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The Kooks announce North American tour

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The Kooks have announced a Fall tour of North America, kicking off September 4 with a show for the students at Hamilton College in Clinton, NY.

The band, who completed a sold-out run earlier this month then continue with an all-ages tour, which wraps up October 28 in Hollywood, CA.

The dates will support the release of the band’s second album ‘Konk’, which was released April 15 and debuted at Number 41 on the Billboard charts.

The dates are:

Clinton, NY The Annex at Hamilton College (September 4)
Montreal, QC Club Soda (5)
Toronto, ON Virgin Festival (6)
Washington, DC 9.30 Club (8)
September 10th New York, NY Rumsey Playfield Central Park Summerstage
Asbury Park, NJ Stone Pony (12)
Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory (15)
Baton Rouge, LA Varsity Theatre (30)
Dallas, TX House of Blues (October 2)
Houston, TX Meridian (3)
Austin, TX Antone’s (4)
Tulsa, OK Cains Ballroom (5)
St Louis, MO The Pageant (7)
Des Moines, IA People’s Court (8)
Madison, WI Barrymore Theatre (9)
Chicago, IL Riviera Theatre (11)
Cincinatti, OH Bogarts (12)
Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall (14)
Seattle, WA Showbox SoDo (21)
Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom (22)
Sacramento, CA Empire (24)
San Francisco, CA Warfield Theatre (25)
Anaheim, CA House of Blues (27)
Hollywood, CA Hollywood Palladium (28)


--By our New York staff.
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