Flight of the Conchords Announce Tour

Flight of the Conchords Announce Tour

Photo by Matt Grace

Earlier this month, New Zealand musical comedy duo Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie, aka Flight of the Conchords, announced that they'd be playing the Newport Folk Festival in Rhode Island, igniting rumors of a full-fledged tour. Today, the duo have confirmed a full North American trek, which they've dubbed the "Flight of the Conchords sing Flight of the Conchords Tour." What's more, they'll be road-testing new material. Find a full list of dates—along with the amazing tour poster—below.

"I’m thrilled to get back on the road with over half the original band," McKenzie joked in a press release. He and Clement have yet to release a follow-up to 2009's I Told You I Was Freaky, which was released just before the group first called it quits. In 2012, Flight of the Conchords put out a charity single, "Feel Inside (And Stuff Like That)," and embarked on their first Australian tour. Last year, the The Guardian that they were working on a musical film; Clement told the publication that the project was still "a couple years away, at least."

Flight of the Conchords' upcoming tour is presented in partnership with Global Citizen, a nonprofit devoted to fighting global poverty. The organization will offer two tickets to each stop on the trek.

Flight of the Conchords:

06-11 Cleveland, OH - State Theatre
06-12 Philadelphia, PA - Mann Center for Performing Arts
06-13 Washington, DC - Wolf Trap Filene Center
06-14 Columbus, OH - Palace Theatre
06-16 Detroit, MI - Fox Theatre
06-17 Minneapolis, MN - Orpheum
06-18 Milwaukee, WI - Riverside Theatre
06-19 Chicago, IL - Pritzker Pavilion
06-22 Redmond, WA - Marymoor Park
06-23 Vancouver, British Columbia - Orpheum
06-24 Portland, OR - Keller Auditorium
06-27 San Francisco, CA - The Masonic
07-01 Santa Barbara, CA - Santa Barbara Bowl
07-02 San Diego, CA - Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre at SDSU
07-03 Phoenix, AZ - Comerica Theatre
07-05 Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre
07-07 Kansas City, MO - Starlight Theatre
07-09 Austin, TX - Bass Hall
07-11 New Orleans, LA - Saenger Theatre
07-12 Atlanta, GA - Chastain Park Amphitheatre
07-14 Nashville, TN - Ascend Amphitheater
07-16 Boca Raton, FL - Mizner Park Amphitheatre
07-17 St. Augustine, FL - St. Augustine Amphitheatre
07-18 Cary, NC - Koka Booth Amphitheatre
07-22 Newport, RI - Newport Folk Festival 2016
07-23 Boston, MA - Blue Hills Bank Pavilion
07-24 New York, NY - Central Park Summerstage
07-27 Los Angeles, CA - Greek Theatre 

Relive Flight of the Conchords' classic "Business Time:"



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