LCD Soundsystem Do the Festival Thing

James Murphy campaigns against self in bizarre internet ad
LCD Soundsystem Do the Festival Thing

So comin' for that number one spot didn't quite play like James Murphy may've wanted. So what? His LCD Soundsystem's Sound of Silver still moved more units last week than Kidz Bop 11, and in celebration, the North American scum will follow their previously-announced domestic dates with a couple weblogs, a few spins of some deep Stevie Nicks cuts, and a few of the finest festivals Europe has to offer.

At England's Wireless Festival, LCD will finally, FINALLY share the stage with Daft Punk.

Oh, and then there's this little head-scratcher:

Is the notoriously self-aggrandizing Murphy trying to play us all reverse-psychology style in this video? Or is the Library Association of Greater Pennsylvania really gunning for old boy? The truth probably lies somewhere in between-- the video is up on his website, and Google coughs up no such L.A.G.P.-- but whatever its intent, this rash of pomo internet marketing stuff succeeds best at confusing.

Time to get away:

03-30 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
03-31 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
04-28 Indio, CA - Empire Polo Field (Coachella)
04-29 Los Angeles, CA - TBA *
04-30 San Francisco, CA - Mezzanine
05-01 San Francisco, CA - TBA *
05-02 Seattle, WA - Showbox
05-03 Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom
05-04 Vancouver, British Columbia - TBA *
05-05 Toronto, Ontario - TBA *
05-06 Chicago, IL - Metro
05-07 Detroit, MI - Majestic Theater
05-08 Toronto, Ontario - Phoenix Concert Theater
05-09 Montreal, Quebec - Spectrum de Montreal
05-10 Montreal, Quebec - TBA *
05-11 Boston, MA - Axis/Paradise
05-12 Brooklyn, NY - Studio B
05-13 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
05-14 New York, NY - Webster Hall
06-16 London, England - O2 Wireless Festival
06-17 Leeds, England - O2 Wireless Festival
06-29 St. Gallen, Switzerland - St. Gallen Festival
06-30 Werchter, Netherlands - Rock Wercther Festival
07-01 Gdynia, Poland - Heineken Opener Festival
07-13 Madrid, Spain - Summercase
07-14 Barcelona, Spain - Summercase
08-24 Leeds, England - Carling Weekend Festival
08-26 Reading, England - Carling Weekend Festival
09-02 Argyll, Scotland - Connect Festival

* James Murphy and Pat Mahoney DJ set

Posted by Paul Thompson on Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 8:00am