Music News: The 1975 Announce 2016 US Tour

The 1975 have announced a new 2016 North American arena tour. The tour will support the band’s new album, I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It. Dates for the tour are below A special fan pre-sale will begin Wednesday, December 9, while general admission tickets will go live Friday, December 11.

The band have offered a snippet of advice for fans looking to secure a ticket, and doing so at face-value.

In order to get tickets to the real fans first and combat ticket reselling, those who pre-order a physical copy of the album before 12:00 p.m. PT on Tuesday, December 8 will receive a unique pre-sale code. Each pre-sale code guarantees up to 4 tickets per fan for one show date. The pre-sale code needs to be used between 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. local time on Wednesday, December 9. This is the only way of guaranteeing a ticket purchase and making sure tickets get in to the right hands. 

Pre-orders for I Like It When You Sleep are on sale now. The LP is due out February 26 via Dirty Hit/Polydor.

Tour Dates:

April
18 – Los Angeles, CA – Shrine Expo Hall
23 – Las Vegas, NV – The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan
26 – Portland, OR – Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
27 – Vancouver, BC – UBC Thunderbird Arena
28 – Seattle, WA – WaMu Theatre

May
2  – Denver, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre
3  – Kansas City, MO – Starlight Theatre
4  – Tulsa, OK – BOK Center
5  – Austin, TX – Austin 360 Amphitheatre
7  – Houston, TX – CWM Pavilion
8  – New Orleans, LA – Champions Square
10 – St. Augustine, FL – St. Augustine Amphitheatre
11 – Miami, FL – Bayfront Park Amphitheatre
17 – Brooklyn, NY – Barclays Center
18 – Lowell, MA – Tsongas Center
20 – Toronto, ON – TD Echo Beach
21 – Rochester Hills, MI -Meadow Brook Theatre
22 – Columbus, OH – LC Pavilion
24 – Milwaukee, WI – Eagles Ballroom
25 – St. Paul, MN – Roy Wilkens Auditorium