We are so excited to visit Roskilde Festival again. It will be our third time this year and no doubt another highlight.

Another highlight is to be working with Hvass&Hannibal – we love them.
UK Magazine Creative Review just named Magic Chairs record sleeve of the month.

All dates are now fully announced (except for May 7th) and we are so excited about going on tour again! We hope to see you at one of our concerts. The support slots are also almost fixed now. Balmorhea will support the US tour and Heather Woods Broderick most of the European tour with some assistance from Slaraffenland and Frederik Teige (our guitarist).

We should also let you know that you are now able to listen to three tracks from our upcoming third album Magic Chairs on the front of www.efterklang.net. The songs available for streaming are Modern Drift, Alike and Full Moon.

And you can now PRE-ORDER Magic Chairs on VINYL and CD using these links: Rumraket (DK) – Rough Trade (UK) – Insound (US) – imusic (DK)

February
18.02 – Copenhagen, DK / Global / RELEASEPARTY – Slaraffenland, Frederik Teige +Heather & Peter Broderick will all perform live – FREE ENTRANCE, come join us
19.02 – Oslo, NO – By:Larm – Sentrum Scene
20.02 – Oslo, NO – By:Larm – Folketeateret

March
02.03 – Philadelphia, PA / First Unitarian Church / support: Balmorhea
03.03 – New York, NY / Le Poisson Rouge / support: Balmorhea
04.03 – Boston, MA / TT The Bears / support: Balmorhea
05.03 – Montreal, Canada / La Sala Rosa / support: Balmorhea
06.03 – Toronto, Canada / El Mocambo / support: Balmorhea
07.03 – Detroit MI / The Pike Room / support: Balmorhea
08.03 – Chicago, IL / Lincoln Hall / support: Balmorhea
11.03 – Seattle, WA / The Triple Door / support: Balmorhea
12.03 – Vancouver, BC, Canada / Biltmore / support: Balmorhea
13.03 – Portland, OR / Doug Fir / support: Balmorhea
15.03 – San Francisco, CA / Bottom Of The Hill / support: Balmorhea
16.03 – Los Angeles, CA / Spaceland / support: Balmorhea
18.03 – SXSW Festival / Austin, TX / info
19.03 – SXSW Festival / Austin, TX / info
20.03 – SXSW Festival / Austin, TX / info

April
05.04 – Norway / TBA / support: Heather Broderick
07.04 – Helsinki, FI / Korjaamo / tickets / support: Heather Broderick
08.04 – Tallinn, Estonia / Von Krahl Theatre / support: Heather Broderick
10.04 – Stockholm, SE / Strand / support: Heather Broderick
14.04 – Århus, DK / Voxhall / support TBA
15.04 – Aalborg, DK / Studenterhuset / support TBA
16.04 – Göteborg, SE / Brewhouse / support TBA
17.04 – Copenhagen, DK / Store VEGA / tickets / support TBA
20.04 – Brighton, UK / Concorde 2 / support: Heather Broderick / ticket info
21.04 – London, UK / Shepherds Bush Empire / support: Heather Broderick / tickets
22.04 – Oxford, UK / O2 Academy / support: Heather Broderick / ticket info
23.04 – Edinburgh, UK / Cabaret Voltaire / support: Slaraffenland / ticket info
24.04 – Belfast, UK Black Box / support: Slaraffenland / ticket info
25.04 – Dublin, IE / Whelan’s / support: Slaraffenland / ticket info
27.04 – Bristol, UK / Metropolis / support: Slaraffenland / ticket info
28.04 – Paris, France / Nouveau Casino / support: Heather Broderick /
29.04 – Tourcoing (Lille), France / Grand Mix / support: Heather Broderick /
30.04 – Saint Nazaire (Nantes), France / VIP / support: Heather Broderick /

May
01.05 – Pau, France / Centrifugeuse / support: Heather Broderick /
02.05 – Barcelona, Spain / La [2] de Apolo / support: Heather Broderick / ticket info)
04.05 – Rome, Italy / Init / support: Heather Broderick
05.05 – Bologna, Italy / Covo / Rocker Festival
06.05 – Basel, Switzerland 1.Stock / support: Heather W. Broderick
07.05 – Germany TBA
08.05 – Berlin / Astra Kulturhaus / Friction Festival
09.05 – Athens, Greece / Rodeo Live Club / support: Frederik Teige
11.05 – Cologne, DE / Gebäude 9 / support: Heather Broderick
12.05 – Hamburg, DE / Knust / support: Heather Broderick
13.05 – Rotterdam, The Netherlands / Rotown / support: Heather Broderick
14.05 – Nijmegen, The Netherlands / Doornroosje / support Heather Broderick
15.05 – Brussels, BE / Les Nuits Botanique at Cirque Royal
22.05 – Malmö, SE / Babel / support TBA

We are very happy to inform you about three festivals, that we just added to our concert calendar.

First one is SXSW Festival in Austin. We will end our already announced US Tour at this crazy event playing a few shows. Next one is Friction Festival in Berlin. We will play there on the 8th of May. The third announcement is Haldern Pop Festival on August 14th. More dates to be announced soon.

18.03 – 20.03 SXSW Festival / Austin, TX / info
08.05 – Berlin / Astra Kulturhaus / Friction Festival
14.08 – Haldern Pop Festival, Germany / Festival info

Hello Sweet Friends!!!!

February 22nd (23rd in the US) 2010 we release our third album Magic Chairs and we can´t wait!!! (free download and album details can be found here)

But lets talk about concerts now! We can announce 24 new concerts today!! We will go on tour with our new 7-piece live band consisting of yours truly (Mads, Casper, Thomas and Rasmus) and then with the addition of Heather W. Broderick, her brother Peter Broderick and long time friend Frederik Teige. These three people also play an important part on our new album btw.

February 2010
19th – By:Larm Festival, Oslo Norway (info)
20th – By:Larm Festival, Oslo Norway (info)

March
2nd – First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia PA USA, support: Balmorhea
3rd – Le Poisson Rouge, New York NY USA, support: Balmorhea
4th – TT The Bears, Boston MA USA, support: Balmorhea
5th – La Sala Rosa, Montreal PQ Canada, support: Balmorhea
6th – El Mocambo, Toronto ONT Canada, support: Balmorhea
7th – The Pike Room, Detroit MI USA, support: Balmorhea
8th – Lincoln Hall, Chicago IL USA, support: Balmorhea
11th – The Triple Door, Seattle WA USA, support: Balmorhea
12th – Biltmore, Vancouver BC Canada, support: Balmorhea
13th – Doug Fir, Portland OR USA, support: Balmorhea
15th – Bottom Of The Hill, San Francisco CA USA, support: Balmorhea
16th – Spaceland, Los Angeles CA USA, support: Balmorhea

April
20th – Concorde 2, Brighton UK (£10 advance /£12 door – ticket info)
21st – Shepherds Bush Empire, London UK (£15 – ticket info)
22nd – O2 Academy, Oxford UK (£10 advance /£12 door – ticket info)
23rd – Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh UK (£10 advance – ticket info)
24th – Black Box, Belfast UK (£10 advance – ticket info)
25th – Whelan’s, Dublin IE (€17.50 advance – ticket info)
27th – Metropolis, Bristol UK (£8 advance – ticket info)
28th – Nouveau Casino, Paris France
29th – Grand Mix, Tourcoing (Lille) France
30th – VIP, Saint Nazaire (Nantes) France

May
1st – Centrifugeuse, Pau France
2nd – La [2] de Apolo, Barcelona Spain (€15/18 – ticket info)

More to come…

photo by Colin Quinn, Manchester 2009

About a year ago we played a concert together with our good friends in Slaraffenland. We morphed our bands together, called it Slaraffenklang and played each other songs in new versions as a 12 piece rock band. You can still download a free live EP, recorded at that concert, over at rumraket.com/shop/freedownloads.html

Now the mutant band returns! Slaraffenklang will come back to do two concerts and then it will go back to sleep in its monster hideout. Here are the dates:

23.01 – Aarhus, DK – Slaraffenklang Concert! @ Voxhall – tickets
24.01 – Copenhagen, DK – Slaraffenklang Concert! @ Skuespilshuset – tickets

Lieben Deutschen
We’re coming your way this week, and we’re very excited. It’s always been a pleasure playing in your country!

This time around, there’s a nice blend of good oldies, and exotic newbies on the map. On Wednesday (18/11) we’re starting out in Berlin. After that we’ll be heading towards Austria, Turkey, Switzerland & Italy. See the full plan below.

Hope to see you and your friends!
Much love from all of us

Germany:
18.11 – Berlin, DE / Festsaal Kreuzberg / w. Sandy Bird / tickets
19.11 – Köln, DE / Kulturbunker Mülheim / tickets
20.11 – Bochum, DE / Bahnhoof Langendreer / w. Eagle and Talon / tickets
21.11 – Hannover, DE / Junges Schauspiel
22.11 – Osnabrueck, DE / Glanz und Gloria / w. Sandy Bird / tickets
24.11 – Hamburg, DE / Knust / tickets
25.11 – Leipzig, DE / UT Connewitz / w. Early Day Miners & Jersey / tickets
26.11 – Dresden, DE / BeatPol / w. Bored man over Board / tickets

Austria:
27.11 – Ebensee, AT / Kino
28.11 – Vienna, AT / Fluc Wanne

Turkey:
29.11 – Istanbul, Turkey / Indigo / Address / Hosted by Bant NO:21

Switzerland & Italy:
01.12 – Zurich, CH / Rote Fabrik / tickets
02.12 – Milan, IT / Casa 139 / tickets
03.12 – Basel, CH / 1. Stock / Supp. Ladina Robert / tickets
04.12 – Aarau, CH / Flösserplatz / w. The Black Heart Procession / tickets
05.12 – Luzern, CH / Treibhaus / tickets

Starting Wednesday we will play 4 concerts in Denmark this week. The shows are part of the CPH:DOX film festival and all the concerts will start with a screening of the new Performing Parades film by Benjamin Hesselholdt. We will follow the screening with a live show consisting mostly of new songs!

Hope to see you there! Or somewhere else in Europe in the near future.

The dates are the following:
11.11 – Copenhagen, DK / DOX:CLUB / tickets
12.11 – Copenhagen, DK / DOX:CLUB / tickets
13.11 – Aarhus, DK / Musikhuset Århus / CPH:DOX tour / tickets
14.11 – Odense, DK / Posten / CPH:DOX tour / tickets

Cutting Ice To Snow (live):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeRNFnpd160

A nice and talented girl called Jenny Soep painted this picture while we were playing at Oran Mor in Glasgow a couple of days ago.

We’re in Leeds tonight and Reading tomorrow!

Love from all of us

We’re leaving Copenhagen, to see y’all again:)

Starting out with an ultra exciting and very special show at Barbican Hall, London, on Wednesday, October 28th with Britten Sinfonia. Performing our latest studio album Parades from A to Z + a petit surprise…

Here’s the first leg of our Autumn Tour 2009:

28.10 – London, UK / Barbican / Performing Parades w. Britten Sinfonia / Supp. Jaga Jazzist and Sons of Noel and Adrian / tickets

29.10 – Birmingham, UK / The Asylum / w. Nancy Elizabeth / tickets
30.10 – Glasgow, UK / Oran Mor / w. Nancy Elizabeth / tickets
31.10 – Manchester, UK / Deaf Institute (Halloween) / by Hey Manchester! / tickets
01.11 – Leeds, UK / Brainwash Festival / tickets
02.11 – Reading, UK / Reading Concert Hall / w. Nancy Elizabeth / tickets
03.11 – Paris, FR / La Maroquinerie / Address / tickets1 – tickets2
04.11 – Utrecht, NL / Tivoli de Helling / tickets
05.11 – Amsterdam, NL / Paradiso / tickets
06.11 – Antwerp, BE / de Nachten / de Singel / tickets
07.11 – Rennes, FR / L’Antipode / w. The Last Morning Soundtrack / tickets

There’re many more European concerts coming up in November and December all listed Right Here

Can’t wait and hope to see you!

Much love from all of us

Hello all

Here’s a sneak preview from our forthcoming CD/DVD and 2LP/DVD release (October 19th 2009) performing Parades. Recorded in Copenhagen with The National Danish Chamber Orchestra

Caravan (live):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6QtcwR_fMw

Cutting Ice To Snow (live):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeRNFnpd160

The CD/DVD and LP/DVD features the complete performance with The Danish National Chamber Orchestra in audio format + a 55-minute concert film directed by Benjamin Hesselholdt. The DVD also includes a behind the scenes documentary (with English and Danish subtitles) of the preparations for the event + a lot of other bonus material.

Pre-order:
via Leaf leaf.greedbag.com
via Efterklang - Rumraket.com/shop

For those of you who haven’t heard it yet, we’re Performing Parades with the Britten Sinfonia on October 28th in Barbican Hall in London, UK. The splendid Norwegian collective Jaga Jazzist have been named as support for the concert in a very rare UK performance, so this looks like an extremely exciting evening!

You can find out more and buy tickets here:
http://www.barbican.org.uk/music/event-detail.asp?ID=9377

Also, we’re doing a month long tour of “regular” shows after the London date around the UK, Benelux, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Turkey (yep, we finally making our way to Istanbul!) previewing tracks from our third studio album, to be released by 4AD next year. You can find the (almost) complete tour right here

With love from all of us