Fans of the Airborne Toxic Event are getting spoiled today, as the band released the first single “Come On Out” from their forthcoming album, Hollywood Park which will be out May 8th via Rounder Records. The album coincides and correlates with the frontman Mikel Jollett’s memoire named like the album out May 5th.
In many ways, TATE’s sixth studio album alining with Mikel’s memoire seems kismet. The band’s lyrics have always leaned to the poetic side, and the name for the band comes from a novel (Don DeLillo’s novel, White Noise)!
The songs in Hollywood Park, mirror the chapters of the memoire Mikel has explained.
For instance, this newest song “Come On Out,” and it’s the band’s first release in five years. The song “is about the night I ran away from home when I was 11 years old. It’s also about child abuse and anger and the oddly dangerous world of children,” he said.
Mikel Jollett will also be doing a solo book tour interspersed between the band’s new tour dates in support of the new album.
| The Airborne Toxic Event Tour Dates: Tue Mar 31 – Los Angeles, CA – El Rey – SOLD OUT Wed Apr 1 – Los Angeles, CA – El Rey – SOLD OUT Thu Apr 2 – Los Angeles, CA – El Rey – SOLD OUT Sat Apr 4 – Los Angeles, CA – El Rey – SOLD OUT Tue Apr 7 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom – SOLD OUT Wed Apr 8 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom – SOLD OUT Thu Apr 9 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom – SOLD OUT Fri Apr 10 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom – SOLD OUT Wed May 27 – Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren Fri May 29 – Austin, TX – Emo’s Sat May 30 – Houston, TX – House of Blues Sun May 31 – Dallas, TX – House of Blues Tue June 2 – Kansas City, MO – Truman Wed June 3 – St. Louis, MO – Del Mar Thu June 4 – Nashville, TN – The Basement East Fri June 5 – Atlanta, GA – Buckhead Theatre Sat June 6 – Charlotte, NC – The Underground Sun June 7 – Cleveland, OH – Wonderstruck Festival Tue June 9 – Toronto, ON- Danforth Music Hall Wed June 10 – Buffalo, NY – Town Ballroom Fri June 12 – Boston, MA – House of Blues Sat June 13 – Philadelphia, PA – TLA – SOLD OUT Sun June 14 – Philadelphia, PA – TLA Tue June 16 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club Wed June 17 – Albany, NY – Upstate Concert Hall Thu June 18 – Detroit, MI – St Andrews Hall Fri June 19 – Chicago, IL – The Vic Theatre – SOLD OUT Sat June 20 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue Mon June 24 – Boulder, CO – Fox Theatre Tue June 23 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre Fri June 26 – Seattle, WA – The Showbox – SOLD OUT Sat June 27 – Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom Sun June 28 – Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom Tue June 30 – Sacramento, CA – Ace of Spades Wed July 1 – San Diego, CA – Observatory Sat Aug 1 – San Francisco – Davies Symphony Hall with The San Francisco Symphony Fri Oct 9 – Los Angeles, CA – Greek Theatre Sat Oct 10 – Crystal Bay, NV – The Crown Room Mon Oct 12 – Boise, ID – Knitting Factory Wed Oct 14 – Colorado Springs, CO – The Black Sheep Fri Oct 16 – Tulsa, OK – Cain’s Ballroom Sat Oct 17 – Omaha, NE – Waiting Room Sun Oct 18 – Des Moines, IA – Wooly’s Mon Oct 19 – Madison, WI – Majestic Theatre Tue Oct 20 – Indianapolis, IN – The Vogue Thu Oct 22 – New York, NY – Beacon Theatre Fri Oct 23 – Rochester, NY – Anthology Sat Oct 24 – Pittsburgh, PA – Roxian Theatre Sun Oct 25 – Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall Tue Oct 27 – Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle Wed Oct 28 – Asheville, NC – Orange Peel |
| Mikel Jollett’s Book Tour Dates: Fri May 1 – Los Angeles, CA – First Congregational Church Sat May 2 – San Francisco, CA – First Unitarian Society Mon May 4 – Brooklyn, NY – St. Joseph’s College Tue May 5 – New York, NY – The Strand Wed May 6 – Washington, DC – GW Betts Thu May 7 – Providence, RI – Columbus Theatre Fri May 8 – Boston, MA – City Space Sat May 9 – Austin, TX – Book People Mon May 11 – Chicago, IL – Everybody’s Coffee: Wilson’s Abbey Tue May 12 – Denver, CO – Tattered Cover Mon May 18 – Seattle, WA – Town Hall |
By Antonio Villaseñor-Baca