“Foo Fighters guitarist Chris Shiflett has taken a detour off the radio rock superhighway and found himself on a country road…coaxing twangy laments out of his Martin acoustic, finding giddy-up in a couple of open-road electric numbers and rounding out of the Peasants' sound with mandolin, pedal steel and keys.”
– LA Weekly’s West Coast Sound

Chris Shiflett & The Dead Peasants have announced dates of their first U.S. headlining tour, which will surround the July 13th release of the band’s debut self-titled album on Le Coq Napoleon/RCA. The tour will begin on July 7th at the Hotel Café in Los Angeles, CA – the first of a three-week Wednesday night residency in their hometown – and wrap up August 14th at the Mercury Lounge in New York, NY.

Chris Shiflett & The Dead Peasants recently supported Jesse Malin and the St. Marks Social on a weeklong west coast tour. Those dates marked the first time Shiflett toured with his new project as a full band; the July/August headlining tour will feature the same line-up of Shiflett on vocals and guitar, Luke Tierney on bass, Eric Skodis on drums, and Derek Silverman on keyboards.

Earlier this month, FilterMagazine.com premiered the first MP3 off Chris Shiflett & the Dead Peasants, “Get Along.”

Chris Shiflett & The Dead Peasants on tour:
JUL. 7 - LOS ANGELES, CA - HOTEL CAFÉ
JUL. 10 - HERMOSA BEACH, CA - SAINT ROCKE
JUL. 13 - SANTA BARBARA, CA - VELVET JONES
JUL. 14 - LOS ANGELES, CA - HOTEL CAFÉ
JUL. 21 - LOS ANGELES, CA - HOTEL CAFÉ
JUL. 31 - MINNEAPOLIS, MN - 400 BAR
AUG. 1 - CHICAGO, IL - SCHUBAS
AUG. 2 - ST. LOUIS, MO - OLD ROCK HOUSE
AUG. 3 - NASHVILLE, TN - EXIT/IN
AUG. 6 - PITTSBURGH, PA - CLUB CAFE
AUG. 7 - TORONTO, ON - THE DRAKE
AUG. 8 - MONTREAL, QC - TBA
AUG. 9 - WASHINGTON, DC - DC9
AUG. 11 - BOSTON, MA - TT THE BEARS
AUG. 13 - PHILADELPHIA, PA - NORTHSTAR BAR
AUG. 14 - NEW YORK, NY - MERCURY LOUNGE

For more information on Chris Shiflett & The Dead Peasants, please contact Amanda Pitts at Cobra Camanda Publicity at tel: 718.569.0352; emailer ap@cobracamanda.com

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