Rock and Roll bands The Church and The Afghan Whigs are teaming up for a co-headlining summer tour with Ed Harcourt as a special guest on the tour.  The 17 city tour includes a stop in Toronto.

The Church lead singer Steve Kilbey spoke on the upcoming tour saying, “The Church and the Afghan Whigs playing some shows together certainly feels like an idea whose time has surely come.  Get ready for a double blast of the power n glory of rock’n’roll!”

Afghan Whigs frontman Greg Dulli added, “I was an 18-year-old college freshman lying in bed listening to WVXU late one night when I heard a song that I described later as sounding like David Bowie fronting The Byrds.  Thankfully they back announced The Unguarded Moment by The Church and I was on my way to buying my first import. Soon after I bought two more after learning of The Blurred Crusade and Seance. It was official. I loved The Church. Three years later, the four kids who were about to become The Afghan Whigs played One Day by The Church in John Curley’s living room and we were off and running…”

The Church and Afghan Whigs tour dates:
June 18 at the Keswick Theatre in Glenside, PA
June 20 at the Brooklyn Paramount in Brooklyn, NY
June 21 at the Royale in Boston, MA
June 22 at the Lincoln Theater in Washington, D.C.
June 24 at the Danforth Music Hall in Toronto, ON
June 25 at The Majestic in Detroit, MI
Juny 27 at the HiaFi Annex in Indianapolis, IN
June 28 at The Vic in Chicago, IL
June 30 at First Avenue in Minneapolis, MN
July 2 at the Ogden Theater in Denver, CO
July 3 at the Mishawaka Amp in Bellvue, CO
July 5 at the Showbox in Seattle, WA
July 6 at the Crystal Ballroom in Portland, OR
July 9 at The Fillmore in San Francisco, CA
July 11 at The Observatory in San Diego, CA
July 12 at the House of Blues in Anaheim, CA
July 13 at the Ace Hotel in Los Angeles, CA