By Bob Grossweiner and Jane Cohen:
Sister act Meg & Dia continue their marathon 2007 tour into 2008 by hitting the road in February with a series of high profile dates. The sisters will be supporting San Diego’s Angels & Airwaves, which is fronted by former Blink-182 vocalist-guitarist Tom Delonge. The tour kicks off Feb. 1 in Dallas, TX and winds down March 8 in Seattle, WA. Meg & Dia complete their current tour on Nov. 29 in Detroit, MI.
The band — which consists of sisters Meg (guitar, vocals) and Dia Frampton (lead vocal), Nick Price (drums), Carlo Gimenez (guitar), Jonathan Snyder (bass) — have been on the road for the last year in support of their current album “Something Real.” They spent the summer headlining the Hurley.com stage on the Vans Warped Tour, then did several dates with The Almost and Josh Moore. The U.S. leg of their extensive North American tour with The Spill Canvas began at the end of October.
Meg & Dia began attracting attention for their confessional alt-pop and dynamic live performances while appearing on last year’s Warped Tour as the first official MySpace House Band, where they performed twice each day in the MySpace tent. In August 2006, they released “Something Real” (Doghouse Records), which was co-produced by American Hi-Fi’s Stacy Jones and Bill Lefler.
Meg & Dia tour dates:
With The Spill Canvas, PlayRadioPlay! & New Atlantic:
Nov 20 Austin, TX Emo’s Alternative Lounging
Nov 21 Dallas, TX The Door
Nov 23 Little Rock, AR Juanita’s
Nov 24 Cordova, TN Skatepark of Memphis
Nov 25 Joplin, MO The Foundry
Nov 26 Lawrence, KS The Bottleneck
Nov 27 St. Louis, MO Creepy Crawl
Nov 29 Detroit, MI St. Andrews Hall
With Angels & Airwaves in 2008:
Feb 1 Dallas, TX Palladium
Feb 2 Austin, TX Stubbs
Feb 3 Houston, TX Verizon Wireless Theatre
Feb 5 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Revolution
Feb 6 Orlando, FL Hard Rock
Feb 8 Charlotte, NC Amos’ Southend
Feb 9 Baltimore, MD Sonar
Feb 12 Hartford, CT Webster Theatre
Feb 14 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory
Feb 15 New York City, NY Roseland Ballroom
Feb 16 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom
Feb 17 Boston, MA Palladium
Feb 22 Toronto, ON Kool Haus
Feb 23 Detroit, MI Fillmore
Feb 24 Chicago, IL Riviera
Feb 26 Cleveland, OH House of Blues
Feb 29 Milwaukee, WI The Rave
Mar 3 Denver, CO Ogden
Mar 4 Salt Lake City, UT In the Venue
Mar 6 Vancouver, BC Commodore
Mar 7 Portland, OR Roseland Theatre
Mar 8 Seattle, WA ShowBox
