December 12, 2008 20:38

Passion Pit map North American winter tour

They'll play their hometown on New Year's Eve

Passion Pit have announced a tour of North America, kicking off January 22 in Montreal, QC.

Prior to the outing, the electro-pop band will perform a New Year’s Eve set in their hometown, at Great Scott in Allston, MA.

The tour will see them perform at Bowery Ballroom in New York on February 4, their largest show to date in the city.

During the band’s Club NME performance during CMJ, throngs of fans stormed the stage for their track ‘Sleepyhead’ as the band performed alongside Kuroma, Johnny Foreigner and HeartsRevolution.

The dates are:

Allston, MA Great Scott (December 31)
Montreal, QC Le Divan Orange (January 22)
Ottawa, ON Zaphod Beeblebrox (23)
Toronto, ON The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern (24)
Pontiac, MI The Pike Room at Crofoot Ballroom (26)
Chicago, IL Schubas Tavern (27)
Cleveland, OH The Spot (28)
Cincinnati, OH Northside Tavern (29)
Columbus, OH The Summit - (30)
Swathmore, PA Olde Club Swathmore College (31)
Baltimore, MD The Ottobar - (February 2)
Washington D.C. Black Cat Backstage (3)
New York, NY Bowery Ballroom (4)
Northampton, MA Iron Horse (7)

--By our New York staff.
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