THE AVALANCHES ANNOUNCE FIRST EVER U.S. LIVE HEADLINE SHOWS

THE AVALANCHES ANNOUNCE FIRST EVER U.S. LIVE HEADLINE SHOWS, INCLUDING APRIL 19 DATE AT LOS ANGELES' FONDA THEATRE   Band Will Also Play Coachella And Governors Ball And Open For Empire Of The Sun   Limited Edition Blue Vinyl Of Band's Seminal Debut, Since I Left You, Now Available Exclusively At Independent Retailers

Today, The Avalanches announced two U.S. headline dates - April 18 at Mezzanine in San Francisco and April 19 at Los Angeles' Fonda Theatre. Tickets for San Francisco will go on sale February 17 at 10am Pacific HERE, while tickets for the Los Angeles show will go on sale February 24 at 12pm Pacific HERE. The shows fall between the band's two Coachella performances (April 15 and 22). While in the States, The Avalanches will also open for Empire Of The Sun in Las Vegas and Reno and play New York City's Governors Ball Music Festival. The spring dates mark the Australian band's first-ever U.S. live shows. See below for itinerary.   Since I Left You (Astralwerks), The Avalanches' landmark debut album, is now once again available on vinyl - in a limited edition, blue vinyl double edition, found exclusively in the U.S. at independent retailers, and in a standard double black vinyl edition, available now onAmazon. On their groundbreaking debut, the band presented the world with a totally unique sound, crafted by meticulously combining over 3,500 vinyl samples. This approach set a precedent for dance music, inspiring the generation of musicians and producers that followed.Released in Australia in 2000 and in the U.S. and the U.K. in 2001,Since I Left You placed in the Top 10 of Pitchfork's Top 200 Albums of the 2000s and in the Top 20 of Rolling Stone's Greatest EDM Albums of All Time. The release of Since I Left You was followed by a 16-year radio silence, which was broken with the release of The Avalanches' sophomore album, Wildflower (Astralwerks). Available HERE, it debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's Vinyl Albums chart and atop the Australian Albums chart in 2016. Wildflower won international acclaim, with The Guardian hailing it as "a joyous journey" and Pitchfork proclaiming it"better than just about any music ever made."     The Avalanches - United States Tour   4/15 - Indio, CA @ Coachella 4/15 - Las Vegas, NV @ The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas * TICKETS 4/16 - Reno, NV @ Grand Sierra Resort & Casino * TICKETS 4/18 - San Francisco, CA @ Mezzanine  TICKETS 4/19 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda  Theatre TICKETS 4/22 - Indio, CA @ Coachella 6/2-4 - New York, NY @ Governors Ball   * supporting Empire Of The Sun