Pitchfork

San Francisco old school punks Flipper will embark on their first tour in ten years with former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic in tow, according to various sources and confirmed by the band. Novoselic has joined the band after retiring from music in 2003 to get involved in Washington (state) politics and write a book called Of Grunge & Government: Let's Fix this Broken Democracy! Appropriately enough, the tour begins in Seattle on December 1.

Dates:

12-01 Seattle, WA - El Corazon
12-02 Portland, OR - Dante's
12-08-10 Somerset, England - Butlins Minehead (All Tomorrows Parties' Nightmare Before Christmas)
12-11 London, England - Scala *
12-13 Manchester, England - Academy 3
12-14 Glasgow, Scotland - The Garage *
12-15 Belfast, Northern Ireland - Lavery's
12-16 Dublin, Ireland - The Village
12-17 Galway, Ireland - Roisin Dubh
12-20 San Francisco, CA - Café du Nord

* with Melvins

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