Air and Phoenix to play Versailles

Air and fellow French pop band Phoenix have announced that they will join forces to rock the Chateau de Versailles on June 29.

Air will be supporting their new album, 'Pocket Symphony', which will be released on March 5 and features guest vocals by artists including Jarvis Cocker, and Neil Hannon of The Divine Comedy, as previously announced.

The duo will begin a European tour next month, and play a date at the Coachella Festival in Indio, California on April 29.

Phoenix are set to embark on a world tour later this week, playing dates in Japan, Australia and New Zealand before returning home to France.

Phoenix tour dates are:

Tokyo Club Quattro (February 24)
Tokyo Club Quattro (25)
Nagoya Japan Club Quattro (27)
Osaka Japan Club Quattro (28)
Auckland New Zealand St James (March 28)
Sydney TBA (30)
Sydney Centennial Park V Festival (31)
Gold Coast Australia Avica Resort V Festival (April 1)
Angouleme France La Nef (20)
Bourges France Printemps de Bourges (21)
Versailles, France Chateau de Versailles -- with Air (June 29)

--By our Los Angeles staff.
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