Tinariwen were nominated the best African Band of 2008 in America's bible of rock, Rolling Stone recently.
Alongside a six page feature in the UK's Q Magazine, this represents a further step in the band's general move out of the 'world music' ghetto and into the wilder borderless landscape of rock.

As Miles Davis once said: "There are only really two genres of music. Good music and bad music." Right on Miles.

Tinariwen started touring at the end of April and will go right through to the end of August, with a five-week break from June 8th to July 15th. Whilst a few more dates are to be added, especially in the second half of the tour, the schedule is almost complete:

MAY
11 HUNGARY, Budapest - The Palace of Arts
14 UK, London - Jazz Café
15 UK, London - Jazz Café
16 UK, Bradford - St George's Hall
17 UK, Perth - Concert Hall
18 UK, Glasgow - The Arches
20 UK, Pontardawe - Arts Centre
21 UK, Cardiff - The Point
22 UK, Bristol - Colston Hall
23 UK, Hay-on-Wye - Hay Literature Festival
24 UK, Birmingham - Town Hall
25 UK, Salisbury - Salisbury Festival
28 SWEDEN, Stockholm - Berns
29 NORWAY, Oslo - Rockerfeller
30 NORWAY, Bergen - Bergen Music Fest

JUNE
1 GERMANY, Hamburg - Fabrik
4 CROATIA, Zagreb - INmusic Festival
5 AUSTRIA, Vienna - Szene

JULY
16 SYRIA, Damascus - La Citadelle
18 SLOVAKIA, Trencin - Pohoda Festival
19 GERMANY, Munich - City Festival
20 UK, Larmer Tree - Larmer Tree Festival
21 IRELAND, Cork - Cork Festival
22 IRELAND, Galway - Galway Festival
24 UK, Nottinham - Rock City
26 GREECE, Thessaloniki - Sani Festival

AUGUST
2 GERMANY, Koblenz - Horizonte Festival
10 REUNION - Festival Sakifo
13 FRANCE, St Brevin - Festival La Déferlante
14 FRANCE, St Hilaire - Festival la Déferlante
22 GERMANY, Hanover - State Opera House
23 HOLLAND, Amsterdam - Paradiso
27 UK, Falmouth - Falmouth Pavillion
28 UK, Frome - Cheese & Grain
29 IRELAND, Stradbally - Electric Picnic


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