As if three sold-out shows at New York’s Beacon Theatre weren’t enough of a reminder that the Decemberists are Portland’s biggest indie-band-that-could, Colin Meloy and company just nabbed Billboard’s No. 1 spot with The King Is Dead. We’re talking 93,567 copies in its first week, hitting Taylor Swift, Cake and Cage the Elephant where it hurts. Check out the band’s upcoming tour dates after the jump…
The Decemberists live:
1/26 New York, NY Beacon Theatre *
1/28 Boston, MA – House of Blues *
1/29 Boston, MA – House of Blues *
1/31 Montreal, QC – Olympia De Montreal *
2/1 Toronto, ON – Sound Academy *
2/2 Royal Oak, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre *
2/4 Chicago, IL – Riviera Theatre *
2/5 Milwaukee, WI – Riverside Theatre #
2/6 Minneapolis, MN – State Theatre #
2/7 Kansas City, MO – Uptown Theatre #
2/9 Boulder, CO – Boulder Theatre #
2/10 Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre #
2/12 Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern #
2/13 San Diego, CA – House of Blues-San Diego #
2/14 Oakland, CA – Fox Theater #
2/18 Seattle, WA – Paramount Ballroom #
2/19 Portland, OR – Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall #
3/4 Dublin, UK – Vicar Street
3/5 Glasgow, UK – ABC
3/7 Birmingham, UK – Birmingham Institute
3/8 Bristol, UK – Bristol Academy
3/10 Manchester, UK – Manchester Academy
3/11 Leeds, UK – Leeds Academy
3/13 Antwerp, BE – Trix
3/14 Amstersam, NL – Paradiso
3/16 London, UK – Hammersmith Apollo
