by The legendary Black Flag, featuring Greg Ginn and vocalist Mike Vallely, will storm into the Showbox in Seattle on Tuesday May 27, and wrap up it’s Northwest campaign May 28 at the Hawthorne in Portland and May 29 at the Volcanic Theater Pub in Bend, Oregon.
Here’s the word about the tour straight from the source, a March press release from the band.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
BLACK FLAG
VICTIMOLOGY NORTH AMERICAN TOUR 2014
Band returns to the road with new vocalist Mike Vallely.
Taylor, TX March 18, 2014 — BLACK FLAG has announced a spring / summer tour of North America entitled the VICTIMOLOGY TOUR. The tour kicks off on May 15 in Midland, Texas and includes dates in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Dallas, Philadelphia, New York, Toronto as well as an appearance at the Amnesia Rockfest Music Festival in Montebello, Quebec, Canada on June 20th.
The VICTIMOLOGY TOUR will feature new vocalist Mike Vallely joining the band for the first time since performing with them at the 2003 Benefit Shows at the Hollywood Palladium. Vallely is the fifth vocalist in the band’s 38 years of existence and according to founding member, guitarist, primary songwriter and sole continuous member Greg Ginn, Vallely “is the perfect frontman to capture what Black Flag was, is and will be.”
Vallely affirms, “I’m excited about performing songs from the entire Black Flag catalog. I feel confident in my ability to communicate the songs — To give them their due respect and yet still make them my own. Ginn’s songwriting is truly timeless and it gives all of the material relevance right here, right now.”
Supporting BLACK FLAG on the VICTIMOLOGY TOUR (except where noted **) will be Ginn’s ownHOR, an electronic, psychedelic, instrumental band, and Brooklyn, NY two- piece atmospheric punk band Cinema Cinema.
Below is a list of confirmed BLACK FLAG VICTIMOLOGY TOUR dates thus far— (More dates for July and August will be added soon):
ema Cinema will NOT be on this date)
