Hot off an eventful 2007, Syracuse, NY’s Ra Ra Riot hits the road for twelve dates around the East Coast and Midwest. Their self-titled debut EP got them much-deserved hype and helped them get on tours with bands like Tokyo Police Club, Editors and Art Brut.
The band also recently played a sold-out benefit show with TPC and Vampire Weekend to honor their friend and drummer who passed away last summer. All proceeds went to the John Ryan Pike Memorial Foundation, started to provide locations in which underprivileged children can go to learn and play musical instruments, hoping to eventually provide recording studios for the same purpose.
The band spent November and December in the studio with producer Ryan Hadlock (The Gossip, Blonde Redhead, Stephen Malkmus) recording their debut full-length (release 2008). Along with the upcoming dates, including their Montreal and Toronto debut, look for Ra Ra Riot to return to SXSW in March.
Dates below:
1/24/08 – New London, CT @ The Oasis
1/25/08 – Montreal, PQ @ Casa Del Popolo
1/26/08 – Toronto, ON @ El Mocambo
1/27/08 – Buffalo, NY @ The Mohawk
1/28/08 – Pontiac, MI @ The Crofott
1/29/08 – Toledo, OH @ Frankie’s
1/30/08 – Cincinnati, OH @ WOXY Studio
1/31/08 – Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop
2/1/08 – Chicago, IL @ Schuba’s
2/2/08 – Madison, WI @ Club 770
2/3/08 – Rock Island, IL @ Huckleberry’s Pizza Parlor
2/5/08 – Pittsburg, PA @ Garfield Artworks
More on Ra Ra Riot here: www.rarariot.com
