Baroness return to North America this spring, confirming their first national tour since the release of the band’s critically acclaimed fourth album, Purple.
	
	The tour, which includes stops at the Sasquatch, Project Pabst and Shaky Knees festivals, kicks off on April 29 at the Royale in Boston before wrapping up at the Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles on June 3.  Baroness is in the midst of a five-week European trek, which triumphantly launched in the city of the band’s now infamous 2012 bus accident, Southampton.
	
	North American tour dates:
	
	April 29  Boston, MA  Royale
	April 30  Quebec City, QC  Le Ceree
	
	May 1  Montreal, QC  Corona Theatre
	May 3  Toronto, ON  The Opera House
	May 4  Syracuse, NY  Lost Horizon
	May 6  Flint, MI  The Machine Shop
	May 7  Grand Rapids, MI  Intersection
	May 8  Pittsburgh, PA  Mr. Smalls
	May 10  Cincinnati, OH  The Ballroom @ The Taft
	May 11  Columbus, OH  Newport Music Hall
	May 13  Atlanta, GA  Shaky Knees
	May 15  Nashville, TN  3rd & Lindsley
	May 17  Madison, WI  The Majestic Theatre
	May 18  Des Moines, IA  Wooly’s
	May 20  Colorado Springs, CO  The Black Sheep
	May 21  Denver, CO  Project Pabst Denver
	May 23  Salt Lake City, UT  Urban Lounge
	May 24  Boise, ID  Knitting Factory
	May 26  Calgary, AB  Marquee
	May 27  Edmonton, AB  Starlite Room
	May 29  Vancouver, BC  Commodore Ballroom
	May 30  Seattle, WA  Sasquatch Festival
	May 31  Portland, OR  Wonder Ballroom
	
	June 2  San Francisco, CA  The Regency Ballroom
	June 3  Los Angeles, CA  The Fonda Theatre
	
	Tickets for all dates are available this Friday.
	
	
	Purple was released on Dec. 18 via the band’s own Abraxan Hymns label. The Dave Fridmann (The Flaming Lips, Mercury Rev) produced album has been universally praised with Pitchfork saying Purple features “some of the biggest, strong songs Baroness has ever written,” Entertainment Weekly calling the album “their finest release yet,” Rolling Stone Australia dubbing it “the most dynamic, robust guitar album this year,” Mojo echoing those sentiments, saying “Baroness have delivered their masterpiece: an album grounding their cosmic heaviosity with earthbound, compelling drama,” and German magazine Visions declaring “the quasi-comeback Purple is their best album to date.”  Purple and the songs from the album also landed on a number of year-end best of lists with “Shock Me” (video: [url=https://youtu.be/hS5osAdTnm0]https://youtu.be/hS5osAdTnm0[/url]) coming in at #10 on Entertainment Weekly’s Top 40 Songs of 2015, Pitchfork awarding it #6 on their Best Metal Albums of 2015 round-up and Rolling Stone placing the release at #7 on their 20 Best Metal Albums of 2015.
	
	Complete Baroness tour dates:
	
	March 8  Barcelona, Spain  Razmatazz 2
	March 9  Lyon, France  Le Transbordeur Club
	March 10  Milan, Italy  Magazzini Generali
	March 11  Zurich, Switzerland  Mascott
	March 12  Vienna, Austria  Flex
	March 15  Leipzig, Germany  Conne Island
	March 16  Munich, Germany  Backstage Werk
	March 17  Prague, Czech Republic  Futurum
	March 18  Warsaw, Poland  Proxima
	March 20  Berlin, Germany  SO36
	March 21  Cologne, Germany  Stollwerck
	March 22  Brussels, Belgium  AB Theatre
	March 23  Utrecht, Netherlands  Tivoli de Helling
	March 25  Schijndel, Netherlands  Passpop Festival
	March 26  Hamburg, Germany  Gruenspan
	March 27  Malmo, Sweden  KB
	March 29  Stockholm, Sweden  Debaser Medis
	March 30  Oslo, Norway  Rockefeller
	March 31  Copenhagen, Denmark  Vega Small
	
	April 1  Hannover, Germany  Faust
	April 2  Wiesbaden, Germany  Alter Schlachthof
	April 23  Mexico City, MX  Vive Latino Festival
	April 29  Boston, MA  Royale
	April 30  Quebec City, QC  Le Cercle
	
	May 1  Montreal, QC  Corona Theatre
	May 3  Toronto, ON  The Opera House
	May 4  Syracuse, NY  Lost Horizon
	May 6  Flint, MI  The Machine Shop
	May 7  Grand Rapids, MI  Intersection
	May 8  Pittsburgh, PA  Mr. Smalls
	May 10  Cincinnati, OH  The Ballroom @ The Taft
	May 11  Columbus, OH  Newport Music Hall
	May 13  Atlanta, GA  Shaky Knees
	May 14  Atlanta, GA  The Loft
	May 15  Nashville, TN  3rd & Lindsley
	May 17  Madison, WI  The Majestic Theatre
	May 18  Des Moines, IA  Wooly’s
	May 20  Colorado Springs, CO  The Black Sheep
	May 21  Denver, CO  Project Pabst Denver
	May 23  Salt Lake City, UT  Urban Lounge
	May 24  Boise, ID  Knitting Factory
	May 26  Calgary, AB  Marquee
	May 27  Edmonton, AB  Starlite Room
	May 29  Vancouver, BC  Commodore Ballroom
	May 30  Seattle, WA  Sasquatch Festival
	May 31  Portland, OR  Wonder Ballroom
	
	June 2  San Francisco, CA  The Regency Ballroom
	June 3  Los Angeles, CA  The Fonda Theatre
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