Photo by Scott Preston
Dynamic. Electrifying. Compelling. These are just a few of the words that have been used to describe BIG GIGANTIC and their powerful live sets at some of the top U.S. festivals this summer.
And now the Boulder, CO-based electronic act—saxophonist/producer Dominic Lalli and drummer Jeremy Salken–is set to bring their breakthrough sound of DJ-based music with live instruments to over 45 citiesthroughout North America this fall. Kicking off September 15 in Port Chester, NY during the reopening of The Capitol Theatre and featuring a stop at the House of Blues in West Hollywood, CA on October 5, the “Uprising Tour” will hit such cities as Tempe, San Diego, Reno, Seattle, Portland, Boise, Tulsa, Little Rock, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Toronto, Baltimore, Richmond, Raleigh, New Orleans and Nashville among many others before wrapping December 1 in Athens, GA. Supporting BIG GIGANTIC will be GRiZ from October 3-November 4 with Adventure Club on select dates, Crizzly from November 5-17 and Ana Sia from November 21-December 1 unless otherwise noted. See below for full list of tour dates with more to be announced soon.
“We are SO STOKED to rage with you on our upcoming fall tour—The UPRISING TOUR!!” says Lalli and Salken. “This time, we’re reaching far and wide, hitting a ton of dates all over the West Coast, Midwest, Northeast and the South. We’ll be hitting some new cities we’ve never been to, as well as some of our favorite stops along the way. Make sure to get the crew together and get your tickets cause we’re bringing the heat with new music, old music, crazy production and a raging dance party every night. We also have our good friends GRiZ, Crizzly and Ana Sia coming out supporting us. Check out this sick video of what we’ll be gettin’ into this fall:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zu90rz4M93M&feature=plcp. It’s gonna be an exciting fall season!!!”
Chosen by Rolling Stone as one of the “10 Must-See Acts at Bonnaroo 2012,” BIG GIGANTIC has been making the rounds this summer on the U.S. festival circuit to rave reviews (see critical quotes below). Having already taken Bonnaroo, Wakarusa, Hangout, Electric Forest, Camp Bisco, Governor’s Ball and All Good Music Festival by storm, the duo just performed twice this past weekend at Lollapalooza: Saturday night at a sold-out official aftershow at the Congress Theatre and Sunday night on Perry’s Stage at the festival, where they announced their headlining New Year’s Eve show taking place at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago. Other festival appearances still to come include Outside Lands this Sunday, August 12 (set time: 2:05-2:50pm on Twin Peaks stage), Austin City Limits, Summer Set and CounterPoint along with performances in early 2013 on both Holy Ship! and Jam Cruise, marking the first band to play both cruises.
One of their biggest shows to come this year though will be taking place in their home state of Colorado when BIG GIGANTIC headline the famed Red Rocks Amphitheatre for the first time ever Saturday, September 29 and transform the iconic venue into “Rowdytown.” The support acts for the show have finally been announced. JoiningBIG GIGANTIC and over 9,000 fans will be Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Dillon Francis, GRiZ and Raw Russ. Special VIP and travel packages are currently available including an exclusive VIP viewing area, a limited edition signed poster and shuttles. For more information, go to www.biggigantic.net.
Outside Lands Music Festival | |||
Sun | 8/12 | San Francisco, CA | Golden Gate Park |
Summer Set Music & Camping Festival | |||
Fri | 8/24 | Somerset, WI | Somerset Amphitheatre |
w/ Pretty Lights | |||
Sat | 8/25 | Council Bluffs, IA | Westfair Amphitheatre |
“Uprising Tour” | |||
Sat | 9/15 | Port Chester, NY | Capitol Theatre |
CounterPoint Music Festival | |||
Thu | 9/27 | Atlanta, GA | Chatahoochee River |
“Rowdytown” w/ Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Dillon Francis, GRiZ, Raw Russ | |||
Sat | 9/29 | Morrison, CO | Red Rocks Amphitheatre |
“Uprising Tour” | |||
*Wed | 10/3 | Tempe, AZ | The Marquee |
*Thu | 10/4 | San Diego, CA | House of Blues |
*Fri | 10/5 | West Hollywood, CA | House of Blues |
Sat | 10/6 | TBA | TBA |
*Sun | 10/7 | San Luis Obispo, CA | The Graduate |
$*Tue | 10/9 | Reno, NV | Knitting Factory |
$*Wed | 10/10 | Blue Lake, CA | Blue Lake Casino |
$*Thu | 10/11 | Seattle, WA | The Showbox SODO |
*Fri | 10/12 | Eugene, OR | McDonald Theatre |
Austin City Limits | |||
Sat | 10/13 | Austin, TX | Zilker Park |
“Uprising Tour” | |||
*Thu | 10/18 | Spokane, WA | Knitting Factory |
*Fri | 10/19 | Portland, OR | Wonder Ballroom |
*Sat | 10/20 | Boise, ID | Knitting Factory |
*Sun | 10/21 | Missoula, MT | Wilma Theatre |
*Tue | 10/23 | Sioux Falls, SD | The Vault |
Wed | 10/24 | TBA | TBA |
*Thu | 10/25 | Lawrence, KS | Liberty Hall |
*Fri | 10/26 | Tulsa, OK | Cain’s Ballroom |
Sat | 10/27 | TBA | TBA |
*Sun | 10/28 | Columbia, MO | The Blue Note |
*Tue | 10/30 | Little Rock, AR | Revolution Music Room |
*Wed | 10/31 | Oxford, MS | The Lyric |
*Fri | 11/2 | Lexington, KY | Busters |
*Sat | 11/3 | Covington, KY | Madison Theatre |
*Sun | 11/4 | Pittsburgh, PA | Mr. Small’s Theatre |
~Mon | 11/5 | Buffalo, NY | Town Ballroom |
Wed | 11/7 | Toronto, ON | Wrongbar |
~Thu | 11/8 | Northampton, MA | Pearl Street Ballroom |
Fri | 11/9 | Baltimore, MD | Baltimore Soundstage |
~Sat | 11/10 | Richmond, VA | The National |
~Sun | 11/11 | Raleigh, NC | Lincoln Theatre |
~Tue | 11/13 | Winston Salem, NC | Ziggy’s |
Wed | 11/14 | TBA | TBA |
Thu | 11/15 | TBA | TBA |
~Fri | 11/16 | New Orleans, LA | House of Blues |
~Sat | 11/17 | Mobile, AL | Soul Kitchen |
^Wed | 11/21 | Nashville, TN | Marathon Music Works |
Fri | 11/23 | TBA | TBA |
Sat | 11/24 | TBA | TBA |
^Sun | 11/25 | Urbana, IL | The Canopy Club |
^Tue | 11/27 | Charlottesville, VA | Jefferson Theater |
^Wed | 11/28 | Wilmington, NC | Brooklyn Arts Center |
Thu | 11/29 | TBA | TBA |
Fri | 11/30 | TBA | TBA |
^Sat | 12/1 | Athens, GA | Georgia Theatre |
* denotes GRiZ as support act | |||
$ denotes Adventure Club and GRiZ as support acts | |||
~ denotes Crizzly as support act | |||
^ denotes Ana Sia as support act | |||
New Year’s Eve | |||
Mon | 12/31 | Chicago, IL | Aragon Ballroom |
Holy Ship! | |||
Jan 4-7, 2013 | Caribbean Sea | Holy Ship! | |
Jam Cruise 11 | |||
Jan 7-12, 2013 | Caribbean Sea | Jam Cruise |