Fresh off a headline slot at Coachella 2011, rock royalty Kings of Leon has unveiled a 27-date tour of the United States. The band’s routing will hit sheds and amphitheaters across the nation throughout the late summer months.
A July 26 concert at the Amphitheater at The Wharf in Orange Beach, AL, serves as the summer calendar’s kick-off. The coast-to-coast venture ultimately wraps after nearly two months with a September 12 gig at KeyArena in Seattle, WA.
Kings of Leon’s U.S. routing also includes performances on August 5 at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Charlotte, NC; August 19 at Comcast Center in Mansfield, MA; August 31-September 1 at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, CO; and September 10 at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, CA.
Ticket sales for select tour dates open to the public on April 29-30, with later rounds of onsales following on May 6-7 and May 13-14. Only the tour opener in Alabama is posted on Ticketmaster.com at present; ticket prices for that show range from $25 to $57 (before fees).
Kings of Leon is touring behind the October 2010 release of its fifth studio album, “Come Around Sundown.” It is the group’s highest-charting record to date, with a No. 2 debut on the Billboard 200. (The band’s 2008 break-through, “Only by the Night,” peaked at No. 4.)
This year, the band’s national performance calendar started off with a bang. April 15 marked Kings of Leon’s second appearance at Coachella — and their first time headlining the iconic destination music festival.
Over the past few years, Kings of Leon has headlined a string of summer and fall tour legs &mdash most recently, a summer-long 2010 tour and a summer-to-fall venture in 2009. The Southern rock crew also completed a late fall trek in 2008, back before they had graduated from mid-sized venues to the full-sized arenas and amphitheaters where they play now.
Kings of Leon itinerary:
(Dates are subject to change.)
| July 26 | Orange Beach, AL | Amphitheater at The Wharf |
| July 27 | Atlanta, GA | Aaron’s Amphitheatre at Lakewood |
| July 29 | Dallas, TX | Gexa Energy Pavilion |
| July 30 | The Woodlands, TX | The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion |
| August 2 | Tampa, FL | 1-800 Ask-Gary Amphitheatre |
| August 3 | West Palm Beach, FL | Cruzan Amphitheatre |
| August 5 | Charlotte, NC | Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre |
| August 6 | Virginia Beach, VA | Farm Bureau Live |
| August 9 | Bristow, VA | Jiffy Lube Live |
| August 10 | Wantagh, NY | Nikon at Jones Beach Theater |
| August 12 | Camden, NJ | Susquehanna Bank Center |
| August 13 | Hartford, CT | Comcast Theatre |
| August 16 | Darien Center, NY | Darien Lake Performing Arts Center |
| August 17 | Holmdel, NJ | PNC Bank Arts Center |
| August 19 | Mansfield, MA | Comcast Center |
| August 20 | Saratoga Springs, NY | Saratoga Performing Arts Center |
| August 23 | Clarkston, MI | DTE Energy Music Theatre |
| August 26 | Tinley Park, IL | First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre |
| August 27 | Noblesville, IN | Verizon Wireless Music Center |
| August 29 | Bonner Springs, KS | Capitol Federal Park at Sandstone |
| Aug. 31 – Sept. 1 | Morrison, CO | Red Rocks Amphitheatre |
| September 3 | Las Vegas, NV | Mandalay Bay Events Center |
| September 4 | Chula Vista, CA | Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre |
| September 8 | Irvine, CA | Verizon Wireless Amphitheater |
| September 10 | Mountain View, CA | Shoreline Amphitheatre |
| September 12 | Seattle, WA | KeyArena at Seattle Center |
