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Plaid announce US dates for August with Squarepusher
12 June 2001

Last month, UK electronica pioneers Plaid (the duo of Ed Handly and Andy Turner, formerly in Black Dog) staged a brief tour of selected cities in Europe and the US, previewing their remarkable new album Double Figure, released at the end of May. Plaid play a show tonight at 93 Feet East in London, and have shows set for later this month in Spain and Denmark. They have also announced dates for a major North American tour in August supporting fellow Warp artist Squarepusher—one of many bands who’ve acknowledged their musical debt to Plaid. Squarepusher release their new album Go Plastic on 26 June
    Plaid’s 19 track, 70 minute Double Figure is their first studio release since 1999’s Rest Proof Clockwork. Along with that album and 1997’s Not For Threes, Double Figure concludes a trilogy of sorts. According to Handly and Turner, Double Figure explores the stereo panorama and its psychoacoustic effects (translation: wear headphones). We’ll bring you a full review soon.
    Here are the North American Plaid and Squarepusher dates so far

June
12 - London, UK (93 Feet East)
14 - Barcelona, Spain (Sonar)
29 - Roskilde, Denmark (Roskilde Festival)

August
  7 - Vancouver, BC (Sonar)
  8 - Seattle, WA (The Showbox)
  9 - Portland, OR (B Complex)
10 - Oakland, CA (Indigo Event Center)
11 - San Francisco, CA (Bimbo's)
12 - Los Angeles, CA (El Rey Theater)
14 - Denver, CO (Bluebird)
15 - Lawrence, KS (Granada)
16 - Minneapolis, MN (First Avenue)
17 - Chicago, IL (Metro)
18 - Detroit, MI (St. Andrews Hall)
20 - Columbus, OH (Wexner Center for the Arts)
21 - Toronto, ON (Phoenix)
22 - Montreal, PQ (Club Soda)
23 - New York, NY (Irving Plaza)
24 - New York, NY (Irving Plaza)
25 - Boston, MA (Paradise)
27 - Philadelphia, PA (Trocadero)
28 - Washington, DC (9:30 Club)
29 - Atlanta, GA (Echo Lounge)
30 - Orlando, FL (Sapphire Supper Club)
31 - Miami, FL (Knights of Columbus)
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