#Mdou Moctar announces new U.S. tour dates

Mdou Moctar has added eight new headlining dates to his winter 2022 North American tour in support Parquet Courts. Moctar spent September touring behind his fifth studio album, May 2021’s Afrique Victime.

The Tuareg desert blues guitar god’s marquee shows will bookend his upcoming run with Parquet Courts: He’ll play in Providence, Rhode Island and Charlottesville, Virginia on February 24 and 26 before joining the Brooklyn post-punk outfit in Asheville, North Carolina on February 27. Then, in late March. Then, on March 19, he’ll peel off from the group for shows in Lyndon and Burlington, Vermont; Woodstock, New York; Washington, D.C.; and Winston-Salem, NC, before finishing his run at the Big Ears Festival in Knoxville on March 25. Shortly thereafter, he’ll take off for Europe, where he’s scheduled to play 30 shows in the span of a month.

Watch Moctar’s recent NPR Tiny Desk concert, and view all his winter and spring 2022 tour dates, below.

2/24 – Providence, RI – Columbus Theatre
2/26 – Charlottesville, VA – Jefferson Theatre
2/27 – Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel %
2/28 – Athens, GA – Georgia Theatre %
3/2 ­– Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse %
3/3 – Birmingham, AL – Saturn %
3.4 ­– Nashville, TN – Cannery Ballroom %
3/5 – St. Louis, MO – The Pageant %
3/7 – Lawrence, KS – Liberty Hall %
3/8 – Omaha, NE – The Waiting Room %
3/10 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue %
3/11 – Milwaukee, WI – Turner Hall Ballroom %
3/12 – Chicago, IL – The Riviera Theatre %
3/13 – Detroit, MI – MOCAD %
3/15 – Millvale, PA – Mr. Smalls Theatre %
3/16 – Cleveland, OH – Agora Theatre
3/17 – Toronto, ON – Queen Elizabeth Theatre %
3/18 – Montreal, QC – Corona Theatre %
3/19 – Lyndon, VT – Northern VT State
3/20 – Burlington, VT – Higher Ground
3/21 – Woodstock, NY – Colony
3/22 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
3/24 – Winston-Salem, NC – The Ramkat
3/25 – Knoxville, TN – Big Ears Festival

% w/ Parquet Courts

4/1 – Antwerp, BE – Het Bos
4/2 – Brussels, BE – AB-club SOLD OUT
4/3 – Köln, DE – Bumann
4/4 – Amsterdam, NL – Paradiso Noord
4/5 – Eindhoven, NL – Effenaar
4/6 – Brighton, UK – Komedia
4/7 – Birmingham, UK – Hare & Hounds
4/8 – Dublin, IE – The Sugar Club
4/9 – Belfast, UK – Ulster Sports Club
4/10 – Glasgow, UK – Drygate
4/11 – Leeds, UK – Brudenell Social Club
4/12 – Manchester, UK – YES
4/14 – London, UK – Earth Theatre
4/15 – Roubaix/Lille, FR – La cave aux Poètes
4/16 – Paris, FR – Le Hasard Ludique
4/17 – Nijmegen, NL – Doornroosje SOLD OUT
4/18 – Hamburg, DE – Molotow
4/19 – Copenhagen, DK – Alice SOLD OUT
4/20 – Gothenburg, SE – Nefertiti
4/21 – Oslo, NO – Blaa
4/22 – Stockholm, SE – Fasching
4/23 – Malmö, SE – Plan B
4/24 – Berlin, DE – Frannz Club
4/25 – Leipzig, DE – UT Connewitz
4/26 – Prague, CZ – Meetfactory
4/27 – Linz, AU – Kapu
4/28 – Zurich, CH – Fabrik
4/29 – Mannheim, DE – Feuerwache
5/1 – Oostende, BE – De Post
8/6 – Mysłowice, PL – Off Festival