The Kills
The Kills will release a new EP, Black Balloon, on 23rd March 2009. Black Balloon is taken from the band’s critically acclaimed third album, Midnight Boom, released last year. The EP will also feature brand new, previously unreleased acoustic tracks recently recorded by The Kills’ Jamie Hince and Alison Mosshart.
Black Balloon will feature an accompanying video directed by Kenneth Capello, an art piece incorporating exclusive backstage and tour footage of the band shot on Super 8.
After a headline German tour in March and dates in New Zealand and Australia, The Kills will embark on a 22-date US tour kicking off at the Coachella Arts and Music Festival in California on April 19th. (See next page for full dates.)
The band recently performed their recent single, Last Day of Magic, on Jonathon Ross. Formats and tracklisting for the Black Balloon EP are TBC.
The promo version of the Black Balloon EP features three exclusive tracks performed by the Kills for a recent i-tunes session, tracklisting as follows:
1 – Black Balloon
2 – Crazy (cover) – i-tunes session
3 – Kissy Kissy – i-tunes sessionv
4 – Sour Cherry – i-tunes session
3/14/09 Dusseldorf, Germany @ Zakk
3/15/09 Hamburg, Germany @ Ubel & Gefahrlich
3/16/09 Berlin, Germany @ Postbahnhof
3/17/09 Frankfurt, Germany @ Mousonturm
3/25/09 Auckland, NZ @ Transmission Room
3/26/09 Wellington, NZ @ SFBH
3/28/09 Sydney, Australia @ V Festival
3/29/09 Queensland, Australia @ V Festivalv
4/4/09 Victoria, Australia @ V Festival
4/5/09 Claremont, Australia @ V Festival
4/19/09 Indio, CA @ Coachella Arts and Music Festival
4/20/09 Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress
4/22/09 Boulder, CO @ Fox Theater
4/23/09 Lawrence, @ KS Bottleneck
4/24/09 Austin, TX @ Emo's
4/25/09 Dallas, TX @ Granada
4/27/09 Atlanta, GA @ Lenny's
4/28/09 Chapel Hill, NC @ Cat’s Cradle
4/30/09 Washington, DC @ 930 Club v
5/1/09 Philadelphia, PA @ TLA
5/2/09 New York, NY @ Webster Hall
5/4/09 Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall Of Williamsburg
5/5/09 Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
5/6/09 Montreal, Canada @ La Tulipe
5/7/09 Toronto, Canada @ Phoenix
5/8/09 Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick
5/9/09 Chicago, IL @ Metro
5/11/09 Minneapolis, MN @ First Ave
5/15/09 Seattle, WA @ Neumo's
5/16/09 Vancouver, Canada @ Commodore
5/17/09 Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
5/19/09 San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
5/21/09 Pomona, CA @ Glass House