Tour Dates
02/19 Beacon Theatre - New York, NY
02/20 Beacon Theatre - New York, NY 02/22 Upstate Concert Hall - Clifton Park, NY 02/23 Peter Clark Hall - Guelph, Canada 02/24 Orpheum Theatre - Madison, WI 02/26 MTS Centre - Winnipeg, Canada 02/28 MacEwan Hall - Calgary, Canada 03/01 MacEwan Hall - Calgary, Canada 03/03 Shaw Conference Centre - Edmonton, Canada 03/04 Conexus Arts Centre Theatre - Regina, Canada 03/06 First Avenue - Minneapolis, Minnesota 03/07 Pabst Theater - Milwaukee, Wisconsin 03/09 LC Pavilion - Columbus, Ohio 03/10 The Pageant - St. Louis, Missouri 03/11 Cain's Ballroom - Tulsa, Oklahoma 03/15 Warehouse Live Ballroom - Houston, TX 04/12 Coachella - Indio, CA 04/14 Rialto Theatre - Tucson, Arizona 04/19 Coachella - Indio, CA 04/25 Sydney Opera House - Sydney NSW, Australia 04/27 Groovin' The Moo - Glen Oak NSW, Australia 04/28 Groovin' The Moo - Canberra, Australia 04/30 Tivoli Theatre - Brisbane QLD, Australia 05/02 Palais Theatre - Melbourne, Australia 05/04 Groovin' The Moo - Bendigo VIC, Australia 05/05 Groovin' The Moo - Townsville, Australia 05/07 Thebarton Theatre - Adelaide SA, Australia 05/09 Metro City - Perth, Australia 05/11 Groovin' The Moo - Banbury, Australia 07/06 Donwview Park - Toronto, ON 07/09 Jacobs Pavilion @ Nautica - Cleveland, OH 07/13 CMAC - Rochester, NY 07/16 Meadow Brook - Detroit, MI 07/18 Stage AE - Pittsburgh, PA 07/19 The Mann Center - Philadelphia, PA 07/20 Merriweather Post Pavilion - Columbia, MD 07/22 Hudson River Park, Pier 26 - New York, NY 08/22 Red Rocks Amphitheatre - Denver, CO 08/23 Salt Air Outside - Salt Lake City, UT 08/27 Lake Tahoe Harvey's - Lake Tahoe, NV 08/28 Idaho Botanical Garden - Boise, ID 08/29 Edgefield - Portland, OR 09/06 The Greek Theatre, UC Berkeley - Berkeley, CA 09/10 Comerica Theatre - Phoenix, AZ 09/12 Gexa Energy Pavilion - Dallas, TX 09/16 Tuscaloosa Amphitheatre - Tuscaloosa, AL 09/18 Mizner Park Amphitheatre - Boca Raton, FL 09/19 UCF Arena - Orlando, FL 09/22 The Woods at Fontanel - Whites Creek, TN 09/24 Family Circle Cup Stadium - Charleston, SC 09/25 Red Hat Amphitheater - Raleigh, NC 09/26 nTelos Wireless Pavilion - Charlottesville, VA Discography
This is actually a true story about Tegan & Sara. About ten years ago, I met this woman and ended up at her house. I saw that she had T&S's debut album, Under Feet Like …
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So I was excited when I found out that they were going to be playing in LA and bought tickets for the show without even thinking about who would go with me. A friend of mine was going to go, but at the last minute got ill so I went to the show by myself. I had been to Club Nokia once a few years ago when my friend Roberta won tickets to a show. They were some young band whom I had never heard of before and now I don’t even remember their name. In fact I had totally forgotten about the metal detectors until I went into the venue on Friday night (February 1st). Club Nokia has to be one of the only music venues I have ever been in that makes you go through a metal detector. At the Palladium they have a hand wand that they use if needed, but a metal detector I don’t understand, especially for an indie band.
The first good news of the night was the fact that the Staples Center was not in use and I was able to find parking for $5. The second good news of the night was the fact that I was easily able to sell my extra ticket to a nineteen year old girl who will probably remember that show for years. The third good news would have to be that since the general admission floor was already full, I got to go upstairs and sit right behind the VIP section. Clea Duvall (an actress) who I used to see at all the “girl band†shows sat down in the row in front of me and later I noticed Greg Kurstin (the guy who produced their new CD and who is in the band “the Bird and the Beeâ€) sitting in the same row. Celebrity sightings aside, it was a fantastic show. All the ladies were in the house. I haven’t seen that many women at a show since early Sleater-Kinney and Le Tigre shows. Having a female audience always changes the dynamic of the show. The energy level is different (maybe due to all the estrogen in the room) and I feel safer at these shows. Not that I don’t feel safe at other indie rock shows I go to, but the lack of males in the room makes it feel more communal at these shows. I feel as if I could be on stage or that the music is speaking directly towards me compared to when I watch mixed or all male bands perform.
Tegan and Sara at Club Nokia, Los Angeles (02/01/13) photograph by Jennifer Juniper
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