With Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea and producer Nigel Godrich at his side, Thom Yorke and his new supergroup plan to tour the US throughout April. The group will perform in different cities before their April 18th gig at Coachella 2010.
The five-city tour will the be the first string of shows for the supergroup since their secret performance in Los Angeles last Fall.
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We had too much fun to just leave it there," said
Yorke.
Recently named Atoms For Peace, the quintet also includes percussionist Mauro Refosco and drummer Joey Waronker.
Although new material has not been announced by Yorke, the band's setlist from their last gig involved a lot of tracks from the Radiohead frontman's solo release The Eraser.
Supporting Atoms For Peace will be the band Flying Lotus. They will be performing with Yorke and the supergroup at the following US dates.
04/05 - New York, New York (Roseland Ballroom)
04/06 - New York, New York (Roseland Ballroom)
04/08 - Boston, Massachusets (Citi Wang Theatre)
04/10 - Chicago, Illinois (Aragon Ballroom)
04/11 - Chicago, Illinois (Aragon Ballroom)
04/14 - Oakland, California (Fox Theatre)
04/15 - Oakland, California (Fox Theatre)
04/17 - Santa Barbara, California (Santa Barbara Bowl)