Blondie Announces U.S. Tour Dates

04/07/1999 4:00 AM, Yahoo! Music
Craig Rosen

(4/7/99, 1 a.m. PST) - After drumming up plenty of publicity with select promotional appearances, this summer Blondie will stage its first U.S. tour in more than 16 years, beginning May 15 in Boston.

The trek is in support of the band's reunion effort, No Exit, which has been greeted with moderate success in the U.S. The album is No. 75 this week in its fifth week on the Billboard 200.

Tickets for the tour, which will run through June 10, will go on sale on Friday (April 9) through www.blondie.net and www.atomicpop.com, as well as local ticket outlets, beginning the weekend of April 10.

Ray Waddell, who covers talent and touring for industry trade publication Amusement Business, expects the tour to do good business. "There's been a lot of media and a lot of buzz," he notes.

Here's the itinerary for Blondie's No Exit tour:

5/15 - Orpheum, Boston
5/16 - Massey Hall, Toronto
5/18 - Tower Theatre, Philadelphia
5/19 - The Pier, Baltimore
5/23 - Fox Theatre, Detroit
5/25 - Fillmore Auditorium, Denver
5/27 - The Joint, Las Vegas, Nev.
5/28 - Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles
5/29 - Open Air Theatre, San Diego
5/30 - Warfield, San Francisco
6/1 - Paramount, Seattle
6/2 - Civic, Portland, Ore.
6/10 - Madison Square Garden Theatre, New York

Look for a Blondie feature on LAUNCH.com soon.

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