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Heartless Bastards are thrilled to announce a run of summer tour dates, kicking off in Norman, OK at Opolis on July 26th. The Austin, TX-based quartet has been on the road since January, performing to sold-out rooms and earning many accolades for their superb live act. These new Western US tour dates, which include festival appearances at the Hangout Beach Music & Arts Festival, Wakarusa Music Festival, and the High Sierra Music Festival, will be supporting Heartless Bastards’s critically acclaimed new record, Arrow (Partisan Records). Tickets for these summer show will go on-sale on Friday, May 4th.

Since the release of Arrow, Heartless Bastards have performed on The Late Show with David Letterman and The Conan O’Brien Show. “[Wennerstrom's] band’s crushing fourth LP sets the quartet alongside Ohio kin the Black Keys as front-line blues-rock modernists, with her writhing vocals at the center,” hailed Rolling Stone. Entertainment Weekly included Arrow in their “Must List,” praising the “strident yet emotionally nuanced vocals of frontwoman Erika Wennerstrom, which light up every track.” NPR noted, “[Arrow] shines a spotlight on a rock star in the making,” while Paste Magazine called it “the band’s best record so far.” “Wennerstrom,” deemed the Washington Post “has one of those voices that is utterly incapable of falsehood.”

Tour Dates:
5/11 – Baton Rouge, LA – Spanish Moon
5/12 – New Orleans, LA – One Eyed Jacks
5/15 – St. Petersburg, FL – Orpheum
5/16 – Orlando, FL – The Social
5/17 – Gainesville, FL – Double Down
5/18 – Athens, GA – 40 Watt
5/19 – Gulf Shores, AL – Hangout Beach Music & Arts Festival
5/22 – Chattanooga, TN – Rhythm and Brews
5/23 – Lexington, KY – Cosmic Charlie’s
5/24 – Bloomington, IN – Bluebird
5/25 – Columbia, MO – Mojo’s
5/26 – Iowa City, IA – Gabe’s
5/27 – Omaha, NE – Room
5/29 – Lawrence, KS – Granada
5/31 – Ozark, AK – Wakarusa Music Festival
6/27 – Milwaukee, WI – Summerfest Music Festival
7/5 – Quincy, CA – High Sierra Music Festival
7/20 – Dover, DE – Firefly Music Festival
7/26 – Norman, OK – Opolis
7/27 – Des Moines, IA – Wooly’s
7/28 – Somerset, WI – SoundTown Festival
7/30 – Fargo – The Aquarium
7/31 – Billings, MT – Manny’s
8/1 – Missoula, MT – Top Hat
8/2 – Spokane – Knitting Factory
8/3 – Portland – Pickathon Festival
8/4 – Portland – Pickathon Festival
8/7 – Jackson, WY – Pink Garter Theatre
8/10 – Salt Lake City – Urban Lounge
8/11 – Reno, NV – Cargo in CommRow
8/13 – Sacramento, CA – Harlows
8/14 – Santa Cruz, CA – Rio Theater
8/15 – La Jolla, CA – KPRI at the Birch Aquarium in La Jolla
8/17 – Santa Ana, CA – The Observatory
8/18 – Pioneertown, CA – Pappy & Harriet’s

Heartless Bastards have confirmed the second leg of their North American tour. The band is touring in support of their new album, Arrow, out February 14th, which SPIN Magazine has deemed one of the “25 Winter Albums You Gotta Hear.” The tour begins at Club Congress in Tucson on March 30th and culminates on April 20th at La Zona Rosa in the band’s hometown of Austin. The tour will stop in major cities including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Vancouver, and Seattle on this 12-date run. Fans can expect the summer tour dates to be announced shortly. The complete list of tour dates is below.

Arrow will be released by the popular Brooklyn-based indie Partisan Records; the album was produced by Spoon drummer/co-producer Jim Eno at his Public Hi-Fi home studio in Austin. Brimming with confidence and creativity, Arrow sees Heartless Bastards pushing their distinctive sound forward with their most eclectic, energetic collection thus far. Marked as ever by singer/guitarist/songwriter Erika Wennerstrom’s remarkable voice – at turns primal and pleading, heartfelt and heroic – it expertly captures the Austin, Texas-based band’s multi-dimensional rock in all its strength and spirit. Arrow follows upon the difficult introspection of 2009′s acclaimed third album, The Mountain, standing tall as a powerhouse new beginning for Wennerstrom and the Heartless Bastards.

Arrow serves as the recorded debut of the Heartless Bastards’ current iteration, their latest and greatest line-up since Wennerstrom first convened the band back in 2003. Drummer Dave Colvin and bassist Jesse Ebagh – both of whom played on the Bastards’ first-ever demo recordings – returned to the fold in order to play live behind The Mountain. Soon after embarking on tour, Wennerstrom decided to put more meat on the band’s raw bones by enlisting guitarist Mark Nathan, who had ostensibly come aboard to handle the live sound.

First Run of Tour Dates:
2/7 – Little Rock, AR – Juanitas
2/8 – St. Louis, MO – Firebird
2/9 – Milwaukee, WI – Turner Hall
2/10 – Minneapolis, MN – 7th Street Entry
2/11 – Madison, WI – High Noon
2/13 – Louisville, KY – Headliner’s
2/14 – Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall
2/16 – Columbus, OH – The Basement
2/17 – Covington, KY – Madison Theatre
2/18 – Indianapolis, IN – Radio Radio
2/19 – Pittsburgh, PA – Club Café
2/20 – Toronto, ON – Horseshoe Tavern
2/22 – Albany, NY – Valentine’s
2/23 – Boston, MA – Middle East Downstairs
2/24 – New York, NY – Webster Hall
2/25 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
2/27 – Baltimore, MD – Ottobar
2/29 – Charlottesville, VA – The Southern
3/1 – Chapel Hill, NC – Cat’s Cradle
3/2 – Atlanta, GA – The Earl
3/3 – Nashville, TN – Mercy Lounge
3/5 – Knoxville, TN – Square Room
3/6 – Birmingham, AL – Bottletree
3/7 – Memphis, TN – Hi-Tone Cafe
3/8 – Fayetteville, AR – George’s Majestic
3/9 – Fort Worth, TX – Lola’s
3/10 – Houston, TX – Warehouse Live

Second Run of Tour Dates:
3/30 – Tucson, AZ – Club Congress
3/31 – Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom
4/2 – San Diego, CA – The Belly Up
4/3 – Los Angeles, CA – Echoplex
4/5 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore
4/6 – Eugene, OR – W.O.W. Hall
4/7 – Vancouver, BC – Media Club
4/8 – Portland, OR – Aladdin Theatre
4/9 – Seattle, WA – Crocodile
4/11 – Boise, ID – Neorolux
4/14 – Denver, CO – Belly Up
4/20 – Austin, TX – La Zona Rosa