Baroness Plot North American Co-Headlining Tour with Deafheaven; Zeal & Ardor Open

	BARONESS PLOT NORTH AMERICAN CO-HEADLINING TOUR WITH DEAFHEAVEN; ZEAL & ARDOR OPEN SPRING TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT COMES AS BARONESS WORK ON THEIR HIGHLY-ANTICIPATED FIFTH ALBUM

	Dec. 11, 2018 – Baroness join Deafheaven for a North American co-headlining tour this Spring, marking the Grammy-nominated band’s first continent-wide trek in nearly three years. The news of the outing, which goes on sale this Friday at 10 am local time, arrives as Baroness work on their eagerly-awaited fifth album. Tour dates (all dates are co-headlines with Deafheaven; Zeal & Ardor open): March 8 Houston, TX White Oak Music Hall March 9 Austin, TX Emo’s March 10 Dallas, TX Canton Hall March 12 Phoenix, AZ The Van Buren March 13 Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern March 14 Anaheim, CA House of Blues March 16 Berkeley, CA The UC Theatre March 18 Portland, OR Roseland Theater March 19 Seattle, WA The Showbox March 20 Vancouver, BC Vogue Theatre March 22 Edmonton, AB Union Hall March 23 Calgary, AB The Palace Theatre March 24 Spokane, WA Knitting Factory March 26 Salt Lake City, UT The Complex March 27 Denver, CO The Ogden Theater March 29 Minneapolis, MN Skyway Theatre March 30 Madison, WI The Sylvee March 31 Chicago, IL Riviera Theatre April 2 Toronto, ON Danforth Music Hall April 3 Montreal, QC Corona Theatre April 5 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom April 6 Worcester, MA The Palladium April 7 Albany, NY Upstate Concert Hall April 9 Cleveland, OH Agora Theater April 10 Silver Spring, MD The Fillmore April 12 New York, NY Terminal 5

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	Baroness is John Baizley (vocals/guitar), Gina Gleason (guitar), Nick Jost (bass) and Sebastian Thomson (drums). Baroness released the Grammy-nominated album, Purple, in late 2015. The 10-song album was universally praised with Pitchfork saying it features “some of the biggest, strongest songs Baroness has ever written,” Entertainment Weekly calling the album “their finest release yet,” Rolling Stone Australiadubbing it “the most dynamic, robust guitar album this year,” and Mojo echoing those sentiments, saying “Baroness have delivered their masterpiece: an album grounding their cosmic heaviosity with earthbound, compelling drama.” Purple and the songs from the album also landed on a number of year-end best of lists with “Shock Me” coming in at #10 on Entertainment Weekly’s Top 40 Songs of 2015, Pitchfork awarding it #6 on their Best Metal Albums of 2015 round-up and Rolling Stone placing the release at #7 on their 20 Best Metal Albums of 2015. -30- www.yourbaroness.com www.facebook.com/yourbaroness www.twitter.com/yourbaroness www.youtube.com/baronessmusic www.instagram.com/yourbaroness