High Desert Queen Announce UK & European Tour Dates
A lot of bands pay lip-service to the idea of hitting the road — now perhaps more than ever with a specific sense of post-pandemic longing — but far fewer are those who put tires to street and actually go. Kudos, then, to Austin, Texas’ High Desert Queen, who not only just wrapped a run of the Southwestern US with Sasquatch but have now announced their intent to travel abroad for the first time, playing shows in the UK and Europe. Their debut album, Secrets of the Black Moon (review here) — the vinyl release of which they’ll celebrate before absconding — is a highlight among the first-records of the year so far, and if one wants to extrapolate from the vigor with which they’re supporting it thus far, it doesn’t seem unlikely they’ll have another regional run or two in the US before 2022 is out. That’s in addition to performing at Ripplefest Texas, which High Desert Queen vocalist Ryan Garney also helms via his Lick of My Spoon Productions booking company.
But whatever intent this initial incursion on foreign soil might herald for them, the sheer fact of their going — and going on the back of their first record, still barely released– puts High Desert Queen in a different echelon of bands. Much respect for having a plan and putting it into action.
From socials:
HIGH DESERT QUEEN – UK & EU
UNITED KINGDOM, SCOTLAND, BELGIUM, & GERMANY: we are coming to you!
We are thrilled to announce our first ever tour overseas. We have a few send off show in Texas but then we head across the pond!
We can’t wait to meet new people and grow our extended family even more! Which show will you make it to???
May 20th @valhallatavern – Austin, TX USA
May 21st @lastconcertcafe – Houston, TX USA
May 27th @theundergroundbradford – Bradford UK
May 28th – Red Crust Music Fest – Edinburg GB
May 30th @torquebar – Sunderland UK
June 2nd @ourblackheart – London UK
June 3rd @jh_asgaard – Ghent BE
June 5th @kulturhaus_b.o – Asendorf – DE
June 7th Unter Deck – Münich – DE
June 10th @rare_guitar – Münster – DE
More dates to come…
Poster by @blairsayer
Booking by @eastsidedelta and @lomsproductions
https://www.facebook.com/highdesertqueen/
http://www.instagram.com/highdesertqueen
http://highdesertqueen.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/theripplemusic/
https://ripplemusic.bandcamp.com/
http://www.ripple-music.com/
