Madra Salach have announced their first North American tour dates, a short November run that ends with the Irish six-piece's Canadian debut. The alt-folk band open on November 2 at the Sinclair in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and finish on November 12 at the Garrison in Toronto.
The schedule in between stays on the east coast. They play Johnny Brenda's in Philadelphia on November 4, the Mercury Lounge in New York on November 6 and Union Pool in Brooklyn on November 7, before crossing the border. Five shows is a first trip sized honestly: rooms a band can fill rather than rooms a booking agent hopes they might.
Tickets go on general sale on Friday, September 4 at 10am local time, with presales running in selected markets from Wednesday, September 2 for anyone signed up to the band's mailing list.
The dates arrive alongside a newly released NPR World Cafe session, which is the kind of American radio slot that tends to precede a first tour rather than follow one. For a group whose profile at home has been built on live playing, a syndicated session is the cheapest way to reach the cities on the itinerary before the van does.
The run is filed under indie, and the dates sit with everything else on the tour guide. Irish acts have had a heavy year on this side of the coverage, from Gurriers sharing the single Nothing Happens Twice to Fontaines D.C. playing the BBC's final live session at Maida Vale.
The facts
- Madra Salach are an Irish alt-folk six-piece.
- The tour opens November 2 at the Sinclair in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- It closes November 12 at the Garrison in Toronto.
- The Toronto date is the band's Canadian debut.
- General sale opens September 4 at 10am local time.
- The dates arrive with a new NPR World Cafe session.
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