Gomez NEW album scores highest chart debut in the band's history + tour dates

ATO Records recording artist Gomez has announced a national tour with dates confirmed throughout the Spring and Summer of 2009. The band will be touring in support of its just-released sixth studio record 'A New Tide'.

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The North American tour will kick off in Detroit, MI, on May 22nd, hitting most regions of the US and even up into Canada for a date in Toronto on May 29th. The trek will culminate on June 12th with the band's third career appearance at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, TN. The band will also appear at this year's Mile High and 10,000 Lakes Festival during their second leg of the tour in July.

'A New Tide' debuted on Billboard's Top Album chart at #60 this week, marking the highest chart debut in the band's history. Billboard praised the release, proclaiming that it is "a brilliant 11-song collection of lyrical jewels embellished by colorful and unusual textural arrangements." The New York Daily News also touted the band, claiming that "Gomez crafts warm, rustic pop songs that recall classic '60s rock groups like Traffic and the Faces," while Paste Magazine calls the new album "Catchy, quirky & Gomez's most experimental."

Gomez April/May 2009 UK tour dates:

(Dates and information subject to change.)

16 Apr Barrowlands Glasgow
17 Apr O2 Academy Leeds
19 Apr Junction Cambridge
20 Apr Academy Manchester
21 Apr Wulfrun Hall Wolverhampton
22 Apr UEA Norwich
24 Apr O2 Shepherds Bush Empire London
26 Apr O2 Academy Bristol
27 Apr O2 Academy Oxford
28 Apr O2 Academy Liverpool
1 May Mandela Hall Belfast

Confirmed North American tour dates are below. Additional Midwest and West Coast dates to be announced shortly.

Gomez 2009 North American tour dates:

(Dates and information subject to change.)

May 22 St. Andrews Hall, Detroit, MI
May 23 Summer Camp, Chillicothe, IL
May 24 Pabst Theatre, Milwaukee, WI
May 26 House of Blues, Cleveland, OH
May 27 Headliners Music Hall, Louisville, KY
May 29 Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto, ON
May 30 Mountain Jam Festival, Hunter, NY
Jun 1 Terminal 5, New York, NY
Jun 2 House of Blues, Boston, MA
Jun 3 Mr. Smalls Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA
Jun 4 Madison Theatre, Covington, KY
Jun 7 Wakarusa Music Camping Festival, Ozark, AR
Jun 8 Stubb's, Austin, TX
Jun 9 Warehouse Live, Houston, TX
Jun 10 House of Blues, Dallas, TX
Jun 12 Bonnaroo Music Arts Festival, Manchester, TN
July 18 Mile High Festival, Denver, CO
July 22 10,000 Lakes Festival, Detroit Lakes, MN

A limited number of presale tickets for the North American dates are currently available at: www.gomeztickets.musictoday.com.

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