
With It’s Blitz, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs pulled off a savvy, synthy costume change. But then, this is a band that knows from costume changes. We gave the record some premature adoration, although the early televised performance at Jools — and to some extent, SNL — made it seem like they were taking a turn toward the tame. But after their unforgettable secret show a few days later, the stops on Letterman and Fallon, and a powerful evening sun-set at Coachella, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs proved they are everything you remember — just with more synths and a bonus Pajo. Now they’re packing up for a bunch of festival and club dates, and you shouldn’t miss this band right now. That pic was taken at Coachella. Just imagine how big Karen’s sequins will be by the time the tour starts.
So. To help you not miss this band right now, we’re giving away one pair of tickets to the YYYs show in each of the following cities: Chicago, Detroit, Columbus, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, St. Louis, and Kansas City (MO). Here are the details:
The tour looks like this (shows for which we’re giving away tickets are in blue):
05/23 – Quincy, WA (Sasquatch! Festival)
05/26 – Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theatre (On Sale 5/2, 10am)
05/27 – Detroit, MI @ Clutch Cargos (On Sale Now)
05/28 – Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall (On Sale 5/2, 10am)
05/30 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Ave (On Sale 5/2, 10am)
05/31 – Milwaukee, WI @ Eagles Club (On Sale 5/2, 10am)
06/02 – St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant (On Sale 5/1, 5pm)
06/03 – Kansas City, MO @ The Beaumont (On Sale 5/9, 10am)
06/06 – Mountain View, CA @ Live 105 BFD (On Sale Now)
06/12 – Manchester, TN (Bonnaroo)
07/31 – Jersey City, NJ (All Points West)
To enter, simply post a comment indicating which city’s gig (one city per person) you’d like to attend from your user profile. If you don’t have one: sign up (with your real e-mail address so we can contact you — no spam, we promise), log in, then post your comment. Unregistered comments won’t be eligible, sorry! We’ll pick the winners at random at 6PM EST on Thursday 5/7, and we’ll contact you immediately thereafter.
Maybe you’ll win! Maybe you won’t. Maybe you want more than two tickets. Maybe you like spending money and supporting artists. So: tickets will be available for purchase at yeahyeahyeahs.com.
Good luck!
[Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty]
UPDATE: Contest is over and winners have been contacted via e-mail.
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Chicago
Stereogum.
Telling people to fuck off and die is cool. Telling people that their mother is a whore is cool. Telling Canada to suck it is cool. Censorship ? not cool. Help I’m being repressed.
I would like to attend Detroit’s gig. Thanks!
Kansas City
Chicago!
Chicago!!
San Francisco!
Chicago
Chicago
Kansas City
St. Louis
Chicago
Chicago
OHIO BABY
Milwaukee!
pleeeeeeeeeeeeeease!
I IS PO’
thank you!
Chicago
Kansas City if you please!!! THX!
Columbus
O-H/I-O!
Chicago !!
Kansas City
Chicago
St. Louis
Columbus, Ohio please and thank you
KANSAS CITY!!! (is Ssion opening again?, LOL)
Chicago
St. Louis!
Detroit
columbus!
Minneapolis!!!
Detroit, MI
Minneapolis
Minneapolis!
oh crap. i wasn’t signed in. can i try again?
chicago! pretty please. and i’m sorry i can’t read directions.
milwaukee….please?
Minneapolis
milwaukee
Chicago S’il vous plait!
Chicago
d-town.
I would like Chicago tix, please. kthxbye :)
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago, S’il vous plait!!!
minneapolis!
columbus
Detroit
Kansas City will ruuuuuuuuule!
stereogum>pitchfork…CHICAGO!!!
Chicago
Detroit, Michigan please!
Kansas City! W00t!
Milwaukee
Based soley on your avatar, I’m totally rooting for you to win.
St. Louis!
<_<
Chicago
EVERYBODY FROM THE 313 PUT YOUR MOTHERFUCKING HANDS UP AND FOLLOW ME!
(detroit)
Detroit.
(not all of us use Caps Lock)
The Detroit show!
These places are all so far away :_{
ST. Louise, i will find a way if i win ^_^
minneapolis please!
Kansas City, plz.
Columbus, OH
Minneapolis!
Minneapolis.
kansas city
Chicago!
Chicago
Columbus
Detroit, MI
St. Louis baby
Detroit
Minneapolis!!!
Columbus
2 for Mountain View
thank you
Columbus, please.
Milwaukee, WI
yeah yeah yeah!
Kansas City!!!!!!
detroit would be nice
Kansas City!
C-Bus!
detroit
St. Louis – Gateway to the West
detroit
Columbus, Ohio.
St. Louis!
chicagooo
chicago
Detroit!
Kansas City!
Mountain View, CA !!!!
Milwaukee
Chicago!
Chicago.
Chicago
Chicago!
Jersey City
COLUMBUS
Minneapolis
Mountain View… in vain… (*tiny tear in my beer*)
Columbus, OH!
Columbus.
Kansas City