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Feb 16, 2016 M83 By Christopher Roberts

M83 (aka Anthony Gonzalez) announced back in December that he’d finished his new album and that it’s due out sometime in 2016. Some M83 tour dates were also announced last month and now 10 new dates have been added to their itinerary. All the dates are below, with the newly announced shows in bold.

If you’re a female singer/keyboardist, then you still have a chance to actually be part of M83’s lineup for this tour. A couple of weeks back Gonzalez put out an open call for a new female keyboardist/singer to fill the spot vacated by Morgan Kibby, who left the lineup to more fully focus on her White Sea solo project. On the band’s website here there’s a form to submit video links of your singing and keyboard playing, if you meet the requirements (have a valid passport, no criminal history that would impede international travel, be available between April and December, and be able to start rehearsals in Los Angeles in March).

The new album is the follow-up to 2011’s fantastic Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming. In an in-the-studio interview with Entertainment Weekly back in December Gonzalez called the new album “epic.” “It’s a very strong album with a lot of eclecticism,” Gonzalez told Entertainment Weekly. “It’s very epic. There’s a lot of different genres that are not supposed to live together but I tried to make them live together, which is quite challenging. It’s also quite different from the previous albums which is what I’m the most proud of.”

Gonzalez also said that the album was inspired by ‘70s and ‘80s television. “Shows like Punky Brewster and Who’s the Boss,” he said. “I feel like TV shows are starting to sound and look the same. There’s no more passion anymore. So this album is a tribute to those old-fashioned shows.”

M83 Tour Dates:

(New dates in bold.)

04-06 New Orleans, LA - The Civic Theatre
04-08 Dallas, TX - Bomb Factory
04-09 Houston, TX - TBD
04-10 Austin, TX - Stubbs Waller Creek Amphitheater
04-12 Tucson, AZ - Rialto Theatre
04-13 Phoenix, AZ - Comerica Theatre
04-15 Indio, CA - Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival
04-16 Las Vegas, NV - Brooklyn Bowl
04-17 Oakland, CA - Fox Theater
04-19 Pomona, CA - The Fox Theater
04-22 Indio, CA - Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival
04-23 Santa Cruz, CA - The Catalyst Club
04-25 Portland, OR - Roseland Theater
04-26 Portland, OR - Roseland Theater
04-27 Missoula, MT - The Wilma
04-29 Edmonton, AB - Winspear Centre
04-30 Calgary, AB - Grey Eagle Event Centre
05-28 George, WA - Sasquatch Festival
05-30 Salt Lake City, UT - The Great Saltair
05-31 Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre
06-01 Kansas City, MO - Arvest Bank Theatre at The Midland
06-03 Columbus, OH - Express Live!
06-04 New York, NY - The Governors Ball Music Festival
06-06 Pittsburgh, PA - Stage AE
06-07 Cincinnati, OH - Bogart’s
06-08 Cleveland, OH - House of Blues
06-10 Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo Music Festival
06-11 Raleigh, NC - Red Hat Amphitheater
06-12 Richmond, VA - The National
06-14 Charlotte, NC - The Fillmore
06-15 Norfolk, VA - The NorVa
06-16 Columbia, MD - Merriweather Post Pavilion
06-18 Dover, DE - Firefly Music Festival
07-07 Bilbao, Spain - BBK Live Festival
07-09 Lisbon, Portugal - NOS Festival
07-15 Gräfenhainchen, Germany - Melt Festival
07-23 Oro-Medonte, Ontario - WayHome Music & Arts Festival
07-24 Detroit, MI - MoPop Festival
08-10 Oslo, Norway - Øya Festival
08-11 Gothenburg, Sweden - Way Out West Festival
08-13 Helsinki, Finland - Flow Festival
08-15 Budapest, Hungary - Sziget Festival

* with Tame Impala