Silverchair's North American Tour Unveiled
Rocktropolis.com
By Kevin Raub
February 5, 1999

Silverchair will launch their North American tour to support their forthcoming album, Neon Ballroom, on Feb. 16 with a showcase at the Bowery Ballroom in New York.

After the N.Y. gig, the band embarks on a club tour in Atlanta on March 10 and will hit major hubs across the U.S. and Canada throughout the month of March. The tour wraps up April 1 in Los Angeles. The band plans on returning to the States for a larger tour in late spring/early summer.

Neon Ballroom is out on Epic Records on March 16. The first single, "Anthem for the Year 2000," hits radio on Feb. 23. The video for the song was recently filmed at Martin Place in Sydney, Australia, with director Gavin Bowdon at the lens (Rage Against the Machine's "No Shelter," Live's "Lakini's Juice").

Here is the tentative itinerary for the Silverchair club tour (venues to be announced):

Feb. 16, New York, Bowery Ballroom
March 10, Atlanta
March 11, Washington, D.C.
March 12, Philadelphia
March 15, Chicago
March 16, Minneapolis
March 18, Cleveland
March 19, Detroit
March 20, Toronto
March 22, Montreal
March 23, Boston
March 26, Vancouver
March 30, San Francisco
April 1, Los Angeles

 
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