Written by: Alex Green

The Magnetic Fields have announced a U.S./European tour to commemorate the 25th anniversary of their landmark 1999 triple album 69 Love Songs.

Led by Stephin Merritt and original members Sam Davol and Shirley Simms, alongside Chris Ewen and Anthony Kaczynski, the Boston outfit are set to perform the album over two night engagements for the first time in over twenty years.

As far as the U.S. tour, the band are set to make stops in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles and at press time, dates for Durham, Atlanta, Austin, Boulder, Portland and Seattle were just added.

MAGNETIC FIELDS 2024 USA TOUR DATES

March 22-23—North Adams, MA—MASS MoCA

March 24-25—Boston, MA—Roadrunner

April 3-10—New York, NY—The Town Hall

April 17-20—Chicago, IL—Thalia Hall

April 23-24—Los Angeles, CA—United Theater on Broadway

April 26-29—San Francisco, CA—Curran Theatre

May 29-30—Durham, NC—Carolina Theatre

June 1-2—Atlanta, GA—Variety Playhouse

October 19-20—Washington, DC—Lincoln Theatre

October 22-23—Austin, TX—Paramount Theatre

October 26-27—Boulder, CO—Boulder Theater

October 29-30—Portland, OR—Revolution Hall

November 1-2—Seattle, WA—Neptune Theatre

UK AND EUROPE 2024 TOUR DATES

August 21-22—Dublin, Ireland—Vicar St.

August 28-29—Manchester, UK—Albert Hall

August 31-September 1—London, UK—Barbica

September 4-5—Barcelona, Spain—Paral.lel 62

September 8-9—Vienna, Austria—Volkstheater

September 11-12—Utrecht, Netherlands—Tivoli Vredenburg Hertz

September 14-15, 2024—Stockholm, Sweden—Nya Cirkus

September 16-17— Copenhagen, Denmark—Bremen Theatre