Roky Erickson + Okkervil River... in the UK?

[behindthestars]

Hey everyone!

This is my first post here. Great to meet you all! I'm a huge fan of Okkervil River, it was Black Sheep Boy + Appendix which did everything for me, and that's an album I've shared with many friends across the world.

I was wondering whether anyone knew if OR will be touring with Roky Erickson when he comes to the UK in early December... there's no information listed on any websites...

Thanks for any help!

[stooduptoofast]

Sadly no - this from the Chemikal Underground records mail out:

Roky Erickson - Live...
We're delighted to announce that Roky Erickson will coming over to the UK and Europe for a short series of special gigs this December. A tear was shed in our office however when we were told that Roky will not be playing any Scottish dates unfortunately.
Roky's collaborators on 'True Love Cast Out All Evil', Okkervil River, will not be accompanying him on this tour either as we are told they are currently working on a new album. On this trip, Roky will be backed by the band that supported him prior to the Okkervil project, namely...

Kyle Ellison (Meat Puppets, Butthole Surfers) - Guitar
Kyle Schneider (Ian Moore) - Drums
John Michael Dayspring - Bass

Dates are:

6th Dec Birmingham, Academy 2 (On sale from Sept 24th - 9am)
7th Dec London, Electric Ballroom (Seetickets ; Ticketmaster)
8th Dec Manchester, Academy 2 (Seetickets)

10th Dec Antwerp, Trix
11th Dec Paris, Les Transmusicales
12th Dec Cologne, Luxor

14th Dec Stockholm, Munchen Bryggeriet
16th Dec Gothenburg, Trädgårn
17th Dec Malmo, KB

[behindthestars]

Ah brilliant, thanks for sharing that! I also managed to email Roky's management and they sent over a reply right away, also with the same information. Thank you!