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Apr 21, 2015 By Christopher Roberts The War on Drugs

Yesterday in a strange cultural mash-up, The War on Drugs performed “Red Eyes” on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, making their daytime television debut. Despite the less than rock ‘n’ roll setting, Adam Granduciel and band rocked it out and even got a hug from Ellen at the end, after which she announced that the whole audience was going home with a copy of Lost in the Dream (Under the Radar‘s #1 album of 2014, by the way).

The band also stuck around to do a web-exclusive performance of epic album-opener “Under the Pressure,” per Ellen’s personal request apparently. Although curiously, they played a shorter four-and-a-half-minute version of the song, rather than the full near-nine-minute version found on the album, despite it only being a performance for the web. I guess Ellen’s audience can only handle so much awesome saxophone infused rock from Philly. Still, hopefully some in the studio audience will enjoy the greatness of Lost in the Dream on their drive home (or sometime later) and kudos to Ellen for exposing a more mainstream audience to the band.

Check out “Red Eyes” below and head over to Ellen’s site for the “Under the Pressure” performance.

The War on Drugs Tour Dates:

Thu. May 21 - Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
Sat. May 23 - George, WA @ Sasquatch
Sun. May 24 - Vancouver, BC @ Vogue Theatre - SOLD OUT
Sat. June 6 - Toronto, ON @ Field Trip Music Festival
Sun. June 7 - New York, NY @ The Governors Ball Music Festival
Mon. June 8 - Rochester, NY @ Water Street Music Hall
Tue. June 9 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE
Wed. June 10 - Covington, KY @ The Madison Theater
Thu. June 11 - Sun. June 14 - Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo
Fri. June 12 - Indianapolis, IN @ Vogue
Mon. June 15 - Tampa, FL @ The Ritz
Tue. June 16 - Miami Beach, FL @ The Fillmore at Jackie Gleason
Wed. June 17 - Orlando, FL @ The Beacham Theatre
Thu. June 18 - Charlotte, NC @ Amos’ Southend
Sat. June 20 - Washington, D.C. @ 9:30 Club - SOLD OUT
Sat. June 21 - Washington, D.C. @ 9:30 Club
Thu. June 25 - Sun. June 28 - Werchter, BE @ Rock Werchter
Fri. June 26 - St. Gallen, CH @ Open Air
Sun. June 28 —De Groene Heuvels, NL @ Down The Rabbit Hole
Mon. June 29 - Köln, DE @ Live Music Hall
Wed. July 1 - Sat. July 4 - Roskilde, DK @ Roskilde Festival
Thu. July 2 - Sun. July 5 - Barcelona, ES @ Vida Festival
Sun. July 5 - Montreux, CH @ Montreux Jazz Festival
Mon. July 6 - Paris, FR @ Days Off Festival
Tue. July 7 - Luxembourg City, LU @ den Atelier
Thu. July 9 - Sheffield, UK @ 02 Academy
Fri. July 10 - Perthshire, Scotland, UK @ T in the Park
Fri. July 16 - Pemberton, BC @ Pemberton Music Festival
Sat. July 18 - Louisville, KY @ Forecastle Music Festival]
Fri. July 31 - Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza]
Tue. Aug. 11 - Sat. Aug. 15 - Oslo, NO @ Øya
Thu. Aug. 13 - Sat. Aug. 15 - Gothenburg, SE @ Way Out West
Fri. Aug. 14 - Sun. Aug 16 - Helsinki, FI @ Flow Festival
Sat. Aug. 15 - Rees-Haldern, DE @ Haldern Pop Festival 2015
Mon. Aug. 17 - Prague, CZ @ Lucerna Music Bar
Tue. Aug. 18 - Vienna, AU @ Arena
Fri. Aug. 21 - Tabuao, PT @ Paredes de Coura
Sat. Aug. 22 - Hasselt, BE @ Pukkelpop Festival
Fri. Sep. 4 - Sat. Sep. 5 - Laois, IE @ Electric Picnic
Sun. Sep. 6 - Wiltshire, UK @ End Of The Road Festival
Fri. Oct. 16 - Los Angeles, CA @ Greek Theatre

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