FIRST AID KIT ANNOUNCES NEW SUMMER TOUR DATES

FIRST AID KIT ANNOUNCES  NEW SUMMER TOUR DATES  U.S. DATES INCLUDE NEWPORT FOLK FESTIVAL,  LOLLAPALOOZA AND OUTSIDE LANDS

Photo Credit: Neil Krug Swedish duo First Aid Kit has announced additional summer tour dates, including stops at New York City’s Central Park Summerstage and The Cathedral Sanctuary in Los Angeles.  Tickets for these just-announced dates go on sale this Friday, April 10 at 10am local time. In addition, First Aid Kit will perform at a handful of U.S. festivals this summer, including Newport Folk Festival, Lollapalooza, and Outside Lands. See below for all tour dates, and visit http://thisisfirstaidkit.com for ticket information.                                                                     Following the release of their critically acclaimed album, Stay Gold, First Aid Kit recently took home the award for “Album Of The Year” at the 2015 Swedish Grammis, in addition to receiving a BRIT Award nomination for “International Group.” First Aid Kit’s album Stay Gold is available everywhere, including iTunes, Amazon andSpotify. The band’s America EP—featuring a cover of Simon & Garfunkel’s “America,” an original unreleased song entitled "Brother," and acoustic versions of Stay Goldalbum tracks "My Silver Lining" and "Stay Gold"—is available everywhere now, including iTunes and Spotify. Tour Dates: 7/16 – Austin, TX – Stubbs Waller Creek Amphitheater * 7/18-19 – Birmingham, AL – Sloss Music & Arts Festival 7/17-19 – Louisville, KY – Forecastle Music Festival 7/21 – Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall * 7/22 – Vienna, VA – Wolf Trap Center for Performing Arts # 7/24 – Floyd, VA – Floydfest 7/25 – Philadelphia, PA – XpoNential Music Festival 7/26 – Newport, RI – Newport Folk Festival 7/27 – New York, NY – Central Park Summerstage ^ 7/29 – Detroit, MI – St. Andrews Hall * 7/31 – Chicago, IL – Lollapalooza 7/31-8/2 – Montreal, QC - Osheaga 8/5 – Los Angeles, CA – The Cathedral Sanctuary * 8/7 – San Francisco, CA – Outside Lands 8/7-9 – Squamish, BC – Squamish Valley Music Festival * Andy Shauf opening # w/ Brandi Carlile ^ w/ Dawes, Andy Shauf opening http://thisisfirstaidkit.com/ https://www.facebook.com/firstaidkitofficial https://twitter.com/firstaidkitband