Porcupine Tree Side Project Blackfield Announce Album and Tour

04/07/2011
. Blackfield, the collaboration between Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree) and Israeli artist Aviv Geffen, have announced a North American release of their new album as they kicked off their European tour last night (April 6th) in Leamington.

This is the first of four dates in the UK before visiting Holland, Germany, Poland, Switzerland, Italy, Belgium and France followed by an American tour in May and June

Welcome To My DNA, the band's latest album will be released April 19th in the US (and is already in stores overseas). The album entered the UK indie chart at #17 and has been getting great reviews.

if you still have any questions about the album then Aviv has agreed to take part in a special Q&A session before the band's gig in London on Friday 8th April. Fans should email questions to thisisnotacompetition@kscopemusic.com (along with their name and where they are from) and Aviv will be filmed answering the questions and the video will be added to the Welcome To My DNA mini-site soon after. Deadline for questions is 10am (UK) on Friday 8th April.

APRIL

7th Manchester Academy 2ENGLAND
8th London Shepherd's Bush EmpireENGLAND
10th Amsterdam ParadisoNETHERLANDS
12th Hamburg Markthalle GERMANY
13th Berlin C-Club GERMANY
14th Warsaw, Progresja ClubPOLAND
15th Krakow, Studio ClubPOLAND
17th Munich AmpereGERMANY
18th Pratelln, Z7 SWITZERLAND
19th Milan, Magazzini GeneraliITALY
20th Rome, AlpheusITALY
21st Treviso, New Age ITALY
23rd Karlsruhe New Substage GERMANY
24th Frankfurt Batschkapp GERMANY
25th Bochum MatrixGERMANY
26th Cologne Stollwerck GERMANY
28th Antwerp Trix Hall BELGIUM
29th Trianon ParisFRANCE

MAY
18th Washington, DC USA
19th Philadelphia, PA, Theater of the Living Arts USA
20th New York, NY, Irving Plaza USA
21st Boston, MA, Royale Boston USA
23rd Montreal, QC, Le National CANADA
24th The Opera House Toronto, CANADA
25th Cleveland, OH, House of Blues USA
26th Detroit, MA, St Andrew's Hall USA
27th Chicago, IL, Park West USA
30th Vancouver, BC, Rickshaw Theatre, CANADA
31st Seattle, WA, Studio Seven USA

JUNE
1st Portland, OR, Aladdin Theater USA
3rd San Francisco, CA, Slim's USA
4th Los Angeles, CA, El Rey Theatre USA
6th Mexico City, MEX, Metropolitan Theater MEXICO

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