Gogol Bordello Announce LP, Tour

Casa Gogol Celebrates The Spring Release of Transcontinental Hustle, The New Gogol Bordello Studio Album Produced by Rick Rubin

By Blurt Staff

The gypsy punk band Gogol Bordello, whose live shows have Entertainment Weekly dubbing them "the world's most perfect festival band," will headline an international mini-festival of their own, the Casa Gogol Tour, an evening's worth of insurgence from the multi kulti revolution, launching April 18 in Montreal. Tour dates are below.

The North American leg of the Casa Gogol Tour follows Gogol Bordello's appearance at the 2010 Tibet House Benefit Concert in New York and the band's major tour of Australia in late March and April.

All dates on the Casa Gogol Tour will feature a full-on Gogol Bordello headline concert as well as sets by bands and DJs in simpatico with the GB mission.  North American dates on the Casa Gogol Tour run from April 18 through May 1 and will include sets by Slavic-punk-band DeVotchKa, East Village punk troubadour Jesse Malin and St. Mark's Social, electro-anarchists Tres Leches Afterparty Sound Crew and special surprise guest appearances.

Select dates on the European leg of the Casa Gogol Tour will include sets by the VMA-winning Brooklyn punk-dance duo Matt & Kim, Mariachi El Bronx (the musical alter-ego of the hardcore punk band The Bronx) and Tres Leches Afterparty Sound Crew.

Casa Gogol is crossing America, and then the Atlantic, to celebrate the upcoming release of Transcontinental Hustle, the fifth studio album from Gogol Bordello.   Produced by Rick Rubin, Transcontinental Hustle is the first Gogol Bordello studio album since 2007's SUPER TARANTA!

We are advised by the band: "Gogol Bordello's radical invocations of positive primal energy and planetary consciousness combine with a music infused with ska, metal, punk, rap, dub and, more recently, intimations of indigenous Brazilian sounds to produce a party maelstrom of electrifying proportions. Led by revolutionary change agent and provocateur Eugene Hutz, Gogol Bordello, a nine-piece juggernaut of gypsy rebel soul, has become an international force to be reckoned with."

Well, all right then!

Tour Dates:

Fri       Feb, 26           New York, NY                       Carnegie Hall (Tibet House benefit)

Sun      Mar, 28           Fremantle, AUS                     West Roots Blues

Tue      Mar, 30           Melbourne, AUS                   Billboard

Wed    Mar, 31           Sydney, AUS                          The Metro

Fri       Apr, 2              Brisbane, AUS                       The HiFi

Sun      Apr, 4              Byron Bay, AUS                    Byron Bay Blues Fest

Mon    Apr, 5              Byron Bay, AUS                    Byron Bay Blues Fest

All Casa Gogol North America dates below will include performance by DeVotchKa, Jesse Malin and  St. Mark's Social, and Tres Leches Afterparty Sound Crew as support.

Sun      Apr, 18           Montreal, QC                         Metropolis

Tue      Apr, 20           Toronto, ON                         Sound Academy

Wed    Apr, 21           Detroit, MI                            Royal Oak

Fri       Apr, 23           Chicago, IL                           Congress

Sat       Apr, 24           Minneapolis, MN                  First Ave

Sun      Apr, 25           Minneapolis, MN                  First Ave

Wed    Apr, 28           Boston, MA                           House of Blues

Thu      Apr, 29           Baltimore, MD                      Rams Head Live

Fri       Apr, 30           Baltimore, MD                      Rams Head Live

Sat       May, 1            Philadelphia, PA                    Electric Factory

All Casa Gogol European dates below, except festivals in bold, include performances by Matt and Kim, Mariachi El Bronx, and Tres Leches Afterparty Sound Crew as support.

** Matt and Kim NOT performing at these shows

#  Announced as The Bronx (not Mariachi El Bronx)

Date                            City                                        Venue                                   

Fri       May, 7            London, UK                           Hammersmith Apolo #

Sat       May, 8            Manchester, UK                    Academy

Sun      May, 9            Glasgow, UK                         Academy

Mon    May, 10          Norwich, UK                         UEA

Tue      May, 11          Birmingham, UK                   Academy

Fri      May, 14          Bulligny/Nancy, FR            JDM Fest

Sat      May, 15          Longirod, CH                      Longirock

Sun      May, 16          Karlsruhe, GER                     Tollhaus

Tue      May, 18          Paris, FR                                Elysee Montmartre

Wed    May, 19          Toulouse, FR                         Le Bikini

Fri       May, 21          Madrid, SP                             La Riviera**

Sat       May, 22          Barcelona, SP                        Razzmatazz**

Mon    May, 24          Bologna, IT                            Estragoon

Tue      May, 25          Milan, IT                                 Alcatraz

Wed    May, 26          Zurich, CH                             Xtra

Thu      May, 27          Wien, AT                                Gasometer **

Tue      Jun, 1              Amsterdam, NL                     Paradiso **

Wed    Jun, 2              Hamburg, GER                      Docks **

Thu      Jun, 3              Berlin, GER                           Astra/Columbia Halle **

Fri      Jun, 4             Nuremburg, GER               Rock im Park

Sun     Jun, 6             Nurburgring, GER             Rock am Ring