Alternative rock/rappers Flobots are out on their first national tour in support of their critically acclaimed debut album, “Fight With Tools.” Released on May 20, the album’s hit single “Handlebars” quickly became a big hit at Alternative Radio and is currently making its mark at Top 40.
After finishing up a leg of U.S. and Canadian dates on September 1 at the Bumbershoot Festival in Seattle, WA, the 7-piece collective from Denver heads overseas for a string of European and UK dates from September 9-23. A September 27 show in Queen Creek, AZ at Edgefest follows.
The group formed as a side project in 2005, and brought together emcees Jonny 5 and Brer Rabbit with classically trained violist Mackenzie Roberts, guitarist Andy Guerrero, bassist Jesse Walker, trumpeter Joe Ferrone, and drummer Kenny Ortiz. The group’s songs blend social injustice with a playful disdain of anything status quo.
Flobots will undoubtedly have a presence around this year’s Democratic National Convention in Denver with their nonprofit, www.flobots.org, which connects fans to social change organizations.
Flobots tour dates:
(Dates subject to change)
| July 24 | Houston, TX | Meridian |
| July 29 | St Petersburg, FL | The State Theatre |
| July 30 | Ft Lauderdale, FL | Culture Room |
| July 31 | Jacksonville, FL | Jack Rabbits |
| August 1 | Columbia, SC | Headliner’s Music Hall |
| August 2 | Richmond, VA | The National |
| August 3 | Washington, DC | 9:30 Club |
| August 5 | New York, NY | Bowery Ballroom |
| August 6 | Kansas City, MO | KC Power & Light District -Free Show- |
| August 7 | Philadelphia, PA | The Fillmore at TLA |
| August 8 | Providence, RI | Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel |
| August 10 | Cambridge, MA | Middle East |
| August 11 | So. Burlington, VT | Higher Ground |
| August 12 | Montreal, QUE | Studio JPR |
| August 14 | Toronto, ONT | Mod Club |
| August 15 | Detroit, MI | St. Andrews Hall |
| August 16 | Toledo, OH | Headliners |
| August 17 | Cleveland, OH | Peabody’s Down Under |
| August 19 | St. Louis, MO | Pops Nite Club |
| August 20 | Chicago, IL | House of Blues |
| August 21 | Minneapolis, MN | MN Varsity Theater |
| August 22 | Omaha, NE | The Waiting Room |
| August 31 | Austin, TX | The Austin Bat Fest KROX show |
| September 1 | Seattle, WA | Bumbershoot |
| September 9 | Stockholm, SWE | Debaser |
| September 10 | Copenhagen, DEN | Vega Musikkenshus |
| September 11 | Hamburg, GER | Knust |
| September 13 | Berlin, GER | Cassiopeia |
| September 14 | Munich, GER | The Ampere |
| September 16 | Cologne, GER | Luxor |
| September 17 | Amsterdam, NET | Paradiso |
| September 18 | Paris, FRA | Trabendo |
| September 19 | Leffinge, BEL | Leffingeleuren Festival |
| September 21 | Dubline, IRE | Whelans |
| September 22 | Manchester, ENG | Academy 3 |
| September 23 | London, ENG | Kings College |
| September 27 | Queen Creek, AZ | KEDJ Edgefest |
