SEATTLE, WA

23rd – MISSISSIPPI STUDIOS, PORTLAND, OR

26th – McCABE’S GUITAR SHOP, SANTA MONICA, CA

27th – BARDOT HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES, CA

Hopefully catch you all there and if you’re undecided then here are some kind words from KCRW’s Chris Douridas to nudge you in the right direction…..

“The earliest contender for album of the year 2012 is the next level second release from one of the most original new voices to emerge in years.” – Chris Douridas, kcrw-fm / eclectic24

During the North American jaunt with St.Vincent, I broke away from the tour between Milwaukee and Chicago, hired a car and hit the road to Rock Island. There was valid reason behind my trip. I had been invited to play a session at the legendary Day Trotter Studios and had of course bitten their hand off.  You can listen to the fruits of my labour here…….http://www.daytrotter.com/#!/concert/cate-le-bon/20055214-37382618 

Before leaving for the states, I shot a video for the song ‘Fold The Cloth’ on the beautiful sand dunes at Merthyr Mawr. I do believe we caught the last sun of the British Summer. Greta and Tegan star. Film Ryan/Ryan Owen directs.  The video can be exclusively viewed here at  Paste Magazine http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/av/2011/12/video-premiere-cate-le-bon—fold-the-cloth.html

Today the European leg of the St Vincent tour begins at The Queen Elizabeth Hall in London. It is with great excitement that i can announce that I will be opening for them throughout Europe.

The month long tour of the USA was exceptionally good. A huge thanks to all of the St Vincent crowds who were packed in early and incredibly receptive to my opening set (apart from a gent in NYC who called me a Viking). The tour was documented by one Alan Delrio. You can vue this fine chaps short videos at www.ilovestvincent.com

Here are the European Dates….hopefully see you there.

November
10th – Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
11th – Fleece, Bristol
12th – The Deaf Institute, Manchester
13th – Workman’s Club, Dublin
15th – Stereo, Glasgow
16th – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds

19th – Luxor, Koln
29th – El Lokal, Zurich
December
2nd – Frannz Club, Berlin
3rd – Indra, Hamburg

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After the St Vincent tour is done and dusted, I will be playing a headline show on November 7th at Brooklyn’s Rock Shop,NY . Support will come from fellow Welsh musician H. Hawkline. http://hhawkline.bandcamp.com/

 You can buy your tickets from http://www.therockshopny.com/event/70449/

Taken from the forthcoming album CYRK, the new single, ‘Puts Me To Work’ is out today in the U.S and Canada. The album will follow at the dawn of 2012 and will be released in North America via The Control Group.

In the meantime, the single is available to download here:

iTunes

AmazonDigital

Or listen here now:

It is with great excitement that I can announce that the wonderful St Vincent has invited me to join her on her mammoth US tour. The tour commences in Minneapolis on October 2nd and winds up in Boston on November 4th. All dates are up on the live section of the site.

Cyfarchion!

It has been a long time since technology has allowed me to update the website. Many apologies.

Camden Crawl, Home Game, Raw Power and Gwyl Gardd Goll have all passed since I was able to last update the site. Almost all went swimmingly. Our first show at Camden Crawl was much like being at war but fortunately we had a second show to redeem ourselves. Home Game was incredible, Raw Power was sweaty and GGG was serene.

Some reviews…

HOME GAME

GWYL GARDD GOLL

We have been busy rehearsing the new album as a band sans Sion The King Glyn and have welcomed R. Seiliog into our midst to share bass and synth duties with Sweet Baboo.

So far, so good.