Sufjan Stevens Archive

Do you remember 2006? That was the year we lost contact with Pioneer 10, Italy won their fourth FIFA World Cup, and No 5, 1948 by Jackson Pollock became the most expensive painting ever sold. Good times!

It was also the last time Sufjan set foot in Europe as a touring musician. And in 2011 he will do so again, landing first in Norway, moving to Denmark, Sweden, Poland, Germany, France, Belgium, the UK, Ireland, The Netherlands, Italy, and finishing in Spain and Portugal.

Sufjan has toured the US, Australia, and New Zealand and the shows involved gratuitous amounts of dancing, neon gaffe tape and balloons. We imagine this tour will be more of the same, in a very, very good way.

Tourdates and buy links are here.

This just in from Asthmatic Kitty Records:

You are officially one of the first ones to know this: Sufjan is going on tour in October! This should be quite a tour, as he personally structured this tour around some of the most historic theaters and venues in the country. He’ll start on October 12th in Montreal and move his way through the Midwest, to Texas, westerly, and then back through the Midwest and to New York.

We appreciate all of you, very much, and that is why tomorrow, Tuesday August 10th, we begin selling special pre-sale tickets especially for fans (we negotiated the fairest price we could for tickets). Where we could, we also secured exclusive seating in each of the venues.

We expect these to sell out very quickly, and there are only a select number of pre-sale seats available. But do not fret; if for some reason you miss out on the pre-sale through Etix, you will have the opportunity to purchase the remaining tickets through the venues. Sales for some theaters will begin on Friday, August 13th, while others will start later. Please check with your local venue for their public on-sale date. To avoid scalping, there is a 4 person ticket limit, and the first 20 rows of seats are WILL CALL ONLY.

There are only a select number of pre-sale seats available at each venue. Tickets for these seats go on sale starting tomorrow, Tuesday August 10th, at 1pm EST. You can see details, dates, and (as of Tuesday 1pm EST) links to purchase tickets here:
http://asthmatickitty.com/sufjan-2010

Again, if you miss the pre-sale tickets don’t worry. These are large venues, and after the presale you’ll be able to pick up general admission tickets.