photo: Stephin Merritt at Eugene Mirman Comedy Fest 2013 (more by David Andrako)
Magnetic Fields frontman Stephin Merritt has announced a solo tour for this spring/summer with longtime bandmate Sam Davol on cello. The press release notes, “For this series of performances, Merritt will present a set of solo, acoustic versions of selected songs from his extensive catalog. Merritt will perform exactly 26 songs with each song title starting with a different letter of the alphabet and running in alphabetical order.”
The tour unfortunately doesn’t hit NYC, but it begins nearby in Philly and also wraps up nearby in Annandale on Hudson, NY. All dates are listed below…
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Stephin Merritt — 2015 Tour Dates
May 2 Union Transfer Philadelphia, PA
May 3 Sixth & I Synagogue Washington, DC
May 4 Buckhead Theatre Atlanta, GA
May 6 Central Presbyterian Church Austin, TX
May 8 Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery Los Angeles, CA
May 9 Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery Los Angeles, CA
May 10 The Independent San Francisco, CA
May 12 Aladdin Theatre Portland, OR
May 13 Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Seattle, WA
May 15 Cedar Cultural Center Minneapolis, MN
May 16 Wexner Center for the Arts Columbus, OH
June 9 The Sinclair Cambridge, MA
July 24 The Spiegeltent Annandale on Hudson, NY