Tokyo Police Club will appear tonight on The Late Show With David Letterman, performing “Wait Up (Boots of Danger)” from their recently released sophomore effort Champ on Mom Pop.
The second full length offering from the Newmarket Ontario quartet whose previous releases include 2008″s Elephant Shell album and the 2006 debut EP, A Lesson In Crime, Champ has generated some of the most enthusiastic critical reactions of the band”s career to date. Pitchfork noted that “as other 2006 indie upstarts like Annuals, Be Your Own Pet, and Voxtrot have blown up or faded away, Tokyo Police Club endure. This is not a coincidence,” while The New York Post commented “it”s nice to hear a group smart enough to recognize they have a good thing going,” adding that David Monks” vocal growth “makes him sound like he”s living the experiences of each song as he sings them,” and The Dallas Morning News hailed Champ”s ability to “stealthily slip underneath your skin.”
The band will wind down its run of dates with Passion Pit thus week, with two New York area shows that will see them play before a combined crowd of over 12,000. Following those shows, Tokyo Police Club will immediately embark on a headlining tour taking them across North America and through the summer, with Freelance Whales supporting (full dates below).
TOKYO POLICE CLUB ON TOUR:
With Passion Pit:
06/29/10 Prospect Park Bandshell – Brooklyn, NY *
06/30/10 Governor”s Island – New York, NY *
07/01/10 – Boston, MA – Royale
07/08/10 – Toronto, Canada – Molson Amphitheatre ^
07/10/10 – Lebreton Flats, Canada- Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest
07/15/10 – London, UK – Scala
07/16/10 – Suffolk, UK – Latitude Festival
07/17/10 – Herk-de-Stad, Belgium – Rock Herk Festival
07/18/10 – Nijmegen, Netherlands – Valkhof Affaire
07/23/10 – Jackson, MI – Land of Nod Festival %
07/24/10 – Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop %
07/25/10 – Buffalo, NY – Town Ballroom %
07/27/10 – Washington, DC – Black Cat %
07/28/10 – Columbus, OH – The Basement %
07/29/10 – Indianapolis, IN – The Vogue %
07/31/10 – Kansas City, MO – Record Bar %
08/01/10 – Omaha, NE – Slowdown %
08/03/10 – Denver, CO – The Bluebird Theater %
08/04/10 – Salt Lake City, UT – casino In The Venue %
08/05/10 – Las Vegas, NV – The Beauty Bar %
08/07/10 – Tuscon, AZ – Plush %
08/08/10 – San Diego, CA – Casbah %
08/12/10 – Los Angeles, CA – El Rey Theatre %
08/14/10 – San Francisco, CA – Golden Gate Park
08/15/10 – Portland, OR – Aladdin Theater %
08/16/10 – Seattle, WA – Neumos %
08/19/10 – Minneapolis, MN – Varsity Theater %
08/20/10 – Chicago, IL – Metro %
09/04/10 – Edmonton, Canada – Sonic Boom Festival
09/05/10 – Squamish, BC – Squmish Music Festival
09/21/10 – Detroit, MI – Magic Stick
09/22/10 – Grand Rapids, MI – The Intersection
09/25/10 – Thunder Bay, ON – Crocks
09/26/10 – Winnipeg, MB – The Garrick Centre
09/27/10 – Saskatoon, SK – Louis’ Pub
09/29/10 – Calgary, AB – MacEwan Ballroom
10/02/10 – Vancouver, BC – The Commodore Ballroom
10/03/10 – Victoria, BC – Element
11/17/10 – Birmingham, UK – Birmingham Academy
11/18/10 – Manchester, UK – Manchester Academy
11/19/10 – Newcastle, UK – Newcastle Academy
11/20/10 – Edinburgh, UK – Picture House
11/21/10 – Leeds, UK – Leeds Academy
11/23/10 – London, UK – Hammersmith Apollo
11/24/10 – Dublin, IE – Dublin Academy
11/26/10 – Tilburg, NL – O13
11/27/10 – Paris, FR – La Cigale
11/29/10 – Hamburg, DE – The Docks
11/30/10 – Berlin, DE – Huxley’s
12/01/10 – Munich, DE – TheaterFrabrik
12/03/10 – Vienna, AT – Gasometer
12/04/10 – Zurich, CH – Harterei Club
12/05/10 – Milan, IT – Magazzini Gernerali
* w/ Passion Pit
^ w/ Flaming Lips & Spoon
% w/ Freelance Whales