Rock band with a conscience Mae will continue promoting its latest charity initiative on the road this fall with a serious of U.S. club concerts. The 40-date (a)fternoon Tour launches September 24 at Cat’s Cradle in Carrboro, NC, and continues its main run through November 8 at Black Cat in Washington, DC.
The band will play U.S. clubs from coast to coast during its six-week venture. Highlights include a September 30 concert at The Social in Orlando, FL, an October 10 show at Soma in San Diego, CA, an October 28 performance at Reggie’s Rock Club in Chicago, IL, and a November 3-4 stand at North Star Bar in Philadelphia, PA.
In addition to Mae’s headline set, various other bands are signed on to provide limited support through the late fall run, including Locksley, Deas Vail and Jenny Owen Youngs. Public ticket sales have already started for select dates of the tour.
Despite lacking a traditional studio release to support, Mae will have new music to showcase on its upcoming fall run. The band is entering the final months of its charity music campaign, “12 Songs, 12 Months, 1 Goal: Make A Difference.” As the project’s name suggests, every month in 2009 the band will release a new song that can be downloaded with a minimum donation of $1, currently benefitting DonorsChoose.org.
Since starting the initiative in January, Mae’s song downloads have raised more than $50,400 for its selected charities, according to a count on the band’s official Web site, where the first seven songs of the project are available. The 12-song collection is divided into three separate EPs: the April 19 release “(m)orning,” the soon-to-be-completed “(a)fternoon,” and the upcoming “(e)vening.”
Mae’s previous full-length album, “Singularity,” was released in August 2007. The record peaked at No. 40 on the Billboard 200; it was both the first and last record released by Mae on Capitol records.
Mae itinerary:
(Dates are subject to change.)
| September 24 | Carrboro, NC | Cat’s Cradle |
| September 25 | Greensboro, NC | Greene Street |
| September 26 | Lancaster, PA | Chameleon |
| September 27 | Richmond, VA | Canal Club |
| September 28 | Atlanta, GA | The Masquerade |
| September 30 | Orlando, FL | The Social |
| October 1 | Tallahassee, FL | Club Downunder |
| October 2 | New Orleans, LA | Parish at House of Blues |
| October 3 | Little Rock, AR | The Village |
| October 4 | Dallas, TX | The Door |
| October 5 | San Antonio, TX | White Rabbit |
| October 6 | Austin, TX | Emo’s |
| October 8 | Scottsdale, AZ | Martini Ranch |
| October 9 | Henderson, NV | Henderson Events Plaza |
| October 10 | San Diego, CA | Soma |
| October 11 | Anaheim, CA | Chain Reaction |
| October 13 | West Hollywood, CA | The Roxy Theatre |
| October 13 | San Luis Obispo, CA | Downtown Brewing Company |
| October 15 | San Francisco, CA | Bottom of the Hill |
| October 16 | Stillwater, OK | Oklahoma State University |
| October 18 | Seattle, WA | Neumos |
| October 19 | Boise, ID | The Venue |
| October 20 | Billings, MT | The Railyard |
| October 21 | Salt Lake City, UT | In The Venue |
| October 22 | Denver, CO | Marquis Theater |
| October 23 | Kansas City, MO | The Record Bar |
| October 24 | Minneapolis, MN | Triple Rock Social Club |
| October 26 | Fargo, ND | The Aquarium |
| October 27 | St. Louis, MO | Off Broadway Nightclub |
| October 28 | Chicago, IL | Reggie’s Rock Club |
| October 29 | Newport, KY | Southgate House |
| October 30 | Akron, OH | Musica |
| October 31 | Grand Rapids, MI | Mixtape Cafe |
| November 1 | Columbus, OH | Skully’s Music Diner |
| November 3 – 4 | Philadelphia, PA | North Star Bar |
| November 5 | Cambridge, MA | Middle East |
| November 6 | New York, NY | The Fillmore at Irving Plaza |
| November 7 | South Hackensack, NJ | School of Rock East |
| November 8 | Washington, DC | Black Cat |