Matisyahu Sharing Stage With Les Claypool and Umphrey's McGee This Summer

05/05/2009
. (PR) Matisyahu will embark on an extensive summer tour beginning May 30, playing major festivals and co-headlining several shows in the South with Les Claypool and on the East Coast with Umphrey's McGee, including Central Park Summerstage on July 9. (Please see reverse for a complete schedule of confirmed dates.)

Bass virtuoso Les Claypool is known for his seminal work with Primus, as well as a bevy of his own projects including Oysterhead (with Trey Anastasio and Stewart Copeland) and The Frog Brigade. Umphrey's McGee, which has several critically acclaimed albums to its credit, is one of the most visible and successful improvised music bands in recent years.

In addition to his shows alongside Claypool and Umphrey's McGee, Matisyahu plays a slew of major festivals this summer including Wakarusa Festival (June 5), Harmony Music Festival (June 14-15), Milwaukee Summerfest (July 2), 80-35 Festival (July 3), Rothbury Festival (July 5), Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest (July 11), Festival d'�t� de Qu�bec (July 12), Mile High Music Festival (July 19).

Joined by a new backing band, the acclaimed dub-rock band Dub Trio along with Matisyahu band veterans Aaron Dugan (guitar) and Rob Marscher (keyboards), Matisyahu kicks off the tour May 30 in Florida.

May 30* Pompano Beach, FL Pompano Beach Amphitheater
May 31* Lake Buena Vista, FL House of Blues�Orlando
June 1* St. Petersburg, FL Jannus Landing
June 2* Atlanta, GA The Tabernacle
June 4* Memphis, TN Minglewood Hall
June 5 Ozark, AR Wakarusa Festival
June 7* Dallas, TX The Palladium
June 8* Houston, TX House of Blues
June 9* Austin, TX Austin Music Hall
June 11+ Tucson, AZ Rialto Theatre
June 13-14 Santa Rosa, CA Harmony Music Festival
June 16+ Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern
June 18+ Ventura, CA Ventura Theatre
June 20+ Las Vegas, NV House of Blues
June 21+ San Luis Obispo, CA Pozo Saloon
June 23+ Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom
June 24+ Seattle, WA The Moore Theatre
June 25+ Boise, ID Knitting Factory
June 27 Salt Lake City, UT In The Venue
June 29 Aspen, CO Belly Up
July 1 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
July 2 Milwaukee, WI Summerfest
July 3 Des Moines, IA 80-35 Festival
July 5 Rothbury, MI Rothbury Festival
July 7� Boston, MA Bank of America Pavilion
July 8� Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory
July 9� New York, NY Central Park SummerStage
July 11 Ottawa, ON Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest
July 12 Quebec City, QC Festival d'�t� de Qu�bec
July 19 Denver, CO Mile High Music Festival
*�co-headline with Les Claypool
+ �with very special guest K'naan
�� co-headline with Umphrey's McGee

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