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Dirty Projectors are making moves ahead of the new year. For starters, David Longstreth’s band have signed to Joyful Noise; launched their own imprint, Well-Tempered Zealot; and are sharing a new single, “Jumbotron.” What’s more, Longstreth has planned an extensive solo trek in 2027, beginning in North America next spring before heading to Europe later in the summer. Check out the new song and the full list of tour dates below.
Describing the backstory of “Jumbotron,” Longstreth said,“I was thinking about the big screen and the small screen. The big tent and the kind of tent you can make in the living room with a couple couch cushions and a blanket or two. Life and entertainment; attention and volume; focus and detail; quality and value. Listen to the song!”
The most recent group effort from Dirty Projectors was their five-EP run in 2020, including Flight Tower EP. Since then, Longstreth was commissioned to write Song of the Earth, a major piece for a large ensemble, which came out digitally last year. The band’s last full-length album was 2018’s Lamp Lit Prose.
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Dirty Projectors (Solo):
04/02 Knoxville, TN – Big Ears Festival
04/15 Minneapolis, MN – Cedar Cultural Center #
04/17 Chicago, IL – Old Town School of Folk Music #
04/20 Philadelphia, PA – Ethical Society #
04/21 New Haven, CT – Firehouse 12
04/23 Boston, MA – Museum of Fine Arts #
04/24 Kingston, NY – Assembly #
04/25 New York, NY – Le Poisson Rouge #
05/08 Los Angeles, CA – Sid the Cat Auditorium
05/14 San Francisco, CA – The Chapel
05/15 Point Reyes, CA – Dance Palace
05/20 Portland, OR – Polaris Hall
05/21 Seattle, WA – The Triple Door
06/11 Manchester, England – Band On The Wall
06/12 Glasgow, Scotland – Oran Mor
06/14 London, England – Kings Place
06/15 Paris, France – Café de la Danse
06/17 Utrecht, Netherlands – TivoliVredenburg Hertz
06/18 Brussels, Belgium – Musée Botanique
06/19 Hamburg, Germany – Nachtasyl
06/20 Copenhagen, Denmark – The Koncerthuset – Studie 2
06/22 Stockholm, Sweden – Södra Teatern
06/23 Norway, Oslo – Kulturkirken Jakob
06/25 Berlin, Germany – Lido
# with Otto Benson
