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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Thailand.
I mean Manchester…
Detroit, MI
Jersey City
CHICAGO PLEASE!!!
columbus, ohio
MIlwaukee, Milwaukee, Milwaukee… Milwaukee?
I would like to attend the Columbus, Ohio show on 5/28 at Newport Hall, pretty-please!!!!
Chicago!!!
Minneapolis!
Chicago please!!
St. Louis
St. Louis please please please.
: )
kansas city
Detroit, MI (It’s in PONTIAC though)
COLUMBUS, OH PLEASE!
Chicago.
COLUMBUS, AMONGUS
Minneapolis please!
MiNNEAPOLiS!!
Detroit please, as there is unfortunately no dates in Toronto or the rest of Canada.
Kansas City
Detroit
Chicago
MINNEAPOLIS!
karen o, karen o, karen o…
Chicago! May 26th @ the Riviera Theatre. That would be sweet! Thank you.
Columbus, OH
chicago….please!
Milwaukee!
Columbus, OH
I WANNA SEE KAREN 0 AND CO. IN MINNEAPOLIS!
(May 30th at 7!) PLEASE!!
OHIO!!!!
what loser went through here giving negative bumps to people in detroit?
Columbus!
Kansas City!
St. Louis!!!
saint louis please
Columbus please.
Chicago
Columbus!
Chicago
Minneapolis
Detroit, please!!
Chicago!
Minneapolis
chicago
Milwaukee!!
Minneapolis, please.
Chitown baby
Detroit. I’ll take these odds.
CHICAGO!!
MILWAUKEE
Detroit,
thanks for holding the contest, bummer about no Canadian shows.
columbus- please!!!!
I want to see them in Minneapolis!
Minneapolis!!! I’d LOVE to see them!
Chicago!
Detroit City!!!
CHICAGO!!!!
jersey city!
Chicago
Jersey City
Chicago!
Columbus, one of the few among the many. I would love to see them in Columbus, I was in Tucson, AZ at Congress, ’03 or ’04 but they have come such a long way. Just tell me what you need in exchange for tickets, you can have it.
Minneapolis
Columbus, Ohio
Detroit, MI
Jersey City
05/30 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Ave (On Sale 5/2, 10am) This will be an awesome concert and at one of the best venues around and I would love to see them because they are one of the best bands around at this time…………
Minneapolis! Would be the best birthday present ever!!!
Chicago Rock City!
there are too many yyy fans in Chicago so I have no chance of winning tix
boo
hoo
hpp
columbus ohio!
i will love you eternally!
Chicago. Please?
Milwaukee, WI. Much love!
Columbus, Ohio…please please please!
Columbus please, pretty please…
Detroit
Columbus
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Chicago please!!!!!!
Love there album!!!!!
Minneapolis
Chicago please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jersey City!!!
Chicago! pweez
chichi- CHICAGO!!! chichicchichicchiaaaaaagoooo gooo goo
minneapolis!
kansas city, please…
Minneapolis, MN please!
Jersey City!
quincy :]
y control, y control. you walk, walk, walk, walk, walk my winners out of control!
can i be a st louis winner?
KANSAS CITY!
Columbus! Would love to see this show.
Columbus!
Columbus! Would love to see this show
chicago
detroit, mi
Chicago.
Fucking hell.
Didn’t mean to double post.