Los Angeles’s excellent Dum Dum Girls have been announced as support for MGMT on their forthcoming UK tour.
The band, now comprising Dee Dee, Jules, Bambie and new drummer, Sandy Vu, will support the group on nine dates across September and October, starting with a pair of dates at Glasgow’s Barrowland and climaxing on three dates in London’s Brixton Academy. The debut Dum Dum Girls album, I Will Be, is out now on Sub Pop.
There are also a series of headline Dum Dum Girls shows booked in for this year; a list of those dates follows the shows with MGMT.
MGMT / Dum Dum Girls tour:
20-Sept Glasgow Barrowlands
21-Sept Glasgow Barrowlands
23-Sept Birmingham 02 Academy
24-Sept Bournemouth 02 Academy
26-Sep t Manchester Manchester Apollo
27-Sep t Leeds 02 Academy
29-Sept London Brixton Academy
30-Sept London Brixton Academy
1-Oct London Brixton Academy
Dum Dum Girls headline shows:
24-Jul London 1234 Festival
25-Jul Sheffield Tramlines Festival
26-Jul Newcastle The Cluny
27-Jul Edinburgh Cabaret Voltaire
28-Jul Manchester Sound Control (DATE CHANGE)
30-Jul London Cargo (NEW DATE)