TENNIS ADDS SUMMER TOUR DATES

TENNIS ADDS SUMMER TOUR DATES

MORNING BECOMES ECLECTIC AIRS MAY 23

RECENT TV PERFORMANCES INCLUDE LETTERMAN, LENO AND CARSON DALY

YOUNG AND OLD OUT ON FAT POSSUM RECORDS

“It’s winsome as it is ebullient.”—The New Yorker

“The group turns up the volume and starts downright rocking.”—Time Magazine

“Their dreamy, nostalgic pop laps and recedes like waves hitting the shore.”—The New York Times

 “Toughened by garage-rock production from The Black Keys Patrick Carney.”—Rolling Stone

“Lyrically, the album’s wider in scope, musically it’s tighter and more muscular.”—Billboard

“Tennis have broadened their horizons just the right amount, adding rock’n’roll muscle and a more purely pop clarity.”—Pitchfork

Denver-based Tennis will set off on their summer U.S. tour with Sharon Van Etten starting on July 31 in Toronto including a performance at Outside Lands, a solo date at Troubadour in Los Angeles and a performance at Pygmalion Festival.  Also, Tennis will perform on the KCRW program “Morning Becomes Eclectic” on May 23. Please see full list of tour dates below.

Since the release of their sophomore album Young and Old, the band has performed on “The Late Show with David Letterman,” “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” and “Last Call with Carson Daly”. Young and Old, out now on Fat Possum Records, debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Heatseeker Chart, #1 on CMJ Top 200, where it remained for three weeks in a row and topped Soundscans “New Artist Chart” for nine consecutive weeks after debuting at #1. Their music has been featured in television programs “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Revenge” and “The Secret Circle” and is featured in Tory Burch and Marc Jacobs online promotions.

For their new album guitarist Patrick Riley, vocalist Aliana Moore and drummer James Barone headed to Nashville to work with The Black Keys’ Patrick Carney. Carney noted  “I am really proud to say I worked on the new Tennis album. I think they are a really talented band, and it’s exciting to work with a band whose trying to move forward. Patrick, Alaina and James have great ideas—everything really comes together on this record.”

TENNIS TOUR

*with Paper Bird

**with Sharon Van Etten

June 16            Chautauqua Auditorium            Boulder, CO*

July 31            Phoenix Concert Theater            Toronto, ON**

August 2            Turner Hall Ballroom            Milwaukee, WI**

August 4            First Avenue            Minneapolis, MN**

August 7`            The Neptune Theater            Seattle, WA**

August 8            Aladdin Theater            Portland, OR**

August 10            Outside Lands Music & Arts Fesival            San Francisco, CA

August 12            Troubadour            Los Angeles, CA

August 14            Belly Up Tavern            Solana Beach, CA**

August 15            The Crescent Ballroom            Phoenix, AZ**

August 17            Urban Lounge            Salt Lake City, UT**

September 27/29            Pygmalion Music Festival            Champaign, IL/Cincinnati, OH